The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-22
STREET CLEANING.
Professor Chambers Lecture Before
the Municipal Society.
THE SECTION SYSTEM.
4 Somewhat Personal Correspondence Over
the Brooklyn Contract.

At q special meeting oil tho New York Municipal
Society, held last evoning at Municipal Hail. No. 81
Madison avenue, Mr. Dormau u. Eaton, presiding, an
address delivered by Professor Chandler on the
block system OF street cleaning, Professor Chandler
said that his attention had been called about Eve
years ago to the block plan by the Ftyfourh Street
Protection Society. That society Instituted night
watchmen und day watchmen for tho cleaning
and tho sprlnkling Of streets. rho expense
was $4s per year. Tho two blocks wcrc
Kept thoroughly cleaned. The price has since that
time been reduced TO $50 per year., and 1t could ow
be reduced to So per house. system OF this kind
might be organized on the volunteer Fire Depart
ment plan. Any system OF street cleaning depended
upon the head Two short blocks and two long
blocks could DO kept cIcan by One man; therefore
1000 could keep clean the $50 miles OF streets in
this city. The present Street Cleaning Commission
employ 500 men. thousand swecpers at 81 day
would cost $685., 900 q year. All those sweepers
should be abe-bodied men, should be uniformed, and
II any failure in street sweeping occurred tue man
uARBAGR AND ASHES.
Then came tho removal Of the ashes and the gar
bage Fiity garbage carts would take away all tho
garbage IN tho city. The cartmen should each have
their district OF i've miles. The garbage should %
delivered to the contractor on his own
boat, vino should pay the city Tor H. The
garbage OF Now York was worth a very large sum Of
money, would be found whore contracts for its
u
sum obtained tor tho garbage OF that city.
There should be another distinct class Of mon to
carts would be necessary. 1t would BIO requisite to
have u commissioner, three deputies, ten lore
men, q surgeon, four clerks and a paymaster.
THIS block system would cost about $563, 900 per
year. The streets would undcr that system be clean,
ana tue city would DO SO thoroughly supervised BY
the men on the blocks that would not DO dirty. In
addition 10 the expense named VI ere would have TO
be added the charge OF boa,so remove the ashes and
tho street swoepings. force Of sanitary policemen
necessary
properly done.
ICE AND STOW.
Tho Ice and the snow were much greater difficulties
than anything previously referred to- Professor
Chandler was OF the opinion that the car companies
and NO emnbus companies ought to relieve the city
of that difficulty in consideration Of the valuable fran
chises received by them from H. With class of in
spectors inde pendent vi the executive system OF the
CITY the WORK Of street cleaning could he believed DO
enectuaIy done. He understood that the Commiitee
Of the Municipal Association aid not regard tue block
system avorably, but were OF the opinion that the
small contract system would DO more elective.
The following summarized statement OF the
nua expense Of tpe block sysiem:--One thousand
swecpers ut 81 25 per day, 1896 oO0 50 garbage CARTS
missioner. SO Sepu.iss. se'oSC: 10 orcm uv
S10, 600; surgeon, 81, 6OO; clerks ~, 900; pay
master, si,50u Toiai, $3.50, 100
the lecture concluded ut such late hour that DIS
cussion was deferred until The next meeting,
EXTENSION OF THE EXPERIMENT OF DOING IHE
WORK BY SECTIONS.
The plan OF dividing tho avenues and streets OF the
city into small sections and having them cleaned un-
der the Giroct supervision OF the Police Department,
which discussed AZ u meeting OF the Police Com
missoncrs few days ago, up again before that
body yesterday and tho following resolutions offered
by mmssioners Nichols and Wheeler, Committee
On Street Cleaning, were Adopted
Resolved That tho experiment of Bureau Street
Cleaning Of cleaning the streets which has
'ss a snd Su Seond
0eCk mr.
street. Fourteenth, lwentythird Thirtyourth Forty
Eighth such avenues and to be cleaned
Ia winch Ssy are are as Of n' OF
Resolved That there shalt b. detailed two policemen to
work IN .hs several sections assigned 70 their charge
and them Inspection posts duty, give
orders and instruction In rsspsc. s"srs.s
OF street cleaning, PROVIDE. in the above resolutions
parts cleaned daring The
Sy "as LIS :s % sss ,
number OF the . section to Mhch h. Is as.scnsd
precinct in which is situated any portion either OF the
S an % 20 sec 70 M the
and employees ineiudEy cartnen who assigned to col
and diligently and well. aud they shall report IL Writing
ana parts streets cleaned their and sue. AZ
are not cleaned Or insnnicenty cleaned and also the
man who shall III snS manner nese .r svad. duty with
Eesovsa, THAT be swept the centre of
heaps ready for the carts aud the detailed
to follow the sweepes closely may be without being
subj To delay In the collection vi material.
kesoved. That the sup issde general order
to the captans inokructng the
policemen, in Whatever capacity duty they may
Iloyed required to special attention all
violation Of any ordinance whether vi the
Common Council Board VI Health designed to prevent
The streets from being unclenn person
violating such ordinance dong any prohibited
uniting Uuty Imposed t"ersby, aud especially
vent the throwing. sweepng placing ashes. garb
rubbish other matter
the side aiKs, except ss permitted required the
ssid ordinances
AN orFAL CoRRrsPoSDENcE BETWEEN con-