The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-13
STREET CLEANING.
The Block System To Be Put in
Operation Again.
A S II ES AND GAR BAG E.
Cost. OF Street Repairs During the Last
Twelve Years.

The Street Cleaning Department, through Captain
Gunner tho Chief Inspector yesterday requested the
HERALD to make earnest appeal TO landlords and
tenants In New York comply with the health
ordinance providing for the strict separation OF ashes
and garbage. The important for this scpara
ton, with view 10 the maintenance Of public health
as well as OF clearly condition OF the Streets have
been pointed cut too frequently In these columns
require recapitulaion. Inspector Gunner says that
special carts Tor the reception Of garbage have
been adopted by tho department., and II citizens Will
only place their garbage and ashes in separate
boxes they will contribute much TOWARD max
ing New York a cleaner and healthier eity These
carts will start at about three O'Clock A. 81 on their
daily rounds. In few days the carts to be
specially marked For the last year and half
such special garbage have been In The de-
partment gave up all further hope OF enforcing this
ordinance and the carts were withdrawn. Another
attempt to effect THIS important reform now TO be
made and the department earnestly hopes that
citizens will aid II by complying with tho present
quest Captain Gunner says that IN his house
all the garbage Is burned and he advises
generally to follow this example the best aud easiest
means OF getting rid OF II.
TIKI NEW AGAIN
While the Police Commissioners haSo taken no &C.
ton yet in reference 10 letting out the street
cleaning by contract Captain Gunner Is making prep
aratons TO carry out tho sectional or block sys-
TEN all over tho city rs far Fifty ninth street. and
up Eighty-sixih street, the avenues rs soon as
all the shall have been removed With this WOW
he has prepared elaborate map OF tho city In Sec
tions, and each sweepers district has been carefully
outlined According TO- this plan there will be 655
sections; but as only the avenues and principal
streets below Fiity-ninth street to be cleaned
daily, and all the remainder throe times a week. 500
10 q fOrc Of An
officer TO be assigned each precinct their
work. AT present street sweeping ali is done
tho city with the exception OF Broadway, Fifth ave-
nuo, Park row and Chatham square, the work having
been confined the last great Storm on Fob.
ruary to breaking up tho frozen heaps OF ice and
sush with picks and carting them away Captain Gun.
claims that since the last great about
ferry thousand carloads Ice have Doc re-
moved These carLloads, he thinks, would vary from
two hundred and hfty 10 nearly Thousand pounds
In weight In Vail, Cortland Dey and other streets,
where little sunlight strikes upon the snow weight
approaches the latter figure.
CONDITION oy THE STREETS
The statement that no street sweeping cleaning
has done sinco tho last great we'll
borne out by the condition OF some OF our public
thoroughiares. Take some OF the cross streets, lOr
instance, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-sevonth and rwen-
ty-eighth streets. botwocn First und Third venues
and all the cross streets on tho west side from
Ninctccni TO Thrty-second street, between Eighth
aud Ninth avenues, are IN very bad Ondition Tho
Rowery aud Third avenue also urgently require to be
attended 70 by the department. II the street sweep
ing Is not to DO resumed until all the mells
passes away Of itsel the department. wili
wait long time before making New York again a
iairy clean CITY, The heaps OF frozen sush and dirt
stall encumbering so many streets should DO promptly
undoiug the good work should doter the depart
mcnt from giving clean streets now.
COMMISSIONERS cAMPBELL's REPORT.
An interesting communication tran rnitted yes.
terday 20 the Board Of Aldermen by Commissioner OF
Public Works Campbell IN response 10 request OF
that body asking Tor IA statement OF the amount OF
money expouted annually during tho past twelve
op me 90 90 sasrs ms % also
features OF Commissioner Campbeil's report
folows:-
Prior to 1875 there was nothing 20 DISTINGUISH betweon
pavemens first put down and There has
e.renasa o' aessys'sSs rom soo to sl both inela
wfs ssp1sSe no sns %s pryor. TO as' During
in Of which many OF the streets which
were already in very bad condton mpassa
the OGDEN pavements, Of which there
arising the which had rapid
deterioration going on Induced me 70 urge very strongly
1878 that the iuli amount authorised ty tho law Of
The 500 600 was appropriated for i577 which
S %ss "a ST. sIs . OF
well portion of sixth avenue repaved
sassiacon Board Of Apportioamsnt apprpSr.tsa
o Of nearly ali Of Iss %
state Of utter decay Many shoroashi.es
o9ch repairs The oniy effective mode Is ent,tsy
to repave these streets manner Gniortu-
na.sy many wooden ana pou.ss p.ysmsn.. we're '.d
constant reparaon was accessory to keep
condition Of the this city constant
ns DOWN win Ss' . .nd
the snding repairs Of such connections by
Public orks The con diton Of the permit that the
pavement stall be restored to COED condition or u not
to the plumber But this involves delay and
for rue system i. detective, and should 10
mar q liz maid
therefor 20 enable the department to do the wors oil
hx The re.ponsloty upon the depar,mens: and in my
Of the pSvsment according to the pressa. law all
moneys collected nust he paid into the sinking Fund,
Tue ordinances tho subject will
IsrEayKRKNcK OF CORPORATIONS
The gas companies are doing their work in better
tanned. The elevated railroad companies, which have
are compelled oy condition OF ground
to make tempqray Tepa a me whole ~iii be
spusins ,,s,, conc,uss. his rs,or, =,
nothing, opinion. when more certainly promotes the
health prosperity OF the city than
said about tho necessity Of improved terminal facilities
This ay part be done by making caueways which
the cost Of transportation WIN be reduced TO
ety appealed 10 by merchants to have certain important
alleged they compelled either to tighten their
o. dos ts sss%s o orsf hs 20 's
streets last owners aud occupants doing business
considerably increased Ia rental value BY the i'm
street whe was paved w woS m y
has been In such wresehed condition Tor two years
proposed 10 rspA.e the ave.ue WITH sr.ns blocks from
cut year In addition the OF pavemonts Of psrs6a-
BILE to which have above referred great laxity
with reference 10 the manner OF putting down
last year and contractors rigidly held TO he Der.
Torrance of their o9ga.,ons better class Of inspectors
tractors nat there must be faithful folhimens ~ both