The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-26
STREET CLEANING.
A Glance at the Operations Of the
New Regime.
SAMPLE THOROUGHFAREs.
Economy and Effectiveness OF
BrOOklyn's System.

though perhaps made in a different shape, was pre-
ferred by the Third Avenue Railroad and by reprcsen
tatves of other horse stage companies yester
day morning. city ordinance requires them to cover
their tracks with sand, ana this sand being swept away
by the now sectional broons (Which, their rcmark
able efficiency recall the general proverb about
brooms), the horse and stage companies COM
planned yesterday that tho roadbod was clean, TOO
SMOOTH that their horses in fact, slipped quito olten
and they wound up by requesting that the sweeping
might be somewhat less radical and at least leave
slight covering OF sand Commissioner Nichols, in re-
ply to the complaints said that the streets must be
thoroughly swept, and he afraid could not nelp
the complanants.
In reference TO the upsetting OF the scows of Gov
ernor's Island, which occurred last Wednesday, and
was noticed in yesterdays HERALD, tho Commissioner
expressed The hopo that the city provide the
Board with means to purchase tho "scli-aumping
iron screw hopper scows," which are now in use on
the Clyde, IN Scotland In bad weather. he said the
present old wooden could not be sent sea
at all, and whenever they sent, tar
Bayonne, accident Ike that OF last Wednesday
likely to happen. Moreover, those scows were dih-
cult TO unload and thcy had to be towed, involving
the expense Of u rug and much loss of time, so
that, rule, scow could only perform
one trip per day. On the other hand, those
newly invented scows propelled themselves
quickly by simply putting part OF their machinery
IN motion. Being both sefpropelling and self
dumping the expense OF a tug would be saved as we'll
vast amount OF time. and instead Of making one
trip per day these could perform two and
three. The Comm issioner considered that II would
be great assistance to tho department II one OF
these new scows could DO purchased by way OF trial,
10 be supplemented by one or two more II tho arst
was The cost of one OF these improved
scows would be about $4,000 $4,000, aud
although the first outlay seemed large the Com
missioner ict convinced that the result would amply
compensate the city for the disbursement.
CHANGES DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Nichols stated that the new system
OF cleaning by sections had had the effect OF still fur
Their changing the personnel Of the orco Of sweepers
Quite number, he said wcre dismissed on Friday
morning either because the policemens reports had
shown tn EN- to have been delinquent or because they
had openly rebciled against the ordor OF things
The Commissioner preserved discreet silence In ref
erence TO tho probable removal OF the foremon and
their assistants, tho "gangmen," who are superseded
under the present system by superann uated POLICE
men, but II Is an open secret that the off,
cal heads OF all these supernumarics are to
fall as tho plan is thoroughly established
throughout the entire city-p-0vluod only that
they cannot bring TO bear sufficient political inau
encu" upon the Police Commissioners to save them
selves That their services be dispensed NTH
under tho new system IS admitted however, by all
police officials ana II Is equally conceded that TO keep
them on the payros Of the department after the
present month would be mere waste Of the peoples
money. The savingto be effected by the dismissal Of
those men Is by means insignificant There
foremen, receiving 900 each total
OF $4,000. Each foreman has Two assistants or
.sgaugmcn' paid 50 for each working day, and, est-
mating their average income at only $500 per annum,
their total swels up to another 5000, or ~
per each working aay, ut $500 per annum this saving
would enable tho department. to employ l1o additional
sweepers who would certainly contribute co
toward making the strccts cleaner
NEW PLAN.
The new sectional plan continually kept in
operation yesterday In the streets and avenues men
toned in yesterday Is HERALD On Eighth avenue tho
Improvement in most places was a decided one. On
Seventh avenue II nearly good becsu OF
the wretccd condition OF the cobble pavement, which
renders the sweeping much more difficult the same
uiliculty was on Second and First ave-
nues where the terrible state oil the pavement makes
the work OF thoroughly removing all The DIRT IRON the
ANA pitfalls vi tho commissioners most arduous
Undertaking Sixth avenue looked cleaner nan II has
many mon tbs past, except between Waverey place
and Tcn'h stree. where l. was encumbered with
the iron Of the Elevated Railroad now
being built. On Madison, Fourth ana Lexington
avenues the sweepers, with the exception VI few
iaggards appeared TO work we'll, and these three ave-
nues were certainly IN very good condition. Third
the drtiest OF the leading thorQughfares,
but The responsibility OF the department Tor this state
OF AFFAIRS Is shifted upon the Elevated Railway Work,
with very clear reason 1t must be said, Tor com.
paratvey small portion Of the avenue Is encountered
with tho rubbish from tho excavations, the latter
being mostly finished. The portions Ol thc avenue In
which the excavations arc completed could all DO
given out TO efficient sweopers, and thore need
Tor waiting TIL the remaining excavations COM
pleted. Third avenue Is tn many places IN very
oad condition. and It ~ hoped by many of the resi-
dents that Captain Gunner will wait longer and
take II at once 10 hand to-day.
FOR CARTS
In Inspecting the mode OF sweeping and OF carting
away The art yesterday ~ was noticed that many,
II most OF the dirt carts were without lids Tho
Tor whenever a lively wind swept over tho city
would invariably scatter some OF the garbage lying