New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-08

NETWORK METHODS DENOUNCED.
TIE MUNICIPAL SOCIETY," SEES ItIiLE KLGuES roE
III MnNIl INP.NnID

I'M MO>Tl iAPaNOID.
The Municipal Society al IS meeting last
evening d-cu-,I tire -uucc, of street cleaning ~ Sew
Yok and g Wa. ti.- pruap,. tuat Drought Police Conn
missioner. Traari,. Wheeler aul E.cA's 20 tie meet
ing. IA. paper W. read d. i N. Adams. on The part
Of tho Executive Committee
TN, laW, e Was stated, gave cNog..tc power 10 TIE
Police Department 10 have all IRE stcc OF tie cii!
cleared Whntcy part o. his w,k could not Doc pcr
formed by tb, police tAoul lc gwen go prrs"n. GIN
posed log that purI'u-c. Ihc qu, -tion nfo-c.
NuoiLcr or not The tNplyors OF N,w-IoIk t.
ceivcd the fan equivalent for tAc money they
paid. Tho reply was Tat NcNNOrk was not
kclt clean. on December 10 TIE LN'cuiyc Commitir,
81 tc society made tour through wahF OF H." stree T.
~ TIE ciy aud fcund many ~ them JOB Wy nhy con
driou. Among O.. sr were tl' lower rHt - 1hNdaNe
-aiu 1T ave. Houston, G.r,ur sad Ndshinso
The co,nui. tee noticed taat iEc stfcot- on the
west -idc Of tie cry were IA WUrsc condition
than those Of ihr east side. ~ the committee
cauc down town II n0uccd only one gang OF
nrt yoi kiucn AMI Oycrs o. TINS Eias thc over
the Oniy ah.e".G.,i Eau, "hd d. L- u"ihin-
nii look uu Tie others ,iili,r old or y.cIt
ult',rly unfit To p,riorm tie o,@ ~ -lt",cannf a.
another pac, thr cuamit O." '-" t"o 'a u.l as!o-
and the wind ii wing the i-nr. back ali tn street
Tic system upon which tine rtr"c, 'c mns Department
D., conducted, tIc report contuacs b. m Incapable on'.
The work - do csp'suod No general rule. OBJ
served, nor Is thor, any regularly ~ ..v,criuc
Should 10 swept every tacnD-our hours. auJ
Nc minor streets cu,c week. Tie SIS.
ten. of rti",t ci'An.ns ia London, Liverpool.
Manchester. Philadelphia AL Gosi 30 ..e a mp r"r 3"
that OF N.y York although NcEl or po-s's rrcitcr
ay9itag,s and spends ni".r -u.Is ~ money for ~,
piruo,c BOT only large appropriations made ,y h,
ciD s0'c.rEtn inl many ir'"sr ' ~.is Iilir m'h %
,'c.u tie tito,t-. u - t'i"."t i,"t me cost OF
proiororar 10 i ~ oiL'' citi'~ ",l,,i "aniuC "ar
l,..tuIlSlY Cu.tlIftu.S Wu,i
better auI made profit Tgc r,.ice e., not incur rcat
c,'i-rs 100 I'tiiA'- 'd''' an L'i ', i"r most oi
H.l Sot l,rI the CONTRACTORS. tuD,s the IIc>,u
- .trl. ~ ,h, .,tc-n lo. tio -. 20 receive ,.
f4nN a.ni i"I i-r' Ike. !.noi a. u" i6l: ,uion
IN, year 'n" NOUS ALI - inat any prctIuu-
3cr ~ removing ' Ic,.fy tho laIii-r L. not SEPT
i''c'. 'I' l" i-t'. IA law "h''7 '' IN 'd itlu-c
- thrown ntI t.c wafer, r.' o mast pc taken OF
"a, city. Ah,t.e. difficulty u.s. 10 secure rooi dumping
li.c--. Inc ponce -h"uih "'ti".' t"e garbage li"m
tbc as.c, and Employ Ia latter iDr ul.g up lois.
Under IN honest systcui, ti" paper c.uclud.s, H.,
i!h.rr oi t'' tl could b. r"rc.} Disposed of. Twice
iur present number 81 cdtt r!D al he t1tu and tursr
collect IN sdfnAS' i"ur' H"lu'is Should hc detected
not 10 luiN up garbage WIN tic aruc-. I'm B,s-
old rs med a. ior IL VOCATION. PailadrinI,
suncIod from similar ~ STEM Ia tlat Of NcW-IurL
the employed IA street cleaning found ~ tue
couliiirc 10 be un Tor th':r work. TAI. also the
too large iUr The work wren Drawn asked Wny ne
cd not pay the iuho.ois ~ 8 CAV, he Ieplod: Tahc
you ~ remain in olicc.' me tuloc Is that hci, il
loo political patronage IN TINS ocparmcntin fic
j., op,y cd and the srpcrIEl'nd 81 thc Department
has 100 iLiiCuHcC to- c. ly Zen AT lis own discretion
T. rsOH- uEGi Tor ino work
IRON respectable citizen, asking for cmplo,mcn
IA he department, but when the names Of
these cltIzrua asked, trc IC!J that senil
men ma, not to then ruincS Shown. From
STEM" The COMMITTEE, ihrst evil, t,lt
complain OIL aud 80 ions - II lasts oar money vii Toe
wasted" Int paper thch compared t!c N"W-1"r
TEN with ~ Of other cities, " Ne have 100
oiiiclas ard loo idiOtrs. or Ciit official 10
10 men. boston dOc' the work Win 81 men the al
employed there j. best and thr WUrkIncn Engaged
all tlc through without any political inNut nee
Tnc committee wOud have thc daPartm. paced IN
cBIrg' "a sul g. hicnucnt appointed hy tie Mayor,
WiihoaI Ioquirng inc approval 90 tno Board Of Alder
I4c paper WIS loudly applauded, ald Police COMMITS
slOEc Eihaldt lcuarnH about the ~ IL aim
cut IS the Commissioners i.Yt 10 cot. ud win, ana
asked lhai Ponce t0iaIIiss.nu he requested
Wftc statement, I'D %, prntci WI tbs committee
port This was ordered.