The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-30
No Additional Indications Of Progress
Since Last Week.
THE MAYORS INSPECTION.
Persons Who Swept Dirt Into
the Streets Fined.


pressed yesterday through Commissioner NICHOLS is
that before extending the operations Of the new
system all over the city the Police Commits
sioners must be thoroughly satisfied that u
is success, not only as regards superior
cleanliness but also from pecuniary point Oh View
The Commissioners have not yet trled the system
sufficiently long ascertain exactly now mucn
II will cost and whether will work well In all locaii-
ties. Mr.. Nichols said yesterday that most probably
the Board would extend The system Oh all streets as
Tar as Fifty-ninth street and tho avenues up to
Eighty street. and Captain Gunner thought that
the reorganization the entire force Tor tnis pur
pose other changes necessary in connection with
II, would occupy Two months.
Mr. Nichols yesterday claimed that the city had
before been clean it now, and declared
the HERALD should give the Department credit Tor
what II had done The inspection OF the avenues and
cleaned by the system showed, IN iact that
these favored thoroughiares were indeed remarkably
clean for the oil the year. Third avenue sun
excepted. Fourteenth street clean ''as new
PIN" ana the other leading thoroughiares were also
strangely IL imagine that one was IN
Paris until we passed to the avenues and streets
still cleaned undsr tho old system. Not much was
done clear Third avenue. on monday the fifth was
too liquid TO be removed, Captain Gunner SAID, and
yesterday it was frozen. Perhaps Tho iempsra-
to-day will DO OF that nice, exact medium re-
CURED clean this avenue OF It's piles OF rubbish
The Police Commissioners, realizing the fact that
The be kept clean whlie people throw
their garbage unhinaered upon the Streets have de-
termned throw the responsibility OF their punish
ment upon the Police Justices. 10y bringing before
these all those who violate the ordinances
in this respect. They claim ,hat all sach Offenders
must be seriously punished ana not be lightly let oil
with nominal lines reprimands before this odlous
practice be put a stop
DiRTYIYG STREETS
When Judge III urray took bis seat IN the Tombs
Police Court yesterday morning he saw before hun
unusual array OF policemen and prisoners. large
proportion of the latter to all appearances
10 the criminal bar They shifted uneaslly IN the
pentup enclosure, and from the earnest conversation
which they carried on among themselves IL was plain
observed that their pcarceraton out OF the
ordinary. As rule they were plainly dressed and
hard working people The majority were men,
but there sprnkling OF boys and
women among the number. They kept aloof
from the regular customers ,he place,
tho habitual drunkards and pckpockets, and the lat
gazed upon with the dsdain felt by hardened
criminals Tor novices before the bar The regular
spectators who be every day in their iavor-
Ito benches looked The group wtth astonishmenl
They not aware that the Excise troubles had
broken out iresh, and the prisoners did not resemble
liquor dealers, ana yet 1t was diicut toexpain away
the rad, Tor such 1t evidently was, on any other
theory.
CHARGES PREPERRED.
At last the mys.ery Was explained The magistrate
took his Seat quiet restored ana the long line OF
officers hied up 10 the bench IN regular
charged with violation OF
The corporation ordinance against throwing dirt,
ashes and swecpings IN the street The police had
carried vigor the order oil the Commission
arrest ali persons found pulfyng the work OF
the street sweepers The arrests numbered ffty-o
The hrst prisoner caiea upon answer WAS the por
Ter OF Broaoway store. lie admitted having swept
cut DIRT OF uto the street, but denied
having any knowledge That IL was against the ordi-
nance. lie stated that he had daily done the same
Thing Tor years, and had never been interered with
by Tue police The magistrate said that ms ignorance
ol ,he Jaw excuse He would have 10 pay a
lind OF 81 and the porter, only too glad 10 get away
hasteneO TO hand over the money.
variety oil excuses were made One aged and
vou5ie janitor sIOutty malnLaDed that he should
scquitieu, his offence consisted only IN throwing
the street, and sawdusl, he siren
uously argued, included III the ordnance. dis
arguments, however, were unavailng and he was
oCiigeu to pay 81 ana submit to judicial lecture 40
Tue effect that IL would conduCe TO his iuture Lappi
ness not TO throw sawdust IN the street any more.
CRosS-ExAMiSlNG AN OFFICER
young eo!oreo NIL PLEADED not guiity aud cross
exam ned the policeman VINO arrested him. The oi-
made matters IA lite worse Tor him oy test yIug
that he made Resistance, bat the descendant
OF Ham not easily suOdued. He called Wi nesses
from store to prove that he had swept out only
paper, when he offered to pick up and put
when the oihcer sougnt to INN. lie further
showed ihat his resistance was VI the mides possible
upc When alter the cxaminatIon the justice gave
Inn The benent OF the doubL by ordering his dis
charge, he smiled on the policeman smile Of intense
saislacton wnch was lar being relished by the
guardian of the peace.
one visag,d Office boy stood dumb when called
Oh 10 piead. He appeared 10 DO III "a The gu
roanuIugs were such AS be Rad never be ore seen
Af,er several questions by The Court, during tue
grcat,r part OF which he stared vacancy he found
his tongue, and the tears flowed cheeks. IL
didn't 10 nOthin'," he sDbOed. The Court took IA
mercliu view oil ms his release. In
ibaDkininess tne boy promised .'never 10 DO any
more"
The excuse OF Welsh porter was that he had taken
ahtle zoo much the night before the being
should operate to his advantage. He assured Tue
Court that had II mol been Tor the ceeDrat Ques
ton ana the CONSEQUENT vvacay o. his spirils he
never would nave done~so rash u thing as TO empty
the sweepiugs vi his store GU the street. IL looked
as II the Magistrate Was gong 10 clemcncy
In hs Gaze Dut u haru-hearted ponceman whispered
across the bench that the prisoner same
tning regularly Tor three years. aud the vivacious
WcIsninan was obliged TO pay 81.
DEllNQUEsrs.
AT the Jefferson Market ,vurt Inriy persons, in
GLIDING three women ana a nunioer OF young boys,
we're arfaisneu, the majority Charged Sweeping
put the stores where tney were employed and the
otners with dirtying the streets different ways.
Nearly ali oil them were oscDarged
Judge Morgan Essex Market Court how
ever, hned almost all OF the forty persons arraigned
On the charge Of violation Oh tn, Corporation oral
nance 81 each, except IN those cases where
great reason Tor ,enIency.
There were niIeen persons before Judge Smith at
the FIity seventh Street Police Court YESTERDAY
charged wnh violation OF the ordinances above men.
toned. Vi these Mary Fleming, No. $50 second ave.
nue.; Mary kun, OF No. 100 Ihlrd avenue; Eiien
Douenery, OF No All East ninth street; Thomas Con-
dn, oil East lhirty xth street john Gary, No ~
East Sky first street. Ohm Moran of No 24l E,st
bixteenth street: Cnrislina Mack, of No $40 East
Twcnty-iourtu street; Charles Hcgeman, oil No. 537
Tenth avenue, ana Henry Builionton O, M | ua2
Third avenue, were hned 81 each. Matilda Sussnan.
VINO was arrested tor twooping sand and rubbish
out oil her lager Deer saloon at No 297 avenue A. mo
tue gutter, was nued 50, as she was CHARGED with
offering Resistance to The officer. There wesceiye OF
tbese cases discharged as 1he parties arrested
children.
MAYOR ELY INsPEcTs SEw SYSTEM
Mayo Ely called yesterday morning AZ Ponce Head.
quarters and had long conference with the Chief of
Tue street Cleaning Bureau Captain Gunner win
reference TO improvements maze curing tae present
month. The Mayor states mat the principal change
uas made IA the substitution oil the block sys-
lcn, IN wnlcn one man sweeps certain space sinHly
Instead vi the o.d gang plan where they
work ia squads. About cue hundred aud thirty
men have boon employed the system,