New-York tribune., 1879-12-21

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from the North RIVER The second East River tow left
foot sSose went p % along % %
the dumping at buoy Mo- In TOE Lower pay, n,
seDt IL there had been enough Italians 20 it. Sixty
men were divided among these three scows 'hey Nels
nearly as dirty their cargo. but az rule very sood
nsIured Zach one carried bag continuing luncheo
and the heaviest cething he possessed ~ was sad h
fires on the scows. using RAGS. straw and eombusoe
rubbish A dog went along Tor company. Departing az AZ
ocOck IN the afternoon they were bot expccten pdeA
until IL or l2 o'clock at night
HOW STREET APPEARS AFTER CLEANING.
With the removal OF the dirt IN the CARTS the process
of cleaning the street competed and. 10 note the
result OF the operation, the reporter revisited Forsyth
st ou the following morning. The day was che coldest
OF the week up to that time The mud was caked and
dried and appearance Of the street was much bet
ter than IL the dirt that was left in II had been
mixed with moisture. II the standard OF clean
lfness that the tops OF the paving-stones shail
lie uncovered then large part OF the street was clean
But there part where stout broom could not
have swept up large quantity OF the dust and refuse
MIXTURE OF where a hoe could not have lOosened much
caked and partly frozen mud, the very same spots
that had been swept and boed and shoyeed over the
day before And Oh the last block at the upper end.
where the single Italian worked alone by the low
Standard of that calls for the uncovering Of
the pa wing stones, the WORK must be condemned.
Sweeping WIN further observed In other streets. On
down to the water This by special order OF Cap
tain Williams the men said. They Irisrmen. and
went to work IN rather more business-lise manner
than the Italians. Beginning at the middle OF the
street. like the Others instead OF pushing rapidly ac-
cmulating pile OF dirt distance they brushed
everything down directly toward the gutter. and there
divided u heaps, using neither the broom nor the
hoe alone Yet they did not eectually
clean the street. mp all the dirt their brooms would
take Had they gone the same ground again, tney
would once have had the street fairly cleaned and
In condition be kept by proper attention. "Why
you heaps in the cutters y was asked one
OF them "Oh the dirt cart Is to follow us all the way
down. right away, he answered. Later IN the day, the
reporter returned to this street. TO how the first
street-ceanug order traced Captain Williams had
worked aud found that the carts had followed prmpt-
w. and that the dirt had been all removed. But the
new broom had not swept clean. policeman and a
storekeeper accosed by the reporter. and were
found to be In discussion about the condition OF the
street. aud there unanimous verdict OF the three
that the work had inoomplecly cone. The dirt III
this street had been mostly fne aud dry. well III xed
with refuse Under this to extent there was mud,
caked and slightly hardened After the dirt heaps had
been taken away there left not only quantity that
had been neglected by the cartman aud that therefore
remained in che gutter bur the evidences OF nsucent
sweeping appeared all the down the street ltte
ne fot and none of the mud had so hardened with the
cold slight effort did not release It, The men were
we're given them about swcepmg-hOw thoroughly tod
IL where make tnc heaps how large 10 make them
any particulars. They SAID, " NO. we are only 10
MAKE II a. clean IA We eau. .
non of The strerts reached 1bOmps0nSt t seemed that
he might fairly u was the dltiiest street he had
The mud lay great masses along ths lower part
dslndge with the toe a shoe. The cutters were black
WITH a rt and smv with gorbage: ash-barrels mad been
tipped over. the contents lett uncOeeted, or so
spilled about in the collecting as To make even worse
d,sficurement of the street. But nteIsecti OF
Grand and Thompson-sts there were seen indicaions
IN the mud that pointed PLAINLY Ia the broom aud hoe
of the Unabe believe IL possible tnat
such farce hal been performed as pretending to nave
cleaned this wnIie leaving It in this wreched
zion, the reporter made inquiries IL the vicinity The
"nteligent cOutranand" was not fan TO seek
He said that the sweepers nad been around thai
asked the reporter "De ashman just
over dere ne replied pointing across the way to
where the aShss spilled IN coleeon covering ten square
feet Of the sidewalk. corroboraed ais statement APP
also been around, and that Ih0mpson-st. was on tne
books OF the StreeCleaning Department as Cleaned
The driver OF tae ascari also asked about IT, aud
said he knew the street had heen swep, hat morning
foI no helped do H. Do call II good JOB II
he was asked He laughed, aud sod the frozen mud was
troublesome Bur |. mud was no more thih sugnuy
caked and could nave oeen oosened By KICK as exper
iInent demonstrated.
The work in upper part Of Thompson-st, near
Bleeckersf. beoneipg 10 another precinct sas better
the corner In Beecker-st. having swept uat street
from the BOwery 20 Carmnesf. There were three IN
tins gang-twO lrIshnen and AN Italian. One OF the
iarSr weter1ur-p0f rnis was useful not ony in
t%he t%e airecI,en in which he explained it- pur-
pose-to secp down the dust on this brsy sFcct-but
Also In making the work of The broom effective.
Tine work was carefully DONE showed that
satisfactory results might be obtained where
tie men understood or were instructed how 20
labor and streets not neglected 80 long rs
to make the process Of sweeping mere smearng over
Of the of underlying art, collecting enough TO
make heap but not really cleaning the streets Near
the Bowery OF this street, which mad been swept
earlier In the gay, there some evidences OF ine
truth of the complaint Of te that wnen the ground
was caked with the cold II difficult 10 clean IL. There
was nothing. however that stout hoe would not nave
removed. No carts removing dirI from tnis
street and up O'Clock IN the afternoon. although
the rest OF the street remained untoSched
THE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING ASHES.
The removal of ashes s distinct feature in street.
cleaning The supposition is that every householder
shall have his ashes taken away every day Part
of this work formerly done at night and the neces
slty leaving the barrels, boxes iron ascans tin
pans bgsns and other reeeptsces commonly used for
the ashes with the danger OF having them stolen,
an annoyance to the people, and there we're many diff
culties in the way of doing work thoroughly the
DARK wnen II was hard all the ashes awaiting
removal, or TO know how much was spilled IN
collecting. For about two weeks this work has been
zone IN tho day tne beginning at o'clock and ending
about in the evening" except Of delay from lack
OF scows, from other reasOBs wnen the men
pected continue until they have completed their full
number of loads. The drivers say that If their days
work completed before their route mas been covered
they expected report that tact TO the foreman OF
their precinct order that other may be sent TO
fnsh the route during the same day TINS, however,
is not always done. and the barrels remain cut all
day, all night, and In some cases for several days
vat hout being taken, while the daily ACCOMMODATIONS of
snes and often Of garbage are added 10 the barrels
already full to over1owing. quantity then tails
upon the sidewalk; Italian gpickers pull
contents about and spill what would have remained in
the barrel left undlsurbed Unless the barrels
carefully watched, they overturned and stolen,
are unset by malicious boys. the contents going the
gutter and on the sidewalk.
The testimony OF the drivers this point Is that they
are expected not only what is IN the barrels
what has been spilled; but they either do this
carelcssly, with few rapid passes OF the shovel
for he carta a.