New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-13
NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS PERMITS.

CAPTAIN WILLIAMS WILL NOT ALLOW THE CARRIAGE
sCows TO GO TO sEA-HE SAYS HE CANNOT.
Captain Williams. of the Street Cleaning Bureau.
yesterday received from the Office OIL the ohore
Inspector the following permit:
SIR: On your application hereby renew the permit
gave You Yesterday the tn as above 10 he good FOR
dumping to be done between the hours OF 1:26 p M.
FRANCIS HOPKINS. Shore Inspector
Bv JOHN B. HOLLAND. Deputy Shore Inspector.
When asked by TRIBCSE reporter what action
be intended TO take, Captain Williams said " 1
shall not send any scows out tomorrow This per
init does not give me time enough to unload them.
even II could get them there. You see. however
that the permit lis only good from midnight to-
boat at my command that can take tow OF
scOws from the city out to sea In the time allowed
We have to tow the scows out to sea against strong
food tide in order to get them there IN time Tor the
ebb tide. The time needed 10 unload the scows al
sea depends much upon the weather. Ii 1t rains or
if the waves are high the Italians OIL the scows can
not he made to work FAST From an hour ana
half TO two hours more time is needed on the aver
age than Mr.. Hopkins allows in his permit
is not the restriction made by Mr.. HOPKINS
really necessary to keep the shores of Coney Island
and Rockaway from being covered by garbagei lie
was asked.
Copey Island or Rockaway since July 8. when some
of the scows began TO leak before they got out TO
sea. and had to be unloaded to keep them from
sinking am willing TO go out TO sea further than
the law provides and unload the scows during the
What will be the result, If the present state Oh
affairs continues y ~
well, / have only thirty-four scows fit
for. use. OF these twenty;six are =, loaded
aud few others partly loaded; by To-
morrow noon all will be full, and no more
garbage or street sweepings can be cared from the
streets The streets have not been swept since Mon
day. and they will not be cleaned untll we nave
some means of ge ting nd OF the sweeplngs III
MIR Hop kIns continues TO refuse prcper permits,
there will be an accumulation OF 3 100 cart-loads
of filth in the CITY each day."
"Will YOU not be indicted if you fail to clean the
streets ~ .,
law by taking garbage out OF the narDor without
permit"
But you have q permit"
"NOt one that can use. To comply with the
permits gwen by Mr.. Hopkins would add $lO,oOO
month to the street-cleanlng expenses. he appro-
praton for street cleaning is now so small that we
have the greatest difficulty III getting along; WINE
the city has been growing, the amount or money
appropriated TO keep 1t clean has been diminished
each year. Why during the past year 6OO new
dwellings have been put up III the lwenty-elghtn
Precinct and yet are expected 10 keep that part
of the city clean this year with less money than was
spent there last wear.
" Mr.. Hopkins" the captain added. " has gone
further than he had any night to go. When took
charge of the Bureau, found thst J. b. Holland
the deputy of Mr.. HOPKINS, was drawing 500
month from the street cleaning funds The vouchers
were Endorsed by Mr.. MacLean and put to the
account of contingent expenses Mr.. Hop,
kns told that so long rs l
kept this man employed there would be no trouble.
| could not learn that the man was dong anything
for his pay and | cut him off. Before his pay was
stopped Mr.. Hopkins made no trouble. Now hr
Hopkins has taken rope enough to hang himself
with. am not idle and have the best legal adj
vice in the city. You may be snre that this matter
will be made right before long"