, 1880-02-08

~ 1"o 1a'." We Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO req: ~ the published pro.
ceedlngs OF the City Cencil, among the esti-
mates submitted by the'ontroller and heads
! of the different departm,ts of the amounj
of money that will bo rtnired tn RIM m,
municipal machine the tsnino va,r tho
item "For street cleanh. md renairs
S147, 0oo,' which appears in u modest esti'
mate Of the Commissioner Of :.,hlic Works
suggests the query whether f. ren,,tarion
that Chicago has obtained of1avfnp the
dirtiest streets Of any city in this oany other
| country Is we'll founded. An exam at,on of
| that subject develops the fouoWineferts IN
regard to other cities as well rs our Tn that At
are interesting reading, if not a crqitable
| our own municipality: ~
| In Boston, with 70 miles Of pavement anA eoo
! miles Of macadam, the principal streets ~; t,,e
swept every morning before O'Clock, all othsss
twice week, the macadam once week. al
all cutters flushed and cleansed weekly.
In Philadelphia, with G00 miles Of pavement
the principal thoronghfarcs are cleaned 81,
times week, and the whole thoroughly cleanset
once week.
In New York, with 25o miles Of pavement, th.
authorities claim to sweep the principal street,
week.
In London, with 1,410]f miles of pavement
every principal street is swept once in twenty.
four hours, secondary streets three times
week, all Others at least twice.
In Liverpool, with e55 miles Of pavement, like
regulations are enforced.
- In Manchester, with 800 miles Of pravement
3}be principal streets, roads, and thoruughfures
together with the markets, are cleanscd every
day, secondary streets thrice week, all Others
Boston IN 1876, with 270 miles OF streets, paid
for street. cleaning, including removal OF ashes
and garbage $685. 200 currency, Or 1914 per mile.
This IS net, after deducting SIG 600 received from
Philadelphia, with 800 miles Of streets, spent
IN the first ten months Of 1871 for street-clean-
ing. including removal OF ashes and garbage,
$3.50, 900, or $3.50 per mile.
New York, with a5) miles of pavement, spent
IN 1877 for STRENGTHENING, exclusive Of remov-
S2,.9o0 per mile
London is divided into thirty-n1ne parishes,
each Of which conducts its own scavengine and
street-cleanfng. 1t would be impossible to give
returns from them al. Taking the parish Of St.
George, Hanover square, one Of the most cen
trm and important, as an example, we find that
average cost of clearing these and carting away
the refuse-a ride OF from three to five miles
neng e d neccssary-tor the years 1870 to 1s75 was
same average for the whole city,-whIch IS GER
tainly fair, Ills some OF the parishes are smaller
and the cartfng distance less,-the annual cost
H YOU'D ho si'T45oo, Or, In round numbers, $1,258
Liverpool, with her 255 miles of pavement,
paid for street. cleaning in 1876 including the
city, numbering s., i,71,e,l work the expense Of
which is in New York distinct from and addi-
tional to the cost of street cleaning sum of
= S5 Sa1 64 os ID, or $e In gold, equivalent to
Manchester, with SEQ miles of pavement, paid
s1a y aslo Tor street-cleanlng IL, pr $4,000, or
S:95 per mile.
Chicago has aboutnfnety-fye miles Of pave
11+j,jn nh Sf1 t>1 1F
lcal cleaning, and which last year were swept
and cleaned from four times q month in the
business centre of the city and the principal
to once month on second
lry and once during the season in other
;treets in the outlying portions Of the city,
a6ont $40, ,000, an average Of S2225 per mile.
we have cheerful taxpayers, honest money
= the treasury, honest officials, and the best
Mayor chicago ever had,' but, notwitllstand-
~ all These goodies every man, woman, and
.locomotion, is compelled to
;lther wade through mud or choke with dirt,
ne condition Of our streets being determined
y the weather, instead Of BY a judiclons use
T the means at the disposal OF the officers
nlairged with that duty.
>; ihe attempt to bore two,lncll augerhole
With giinlet always fails: The cleaning Of
ur streets but once week does not secure
leanllness. It only determines the degree Of |
1elr nastlness the other SIX days 0f the week,
r tWenty-six out Of the thirty days OF each |
ave in making good appearanceto to visitors, |
ne health of the people makes it the para !
lount duty Of the City Council to make |
tIger and respectable appropriation tor that
ort OIL work, such a one as Will comport With |
ur metropolitan pretensions in other mat.
At the same time it is in order to suggest
lat In the bill thew now have under conSid-