New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26

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did any snow fall ON your sidewalk in the WIN
MAYBE, guess. 1t fell in the streets of the
>%%hat was done with this snow on your side
walk .. uor,o thsv mt il in
%MsySSs they Put Put it n in their IcIrS Sckst"
"Did YOU ever clean off the sidewalkp
"Msybe. Icant tell dunno more.
"Thc trouble is, Mr. lode you know more W yng
Mr. Andrews-That il natural.
Mr. Root--Was the snow ever taken ont OF the
Al never saw somebody take il away. 1guess the
sun must have taken it away .,
"What did you do with the art IN your s'ore
A" put IL i'm box.
"Y0u didn't put il in the street y
mo sir. 1t would have cost me dollar"
A CIGARMAKER's TESTIMONY.
Sebastian Schneider, clgarnaker, at NO 80
Broome-st said that the street was very dirty III
front Of his store II had not been cleaned this win
ter until this month. gentleman had come to his
store early in March and asked him il he would
make an affidavit in regard 80 the condition OF the
street and he had done He had not seen the al
fdavit since. /, ~, !.
produce this affidavit if il is III his possession.
The Mayor--I deny the request. l know nothing
about it, ...
yonr secretary to produce 1t. .,
The Mayor refuse to grant the request. go
Daniel t. MantOn. produce merchant at NO lo3
Chambers-st said the street in front OF his store
had not been cleaned since last October or Noven,
her until last week When the snow disappeared
the dirt in the street was seven inches deep. The
ashes aud dirt from his place were put IN barrels.
The cart-driyers had occasionally refused TO take
them away, and he had been III the habit OF III
attracting his porter to pay them 10 do this 800
George Bliss came i'll at this point and took his
seat His appearance apparently cause .ls m ,sr
UGeoTge Miller, part owner OF the coffee ana spce
mills at No Sc Chamhers-st.. said that that street
had been in bad condition during the winter. Ills
firm was in the habit of paying the eart-drvers To
remove the ashes from their store. On the cro>s-eX
animation he stated that tne m ha s s'ra '
ashes n day The Police Department Is not COM
PEELED by the law to remove these ashes.
John Bonner "a rOhust-loOklng man, weighing
about 50 pounds. who has lived at No. ia Baxter
st for fourteen years testified that that street nad
not been cleaned from last Noyemne t UNI last
almost impossible for teams to get through ". IN
the street there had been numerous ashbarres LETT
standing along the sidewalk with the contents run
Wr Root-inst AS the witness was leaving the
stand-I wish TO call the attention Of the Court 10
tbe health Of this witness. an example of What
residence Of of fourteen years III that tr1bly I'LL
healthy ncighbOrhOOd will do.
The Court then took a recess until = O'CLOCK
MR. GLARS EXPERIENCE.
After the interIuissOn. Henry Clair, the manager
of the Metropolitan and Park Avenue Hotels was
called He testified that he was in the habit of pay
ing $40 every month for having the ashes removed
from each of these hotels-tO man named Duggan
for The H. ah Son 10 ofS that thew we're were
nected with the Police Department, although he
could not swear positively as TO that. lheH carts
had the letters Z. D. Oh them. =,
Mr. ROot-Did you ever complain OF TINS 10 the
Police Commissioners ooo II,
told me that it onght to he stopped was then pay
ing S25 a month for each hotel; Acting on Mr..
Nicholas advice stOpped paying TINS and ny ashes
Got 10 be as bad as ever and j complained to Com
missioner MacLean who was then IN Office. Tie SAID
he knew that under the old rgme the DRYER were
and az '' the ashes were not removed for three
again and he told me that if had any commnnica-
tions to make to him to put them in writing me
ashes were not taken away then Tor over mon nm
and about one hundred barrels collected; The
Board of Health made n complaint ana the case
came uI in court. | told what my experience had
been and the case was dismissed. After that fore
man of the Street-C Cleaning Department came to me
and said that they, would he GLAD 10 remove the
dirt, but that they did not have carts enough. On
his heels came another man. WHO said 1t was not
worth ms while TO have 80 much trouble for n few
dollars have regularly paid since then flo every
month for having my ashes removed" ~,
"D,d YOU have any other communication with
Commissioner Nichols ir regard 10 the matter ],
"Yes: nc asked me once bow was getting along
with nv ashos replied that was paying to have
them removed lie said that this ought not to con,
tinue, aud advised me to stop the payments had
beer all through that once, however, anu vi" no'
follow his advice"
"Aro there any steam engines in your botelsV
EYES; several in each of them"
MIR. Bliss-As l understand II, the knowledge OF
this transaction rested with the Mayor Mr. Clair
and the gentleman whom the Corporation Counsel
tried to foSt on the city Police Commissioner.
Earnest Berg. of No. ~ B"ach-st., testified that
the streets in the neighboIhOod OF his house. had
been IN a wretched condition all winter On the
cross-examinatiOn he stated that he made an aiii-
dayt in March to that effect, hut he had signed ii
without r,adi-lg il. John Moran, of No. sS Horatio-
It. former eEuploye of the Street-Cleaning Depart
ment. was the next witness
Did Won ever" asked Mr.. Andrews, " know Of
laborers bsng put on the payroll Of this Depart
nent who never did any work =
Mr.. Bis Undressing Mr. AndrewSl-Do yon con-
slider that proper question
Mr.. BARTLETT object 10 this because 1t is load
ing question.
Ar. Bliss-The objection Of my colleague Is based
upon the idea that this Is court OF Justice Try to
Mr. Andrews-n the objection Of the counsel for
the Commissioners IL made seriously and in good
faith an perfectly willing to change the form 81
the question.
Nr. Root-Ths man is discharged employe Of the
-etrost-C Cleaning Department, aud ycn ar puttiDe
sqarstiOn which involves many facts which be may
or nay net know.
MIR I1dr~ws-I have spoken 10 him In regard q
he testiraony, 30 that know what hs has TO say.
Mr. Koot--I would simply remind DIT. Andrews
that he holds an anomalous position here, beine
both prosecutor and advisor for the judge must
say that think he has acted III tho past more as
prosecutor than as judge 49,
Mr. Blise-Mr. Andrewss position Is different IRON
the Mayors In that he Is not bound tn convict,
Mr.. Andrews lquietlyI-~My position u clearly DO
ternined BIZ the statute.
NJ. Bliss-We know very wen that you are here