New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


] THE POLICE BOARD QUEsIIONED
I'm, ~ Won suApPIY oRITICIsEs THE EXPENDITURES
{, ~ rur noARp FOR STREET CLEANING FOR THE
| vvAR 1850 AZ COMPARED WITH 1879.
Mavor Grace has been absent from ms once In sne
City Hall sin since yet ef hs house. but to
eds GOOD use of his time In examining tne IeP oo0
Of the Street Cleaning Bureau lot iSao anu t09 Of
"a comnariDQ the work done with the amount VI
.1nendture for each year. The Mayor says In part
II appears from these reports which have taKen me
care osudtSre 10 the year issOtat 49, the gross sx
enditure less the cost Of new plant. - SO
$s4 saS srss
s.snSps the as tns 10 oa ss y Cf dirt
1srSsee as against 6I loads 10 1872 and tnas IN
1850 the sss ass Of nsd o.
ant and was 10 that extent saved the expense o. rem rem
ga o sshs and garbage only 2o22 per
rentum in 1880 against 2o43 per M o tbe
ease the cost for and removing street dirt Us
much than that 81 ssnss saa q Greater directly
as the proportion Of street dirt 10 aSne' "nu
assuming that the expense should be by se
total quantity Of ashes garbage snd sieee us os OF
egsa,hsr hG 0st tG v" 81 o. more that
Won removed 1896 loads less that. taking me e1 z,
scs o tbese two classes Of rubbish renewed It cost
Sou 1856 n more In 1880 than IN lsIS: onIv
Nv The aye,age cost the latter you have % eo
So2 $50 loads Of dirt in $780, as against %'oo'
IoIds AM ~ ii The cost OF be regarded as
constant quantity and the sum expended IN ioIg Ior
that purpose be taken as sufficient III ab1 %
more in 1880 than 1870 II NO account oe asen Of
the decrease during the year aseo and U oS more
if such account be taken. A., o. ,ooo vou had
1t appears that while IN tne yeaa Tcilines for
Work you cleaned only 5763 miles Of streets az lands
If ashes garbage and street dirt together as oeans.
1911 81 loads IN 1875 at an aOmsts,S greeter cost
yarviUs with the hypothesis as above pointed out
These the large s an nSs the Startling vara
lions shown in AGGREGATES appear even more sarng IN
The or THESE latter ea your ahoser endowed in
s,reecleanne performed oneseventh less work IN lSsO
than 1872 having swept up ya S IN u the matter Of
carting Sowing and unloading ashes S nt IN
iss6 in the loads re@Yves h 1as vas va an an
increase in cost over 1Sts OF Won had
Sl2s PR e Sreser p9 OF 1850 Of over sa4o
Of new plant. So also, find that there was an
R been q Cent Inc
OF nOrseieed Per horse was SO i in 1870
Per % Rsa9 l1 15a1 against AGAINST
Of Of sS2T 81 is
These aud many other facts appearng ynnned aid in
n e by ANYTHING shown in reports themselves;
md they appear to me being OF sufficient moment 10
e The business Of the department 1t undouot-
@ in our power to gye the Charters feel my
duty TO cali upou you make to me- within zen DAYS
the receipt BY hereof further ana he
possible, the facts hereinbcfore referred to.
IAWBREAKERS BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT.
Recorder smyth Yesterday inflicted several more
heavy sentences on lottery and policy dealers
Henry Henry. of No. 12G Bowerv who was con-
ycted on two counts for selling lottery ana PollCy
tickets was sentenced to three months in the Penl-
Tertiary and to pay fine of 500; Henry Brelden,
buck, of No. PSI Sccond-st, sentenced to nifty days
erick. of No. COS East Eleventh-st. for q similar
offence sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment
and to pay fine Of $2S Mam v 6awapa. loI
to ten days Imprisonment and to pay a fine OF $lO
Captain Kealy and Roundsman Harry, of the
s Pec N p past %oday
night. and arrested Raymond Rubiera, the alleged
proprietor, and John Castaer the dealer. while
number eff Spaniards aud Cubans were sitting
around a long table engaged in playing Spanish
monte with variegated aud peculiar cards. SIX
packs of cards. with So 50 IL silver WIN Two s
teen men were taken inVo CUSTODY: huolera ac-
knowledged that he was the proprietor ana en-
deayored to show that he merely RHpt tsn n heor
Justice Wandeii. at the I0mps WheIe hupiela was
held in default of 81 900 ball. Au the other pris-
Detectiyes Fogarty and Handy, of the Fifth Pre-
c,nct Yesterday arraigned at the Iombs John John.
SON. No. ssa West Broadway on On The complaint oT
Of Nelson Harrison eGoreG ;n OF no simiIaE CHARGE
was made by the complainant against Thomas Me
tick for selling lottery policy slips at No. ~ Laight-
ct. The prisoners were each required 10 procure
hands II, 81 900 for their appearance for trial in the
Court of General Sessions. .o.:o.
Several days ago anonymous communlcationi
,vss received by the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children stating that at No. 2o2 Broome
st. children under fourteen were accustomed TO pur-
chase liquor. Officer Thomas A. Henry, OF the 90
cety. asccrtaned that Lewis Jackson, the proprle'
tor. and bis bartender Ernst Gasser. were accus'
toned to sell liquor to children Yesterday lie ap
Piled for warrant to Justice Bixby IN ihe EsseS
Market Police Court. against jackson ana Oasser
Later in tie day, Officer Kennedy, of the Court
Squad, arraigned the prisoners III Court, aud they
were hold in $500 bail each. :.
Three LIQUOR sellers were arraigned yesterday IL
the Harlem Police Court and one ut Essex Market
for violating the Excise law. They had TO iurnisl
800 bail each