New-York tribune., 1881-03-24
CLEANING THE STREETS.

"A BILL, GIVING THE MAYOR FULL fo"Eh.
tHs CITIZENS COMMITTEE IL CONFERENCE WITH
MIR GRACE-THE BILL TO BE PRESENTED io ihh
LEGISLATURE TO-DAY.
sMsyor Grace and the Citizens COMMITTEE OF
Erwepry.oue, appointed at the Cooper ihstituto
meeting have agreed upon bill In reference 10
eanng the Streets and IL is to be submitted 10 INC
Legislature to-day. At the conference held at tne
Mayors Office Tuesday the subject was discussed
and committee. consisting OF Thatcher NJ huani'
and John L. Cadwalader, was appointed to draft
hill CORPORATION Counsel Whitney met with them
ht the request of the Committee OF 1wenty-one'
Tbe soeeial Committee met the Mayor at his ofnce
Ga.terdav. There were also present Controller
C.mn,,ell. CORPORATION Counsel Whitney. and James
f,altatin. C. H. Marshall. S. d. Babcock, and Law
renee Turnure, of the Citizens Committee Inc
hill prepared By the Special Committee was regarded
rs satisfactory.
The full Committee of Twenty-one met later in the
Nav at No. 70 Fourth-ave, to hear the report OF the
Hub-committee Among those present were lhatcher
NJ Adams ID. Willis James, Dr. Derby u II. mar
shall. Lawrence Turnure Brayton Ives H.E.feiie"'
B. o. .Babcock Jackson S. Southland, by lnVitat'on
Mayor Grace. The bill drawn up by the suo-co',i,
mittee was presented and agreed to with slight
.mendment. suggested by the Mayor, that the
names of employees in the Street-Ceaning Bureau
and the report of the Superintendent shall be
printed in Tho City Record each month. letter
from Chief Justice DAILY was read approving the
bill a. calculated to give the city clean streets
Messrs Adams and James were appointed commit,
ree to take the bill to Albany last night ihey VIII
seoure its Introduction ana toe1 so 70 Hbany to urge
its passage They have faith now that ~ VIII Do
come law within week. but some OF tne polti-
cans who have seen the measure thlnk tne Lcglsia-
tnre will hesitate to confer such powers upon inc
The, The following is synopsis of the BILL embracing
MI its principal points:
The hin charges the Mayor with the duty Of cleaning
the streets, and gives hun the power to appoint ana re-
move at pleasure superintendent nsrnendnt S Il TO-
have power to engage and discharge empioyes snos'
70 the approval Of the hs @syS a1S ss
10 wear blouse to serve as uniform ano 10 display
The work may be done either by days labor or by con-
tract The Mayor may make CONTRACTS i0r e w',S ba III
Be for longer time than five years. ana an con.rHcs
sha be revocabe by the Mayor on twenty days notice
Te Mayo may also make private contracts for the sale
Of ashes garbage and street sweepioss He Is empow
cred make rules and reguiau9ns ior seeps d INC, of
btreets clean which are 10 have all the force anu &
city ordinances, and corporations, contrac'ors auu
Sduss required 10 observe snen rules u &
Hons nfraciOns OF winch are maue nisueiheahoiS eu
lect TO fines and Imprisonment 49,. ,,, ,os
Tue police are required TO enforce the mayor ruies
and EQUATIONS and 10 report all violations OF hem to
make arrests under them and 10 furnish Inc NAY or anu
ouTsi including iuil use Of the telegraph when
II interfere with the regular police business,
n, tne Dogs ~ REQUIRED 10 set aside docks be
nssd for dumpDg PURPOSES New slen snoT ~ i anu cv e
may dumped river on either bue VI tue CAY
md from Fl the ends OF any pier -. ., ,,,u tho
Within thirty days after INC passage o. ine o ant
buildings documents; material. etc. now used IN cea-
Ing streets. to the Mayor TO oe used ior inc eA
The Board OF Estimate and Apportonment ny ma
s assae of the Bill sum not to exceed S250OO0 to
be raised by bonds and placed in the next tax
levy the construction OF sea.going 10 carry
the garbage for the building Of cremaores OF
fnr1aces for burning n ,1 All psreo.es
are TO lie turned over the MAYOR and all accounts OF
the superntendep with ae sss u re NV eS
monthly with tho CONTROLLER verified by oatn ..r
nanv 70 nile up masses OF snow or iii the streets
without the written permission OF The Supertehdent
and such permission be gwen only Oh cOndlOh that
ch corporation shall remove the snow anu Ice al their
pwn expense within three days. 80 49, o-..., ,
me SUI etes are to be approved by him. The Health
Board Police Board Police Justices and other branches
Of the City Government are required W give a posspe
assistance IN cleaning the Streets
COST OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS'S BUREAU.
WHY THE FEED OF HORSES USED IN sTREET-cLEAN-
ING IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IN The FIRE
pEpARTMENT--MR. FRENCH's VIEWS ON THE
PROPOSED BILL.
Thatcher Nj. Adams. one of the committee ap-
bonted at the Street Cleaning meetngin the Cooper
In.titute made the remark on Tuesday in regard to
The answer of the Police Commissioners to Mayor
races letter. that he thought 1t very singular that
while the horses of the Fire Department are fed at
the rate of 81 OS head, those OF the
Bureau are charged for at the rate OF $l ~ head
A rsporter of The TRIBUNE called at Police Head
quarters yesterday to make some inquiries 10 regard
To this difference in the cost OF feeding horses IN the
two departments.
IL do not know where Mr.. Adams gets his hg'
nres.p said President French. or upon What basis
ba hav
or wha--but noticing the statement, made inquir'
les of Mr.. Nichols to-day about it. While ] do moi
hold myself personally responsible for the Street
Cleaning Bureau as it is impossible for one man tt
have personal knowledge of all these things, vet
think the ex panation is fair enough. have owned
horses for years and know something aDon te cost o.
maintaining them II morse s ,hs hnrses ;r
the Street-Cloanng Bureau work thirty hours out O
tOrty-elght, while the horses OF the FIRE D-part
sailed out sometimes for weeks at time
When q horse has little To DO ana
kept fat he will eat less food than morse tnac u
working hard most of the time. There Is wherc the
difference comes in. Commissioner Mason VINO Keeps
considerab BILE number Of horses IN his private Disl
ness says that it costs hun . IL month 10 aihsal
.tbem Tho street-cieanng horses cost about Sl 4
and Of course il 10 not possible, hamDered as We are
to manage the business just the same as private
Individual would Tie Fire Department buys it'
food i'm bulk at favorable seasons and has storag'
capacity for its grain, etc. We get our appropria
ton by the month. One-twelfth at time; Therefore
we cannot take advantage of tho market aud lay II
stores of hOrso-feed." $50,
"What do you think of the proposed bill givini
the Mayor the power of streetCieaningP asked the
reporter. SO, L. -.
NV lth such powers this bill proposes to give
the Mayor" replied Mr.. French. most anyone
ought To be able to clean the streets would like
TO take the contract under such circumstances
Why, Just slook at the difference This proposed
bill gives the Mayor full power to make his owl
ordip ances which will prevent the street from be
inv filled with everything that any body chooses t
throw there as is the case i have seen Broad
Way cleaned thoroughly after 10 o'clock at might
and vet be dry at 10 O'clock The next morning aut
in"t as tbongb it had not been touched. Jaintor