New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE FAVOR ON STREET CLEANING.
.rxr oy a,v,yc THE WORK DONE ON BUSINESS

Mayor Grace was signing warrants large pie Oh
which lay on bis TABLE, e T1sa Yesterday Yes
! have glanced at what Mr.. Nichols and CAPTAIN ID
Williams told The T TIL Of There may
he he seISethne In the points they mention. am
waiting, however, for the answer Of the Police ,;ss
s SonsGN icbois CAPTAIN Williams or anyone else
do not uphold the administration OF tae out hosa
in 1879 as being eii,o,ent % 0h beipp the
previous year. The facts comparison Win loto,
1877 and previous years would not oe any pea, u,
for the Police Department, but would IN many
cases be worse. took particular care that no m
Justice should be done the department owing 10 any
cOmpicas.sS"n and Sl therefore had the
figures for previous years also compared we alt
not carry the comparison out Win former years. ou'
can do so II thought necessary . ,.
;: Then the statement you sent the Board was not
the work Of an ex-ofical OF the street Ciean5ng De
Part@ena as intimately W SIp Commissioner or
anyone else but the persons at work upon it ever
saw the figures or knew anything OF them until they
H. IL ia an effort to gain necessary information 10
order that may properly understand the worklng
Of the Police Depa, tment ana perform rcs;ved the
report of the Police Department. mass Va nsu'o 90
and in order to understand them looked PACK az
The discrepancies. Turning back to former years !
found still more glazing discrepancies ana tnat eo
The snpplemeptal report. If the Police Board can
satisfactorily explain the facts recited ID my letter.
that is all want"
II shall take other measures to find ont. must
perform my duties as Mayor regardless OF persons
moved dp for the Department Of Public Works and
markets was not lneude1 in the report u i0'0'
from the Police Board. Ii 1T does not include every
thing t should. That is what want to find out"
MIR Nichols says the price of hOrs feed mas in-
creased SOME 40 per cent. Does not that explain
the difference iu that respect r
think not. / don't lind any such increase In
the Fire Department or elsewhere, and it should not
bays occurred in the Police Department. However,
we are preparing some further hgures Oh 'na' SUD-
iect;n, 49,. .oows had 70 90 further to sea-
and that increased the COST
!" | think the scOws made to 90 about as far
10 sea In 1879. 1t was then that the Shore lnspec-
Tor began TO have trouble with the Department"
"Cartan Williams says tue cost VI iaoor has III
creased" 600
feet Of water 'front.' IN Long Island CITY thIhK
the Street Cleaning Department should 9e run on
business principles As TO tue ,es s, u
years il 80 great favor OF the former year thaI
think there must be some mistake" :.
1.-The head of the Street Cleaning Bureau says IL
will cost 81. 100000 to clean The streets properly
DO YOU think that is too much "
No not # the work Is done the way IL Is nov"
II is doubtful. If that would be enough:
DO you think If the work were placed IN your
charge that you could clean tue streets with the
ri wOnid not say that could without some
further investigation. But | could make most
decided Improvement on the results achieved now.
All that is needed is 10 do the work on business
principles
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERESTS.
srGGksTipSs OF THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE APP
PRovEp-rHE wA>HlNGIoS MEMORIAL sUBScRir-
TOM.
At the lnonthly meeting of the Chamber OF Com;
nerce yesterday the special committee ON railroad
trans port alton made report on the two DIS now
pending the Legislature providing tor BOARD ~
Railroad Commissioners. Resolutions were adopted
rcairming the previously expressed opinion III FAVOR
OF tue establishment OF Board OF GommiS,ionerS'
with powers similar TO those OF the Railroad CON-
nlissioners of Massachusetts.
ROYAL Phelps. of the subcommittee appointed TO
arrange for erecting N, nninent to Washington III
\ conference was held with j. A. Ward. the sculp-
tor. last Monday. and the questioned the proper
sits Tor the qnumeht was n en- ahrmsnt n
tho middle of the front steps OF the SUB, treasury
Mr. Ward y now making 3 model i0f the NOM thc
subscribrr. for their approval Mr.. Phelps
expressed d appointment that subscriptions had
shaved tota! of Sl3. 595 the following being the
,ubscribers :. H. Ch.ttenden. $1,000; Royal
Phelps. $500; Morris H. de,gp 5000 u L. Ii BAD
Dodge. 1000: d. Willis James, 5000: w. e. Scdcr'
pirrnorp, 500; prexel Moran 4 Co., ZOO
j., Babroek $500 G; K. Garrison 200 Percy Il.
Pync 1850; James NJ. Constable. $3.50; w. x: Gar
iisun 300; d. .. Mills. s2po; george hemp'
$50; William II. Fogg 500; Gustav schwab,
4iuG; Ulagk.0n Crolus. slO0; George {. Clark.
siOO: r.. ID. Morgan. 500 John l. Terry, elOO;
Solon Humphreys. 500; john. i. Agnew, 200
Grorgc " Lame, 800; Henry Hrutz. 200; Cooper
a Hewitt. 800; IL. X. Bishop POO Ludwig
Marx, 80; John Wilson. ~; Charics = n nggIn-'
f.O. MIR Phelps thought thar S3o,oOo should De
the minimum amount subscribed ana sng9ested
that $50 900 would not H. too much. II subsctlp'
tons were not srut ~ literally and gratnnonsy he
thought u would be better 10 drop tn pr,Ject.
tolonel L. \. CnnkinR sugs st'd that subserp-
lions should In srnt 20 ID sub Treasury wheic any
badly cOud sat ,cribc ~ amounts of 20 cents AMI
over. lr suEgc-tion at Ambrose snow toauthoiizc
tue committee 20 continue IT. Iabots. with power 10
take the necessary steps u carry ont the project
were appru, eel al.
Among the new members OF the Chamber elected
was Gt Oigr H. Blanchard, vice president oil the New
lUfk, Liar Fac aud Western Railroad
PROFESSIONAL BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Oucrr Cnlshin. al tho lwtnty. seventh Precinct.
nj 81 50 a. u Yesterday saw 81 man cautiously come
out 20 - cellar at No. II West ~" ana LOOK around
waIIN. The officer immediately suspected tlat hc
was tibet. lhc han ran back ut" TN" cellar ana
was puIAtrd az stairs Ia the ROOF. where he was
tikcu iuto custody. Ha gave the nnmc OF Joseph
kostinv Az seventeen 81 NJ. 10 Washington ST.,
aud arLnUw legged that he had been ENGAGED IN u
burglary 40 tho warehouse oI Charles MoMlcilnci,
No. "a WushingtOn.st aud had rs hts cOnie'lcidio
man named James Ultaia, age twenty. 81 M. ! 10
.hingion.s.. "a criminal well Known 10 The police
On examining the cellar the officer found 40 boxes
containing lIO duIcn III spool silk thread valued at
Ei,i2I the proceeds ~ tue burglary. Oilara was
sub eai,nutiy arrested with some articles IA his pos
sess,v supposed to bo stolOn, by Ofcer Fecney Of
the IweHty seventh Precinct, The prisoners were |
W audcll WHEN keattng was committed tor trial III |
drianit OF $4,000 bail Oiiara was held la default !
VI ~ 900 bail. - 49,.
"A ghn nuuiust OIIara for having