New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-18

for how people expect that this vast nm
dertaking can be accomplished in a single day,
or single week However, I have a,,-
pointed John s. Bacon complaint clerk, a new
position in the department. and to his care all COM
plants are now CONSIGNED We do not care how
tended to i due ar" me fS they will all be
placed on fe the name and address the complainant
specified duplicate is then made ont and transmitted
nm, 10 Mr. Plunkett at the depot at the
Instructions That it be attended to without delay are sent
plants are tH.n an t ta sb the The com
o. Tc theIe are four. We have these superi
any int the number will be- further increased In
Illness for the work alone having weight in tho seiec
:. What disposition will be made of the refuseq"
pan e ,entlon IL to use it for filling low lands This
increases the value of the ground filed"
Mnat IS the present plan Of collecting the dirt and
Tne old plan is sti adhered to; Each precinct has
neia fSposibc and if the number of their at any
POM NJ Is not sufficiently large il; is increased
g They examine the work done in the precincts aud
report report here daily. George W. Plunkett is the head
What plan is adopted in collecting the refuse"
f.ru prcciic mas l;s ash carts, ana each driver has
district assigned 70 him. lie delivers his loads at the
uumpngplacc as directed by the foreman. The refuse
removed early III the day"
ora are mere any particular rules which housckecpcrs
used o point has not leen fully settled yet The rule
n
stances is used at present.
& pout two-thrds OF it. The goes lots.
ii low oeinf utilized ON the Vanderbilt properly ut
-, % II ~ anu the Hudson River My plan will he
if se ~ an Tor such purposes, if In opinion.
city As is now it costs the city large sum yearly to
s1 Inc refuse OUT to Seven cents il the price paid
whether II VIII cost as much to dispose of home.
n low s Ga G to de i caS ai nar G
p per som cAhSh NY plan VIII probably he TO allow
of the highest bidder The e mer a viii 10 cc Ts DfS
c pr ouna useful IN the construction of hukheads and
ciys aohS liie shores Ihero sunkcn lOJs almost
t Wtont numo9r along the Jersey and Harlem shores
acter in WeStclestcr County and Long Island in the
neShorhood of Flushing where Land Tor 900 feet
IRON tc shore is only few feet beneath Of
Where are the dumping placcsl"
They are at Market, Jackson, stanton Seventeenth
hwenysecond Ihirty-eghth and Forty-slxthsts.. on
uhrty-sevenh. Forty seventh and sixty-scvcnt.se on
hudson kiVer There are one or two scows at each
rcr NO. H. East River below the foot of walst. rho
tans are to great extent class Which creates sur
HE stanc o qro OF refuse IN Surprisingly short time
that at te oe loot S Cs on the the West s1 or to
great Another pier is Needed on ond the the Eai s 100
'u It I nahus OF the Department of Docks"
cleaned Z" wan wv N "
The principal and avenues will he cleaned vice
Io , tne ola plan of having maps of the city
received attention each day This lcnartmcnf nov &
poys 4S0 aborers and 1913 hired carts besides using &c
carts which belong to the city,"
flo How many miles of streets are cleaned daiya Z"
ON an average about thirty miles Before long more
tance VIII be increased" ~
Does the work Of the department now proceed in a
manner satisfactory to yoursclfl"
Wen; can only say that am arranging everything
rs rapidly as possible 1t is for the public satisfied
Is hardly time yet TO expect the entire
artnent to be reduced toa system but rapid
auNanceinens are being made toward perfcction For
hree weeks when was put in charge tins department
the men were absolutely idle, and my duties began
under rather nfavorable auspices drive ch the
worst parts or tnc city every few days and personally
keep watch of all the work that is done" '