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

swept while 1t often occurred that broom dad no'
touch them FOR days In 1880 we did not en.as
street as sn eDt until it actually had peeh NED,
There is $139 600 for new plant which sne Mxyo,
says we had dnring 1880. AS a matter OF iacc we
did not have good part of 1t until OctoDsr Iren
We had 20 take che sc0ws several miles lurtucl W
sea and were limited to hour or so to dnmp tnen
This required more men to do the work LABOR "as
higher The men styuck. and we had 70 pay tns an
% cents day more. The cost of horse iced was ~
per cent more IN 1880 than in 1872 as eyerSo tuS
who has anything TO do with feeding horses knows:
These are only few points The Mayor Is out VI
his reckoning IN this matter" -. ~.
What is your principal trouble in getting the
streets cleanp
Want Of money" ,.,
How much will i. cost 10 clean the streets well r.
One million dollars That will do tie work. ana
it can't be done for less so long as we have such
Boards CT Aldermen. Police Justices. and 50 iofth'
as we have now"
DO the Aldermen make tie streets dirty !"
well, should say they dill. They pass resolu-
purposes and permitting most anything TO- De
thrown into them. If people have anytnlng they
don't know what to do with now they throw II III
the street If the police arrest persons for vioiaine
the ordinances the Police Justices discharges them
with reprimaud. That is all llIe satisfaction the
police get for dong their duty and OF COURSE III Is
useless for them to attempt To enforce suen orut
nances as the Aldermen don't permit violations OF,
when the Police Justices against them"
should not the street car companies he made 10
remove the snow and ice they throw OF OF their
tracks p
The companies get permit from the Mayor. to
use snOwpOughs under guarantee which they give
TO remove the snow and ice they throw on the
streets. They pay no attention to these guarantees
The Police Department attempted to ENFORCE the
ordinance, and st0pped The Use Of poughs until the
companies carried OFT the ordinance competing
i if" 10 remove tue '0" uHu ''' "D DA' '''' u
well, what'"
The courts stepped in and granted injunctions
forblding ths police to interfere. and the companies
defy III. So we are compelled to remove tue snow
for them have the streets blockaded. We reported
matter 10 the Corporation Attorney, and tha1
the end of that"
low much does 1t cost to do the work you are
ret appropriation for cleaning streets this
iess than 100000 and is less than the
nj available last year In 1873 $1.25O.00O
appropriated for tho purpose. We get less
amount almost every year, although the Guy IS
increasing rapidly IN population and many miles OK
new streets opened each year, greatly adding 10
our work. Last year $500 houses were built
and 800 Of them were tenement-houses. That means
thousands of loads of ashes. etc., to be removed
Our difficulties increase In getting rid OF the refuse
We cannot now take 1T to Ncw-Jersey a great part
of the year, az formerly under penalty of the State
Prison. We have to 10 miles further to sea anu be
restricted in various ways. We have three scows
this year to carry away the ashes and garbage OF he
shipping where last year there were only TWO Inc
Pilot Commissioners insisted on having an addl-
tiOpa scOw" =.
Gould you not be- better served with the self
dumping scows used III England r.
They cost $4,000 each. We would require
seven Of them. That would cost about half
million II we should suggest such an expenditure
some Of the taxpayers would have us indicted"
What do you think OF turning the work over 10
/" lie would get buried so deep in three mouths
that he would never reappear again. AND II the
people don't want the streets cleaned at ALL let them
turn the work over to contractors The fact is, 1t Is
very easy for some of the newspapers to be con-
stanty finding fault with our work, but hair the
time they don't know what they are talking about"