New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-20
THE FARMERS AND THE swEEPINGS.

NETTING OF TIE PARMERs CLUB-HOw THE
STREET. MIGHT BIZ CLEANED.
The Farmers Club of the American Institute held
meeting at Cooper Union yesterday afternoon to
discuss street sweepngs and what to do with them
as fertilizers DIR. Robert ). Dodge presided. Let
tiers were read from DR.. Willard Parker, who after
ward was present, and from DR.. +. f. Peek. Dr. A.
g. Heath then read the following resolutions:
Whereas The Farmers Club of the American Institute
has long and earnestly advocated an economical, utlIl-
tartan and judicious method of sircet-ceanng and
Wheyeas The citizens OF Ncw-NOIk and those or thc
mercantile legal, theological and medical professions
have become roused TO the sanitary demands and
necessities of clean streets therefore.
R<soxed. That earnestly cooperate with them ana
Tor the safety Of the health and lives OF oar ~
irgng the passage Of the ClZcs street cleaning uii,
advocated by the Committee OF TwentSone ana VIII
lake nothing else IA a substitute. ,.,.a ,
Resolred That copy of ths Sc resolutions, property
Attested by official signatures lie forwarded To Tue ON
mttee of Twenty-one, and also copy 10 the Academy
R1soired That a Committee OF Conference. consisting
of three members OF which the president shai. Ice
member be appointed to confer Win these asso'aohS
In the above matter.
The chairman then introduced Jackson S. Schultz
a q member OF the Committee OF Twenty-one to
speak upon the subject before the meeting MI
Schultz spoke in substance as follows:
Ny appearance at this meeting may seem TO be an
assumption that have special knowledge OF street,
knowledge as an ordinary citizen may have; have IN
yeetigated this subject for twenty years The hst way
70 chow how streeeleanings shond he removed Is s'
70 show how they should not be renoVe
Thu material In dumped into the sea near SAMMY
Hook This proceediug will iniure navigation More
all the light material viii dIt upon the shores OF
Long Island, Staten Island. and New-Jersey Il1s
nom dumping in the manner used The street
cleaning 10 not q mysterious problem We
two hours have left man who is willing TO do 1t for
much smaller sum than the Police Commissioners now
eIpend He willing stake contract for sin months
nle. III the ashes and garbage kept separate
the street sleanngs are really valuable Farmers S
stuff formerly sold under contract, but II Was kept
piled up the docks and object this II IL had 10
Be carried away daily. II would probably not he worth
anything But you can get my or hundred soopS TO
take away. KNOW hlah Wno VIII MAKE contract
sae' When this stun becomes valuable we can charge
The streets cannot be cleaned satisfactory
by contract. There will always Do difference OF opin-
lon ~ TO when q street is clean. IL we had IA
contractor who economical We would not
other citi's Ny plan Is this think city should
divided into eight hundred districts There should be
man for each district In this way the city could be
cleaned in every two days Each man could have
number according 70 his district. The people of bis
rive them satisfaction should the gathered
6p There snouid be large number OF barrels sawed
Each man should three of theee TO put his
Sweepngs into Then there should be number OF large
Is CARY these tubs away. Then Mr. Vanderbilt could
run hts platform down into the city and carry them
ct night up westchester County To the larmers We
shoud eive this stuff away. l have reason ~ believe
that the railways would cooperate Win us In thls mat
tor That would at least one-hat In ssrtage for
the could be loaded right Ia the city Is can Do
done for $4,000 be used AS hllings There
power has been any Law to pure asses oS
ng used In this way nor has the board Vi heaith op
lected TO IT, (Applause.I
Dr. Willard Parker, who had entered the room in
The course Of Mr.. Sehnltz's speech, was asked to
speak. He made the following points:
W. Ters q At present great danger OF pesiilence.
INK n were twenty younger and were gwen
= ssIsr- oouid assn the strests o. easT * can