New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20
EVILS OF DIRTY sTREETs.
FRUITS OF THE COOPER UNION MEETING.
SHORT MEETING OF The COMMITTEES on TWENTY
oEE-TALKs WITH THE MAYOR AND D. WILLIS

JAMES.
a meeting Of the Committee of Twenty -one, ap-
pointed at the meeting at the Cooper Institute
Friday evening to take action relative to removing
the street cleaning from the control of the Police
Commissioners, was held yesterday. About half
the members Of the committee were present. The
meeting was informal, and it was agreed to come
together tomorrow to organize and lay out plan
Of procedure. 1t was decided to appoint sub
committee to call upon the Mayor and assure him
Of tho anxiety to cooperate with him in his desire to
give the. oitV clean streets. ID. Willis James the
chairman Of the committee said 10 a reporter OF
The 1aIEUNE:
sTile committee will act in concert with the
Mayor Some Of the members were to call upon
him to-day and confer with him relative to this
matter. The Committee Of TwentY-one and oil
concerned feel much strengthened by the support
given the movement by ell classes Of citizens at
the meeting Friday evening. 1t was an evidence
how much the subject OF clean streets interests all
our eitizensn
HWiil you visit the Legisaturep
hYes; we win arrange to send a committee to
Albany to appear before the committee having the
STRENGTHENING bills in charge, when the views OF
tine committee and the need Of u change can be
thoroughly discussed
gWiIl the Committee Of Twenty-one be continued
SIT will. We believe that the committee can be
productive Of great good by watching over the in-
terests Of the public in this and other matters"
Mayor Grace was found at his Office in the City
Hall, as busy as usual on Saturday. Among the
callers were two or three Senator'S and Assembly
men.
sYou have read the accounts OF the meeting and
the pleasant words concerning you, Mr.. Mayor ~
said the reporter.
shave, and am much obliged to the gentlemen
for their good opinion of my official actions,' the
Mayor replied. have hardly been long enough
in Oiiice or had sufficient opportunity to perform
much service. But am very desirous of seeing
what can be done in the way of giving the citizens
clean streets, aud see no reason why this cannot
be done IL it is attempted in business-like way.
snail be very glad to cooperate with the Committee
of Twenty -one 70 secure this end. II the Bureau Of
Street Cleaning Is placed under my control. wish
the power Of appointment and removal in order to
insure efficiency do not wish lot OF incapabes
employed, believe IN having fair days work Tor
ado You favor the contract system p
81 should be in favor Of contracting the woik by
districts, the Board of Estlmate and Apportionnent
| to pass upon, tho contracts. sch contractor
wpnll be In favor Of holding strictly to the letter
How about removing the street dirt, ashes and
y favor separating the ashes and garbage. The
former can certainly be disposed of for hing 1t Is
one OF the best materials have for this purpose
and Is perfectly healtful The garbage and street
dirt IL they can be disposed Of in no other way,
can be taken ont to sea and dumped overheard But
would us0 for this purpose steam hOppeIs capable
OF proceeding TO sea except in severe storms. The
refuse should be dumped at point where it wonld
not injure navigation. Is suicidal to dump TINS
dirt In places where it viii gradually I'LL up the APP
proacbes to the harbor. Nothing could be worse
than this in so far 1t Affects the material in
ests Of the city Ihs e. VARIOUS m SS a now tS
MAJOR ebsolHte pewer IN 20 far - tlent ana
removal are concerned provided the plan now fot-
. 70 bS eGnslgnsS + as9 Ig 9nnSSsd S 20 AZ
fespoAstDitty for the proper working OF the
bureau. II the work is lntrusted TO my. charge
shall not allow politics interfere with 1t. j shall
not ask II q man employed is a Republican or q
Democrat, but whether he does his work properly.
Aud IL he does not, he will have to make room ior
someone elseb
Police Commissioner Mason called on the Mayor
In the course Of the day. II was runorcd that he
intended TO resign. The Mayor denied that there
was any truth in the rumor and said that the Com,
| missioner had called on him about personal
| matter.
Twenty-one called On Mayor Grace, and had an
informal talk with him on the subject OF street
cleaning. The Mayor expressed his gratihcaton at
Meeting the committeeman, and expressed his Will
inRness TO cooperate with the committee on all
matters affecting the public interests.
TYPHUs FEVER AND OTHER DISEASES.
There has been a number of cases Of typhus fever
reported to the Board of Health in the last week,
aud this has led to stringent precautions to check
auy further outbreak of this disease. Three cases
were reported from the German Hospital, six from
the Charity Hospital two from q house in West
Twenty-seveuth-st, and others from the Shiloh
Lodging House, at Prince aud Marlon-sts. The Shi-
lob Lodging House is an old building used for
lodging persons who cannot afford to pay more than
10 cents for bunk aud a roll and cup OF coffee
Those poor pay the 10 cents are allowed 10 40
some work for payment. These conditions cause the
house TO be- crowded by persons OF tho lowest classes
and the Board of Health suspects that thlS mas lea
to the outbreak of typhus lever AN Inspeetor was
placed in front OF the house yesterday 10 Keep WaIch
of the inmates, ~
DR.. Jones said that he attributed the existing
cases of typhns fever to iaGS OK ven ven
is in very dilapidated condition, and has been
thronged this winter by tTamps do not think the
dirt aud filth In the streets have had any more than
au indirect effect, We have put up tent on the
island to treat cases Of this kind and Will fumlgate
the lodging house every day and take sqch other
Dr. Narel Registrar of Vital Statistics, said that
last year there were only three deaths reporteu as
caused by typhus fever In 1874. before the pres
cut Tenement House act was passed, the number OF
deaths rose to 704 but since that time 1t has rap
idly decreased. The number of cases OF typhus
fever reported last week reoched 80. There were
81 cases of smallpox reported. There was slight
decrease in diDhthera aud scarlet feVer was about
the same. There were IL deaths from smallpox
SO from dDhtheria, and AZ from scaIleV Ao'oi'
THE REPLY OF POLICE CoMMIssIoNERs.3
The Police Commissioners were in secret session at
Police Headquarters till late last evening with Cap
tain Williams, Inspector Plunket Chief Clerk Haw-
ley and Accountant Gntt The topic under dis-
cusson was the reply to Mayor Graces letter on the
street-eleaning question. It has been finished andt
will be delivered to the Mayor tomorrow, IL Is
very yOluminous.
TIE GENEVA AWARD FUND.
BosroN, March 19.-At special meeting
to-day Of the Board Of Trade, held to consider the aS
trhutlcn ~ IN. Geneya Award, the following resOlu-