New-York tribune., 1885-03-26
CONDITIoN OF THE STREETS
orrrc1A1s WITH pIFFERENT OPINIONS.
ANNOYING CLOUDS O. DUsT-wArrlNG Foh ioh ~
MrIr-ruK WORK IN BROOKLYN.

OFFICIALS WIFI OI
ANNOYING CLOUDS OF DUsT-wArTlNd Foh ioh ~
MELT-rHE WORK IN BROOKLYN.
Aman who had been caught in whirl OF dusi IN n
Mots entered the Sanitary .aT Burfsa risW Of an Of
fetal who remarked that it was fine eycnded gay;
"Yes only little toe dusty he responu0''
but Una. ISL Snnsrnspdent Day did not think the
streets were dirty enough 70 can i'i any
from him. .Ihove mot seen tho
s.reats in a worse condition since Mr. C0lenah uh-
dertook the work of cleaning them tho,0 hn swept
reason why the payemenss snoitu if ce does collect
in some places Clouds of dust, made UP chiony enr
from particles of animal matter, irritate the proh,
cha tubes and cause sickness ha In ssSocnm1sted sSa filth
in the streets will give rise TO onenSiao nIantv
The Street Cleaning Department mas p'en's IN y
Of money and ought to keep the pa'eln0"'' "
General Shaier said: at is always dusty IN
March on account of the high winds Mi tronfa
Ia1 done very well, think In cleaning tno bis
system several times. The carts do not gg. h
around to collect to sS sieS' their work Heaps Of
sweepngs arc scattered all over the streets IN many
places before the carts make thor appearance.
lave seen carts removing ashes ana sweePtgs
from broadway as late as cloven o'clock IN the
forenoon 1t would be better, l think, 70 nave al
the work of street cleaning done al gh nlghh'. ont nf
rayements of many streets are 30 mucu ouu W
repair that the work of cleaning them is lncreaso9
greatly AT the last meeting OF the EoaI9 H oi
missioner of Public Works should repave the fol-
lowing streets in the order named as sooh as
possible Mott, throughout its entire length oa Siu
berry. between Park and Canal; Baxter, petwoen
Leonard and Canal; Albany ana Carisie ',t no
Greenwich to West; Essex and Monroe entreiy
Fortieth a1d Forty.irst, between lehtn f pinH amu
Twelfth ayes, and Thirty-elghth, west OF Eiev-
cnthaye. Those streets or portions of streets, are
in s1,ch bad condition that it would DO next 10
impossible to keep them free from nith in "arh
The officials of the Street Cleaning Department
said that they intended to, put the streets anu anu
snow were sufficiently thawed to allow the Work 70
be done At the same time they declared thae tiic
streets had never been 80 clean az 'niS Tn
some s%s Of ,ths Of tenement districts however the
streets are in bad condition. Stops. garbage ana
ashes have been emptod into the cutters and
froze before the mass could be removed. This
will be attended TO as soon as possIoIe. Somo
complaint has been made because OF the dust
Until within day or two it has been exceedingly
difficult TO sprinkle the streets because the water
iroze almost as itstruck the pavement. ms
will be remedied now that the weather mas
All reasonable efforts will be made to place the
city ia Il good sanitary condition before tne
warm weather sets in The Board OF GSt,mate n uaao
a conditional appropriation of $5O,OOO, TO be ex.
pended only in of the approach or presence OF
an epidemic. If deemed necessary 1T Will be ex-
pended under the direction of the Mayor, the
Health Board and the Commissioner of Street
Cleaning. II is intended to be used particularly
tor cleaning the streets in the tenementhouso dlS,
frcts If deemed necessary. the worst streets VIII
be cleaned twice daily as long as the epidemic
lasts or until the warm weather is over. =,
In regard to the complaint made by the health
officers because Italians arc allowed to lodge be-
meath the dumpingplaces along the river fronts the
street cleaning officials say that the plcklngs OF
the dumps are let by contract to Italians.
The men employed by the contractors and some OF
tnoss employed in trimming the scows have htted
ND the spaces below the bulkhcads for the storage
of rags boues etc, taken from the street dirt and
ashes and also for sleeping quarters for themselves
They will be compelled to whitewash the places
and keep them in somewhat better condition tnan
dog kennels.
A hundred men crossed the City Hall Square, in
Brooklyn, about p. m Tuesday and proceeded
down Fulton-st. They were armed with GrGoms
and hoes and when they reached the ferry they be-
gan digging and scraping III the streets and cutters
Horses and carts soon arrived to carry of the dust
heaps which the mon rapidly piled up. All iabored
faithfully all night, and in the morning Fulton-st
was fairly clean. Though fierce in appearance, the
sweepers wece not nearly as fierce as they looked.
They handled their hoes tendcrly when they struck
of unmeted ice was reached, they would sweep
over it so carefully that not particle
besides the loose dust was disturbed.
The streets were thronged with ladies shopping 10
the afternoon, and they could draw long breath
without inhaling quantities of street dirt. ,
1--WE have had several gangs or men working All
dayD said one of the men in charge of gang, "but
there's so much DIRT TO take away that II IS SLOW
work. Well have more men at work tonight ana
we'll get up most of the dirt in about ten days.
After the weather gets settled, fulton-st and the
avenues will be cleaned every two days. Then
the pavements will look as If they had been
scrubbed