New-York tribune., 1886-11-10
CLEANING CITY STREETS.
TALK WITH COMMISSIONER COLEMAN.

MORE LEGISLATION NEtDED-wHY NEw-YOHK II
NOT Az CLEAN A. FOREIGN CITE.
Although the streets o. the city have been
kept much cleaner since present str-~ttseanius
Department organized than before, tners 10 rril
frequent complaint that they not clean they
ought to he. This particularly noticeable to persons
who have abroad and who thus able appre-
cate marked difference bet the clean we'll
ordered OF London Parts and Brn and those OF
N-w-York. On inquiry being ma 10 OF Commissioner
Coleman yesterday tnis subject hs sail:
81 tnink the streets Of New York reasonably
we'll cleaned, considering tho disadvautages va
labor under This department. does have
to keen the streets IN good condition and wLicn
are under control Of persons having charge OF tho
cleaning of streets In Paris and somo Other foreign
citiea One great drawback here 10 tho psvemrnts.
They are rough. and Of . character that will not admit
of thorough cleaning Thoy constantly being ,orn
up or UNDERGOING r-psrs. ana in that Is
tered aud the street Is left In bad condition Now
this department has control the pavemsnts,
and, though 1t has TO clean thsm. IL has
troll tho repairs. The paving and street
cleaning ought TO 20 together; and they do
IN other places In Paris they flush the
spare and even II we had doubt II sewers are largo
enough admit Of its being nsoi freely for that pnr
necrssary part Of cleaning this dep ,rtmsnt ha. no
control over IL. a. that vested in he Public WORKS
ana asrba rs ia vested in the Health Department In
large foreign cities shopkeepers or oiher parsons
ing thro wing Dirt paper or rrfuso Into tho streets
would he promptly arrested. a. their neighDors
would mako Immediate complaint. But hers
In Nsw-York that Is done every dsv with
II 10 against the law. but have beard
OF any one being punished for II On sOmr Of the East
Side streets shopkreprrs make regular business on
the payements and clean tho street rlv Sunday
morning for that reason. FrequentIy soon after We
have cleaned street IL Will look as dry beforr,
becaus- OF the dirt thrown on 1t from shops and
hOusrs"
In reply to question whether the conh
he better cleaned with moro money, the Commissioner
said:
or course they could he asked for 81 200 900 this
year but ,rd provision al
estimate cut down the amount to SlO500O0. IL coss
about the Tor plant saperiniend-ncr and organi
wOuld all be nsrd In the pov nrnt
iabor~rs aud In work tae streets. think that
there should D"nartrnent of Streets. as suggested
hy THE KBUNR. AMI that IL shoilh have com
troll Of as repairs pavement not the entire
work OF paving and street-coanng. aud also OF sprnk
nng."
In regard TO the question OF dsposng OF tho refuse IN
other than by taking s out to sea, tho Com
missioner said:
II have given the matter good deal
Of attention. Burning the garbage have
under stood has proved q ruccrss Loud0n. The
10 dump IL out ~ ses. - At present
Major Grspe IN his report last year concerning the
couiiton of the Hsrhor agrees with this department
that the main chann-i is ne deep now ss
ever IL Tho dumping from ths depart
mrnt has Injured the channels any. IL is
the carving out the drrdgings from alps and
do the injury to the Harbor II " we're COMPELLED to
di OF Tho refuse In some Other way know or no
better manner than purchasing tract or land on Long
Island carry away BY rail- calculate that 400
would the CITY for that pnrpos- for twenty
yoars But It wodid aid about 100000 annually TO
the cost OF transporting the refuse