The evening world., 1890-06-11
READING DEATTIE A LESSON.
Some of His Clean Streets Proven
to Be Unspeakably Filthy.

New York City's streets are in filthy con-
dition." This is not new. The EVENING
WORLD has been aware of tho fact fer n long
time, and has kept the public continually
informed on the subject,
The board of Health has takon official cog
nizance of the published statements, and
after q sanitary inspection. has confirmed
them.
30 filthy, in fact, were the pavcmcnts
found to be in the crowded enst-pido tsne-
ment districts where the inspection was had
that President Wilson, of the Board of
Health who made a personal examination
OF them, said that the Board has deemed IL
necessary to extend such inapeetlOna 10
other sections, and II they find there n
similar he lect to call the attention OF Street
Cleaning Commissioner Beattie imperatlyely
to them.
That official defends himself in n general
statement to the Board of Health, in which
he makes tire positive assertion that, since
April 7. at least oue-third OF the city, street
area has been swept clean every Gay, another
third three times week, and the remainder
twice every seven days.
Health Department. officials were made 10
the streets named before the time OF day
scheduled for, the removal Of ashes and
What Mr.. Beattie says regarding the time
Of the inspection may be true, but
his explanation does not explain why
teTH of those streets piles of reeking
filth, which gave evidence of having been
collected day or two before and which, SAITH
rated with rain and Steaming under the hot
rays OF the snn. were giving forth sitting.
dlaease- breeding odOrF. Neither does II tN-
plain why the sweoplpgs OF M2ndRy night,
in the streets in question. should be lett up-
nnllagfaI all m veHtaTIay m "A \ IN
be the case by n visit to the neiGhborhoOd.
The Board of Health whose promise and
duty II ~ to see that the health and lives OF
New SOrk's citizens are. as far aS possible,
protected from contagion. has Almort nu-
limited power in enforcing measures for this
protection, There Is little doubt that their
power includes the right to remove the dan
ger OF contagion which turks in hlth-encum-
bered paNements.
IL IL probable that it will exercise that
power should commissioner BeaItle, whose
attention It has cal led to the danger, persist
in his pretcnsiou that the streets are prop
erly cleaned without cleaning them.
The reason for his monumental fAilnre to
clean the streets is chiefly traceAble to Coul-
missioner Beatties effort Ht economic re-
form. lie has reduced the number Of carts
employed in the work OF removal Of the
sweCplngs by 100 and has attempted TO do
all the work with those remaining.
How hc ha, failed has been told by the
drivers, who complained that they coul
not cart the number of loads required of
them. ANA whose stint OF work was llghiened
by tho COMMISSIONER when they rebelled
and went ON strike.
Tho GaTt-dTiyeTs claim that they are re-
quired to work many hours overtime IN the
endeAvOr TO remove dirt, garbage and ashe-,
but are physically unable To do all that the
Commissioner would require of them.
The result can but be that the filth will re-
man in tie streets many hours after IL
should have been on its way to sea.
The streets must be cleane !, and II will he
we'll for Commissioner BeBttie Ia realize
that he must DO his duty aud clean them or
get out,
The expert examiners OF the Comm ssion-
eTs Of Accounts went to wOrA nu the DlOas
OF the Street-CIeaniag Department this
morning.
Among other things discovered is that the
lAborero OF the Department have not re-
ceiNed their wages Tor the last two weeks Of
May,
Clicf Clerk Eearislcy Acknowledged this
to be fact and said that the rvceut changes
IN the system lave OccaslOnCu delays IN the
correction OF the pay-rUll-.
Brilliant cnlD:vd autographs ~ the fftv-
eight districts provided Tor w NJ. BeatIe
new system are beng pTrpsr srcd an will be
distributed to every hOnArhuide luthe city.
Each dlstTtct - sui-dlslTiCIed, aud the
smaller districts are shown ia almo- all the
colors Of the rain bow, luutuDt"r inform
tie nouseholder tuai ~ the district coOre
green Ashes aud garbage may he put ont
culortd red at another hour, aud % on.