New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-09
4 uOHAUK VALLEY REFOEMER.

The United states ha, been waiting long and
not too patiently for the advent OF street
cleaner equal to the requirements OF his iuhc-
ton. The Nation all through It's history has had
the benefit of the laboiS OF many reiOrmers oil
many kinds, but the valiant. pubiic-SpHttd soul
who NAV be said to have Il genius Tor street
cleaning has yet to come 70 her aid. ms
metrcpolis of ours enjoys the bad cmlncncc OF
being the drtiest city Oh the continent; oil
being 50 dirty, in fact, thai no one OF her sister
cities NAV presume TO be "A good second in that
regard. Still. the others are dirty enough to
worry anybody who believes that cleanliness Is
next to gOdliness and one Of the prerequisites OF
physical health. From nearly every place IRON
the Atlantic to the PaCiiC-thc exceptions Simply
serving 10 direct attention 10 the lule-gocS up
the protest Of the population against the
wretched condition in which the streets arc
kept. Our fcllOw-cit.zenS East and West wait
and hope against experience for clean streets,
but die without the sight \ brand new sya-
TEN, it is to be added, was lately experimental
with on some of the sheets OF this town but, a.
! though it was seen to be Il great Improvement
upon the existing system, 1t scarcely met the
best eypectat0ns-it Did not indicate that the
| coming StreetsWceper had anvcd.
Therefore, piece OF news which comes from
the Mohawk Valley must prove Of general IN
terest. 1t looks a. though Amsterdam, the pride
| Of Montgomery County, was 10 earn the graf
| itudc OF the rest Of our common country by fur
nishlng the man, in the person OF one OF her
SONS, who is equal to the emergency Of street
cleaning The news item III question states that
| an Amsterdam millionaire i eagerly seeking Tor
L. - 4 N..ny Ii,.t.,t,
sioncr salary 5000 year. The item further
states that the reason why this Amsterdam mill
ionaire desires the Street C0mmssoncrship is
| his conviction that with the money which Am
| sterdam annually appropriates Tor Street-ccan-
| ing he can sccure-whdt has not been secured
| thus far-cean streets The item adds that the
Amsterdam millionaire says that he does not
wish to be Governor Of this great Common
wealth neither does he wish 10 be Mayor Of
his native city, but that he is ambitious to COM
pass the Amsterdam Street COmmlssionerShip
| All this is promising. Amsterdam, it will be
admitted, is the natural place from which the
| street cleaner who is BON, not made, should
| hail. The place was named after the AmSter
! dam on the other side Of the water, the capital
| of country which is nothing if not an exponent
of the gospel of cleanliness Those who named
| it were doubtless typical sons of Holland,
and this patriotic millionaire who is Jealous for
| career as Il strcet-ceaner is To be regarded
as a worthy son Of such sireS Ii he takes TO
street-cleaning as naturally As duck to water,
rs Depew to alter-dinner speaking, is Edison to
| invention, as Patti to singing, it Is not to be
wondered at. Blood will tell.
| Great shall be his reward if he solves the
cleaning problem, and, declining to take out
patent, places the solution ~ the service, not
only OF Amsterdam but OF Newly ork and all the
other cities of the Republic There is nothing
that will be too good for him. Poets and orators
will vie with one another in praiSing him. When
he comes down here the freedom OF the entire
island shall be his, offered in Il gold snuff box
and emphasized by the best dinner that halyon
and vociferOus appreciation ever rendered to
| high achievement. lie shall run for whatever
Office he chooses and distlncc all competitors
in case any man is foohaIdy enough to run
against him. Babies and steamboats, shall be
named after him. Legislatures shall vote him
thanks; his form and features pcrpetuated in
bronze and marble shall decorate our parks and
squares A special law shall be passed in re-
Spouse to an overwhelming public sentiment ex-
empting him from jury duty and taxpaying, and
giving him pass over all railroads and other