New-York tribune., 1891-02-18
HOW TIE STREETS ARE CLEANED.
THE RESULT OF THE EXPERIMENTS BET"EEN
TWENTY HTH AND FoRTIETi sIS-
THE MAYOR TO HoUSEHoLDERS

TWENTY EIGHTH AND FOkIlEih
THE MAYOR TO HoUsEHoLDERs
The experiments in street cleaning in the TERRITORY
bounded by Twenty eighth ard Forticth SIS ana .0
two rivers were continued yesterday, supervisor p' .c
Mavor,s Advisory Comittce and the streetcieahlhs
officials Commissioner Beattic said yesterday that h
had never doubted the success OF the methods empoS~
IL carried out properly. The choice OF systems "o
pended only upon the number OF men required anu '"'
cost OF operation. His main complaint Nesucru"S ""'
regarding the many trucks allowed 70 stahu over S
in the streets which he claimed intcrfcrcd na'ofia'
with the trial Of the machine plan over l'ooo 'u, I
lie said had been counted by the police In the upper
mart between Thirty fourth and Foreth sts cleahe'
hv tbe machines Not less than $1,000 OF all xmas o.
vehicles were left In the streets at night ana te oo
missioner doubted the success OF oupeIiii'cn"e"
Michael F. Cummings in removing these. cSpec!"il' a
not over 200 trucks be stored In the corpoi"o'
yard at any one time. Wilt,
Commissioner GilrOy, Of the Department OF ruo"'
Works superintendent Cummings superior ohccr' au
,,,od vosterday that the truck raid was virtually al
ON erd As he had no sufficient force 10 push the re-
movaI successfully. Besides this, there were leei
combinations in the matter OF the ehIofcehehV VI ~
ordinances Mr. Gir0y thought the better WAY wonf W
to transfer all power relating to these homeless uoh'
and their seizure to The Street Cleaning Department
which had strong police force TO back up It's au'hoN
and an ample corps Of laborers to handle men,
Tho frst twcnty-iour hours OF the contest between
,bo broom and the machine systems showed the de
cidcd superiority Of the plan OF sweeping by iahd Du
il * demonstrated also that the cart service lor COZ
octnc the swcepings is inadequate or meIhcleh'' "
collected piles of refuse were ObserVaDic all ur'u-"
both the patrol" and the machine districts l''
machinc-swept region along EleventEaVe'' Dct"eci
Thirty -fourth and Fortieh sts., in an extremely
dir.v state Yesterday. The street between the tracks
NJ the Hudson River road thick with undlSturDec
mud and the stencil from piles OF unrcmoved NTH wa
sjckcning The same may be said Of most OF the ma
chine sXycpt cross streets and the pavements wen
reekng with flth. ~
The contrast between the work on Sixthave., above
and below Thirty yfouthst, was TO be seen at sd'o
The machine part OF the avenue Ioohen d. "
had not been touched for weeks. The same was "f',
f Third and Madison aves The latter although paNco
with the renowned asphalt, was IN depi'raoio 'oI
dition. In some parts OF the hand broom cstrl''
Cahove Thirty fourth and below Fortieth st') th'
had been carefully swept and the rcius'
removed But this was true only OF d potion WINK
some of the pavements shonc with the lauor OF ldi'h
fu men. the improvement was badly marFea oy uI'
failure 10 cart away the sweepngs Inc HI'V u'l
work has proved that the streets OF New-lo ofK can "
cleaned il enough men are employer anu sI"'''0"
money expended. II the Mayors ADVISORY commit
tee will couragcOusly follow up the WORK they nav
hegun tho bad administration Of the Street Cleaning De
.r,,rort NAV be corrected. the men supplied VIII
proper equipment and the cartmen cohiptIicu VT, ~
move the dirt from the swept s'Sc.s a ,hirf Savs ex
PrWTn WnTnr Grant sent letter TO the householders IN
bo Sstrjct Getwcen Twenty eighth and Foriieth .ts
Yesterday explaining the systems OF suco.I - ani,e
that were in operation In ther sdeeS o " Street.
CLEANING Al once II the garbage and ashes IN iT0n' !"
their houses not removed proinPpdH ssct,ons o
e law relating TO the duties Of househoders IN r,cr
cnce to the cleanliness OF the streets were also quou