The Jersey City news., 1892-01-12
ASHES And GARBAGE
Byrne Shows Conclusively
That They Can't Be
Removed.
NO CHANCE FOR ARGUMENT.
General Disgust Among House.
holders--But the Bills Will
Probably Be Presented
Regularly.
NO CHANCE FOR ARGUMENT.

Without seeing, it is difficult to believe
that in civilized city. barrels OF ashes
and garbage will be found in front OF
dwellings, rotting, purifying and stink
ing for two or three weeks before being
removed. If you are skeptical, just walk
the block ou Van Horne street. between
johnson avenue and Maple street. You
will amply satisfy yourself the picture Is
not overdrawn by a reporter for HE JER-
sEY CITY News detailed yesterday to in-
vrstiga,e the truth of inform atiou lodged
with the editor OF THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS by Patient Citizen" Z
Gu that one block the reporter counted
twenty-one over-heaped barrels and nine
boxes, pans and pals of ashes and gar.
bage. Some of these had been there
since the Monday after Christmas.
Some had been pushed over by boys aud
the ashes and swill scattered about the
roadway. The snow, OF course, helped to
hide the rottenness of the garbage, but
no; even that natural disinfectant could
destroy the foul doors emanating from
barrels aud boxes containing congloni.
crate mass of ashes, potato and turnip
peeling, cuffee grounds, chicken CUTS and
feathers, etc., etc.
On the south side of this block almost
the entire distance, extends long low
two-story frame building known as Irish
Row" 1t contains twelve houses, and
At the end of the row rises tall white
tenement owned by Mr.. korin9, contain
ing six families.
On the north side stands the double
three story white tenement OF Mr.. Alfred
Doubleday, occupied occupied Dy % twelve ararars faml,,
store and buildings similar to
the long, low row are on the other side. ln
front of nearly every door stand one or
more barrels or boxes. In trout OF the
teuements there are several A clerk IN
Mrs. Gels store said the two barrels in
weeks.
USELESS TO BLOCK THE STREET.
He had two more uarrels in a
rear yard. He saw no use block
lug up the front of the store with
| unsightly garbage barrels. Some of the
tenants along the blocks, he said, were
emptying their garbage IN the cellar. A
number OF the tenants and owners OF
tenements were interviewed. Mrs.
| Doubleday was especially bitter in her
complaint Where do You suppose,
| she asked, "that the twelve families oc-
cupyug his double house are going 10
put their garbages Every barrel, box
| aud pail about The place is running over.
Aud those in front nave been there for
TWO weeks or more" The families IN
| korbig's tenement across the way were
| equally bitter in their denunciation, aud
| Il tidy looking matrou lin No. l29 Irish
row occupied by the families of James
McGnrk and Richard McDevitt, sald:-
"For the Lords sake give somebody Il
shaking up. us II disgrace to the city.
| just look at that row of nasty, sinking
barrels, and they've been there, some oil
| them, since a few days after Christmas"
! CONTRACTOR BYRNEs SIDE.
/ Contractor Byrne went to freurou yes
| terdav afternoon. and mis- side OF the story
could not, therefore, be ascertained by
| the reporter. It is known. however, that
| for several successive meetings of the Fl
nance Board he has sat disconsolately out
side the gates Ms II were. awaiting the
| Fihanciers to concur in his bid for the
contract of street cleaning and removing
garbage for the present fiscal year. His
contract for last year expired November
| 3d. Several bids Were made for the con-
| tract this year. aud Byrue's bid was the
| highest. The Street and Water Commis
| sioners, however, considered that Byrne
was the most responsible bidder and
awarded the contract to him. The FL
nanciers have thus far refused to coucur
| in The award of the contract at the figures
mentioned in Byrne's hid.
| The Street and Water Board have
passed resolution directing Mr.. Byrne
| to- proceed with the work at the old
| figures pending Reimbursement for
bids, gte