The evening world., 1893-12-29
REFORM IS DAWNING.
Street, Cleaning Commissioner An
drevs Makes a Few Remarks.
No More Money 10 Be Pad for
the Removal OF Manure.
Ash-Cart Horses, Feed and Dump
ing scows Discussed.

The rscsn: expos. ~ eItravsza-ce and
waste n the city S'ree.-'leaning Depart
nent made by The Evening Wo:l1." Is
already caring goo! results.
In a series 4 articles TIL. Evening
UOrli' hss shown how large sums Of
money have been "Nas;ed' In the pIt.
chase Of ssh-cart horses and horse feed,
in me renting Of patent dumping sco~.
and In the removing Of manure from the
city stables.
STRENGTHENING Commissioner w. s
Andrews, who succeeded Big Tom"
Brennan, a few months ago has evil
IDENTIFY read "Th Evening World" artl-
cles with considerable care. for he Is
abou, TO adopt some new regulations for
economy and reform. and will correct
a, least one OF the evils Of e1trava-
gance pointed out BY The Evening
World"
Commissioner Andrews yesterday AFTER
noon replied TO four questions which were
written out and handed him by an Even
ing World" reporter. These questions
were based upon the recent expose o.
e~Itravagant methods In vogue In tbs
STRENGTHENING Department during Bren-
mans administration.
The first question propounded 70 Com
missioner Andrews vas this:
win you continue 10 pay 80 zach for
cart horses
The Commissioner replied:
Il shall buy horses as | need them, and
pay for them what they are worth. l
certainly shall not pay any more than
they are worth. II / can get good horses
suitable FOR our purposes for less than
So ] shall do SC"
Mr.. Andrews was then asked:
WIN you continue T. pay 81 per day
entail for the Barney dumping-boats|
To which ne replied
The barney dumping-boat IN a self
Jumper, and the only boat which IL is
proper to send to sea. They unload au-
tonaticallly. so that there is no expense
FOR unloading. Fiat scows when sent
to sea involve an expense OF from SIS to
81 for unloading. which is done by men
who are taken on. the scows.
The Barney bumpers can be taken
directly TO sea from the dumps, while
the fiat scoUs have TO be lowed 10
Gravesend Bay and left there to be taken
out az the tide serves That occupies a
reasons 1t Is much cheaper TO send ma
terial to sea in ~self-dumpers than on
fiat scows
The aat scows cost about S a day.
The Barney bumpers cost SO a day, but
the difference in the rent OF the scows
is more than made up in the manner
! stated. IN OlntT Wolfe, at X u udN the
Barney bumpers are the cheapest. They
are the only self-dumping scow in use
so far as | know, the only ones built,
and being patented, the Barney Dump
Ing Company are in a position TO fix
their own price
The first used were hired by Commits
sioner Coleman in ISIS at S2 a day: the
price was afterwards advanced to SIS a
day. AT that time men in charge Of the
boats were paid by the city. The price
was ADVANCED % so, and the men n
Barney Dumping Boat Company. There
being a deficiency in the appropriation
at one time, when Commissioned Beattie
MAS at the head OF the Department, the
to IS 'l'' 'Sa1' ne ''.s
fed Commissioned Brennan that i, was
impossible FOR them TO continue to fur
nish the boats at that price. and that the
price thereafter would he SO a day. II
was a. that time Impossible for the De
partment To dispense with the boats with
out mourning a very much greater ex-
pense than would be involved in the in
creased prices. and the 81 a day was
thereafter paid. and ii is the price which
n md that the hiring and unload
ing OF nat scows will be cheaper than
the employment Of Barney bumpers, l
shall not continue to employ the dump
ers az the present price. AT the present
time they cannot he dispensed with
without involving the Department in in
creased expense. There is no obligation
On the part OF the city TO hire the dump
sort TO compel the city TO use them, and
they have been hired heretofore. as !
have stated, only for the reason tina,
,hey arr cheapsr ,nan The rat sco yC
essary 10 send Hat scows to sea because
II is not possible 70 unload all the ma
scows seShere.
win you make any change In III.
present methods OF removing manure
= asked The Evening World reporter.
, y xp,ct TO-" vas the Commissioner
reply. When ] came into the Depart
! meut l found that We we're paying, s.
= year per horse for the removal o
manure from the stables. some tim
A understood the agreements were TO ter
5 inmate, l should not pay anythin'
h for tn. removal OF manure. They wer
e at liberty to take i, at their own cos
= II they chose.
4 Il am not able 10 say whether the,
will remove IL without being paid o
motif not. | shall remove II with GU
own carts"
Commissioner Andrews added that
the Park department, or Department
OF Public Works desired to send the!
carts after the manure instead OF pur
II chasing 1t from outside parties. as here
tofore, they were welcome 10 all IN
manure in the stables OF the Street
Cleaning Department
The Commissioner was asked finally:
e VIII you reduce the expense OF hors
feed over the cost in previous years.
His reply was:
Il hope 40. Horse feed for the Depar
ment Is purchased by contract duly &C
vertised and the lowest bidder gets IN
contract. There is a standard OF quality
e and the grain, hay, &C, is paid for b
weight. Unless there is stealing {
shortage In the weights-which is III
same thing-or unless the quality OF fee
Is below the standard, the city gets fu
D., value for what II pays. l shall take II
= best means In my power TO prevent an
y shortages or deficiencies in the fee
supply"