New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-04

his hand on the big volume containing the petition
the afdavits and numerous photographs showing the
desperate condition Of many streets taken during the
last few weeks. 1t was decided that the next hear
ing should be held on April 13 at II a. m. Com
missioner Brennan Is expected TO have his answer
ready at that time. Mr.. ChOate asked the Mayor 10
hear Dr. Chaplin. from the Academy OF Medicine. Oh
the urgency Of the matter. The Mayor thought that
he ought not 10 do so.
at Is only as to the urgency pleaded Mr..
ChOate.
81 do not think / should hear him now" replied
the Mayor
READING FROM THE LAW.
A memorandum was filed in support Of the petit
ton. specifying wherein Mr. Brennan had failed in
his duty ana extracts from the Street Cleaning law
relating the power and duties OF the Street Clean
Ing Commissioner, the esabls hment OF the block
system ana the removal OF trucks and ten type,
written pages, giving a digest OF several hundred
aidavits showing the state OF the streets during
Mayor III,
Many of the aHidavits tell Of streets lined VII,
OVERLOOKING and overturned ashbarrels garbage anu
filth and how they strcwn With ashes r Gncsvsd
hOopiron rags boxes cid shoes, lin cans, decay ~"
c sSs ana m"rT trucks all along tie avenues both
sides OF the city. in many places asns ana pn he
Coming r" Extremely offensive No attempt was made
to clean streets for weeks after the hrst sn r
r s DIRTY na G' KINDS p were rep"rcd in all
Of The city This extract from sne dcpos nnca,w IN
l., StpfpDS.
icrestng in view of the Commissioners constantly re-
peaed excuses that he could not remove ths SuI IT,
collections because his scOws wcrc Irohei '' "
added:
colod IN the Commissioner OF Street CLEANING Thoma'
s. Brennan and among other questions asked where some
OF the alleged icebound scows OF tic >trec'-''es
partTe1t corld be seon. Commissioner bre'""" i -,
that several scows be found bound In 'e zee "
the North River at foot OF Seventynintn'st anu
cral Others I'm the same condition would be iouhd ~ ~
foot OF One-hundre iand.twcnty.n lnthst. Inc u'P
went at once to these places and fluW ~ Sc'o' . a
st. no scow owned the service OF the o'l"r'' ~
no in the river and was INFORMED os -'o o., s.v
charge Of the dump that no Stow had been 'nere M s.,
oral weeks; and at One.hund iand-twchty -iN'"''"
found three floating scows free from ice, ana o o "
eight
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES SHOWN
These references In petition 10 tie expenditures
n, the Street Cleaning Department are especiai'
significant:
II connot b: c)nendcd that Commissioner brennan mas
M, had funds at his lspCsa that he has been eeooh'
al On tho cxncndlture of said funds. There has been no
onuarent check upon facilities for employing N"'
labor During the lr,t three months OF this year III"
expenses OF the Department arnountd r. s'S'f2S d.
$40, 05s 81 last year lie ha' spent for the removal Of
snow and ice 500 oSS against SO C93 90 last year ana
although declared tina: his scows were unable 70
90 10 sea he spent this $3.50 CD IN sehuhe
them there compared with es3672 60 during the same time
last year.
After the hearing yesterday Mayor Gllroy took ia
mond Kelly the secretary OF the city Clnp 10 tSN
for distributing for the press printed copies Of inc
charges and other memoranda making up 'he ivy
Clubs against Mr.. Brennan A., yu =
1T Is a breach Of faith on your part. Mr.: he!
said the Mayor "These charges were not to 60 70
the newspapers until the answer OF Mr. Brennan was
also ready for tpd he had made any spula
tion TO withhold the copies t" await Mr. Irriilrn 5
% Tcy the ae MSHor at AS The adnsd " nns