The evening world., 1893-12-29
REFORM IS DAWN|NG.
Street, Cleaning Commissioner An,
drews Makes a Few Remarks.
No More Money to Be Paid for
the Removal OF Manure.
ASH Cart Horses, Feed and Dump
ing Scows Discussed.

waste in the city Street-Cleaning Depart
ment made by 1.-THE Evening World" Is
already bearing good results.
In n series of articles The Evening
World" has shown how large sums Of
money have been wasted" in the pur-
chase Of ash-cart horses and horse feed,
in the renting Of patent dumping scows
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 'The Evening World" arti-
Giles with considerable care, for he Is
about to adopt some new regulations for
economy and reform. and will correct
at least one of the evils OF extrava-
gance pointed out by The Evening
World"
Commissioner Andrews yesterday after
replied to four questions which were
written out and handed him by an Even
Ing World' reporter. These questions
were based upon the recent expos of
~extravagant methods In vogue in the
Streets Cleaning Department during Bren-
mans administration.
The first question propounded to Com
missioner Andrews was this:
WIN you continue to pay $3.50 each for
cart horses?"
The Commissioner replied:
II shall buy horses as l need them, and
pay for them what they are worth; l
certainly shall not pay any more than
they are worth. II l can get good horses
s syt6 a ! s,a for a. ,ur purposes for less than
Mr.. Andrews was then asked:
VIII you continue to pay, 81 per day
rental for the Barney dumping boats?'
THE Barney. dumping-boat is a self
bumper, n the only boat which II is
proper to, send to sea, They unload au-
tomaticallly, so that there is no expense
for unloading. Flat scows when sent
TO sea involve. an expense OF from $S to
1886 for unloading, which Is dom by men
who are taken on the scows.
directly to sea from the dumps. while
the fiat scows have to be towed, to
Gravesend Bay and left there to be taken
out as 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 flat scows cost about S a day.
The Barney bumpers cost $23 a day but
the difference In the rent of the scows
Is more than made up in the manner
stated. In other words, at S3 a day the
Barney bumpers are the cheapest. They
"a Nti' 'litN sui ~" III .
so far as | know, the only ones built,
and being patented, the Barney Dump
ing Company are in n position to fix
their own price.
THE first used were hired by Commits
sioner Coleman in 1885 at sl2 a day; the
price was afterwards advanced to Us a
day. At that time men in charge OF the
was advanced to $50, and the men in
charge of the boats were paid by the
Barney Dumping-Boa Company. There
be being nSs q i,m detic wh.S G IN the ni ss aIPnrprPia , on
was at the head OF the Department, the
Barney Dumping Company on that &C
count, were induced to reduce the price
to SIS.
about a year ago the Company mott
fled Commissioner Brennan that 1t was
impossible for them to continue to fur
nish the boats at that price and that the
was AZ that time Impossible for the De
partment to dispense with the boats with
out mourning II very much greater ex-
pense than would be involved in the in
creased prices, and the SO a day was
thereafter paid. and 1t Is the price which
Is stlll paid.
ing of fiat scows Will be cheaper han
the employment OF Barney bumpers. |
shall not continue to employ the dump
ers at the present price. At the present
without involving the Department in in
creased expense. There is no obligation
on the part of the city to hire the dump
ers, no contract or agreement Of any
sort to compel the city to use them, and
they have been hired heretofore. as |
have stated. only for the reason that
they are cheaper than the fiat scowa
when sent to sea. And It has been nee
essary to send fiat scows to sea because
1t Is not possible to unload all the fiat
scows elsewhere"
WI YOU make any change in the
present methods Of removing manure?'
asked THE Evening World" reporter.
II expect to- was the Commissioners
reply. when ] came into the Depart,
w Tsnr no fo" bors that to, we t Isre r payins 81 q 2
manure from the stables. Some time
ago I notified all the persons doing tina
work that, after Jan. I, at which time
inmate, I should not pay anything
for tn. removal OF manure, They were
at liberty to take 1t at their own cost
II they chose.
Il am not able to say whether they
will remove 1t without being paid OF
not--tt not. shall remove it with our
own carts"
Commissioner Andrews added that If
the Park Department. or Department
of Public Works desired to send theil
carts after the manure instead OF pur
chasing Il from outside parties, as here
%toforc. they We're welcome to all tht
manure In the stables Of the Street
Cleaning Department.
The Commissioner was asked finally:
VIII you FcOnCe the expense or morse
feed over the cost In previous years?'
His reply was:
II hope so, Horse feed for the Depart
ment Is purchased by contract duly ad
vertised and the lowest bidder gets tn,
contract, There Is a standard of quality
and the grain. hay, &c. Is paid for 10y
weight. Unless there is stealing OF
shortage In the weights-which Is tn,
same thing or unless the quality of feeC
is below the standard, the city gets full
value for what II pays, | hal lake tn,
best means In my I'VE to prevent any
shortages or deficiencies in the feeC
supply
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