The evening world., 1893-12-29
REFORM IS DAWNING.
Street-C Cleaning Commissioner An
drews Makes a Few Remarks.
No More Money to Be Paid for
the Removal Of Manure.
Ash -Cort Horses, Feed and Dunn
ing Scows Discussed.

! The recent expose OF extravaganza and
waste ~ the city street Cleaning Depart
mcnt made by The Evening World" Is
already bearing good results.
! In series OF articles THE Evening
World" has shown how large sums of
money have been wasted" in the pu.-
chase OF ash-cart horses and horse feed.
in the renting of patent dumping scows
and in tho removing OF manure from the
! city st1bleH
Street Cleaning Commissioner w. s.
Andrews, who succeeded Big Tom"
brennan. few months ago, has evil
IDENTIFY read 1.-THE Evening Wurld' arti-
cles with considerable care. for he is
about 10 adopt some new regulations for
economy and reform, and will correct
al least one OF the evils of extrava-
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 OF
cXtravagtnt methods In vogue In the
Strect-Clcaning Department during Brcn-
mans administration.
Tn first question propounded to Com
missionor Andrews was this
| "Wil YOU continue to pay $50 each for
cart hprseSg
The Commissioner replied:
II shall buy horses as ! need them, and
pay for them what they are worth; !
they are worth. If can get good horses
suitable for 1ur purposes for less than
$3.50 ! shall do SC"
| p he n a cd
VIII you continue to pay ~ per day
To which he replied; 49,,
bumper, and the only boat which 1t is
proper to send to sea, They unload au-
toma ticallly, so that there is no expense
to sea involve an expense of from SIS to
s35 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 scows have to he lowed to
Gravesend Bay and left there to be taken
greater length of time, and for those
| reasons 1t IL much cheaper to send ma
terial to sea In self-dumpers than on
fiat scows.
"The fiat scows cost about s. a day.
| The Barney bumpers cost $23 day. but
| the difference In the rent of the scows
Is more than made up In the manner
stated. In other words, at 500 day 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 position to fix
their own price.
"rhe first used were hired by Commits
Si9nsr Coleman in 1885 at si2 day. the
day: At that time men in charge Of the
boats were paid by the city. The price
was advanced to 500, and the men in
| charge OF the boats were paid by the
| Barney Dumping Boat Company. There
being deficiency in the approrriat tion
at one time, when Commissioner Beattie
| was at the head Of the Department, the
Barney Dumping Company on that ac-
osTs' to SIS. were '"'"'e' 10 'e'"ee '"e price
about a year ago the Company noti-
fed Commissioner Brennan that 1t was
impossible for them to continue to fur
nish the boats at that price and that the
was at that time impossipie for the De-
partment to dispense with the boats with
out mourning a very much greater eX-
creased prices; and the s2i day was
thereafter paid and it is the price which
Is still paid.
ing Of fiat scows will be cheaper than
the employment OF Barney bumpers.
shall not continue to, employ the dump
at they s price be- spdnsed hs wh
without involving the Department In in
creased expense. There is no obligation
vi tne part OF tne city 10 nlre tnc 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 fat scows
, when sent to sea. And 1t has been nee
cssary to send fiat scows to sea because
It is not possible, to unload all the fiat
scows elsewhere"
"Will YOU make any change In the
present methods of removing manure?'
= asked "The Evening World" reporter.
nvN "a hA a,tN.,s y.
, reply. when ] came into the Depart
nent l found that we were paying 50 a
: year per horse for the removal OF
1 ago notified all the persons doing thai
work that after Jan. l. at which time
a understood the agreements were to ter
h for the removal OF manure They wer,
e at liberty to take 1t at their own cos
: II they chose.
A ~ am not able to say whether the,
4 win remove II without being paid OF
motif not. l shall remove it with oul
own carts"
Commissioner Andrews added that Il
the Park Department, or Department
of Public Works desired to send thei
carts after the manure Instead of pur
It chasing 4 from outside parties. as here
manure In the stables of the Street
Cleaning Department.
The Commissioner was asked finally:
9 "Will you reduce the expense of hors
!, feed over the cost In previous years."
His reply was:
Il hope so. Horse feed for the Depart
ment is purchased by contract duly ad
vertised and the lowest bidder gets tn
= contract. There is standard of quality
g and the grain. hay, &c. is paid for b!
weight Unless there is stealing o
shortage in the weishts-which Is tn
same thinE--or unless the quality of fee,
Is below the standard. the city gets full
q value for what II pays. | shall take th
. best means in my, power to prevent an!
shortages or deficiencies in the fec
supply"