New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-07
bar for seven years he should be admitted 10
any other bar?
TRY HTENING THE REFUSE.

| The cleaning of city's streets involves TWO
problems-how 10 collect and how to dl'p sc
Of the refuse Until they have both been
solved the condition Ct the city must remain
ursatisfsc DRY. II my at times be fairly good
but i; cannot be god continually. New. oN
will be periodically subjected To such ihh'-
tons rs have been endured for the laS' hioi''h
so long as an incompetent department. "',
| charge Of this impOran; business blii 'he Ho>.
competent department which coma he crPa.e"
| c9u!d lot render such service n tha community
| r, orirrs If IT, wee compelled ( make the octaii
he'd its dumping ground. 1t IS gratifying 10
| ncte q growing recognition Of this fict. he
| roro lang we hone and think, there Will be Il
| general confession Of the inadequacy OF the
,r,s,nt system. and in cons quenc' an INT l.
Gen; demand for better one. Mr. brennan
department has done much less than IL might
| have done during these distressing weeks IN
| fact il ha; seemed 10 be doing practically no'h-
| inc m. ST of the time Bot with the best m
f,ntyns and the utmost activity 1t could nor
have Jcns all that was desirable. Its com
,uIscly dcpendenCc on sea- going scOWs WOULD
have baked its efforts
The truth is that il the existing method OF
effectnal New-Yo long ago outerew it. and
that fact would have been apparent at IN
,or,ier perird if the PEOPLE had known and
cared aS much ab0m the possibilities IN"
benefits OF street cleaning a they now 10
Travel, observation and reading have enllgh'-
,nod many and the knowledge thus acquired
has spread so that to-day there is better
annexation than ever before Of the differ
encc between what is and what might be IN
New York 1t is therefore favorable time
for advancing the proposition that the present
system is exceedingly inctfic ent There Is tax
# sending the street swecpngS to kkcf
Island where il is said they could be adVah-
;ageo,lsly used as fng-in mltcrial bur thi'
would be- ONLY temporary and partial remedy
for a gIowing evil IL has been suggested that
.imilar reccptacleS might be found elsewhere,
and this is probably truc. But mlkc,hitS OF
This sort mt the best would merely postpone
an ultimate necessity, and they might easily
produce cclse quenceS extremely prrjudicial 10
health and cmfot.
Why should net the bulk OF the citys refuse
he burned? Publication by fire Of itself would
he a great advantage. and. besides, the prod
ucis of combustion have large value. To COM
mt all TINS mjlefi1I 10 tue OCt all Nneh'r III
no sm,lI measure and in an offensive condition
il /, returned - the land, is mt only an III
cifoctual but also very wastcful proceeding.
The process Of cremation. i honestly and i'll
icligcn,ly conducted woJd bring back TO the
public treasury. here as j, does elsewhere a
considerable part of the cost OF keeping the
city clean The market for fertilizers i eN-
tcnsive and st ady. and other uses would be
found for numerous ingredients OF the vile
mass which j. now cent 10 SEA when the weather
permits. after they had been made innIcuon>.
4 man would need 10 be extraordinarily keen
in order to discover any political pilfall in
RI rm like this. We really cannot see why
the proposal should rutie the suSccptbilltics
Of Mr. Croker or his most sensitive disciple
Some time and money would have to be ex-
pended in carving it out. but not n great deal
At least the experiment might be tried on
moderat. scale with little trouble or expense
Perhaps TIE result would constitute Mayor
Gilroy'> best cain to the admiration and ali
tudc If pGsteiity.