The sun., 1894-09-11

that sronc. want to cay right here that she Is
no worse IN this regard than London aud Paris,
IS | have found from personal observation.
Those cities arc clean Ia spots and dirty in spots.
Just as New YORK IL. ! noticed waterloo Road;
one Of d0ndon; municipal ,h0rSnshfcssS, nn srrd.y As
II WAS little before noon. II was In u positive
ly nlthy condition, and no attempt had been
trsfic on II that day.
New Workers would never tolerate the. noise
which Accompanies street cleaning in Paris.
The workmen shout and sling all night at their
work. ~ sucn racket were Kept up IN New
tluhs which want to relieve Tammany Hall OF
the cares OF government would have q new ar
persons commend the Paris methods Of street
cltaning.
market OF Parts. 70 note how II was cared for
aud cleaned. II simply was not cleaned.
wS wT, oyrr heTS sS ,nu hS sort Tor ~
was made. There was none II was positively
the hlthicst market ever saw, with the eSceP-
would not tolerate such filthy markets for day.
Much th4, Americans find to commend in
their pavements. | an, prepared to say now
that the pavements Of New York are better and
more economical. The pavements which Amer-
cans take to so kindly are made OF wood. In
the climate of New York and with tho traffic OF
this city. which is far beyond anything the
endure, they would not last year. do not
believe, they last much longer over there, /
KNOW tnhI Ine l'lhCc uc III NOnCOtuc, OF NnlCn
the. Psrisian is 80 justly proud, is full of ruts
and holes where the pavement Is rotting away.
Win ss ss % Of n2E ts he -Four i sd
OF concrete is covered by one.and -halr-inch
plank treated with crroeote. and on this are lald
wooden blocks about the size OF our granite
blocks The interstices are filled with hot
gravel One good New York frost would heave
that nimsy pavement out OF the street. and OF
course il could not be subjected to heavy truck
ing.
md pa ia liVht hpu NVit hat
OF New York. Neither OF those cities Is really a
seaport, while New York is the entrrp0t :or goods
be hauled through the city over our pavements:
The woodsss psDement ! have described
price TO pay. II ros easily. absorBs all sorts OF
Impurities, and believe is breeder of disease.
II looked over the TelfoTd and Nc Adam pave;
can say that am not ashamed Of our Central
Park pavcmcnts. In fact. the latter are i'm
coarse 'reford sticks through the surface Of the
English park roads nj every turn. | defy
"in the .' matter S Gf gen general @ III ceannsss and
roaf making we have nothing to learn Of either
Paris or or London; and IN tho M mater mat @ Of docks
have a few docks OF masonry that cost many
millions OF money. but they are not onc-tenth
OF the matter Ia that the Englishmen have had
TO spend much money to get anything at all,
location which do not require such expenditure.
IL we should attempt to spend as much as they
have IN iirerpool or London In providing com
paratiyely slight accommodation. In the I'M
proyement OF our great water front, there would
he such howl set up about Tammnny extrava-
guncc as would delight the heart of the Com
nittee of Seventy.
Il wish to call attention to the fact that in
two years of my adm mist ration the tax rate in
this city has been reduced six points in the face
of the fact that the city has had more and
way In that time than during any similar space
OF time in its history. Yet Is Tammany Hall
organization for public plunder: Can The scnsi-
BILE people believe II -
The Mayor will be at his ONCE in the City Hail
to-day and will remain at that post of duty un-
Ill the end of his term.