The evening world., 1894-09-21
DUMPING SCOH5 DISABLED.
Barney Company Further Ham
pered Ia the Garbage Tie-Ur.
Lively Hustling to FIJI the Places
of Strikers To-day.

The garbage tle-up continued to-day
with but little relief. and the confusion
that has prevailed in the Street Clean
ing Department since the strike of the
Barney boat captains and mates, was
apparent at all the dumping grounds.
Matters We're made worse. If possible
by the disabling of several of the Bar
| ney boats. 1t was discovered that parts
of the large iron wheels used in dump
Ing the loads when at sea were missing,
| and sevral of the boats now lying at
anchor In Gravesend Bay. at the stake
boat, were practically useless for the
present, It being impossible to dump
the loads now on the boats.
| President Booth, of the Barney Com
pany, was endeavoring to find dupli-
Gates of the missing wheels to-day, and
said that some persons had thrown the
missing parts overheard. The boats in
| Gravesend Bay Will have to remain
there with their loads until the damage
can be repaired.
There are tight other Barney boats
besides those mentioned. one being at
the foot of stanton street. East River,
another at the foot OF East Seventeenth
| street, and two at the foot OF Canal
street, North River; two at, the foot Of
| West Nineteenth street and two at the
foot of West Forty-seventh street.
These eight boats were loaded, ant
tugs We're alongside of them ready &c
tow them out to sea as soon as new
men We're put on board OF the scow;
by the new Superintendent of the Bar
ney Company.
Capt. Webb, who was flying about towr
and the dumping docks in quest of new
hands to take the strikers places anC
arranging to send out some who had beef
employed. Tle new hands are to be in
structed as the boats are being towe(
down the bay
Policemen were at the docks wher,
the Barney boats We're lying, but only
the piCkets Of the striking captains anC
mates were, near, and they remained a
"A respectful distance, watching the eff
forts of the Barney officers
Supt. Buchler, who has charge of thu
city scows, was hustltng about thi
forenoon to get out the twenty-five
deck scowS at the several dumping
docks. We said he had sent out MIN
scows, and would have nine more oil
the way this afternoon.
Mr.. Buchler SAID these scowS woul'
only partially relieve the blockade n
the dumps, The thirteen big scows o
the Barney Company made a great diff
ference, he said In the work Of removing
the garbage and until they were prop
erly manned and sent to sea, the tie-u,
would continue and the Department
would be greatly embarrassed.
, In the meantime all the garbage cart
cannot be unloaded. Three or four hun
drei OF them were standing about tn
dumping stations to-day, and the driver
We're compelled 10 remain idle and awal
further, developments before they cou.
be empl yed.
Regarding the report tina; the Barne
Company was anxious to sell its plan
10 the city for 1886 90, and that tn = srlA
was trick TO force a sale the officers O
the Company Indignantly denied Il
Nevertheless. II Is known that the Com
pany wanted to sell and Commissions
Andrews recommended the city to bu
on the score of economy. The Board O
Estimate and Apportionment does no
approve OF the proposition.
) The Barney Company declares its in
tention not to settle with the strikers