New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-28
ANDREVSS WORTHLESSNESS.
THE COMMISSIONERS UTTER INCAPACITy
FULLY SHOWN.


HE ADMITS THAT He u UNABLE TO CLEAN THE
STREETS. ANp GIVES CHILDISH REASONS
~ EXCUSES FOR ms TOTAL FAIrrRE
He Is THE WORST OF THE LOT
William : Andrews head OF the Department
81 Street Cleaning. receives over s2.Oo0,Ooo
year for cleaning The streets; and when James :.
Coleman occupied that office he received less
than onc-haf for doing the work Mr.. Coleman
al The work pretty we'll but Mr. Andrews
doesn't seem to do It at all. 1t therefore APP
Fears perhaps natural to conclude that as
NJ. Coleman. a County Democrat who did some
cleaning wes ahead Of Andrews. Tammany
Democrat. who docs. apparently. no cleaning. a
Republican would be liable to do the cicanilg
and do il satisfactorily and wcll-an eXp"rimen,
which is now not Far OF. \ reporter went to
tn new Criminal Court Building in Centre-st
Yesterday To- see Mr. andrews. ID ask why he
didn't attempt 10 clean ;hc streets. Mr. An
Dir Us WAS "visibly excited" the saying 10,
AVID he told the reporter to step into the elevator
and - down stairs with him. Andrews ;h"n
turned 10 the reporter and SAD innocently: "Did
You want to me-"
The reporter said he did.
About whIt'' said he.
"Abou; cleaning ;he streets" said the reporter.
What can do about n?'
Why talk. The snow away. ~ course
Bat have no means ~ taking away the
SNOW. Tn, Board IF Estimate and Apporjiop-
m,nt has just refused what | asked for this az
tc,usln In the wa II an extra allowance.
The Commissioner by this time had passed
through Frsnklin-s,. and reached Broady'y.
franklin-si was almost impossible. and as for
IL ..s..Ffff
ANDREWS HAS NOTHING To SAY.
do you mean that the Board u Estimate
refused you an extra allowance asked he t"-
porter A. ~" drew The Commissioners attention
f. thu condition Of he street. 'or Do y.u mean
that The regular balance in hand has boone
exhausted. and mat you ctnn'- employ any ne"
az Il. extra or Otherwise
The Commls-ionrrs onl} answer was To step
uu o. BiptdWLy car. which was ing toward me
CT, Hall Tn shouts and curses OF drivers,
tru'hm"n ami cahl~W"n. who weIr irving -
work their Way through the pics % snow. MED
the air In ID direction could man b" s""h VINO
Wn~ employed rs the 1t. - N"" YORK cleaning
in.. sfr,-f- Th.i- was s'ush Oh all les. ana
mountains - b. people wer" b"spNt"r'1 and BE-
drlgg..d and looked miserable. and a. the car
worked it, way slowly along and tn" ''mmis-
riin the. reporter trl~i . ct him - say snin"-
ching bat h- would Mt open his mouth Th"n
they both gli "n and crossed 'it> han ram
through the alu~h
"Wh, should / b" blamed Tor his" said An
s..vs almost rlt.1iisl, with my ordinary
~ streets. AMI cannot h.r" an extra fore" "'
mon inis .riminatr> now. as could nave bee"
done f0rmorb. II must iist b" pio'ei ina
the, arr citizens. AN only spend sl."o IN
ifgrf extra. AMI thit. tuN. after contract mas
been made II Voc abb g. max several con-
tracts fur the SAM amount for IN" one night
,y,flI have a. chance 90 making some ie'ent
h.alN.,. hU fa~ Board ~ EStimat" and Ap-
.lortioum-nt has refused mr p~rnlissi 10 10
that. and all tn" extra money WIZ b. enabled
o.. .NpcnI this evening viii b." 81 Joo
CITY HALL PARKS FRIGITFrL cos
IiTION
50 reason ,b. ~ use vas offered for the
frirhtfm condition yesterday II CiN HAi. park
aud tn streets and sidewalks bordering Oh
it, Tac, were next To- impossible for pedestrians.
N,aIly ali day men. women and children strus-
g.i through IA" pufemoNrd SNOW. ankle deep
IN slush and water. Will" few decrcplt old
men in IA" ger %; the Street Cleaning Depart
mcnt mad" 4 pr"t"n'" IN an ai"l"ss ana mop
less way 10 effect i passage al som" "i the
street c'ussings but their irrhl" "ii"rt- gave II"
relief I, the Indignant public. The TamnanN
Tnmnissi in.rs II the two departments charged
with the care Of this territory meyer more com
prtrlv demonstrated their thorough ln'aPacitN
aud utter worthlessnrss. Besides Andrews. they
are Grorg~ G. Ilau+'n and \. t. Tapp"n. the
present majority Of the Park Department.
Andrews wa In the Mayors "fiicr YESTERDAY
when - number Of citizens and officials entered
who had received an icy footbith ia fording
mail. and cutters run + slush and water In
their .iflrts To- reach the CITY Hall The pros
ur,i Of AN attack Of Pneumonia put non" ~ them
in d, rIeasant frame 81 mind. and some Of An
drrwss victims told him In plain languae" that
no apology could be made for such incOmpc,ency
,s th, streets aud crossings about the park
snnv.d He wa voted the worst failure The
street Cleaning Department had known
I'm bet 500 said a wril-kn"wn citizen. chat
this miserable condition Of things ends with
~ ,tnrnuuy Acknowledgement. The coming Com
,nisslouers ~ Street Cleaning and Public Parks
under colonel Strong viii not ia!l IN their duty
an = dav Ike This ~ Andrews. ClalIsrn and the
~ uf Them have. done and always do on such
II there Is no a marked chtnge Tor |
tn. better I'll bet the new men won't last until |
In. next succeeding snowfall. They VIII tind
M. u.N NJ vnr a man who viii stand no such |
nonsense.
AXDREWs'S WEAK EN'rSE.
Andrews made a weak excuse. and virtually |
,cknowledged his incomprtsn"y. Then he talked |
,hout The. Anii-Padrone law. and The law forbid |
dim, 80. employment Of aliens by the city. which |
.,uu.ll.d every man to show his citizens pa
,,,rs before he could be employed Mayor ,ilroy |
saw how desperately thin was this excuse. and |
ask ed the sanity looking Andrews what he had |
dom, f., .-cl.r,. n-l. Andrews Obliged to |
admit that hr had Zone nothing. The Mayor |
tbuupht that Andrews had been deIrlic In not |
advertising FOR men, and told him to go and See |
what ne G., aid do under the clause In the law |
Doooooeoooeooooooooooooox
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