New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-15
AID OF CITIZENS NEEDED.
THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE STREETS
CLEAN.
% :, nrxr,vrx.s TESTIMONY AS TO HOW THEY
DO THINGS IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TO THE POLICE.

TO THE POLICE
MANY Workers who read the letter by George
II Reniamln in The Tribune yesterday reidti'e W
street-cleaning methods declared that tneS "s'e
with him In his statements that 1t VIII ne hhposso'e
for Colonel Waring TO succeed IN c'eah'ns III,
streets without the aid of the seherai popno a,1
tho notice and that neither the pup'c nor 'he
no,,ca NJ thls city have been educated TO the re-
,,raments Of clean streets. and until they are so
educated the task which devoWes upon 'o'o"ei
Warng Is one utterly impossible OF performance.
Mr. Benjamlns experience IN vienna ,,n
uaa arrested and fined ten horihs TOT
some empty envelopes out of his carriage '''o 'e
-, ,s particularly interesting because IL SHOWS
,,o discinIine of the police In city "heie '
streets are kept clean Mr. BenJa'h'" 80. $50
made haste to pick up the waste paper ~
been thrown into the street. but tha' o'' nv r -.
vent the arrest and a plea OF ignorance u w eno
regulations did not prevent the imposition oi "ne
7, tho noce Of this city could be educated 10 man"
nromnt arrests whenever persons wantohy t"e"
paper or other refuse into the streets u "
take long for the public 10 comply WIZ" ". ,,,,
ing regulations in this city. the law io'o'.1 .
the throwing of any kind OF refuse III '"e
,s unite explicit and provides for suitable pe"a''
49,. ope - Tho New-York Consolidation act pro-
vides that: ,av ar
No nerson or persons shall throw cast or ray n.
direct suffer permit any serVanS AM onal vege-
p,1y e 10 arherc fross clnders shells. straw sha,
ings paper Dirt nth or rubbish oil ai,y or in any
IN a apy EI the city The wu violation Of any ny
OF the foregoing io be- and
ann he punished by fine OF not less man nm Of
more than $40. or by imp ,n ,han i've days
rho section OF law Is printed on the f"'o" e"'u
lars which the police are TO Distribute ~ 800
holders and Superintendent b!I"es w sh
the police 10 enforce the law 10 the e''e %.
on, the CITY Mayor Strong also has ASKED inc
,ha ri
-, H., ,io,al methods by innicting mes IN al
- bero II ,s apparent that the violation ot IN. i
law has been wifuL II remains 10 oe mrdsrs,and
smnoTintendent can make the ponce m,sd, ar
n' ~" ,,is he vlgiiant and active IN hiah's So
rests and II also remains 10 D, s.en n-r @ many
i,ies Win aid the police in the WORK 30 l,ess
Jes'io,es ~ hsen made on superintendent byr'es
order regarding the Violation "i fiaricm police
dinances Una, mon Yesterday afternoon TO in
struct some OF the officers win res"'' ~ wv
on the CSC That called forth Justice wedes eT
cisn, of the police one wnere a ", ,.i',s, from
boy was was ~ his employers store into ne smter
The case peculiar. ana ~ = - ~ the civ
arrests are being made in other part" u '"e ''''
The law. said Justice Welfe states us' and
that a hJ oawiust or some such substance on
she lev pavement in front OF his mouse rs Is, r1s
a gre s ai,l negligence Very we'll Now ms
butcher ohcyed the lay yeS, nayeneni Another
i,stute saws that the sidewalks must De heps .ariai
whether by sweeping or othe!S'se, - w. tn,ay in
ing hts how 10 sweep the sawdust rom VI ron
OF his store into the gutter an ~ s,er1av ,sun-
dav he Would become Liable. and when ,hs zee
melted away and me sue litter h" would be ar
estHd u n, dd not clean his pavement 49, ~,
he does this very act he - I'm, IN their in
,st,ce Wcde then discharged the ad ana sns
pS IIraa's order Shr and bowed himself oat.