New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08


"Oh. some 'sheeny' will come along and give him
10 or Is for them. Picking UP all the old shoes
and pieces of leather was regular business among
them once but only the fairly good shoes are now
saved and sold to individuals"
THAT canful OF broken BITS OF glass: what good
is that?'
That goes back to the glass factory to be made
into something whole again What do you get for
your broken glass. my man.
The back-mustached Italian looked up and sig
nailed something. then went on pokng and DEW
ing and sorting the rubbish. The reply was
interpreted.
Ten cents a bag for broken glass and a bag
holds barrelful."
For good. whole bottles they get 81 barrel.
and for the bones they find they get As cents hun
dred!' sad official in the Final Disposition De-
partment. Even the old tin sold for the
lead that IL In them. These men pay the city sS5
a week for the privilege Of what Is called trim
ming the scows. They hire their assistants. and
work night and day in order to miss anything
that might be Of usc. Up at the Thirtieth-st
dumping grounds they pay high sl3O for the
privilege, because the stun there all comes from
better class of people. They are likely to find
better gleanngs. The Rutgers-st. and the Canal-st
dumping grounds the largest OF all the sixteen
The carts come in here all night. The last load OF
the day carts Is brought in about O'Clock then
the night force goes on and continues work until
1850 a. m"
How many loads of garbage brought to this
ground in day"
There al CSC pr 700 In the winter at the time
OF snowstorm. the loads reach up to 1000 a day
Nine fiat scows and twelve Barney se,f-dumpng
boats leave this dock every twenty -four hours
KEEPING TRACK OF THE MEN
THE record OF the carts ard the number of
loads brou sht in during the day is kept with strict
accuracy" he continued THE time that each man
deposits his first load is registered the time OF the
second. and through the day down TO 6
o'clock. These sheets sent down to the general
office at nightfall When that man gets through
his days work he takes with him a sin certifying
the number of his cart and the number of loads
he has hauled, signed with the Inspectors name
and gives /; TO the clerk at the stable where he
stables his horse The sheet OF names numbers
loads delivered. etc. being sent to the general OF.
flee also the two records can be readily COM
pared"
Down under the wharf from which the garbage
Is dumped into the men who grub for
treasure In the of-scourings of the city burrow
like rats. Those who have homes 20 10 them ut
nightfall. only eating lunch at the wharf: but
those who carry on their unlovely business by LAM
tern-ght call the cobwebbed recesses under the
wharf home.
The carloads OF GARBAGE brought down from the
Astor House and other hotels contain pieces OF
meat bits OF vegetables alf-used cabbage heads
loaves OF bread mouldy crackers, potatoes and the
Ike and from these the garbage grubbers make
many a good meal, the word good" meaning In
this instance quantity and not quality
The contents OF these garba &c carts are first
sorted over by the thrifty ragpckers who prowl
around the streets n the early morning for that
purpose. The vamabes that reach the dumping