New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL
LAWS TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN.
HOW THEY DO 1T IN vIENNA-coLoNEL wAhiN"
WILL NEED HELP


HOW THEY DO 1T IN vIENNA-CoLONEL WAiSiNo
WILL NEED HELP.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Cir The Department OF Street Cleaning OF this
CITY has been placed under the control OF Coiohei
George Warning, whom every one recognizes as
competent sanitary engineer, ana IL no" re"a'''
10 be seen whether he will succeed In Cleaning the
streets believe safe In saying that II Is the
on,nion OF all those who competent to judge that
he will not succeed and for the simple reason that
u 4, ,mnossibc to do SO without the aid OF the gen.
eral public and the police. Neither the puonc nor
the polce of this city have been educated 10 'he
,iro,rents Of clean streets and until they are so
educated the task which devoiVes upon Noohe'
Uarlng Is one utterly impossible OF performance.
The question naturally arises, wherein are INC
nub-ic and the police not educated can oeS' mus
,r,,o this nv stating my experience In Europe Ohe
doy chi,e in the cItv OF Vienna, had OCCASION 10
ca to my banker's to obtain my mall from ''ie' %
Having received II. I entered carriage anu 49,
the driver to go to my hotel On the way 1891
the letters read them. and after having "'''s
crumpIed the envelopes in my hand ana thre" ''e"
out of the carriage. ! had noticed az "a' 'o
tho ,etters that my driver cast his eyes BACK upon
me in an inouring sort OF way, but pail 'o az
tention to him. Instantly, however, "he" ~
the envelopes out he brought his horse 70 SIAM
still descended from the box and proceeueu " peN
up every scrap of paper After doing sh,s noticed
no,,ce otcer rushing up the street at rapid pace,
calling and reckoning to my driver 10 sop Wme,
no reached the carriage he asked me III exert ~
why / had the insolence TO throw papetss ny" ,vas
streets OF Vienna. | explained to him that We We
not aware that committing any prea1n VI Ia
laws and regretted that had done So ne sntedd
the box of the carriage and drove to the police sta
ton. -, ...o mas charged
Upon my arrival at the station was e'ars LIN
with obstructlng the streets Of Vienna ana WI" ,h
Insoence police oteer ad dna tse pape s
but repeated to him my former statement tina. !
was not aware that ! had committed any w n,tr
ful act "Whatv he said. don't you KNOW pet.ss
YOU come from? What kind of country have you;
don't care how they disfgure II? lmpoSslbie :,
can't believe you. endeavored to explain 10 mn ha
that what | stated true. but ne wo.in hui De
lleve me and fined me 10 forms about ~, 49,.
He remarked before | left the police oIilce ma
Americans must be very foolish people va ny; ne
said we spend so many hundred lhousii "o Ia ~
every man woman and child were TO throw papers
and other refuse In the streets as suite1 tueiI
yanience il would take ten times as mucn nho"ey
10 keep Vienna clean and he iurtner He don't
a HOPELESS expression went over MS race w"
believe we ever could keep IL c;ean. l., >.
And herein lies the cause of the trouble IN new
York The neople scatter refuse "a SUITS their S3h
vcnlence The police do not seem 10 nave any 'ueS
that il is incumbent upon them TO prevent IT, am
tho result Is that the streets are always Grty an
always will be. In my opinion. the nrst tnins 10 ~
10 hiring about c.ean streets is 70 pass stringent
laws which will make person think twice De!ore
he puts any refuse in the streets. ! feel rather
sorry for Co.onel Warng. because IN an proph.pnS
no v,il be the most abused man IN the nlteu
states within the next six months. and undouo'e diy
a norton OF the abuse heaped upon MIN VIII rehec'
upon His Honor the Mayor. -
''''' mo GEORGE H. BENJAMIN
Ncw-York Jan r. 1895.