The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-12
Str OF Clraninc La Paris


A comparison has recently been made
OF the expense of street cleaning in New
York and Paris, the modern city which
ranks j:Ct above New York In respect to
population. The details OF the compar!-
son ara OutWardly at least favora hlo
to the French capital rather than the
American metropolis. Paris spends in
a year 81, 10000 for street cleaning, wnere-
as the appropriation In New York this
year was G396O0O. The population OF
while that of New York was l. 10000 50
that the expense OF street cleaning in
New York is not only actually but also
relatively greater than il IS IN Paris.
Rut when the figures are analysed It
seems that New YORK is not so much
worse off as might appear. The cniet
item of expense IS OF course the wages OF
sweepers. In Paris the average rate Tor
ordinary sweepers IS 81 a day. In New
York the minimum rate as fixed by lhW
is 81 a day Paris employs 1900 sWeepcts,
New York 200 The salary list OF me
Paris department, taking I'm al branches
Is 81 100000 z year The New York pay
roll is about $4,000 Much of the traffic
on Paris streets IS over thorougnlares
paved with asphalt. which IS easily citdI-
ed and easily kept IN good condluOn'
Paris has very little OF the heavy truc <
ING traffic which exercises a disastrous Ell
feet on New York's good pavements and
causes them to require restoration every
few years. New York has seVenty-lVe
miles of asphalt streets out OF 90 miles
paved.
For the removal of refuse, g branch Of
the street cleaning service, Paris SPENDS
10000 a year and New York %6J).Wp nut
here again the difference Tn the rate Oh
wages of cartmen accounts TOR most Oh
the difference. The cost OF matetldlS
brooms. carts. sweeping machines, ana
sprnklers-is $1,000 a year in Farls ana
100000 q year i'm New York. In this city
the appropriation for the removal OF
ice and snow is kept separate IN the CITY
accounts In Paris IL is included with the
other EXPENSES Tho item Of rents Tor
buildings used In the French capital is
horne by the Government. III New foIN
II is added to the expenses or inc oep"11
meat. Comparing the cltes, tn5 9t,I'i
~ Less tNan those of New York, but not
materially so when the fact IS tahch mo
account that the rate or wages 'Llu t'tc
expenses Of living are materially Hib"tT1, l'
New York than they are III t"i tbe
various public departments i'm lue
French capiatl work together moro .aI
ynoniouslv than they do i'm Rev oIh
where each administrative depaI Iliitut ~
independent of the others. III ."7 NlN9
the Street Cleaning DepartmeW IS en-
III. ~ se,arate from the Board OF Health,
though the two have mucn puDl.t u!S-
ness in common. The street CltdIrll5
Department is also separate from lne
partment Of Public works. w Ii-.H -.
elusive charge of keeping them IN repair
and furthermore. it is separate IN lta
onerations from the Police Department.
mon which devolves by law the enforce
ment of the regulations Whlch PIv9-l' ~
PENALTIES for interference with we WIN
Of street cleaning. Any Col''pa' -. 90
which does not take into account t1e
difference in the rate Of wages pclWe,!'
fore{gn and American cities cannot pt
regarded as other than mislcadlHS'