New-York tribune., 1895-08-03
THE CONTRACTP PLAN OPPOSED
COMMENTS ON THE MAYORS SUGGESTION
AS TO STREET CLEANING.
TT Is GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT TIE PRoPo-
sIrION TO LET CONTRACTS FOR flNALLh
DIsposING OF THE REFUSE WOULD BE
MARING STANDS.

WAR1NG STANDS
Mayor Strongs action before the Board OF hs'i-
mate and ApportiOnment as TO the street CieahHns
Department. was the subject OF talk among citizens
Yesterday Tribune reporter called at the once
of ,he street Cleaning Department to see Colonel
Waring and learn what he might have 10 say as 10
tho ,renaraon by him Of specifications for bids for
the collection and distribution OF the city garbage.
Colonel Waring could not be found. he having gone
to Newport where he goes every Friday, to re-
main until Tuesday.
4 prominent citizen said;
"a contract for the final disposition OF the city
garbage and ashes would be undoubted beneht TO
tho community There are places where such con-
tracts have resulted actual profit TO the rnu-
nicipaty and there seems to be no good reason
why the should not be done in New-iorK,
The contractor" he added. who would dispose ol
the garbage by cremation would remove nuisance
from our water front which is bound to exist just
as long as the dumping process Is continued But
as TO the gathering Of the garbage. he continued.
that is another story. If our streets are to be
cleaned by contract will see the same cohdliioh
that existed two years ago. because the man VINO
takes a contract to clean the streets taxes II TO
make money. and he will make money. no matter
at what price he agrees TO do the work. and II Is
not hard to what must follow To clean the
streets on the contract plan is a task much harder
than Mayor Strong thinks
1t said yesterday by those who pretended to
know Colonel Warnings views on the subject that
he would not oppose the contract plan as far as 1t
related TO the final disposal Of the city garbage and
ashes but that he would oppose cleaning the streets
by contract. because he believed it would not be
done to the satisfaction of the citizens.
Dr. Roger S. Tracy. Register of Vital Statistics.
said yesterday that he thought II would he a good
plan give contracts for the final disposition OF the
citys refuse. 'The work of collecting and removing
ashes and garbage" he said. was not performed
We md nd | there Will
change back to the contract system 50 far as II In
.'c I o1i 49,, ~ r. houo ,b", i, s nos.
sibe to keep the streets clean and believe that II
time is allowed him he viii show that II is possible
to dispose of the city's refuse 10 advantage. To
after il has been collected and removed by Colonel
Warnings department might result in a decided
gain for the city. The only trouble in the way Of
fact that it has been inpossbe to make the people
of this city keep the ashes and garbage separate
garbage was tried in part OF the city where The
most intelligent and law-abding people live but 1t
made to obey the order. The time VIII
come, however. when the ashes can be collected
rate and sold. and the city will get many thousands
Of dollars every year in that way to pay parity for
Mayor Strong expressed his surprise yesterday
that any one should take the view that his resou-
ton offered at the meeting OF the Board OF Esii-
mate on Thursday was intended to be antagonisuc
said how it @ cond be cons,rue as some or the
newspapers had ii. that my action Sap at
COIOncl NaflNg. i want TO fnI out. II ana
Colonel War!ng is OF the same mind. whether the
city's garbage and ashes cannot be disposed OF at
profit. instead Of costing so large sum every
year get rid Of"
Have you any plan in your own mind FOR dis
posing OF the city's refuse" the Mayor asked
'None yet" replied Mayor Strong. but We
viii probably have a plan in few days"
Many people. however DO not agre" with the
Mayors ideas that the most effective work can hc
secured through the .ontract system. NJ change
can occur in the present system until the next
Legislature can act In the mean time Commis-
sioner Waring says that he is mbued with the idea
that he can get profit out OF the city's refuse
instead OF its collection and disposition proving.
at present, large annual expense.
Colonel Waring WAS AZ the City Hall yesterday
but he did not the Mayor. who was engaged AZ
the time. and Colonel Waring. being in a hurry 20
catch train for Newport. found that he could not
walt. Before leaving the city Hall the Commis-
sioner said that TIE work could be done hy
tract II the contractors could be strictly held TO
their bond but that II doubtful If this could
be done. There would be danger Of corruption and
the building up OF ring.
The Commissioner spoke Of his own experiments
IN the way Of dspos!ng Of refuse and said that
similar experiments. more less successful. had
had been amended H. 1894 TO allow the Commits
sioner OF Street Cleaning TO contract for the ere
nation Of street sweepings. refuse and garbage. Il
tried to have the law further amended this year"
he said. 80 as 10 have the word utilization In
serted after the word cremation but failed. infor-
NAL proposals made last spring show that the
utilization OF the refuse and waste Is less costly
than any other method. and is the best and cheap
est far discovered for dispOsng Of the refuse