New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-01
COLONEL WARING REPLIES.
A STATEMENT TO CONTROLLER FITCH.
r,,p COMMISSIONER THINKS 1T WOULD COST AS
MUCH To REMOVE SNOW FRO" 'ii'
ABOVE FoRTY-sECoND-sT AS FROM


MUCH TO REMOVE SNOW FROM STREETS
ABOVE FoRTY-sECoND-sT AS FROM
e. THOSE BELOW IT.
s..rn,ss,oner Waring OF the Street Cleaning De-
1,r.ment Yesterday made puphc rePiS " '
criticisms of Controller Fitch Early IN 'he uay II.
snent some time in driving about the upper par "a
the city. and when he got to his once IN '"e VI
,ro1 courts Building ne made au examination OF
department RECORDS. Ing" "e ~
ing letter.
The Hon. Ashbel p Fitch. Controller -, 1,s,,-
Dear Sir. AT the meeting OF rhs D1 and in Your
"apacity as member Of that board you sad OF .ue we
the uPps, par, are oi foe foot deep in
slush They reeking with garbage anu man.
or yS %oII ke ID me to look into this myself and to eS
anime especially Eghtyninth-st near * p'vi
ave You 1 aI boye and would
therefore. be the cost OF removing sh h streets be-
streets on t ne basis of @c"o' LOT 'ne '''e
have this morning examined the district n ques
worse nor better than that of the cross streets os
tween Third and Sixth aves ana Ge'~ "racticay,
20 snow on any Of these streets There + ice nni
some cases. in Eighty NM over three
inches thick There is reekng WIN gattp
aud nhthings don't reek a. snow Of the accumu.
latlons Inevitable where snow or zee rena az rnhtW
street for long time Tne IrsreouslS bad 1t
Mil be made the subject of discipline lor 'he io'e
man responsible for II. g.. -. s,roo,a IN tho
Concerning your statement that the steetS III .'S
upper part of the city have mot Deeh toucheu
beg 10 report that since the last snow leli on !ne
I'm and Sh of February Ii has been remover III 'Ie
istrict above Seventy secondst from 2'4o niles VI
street (fIere the streets are namedD 49,.
The total amount Of snow removed from these
streets was 81. s61 carloads. . $3.50 A.. $500.
find that there is substantially ABOUT the sdIne
amount of paved street above Forty-second-st Una
there is below. a larger proportion OF the amount
rs in broad north and south avenues, where the
Great deal OF unbuilt land. This also would be
Favorable 10 the action of the sun. At the same
time II would probably not he wise TO calculate
on less cost for the removal OF snow above Forty
second-st. than below It, Respectfully SUBMITTED
GEORGE E. WARlSG jr, Commissioners
Colonel Warning also made this announcement:
The order excluding from the department carts
and scows broken paper boxes, cardboard. straw.
excelsior and wood chips and the like land me
like includes newspapers) is rendered necessary
hammered by the volume of this refuse These
things are no, "sweepings." are they the neces
sary rubbish OF domestic life. There are other
WAYS in which they be disposed Of As a
whole they can be sold for enough money 10 pay
for the trouble of selling them. 80
II ia 10 be hoped that the people Will appreciate
the importance of assisting the department In car
rVing out this regulation. Negotiations are nov
on foot looking to the establishm ent OF regular
service for the removal OF these excluded matters
In the mean time, it Is greatly regretted that the
exgencies OF the public service will not permit
US to continue their removal