New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-16
WARING HOLDS THE BROOM.
THE NEW STREET CLEANING COMMls-
SIONER IN OFFICE

HE IMMEDIATELY STARTS IN TO CUT DOWN
EXPENSES CHARLES X. MOORE MADE
pEpUTY-oLIvER SUMMER TEAi.L SAD
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET II.
Colonel George L. Warng. jr.. took charge OF IN"
Street Cleaning Department yesterday wHeh ''e
streets were in a better condition than usual thh'H'
10 the recent rains which were followed by ci'ar
and freezing weather. Il certainly was an ausi'-
olous day on which u begin his duties as Commits
sIoner Of Street Cleaning. William s Andrew 'he
retiring Commissioner was as smiling as hoi mus
sn May when he surrendered his Key 10 inc ONE
in the Criminal Courts Building, and expresseu h's
wishes for Colonel Warnings success lie aso I'D"
written the following letter. which Colonel NaF'ns
read with interest.
Dear Sir: In surrcnderng 10 you me coh,r S o. %.
the Department of Street Cleaning, IL - prO pS hy
call attention to he several '"queslS ih''' ~
for permission TO obtain sulaDiv pG't t,,rsed
and ' reeommendSd By the ADVISORY Gommfsson ana
has since then been approved by the sun C -
,,jon:ion Of every suggestion I made for tho ei-
fsciive equipment OF the department Gov which are
stll pending before the Board Of Estimate anu ~
por;ionmeni as follows len ,bpnep COW
cred storage dumps for the reception ana ipd on
of refuse eighteen dsinfeStng and w rr 5 me
coecon Of refuse iOeoO steel receptacles for en-
ing 70 be Disposed of TO used for fertizng pul
poses. and 1000 pushcarts for the conveyance o.
nrepared an amendment TO the law. which wa
enacted at the last session of the Legislature Pc
hitting such plant to be purchaseu anu pau ~. ''
The proceeds of bonds 20 be sold Tor that pun I"sN,
with every wish for w Y2IT sSfes AHp a
truly yours, Nll-i-'-'h D.
Colonel Waring dictate da reply thanking nm
After getting through with the formalities incident
=. his assumption of the control of the department
Colonel Warng set himself TO work to figure oot
Mile problem of domestic economy, ana ne ueciueu
that he could make a reduction OF about s"~ III
The general expenses Of the department by cutting
down some salaries and cutting off few onlcla!
heads that did not appear be needed. To news
naper men he said that ne rot quite readE 10
speak of plans for changes in sreet-cieaning ne'h
DDS At 1870 p. m. he made his first appointment as
a Commissioner He accepted the resignation OF
Deputy Commissioner j. J. Ryan the WFA-.'''~'
Tammany district leader. and APPOINTED ID res ~
Moore an engineer who lately lived in N'w-Jersey'
as the Deputy Commissioner. MI. MOORE VIII ''.
n, Nd. % East Twenty sixth-st He is a son OF
Colonel James Moore chief engineer OF the 'en''"'
Railroad of New-Jersey and he has several Drothers
who are engineers About five years ago Mr. Moore
was instrumental In providing a water Supp! ~,
Plainfleld ~ j.. by means OF driven wels VIZ, IN
nected with several railroad engineering WORKS anu
with public works outside the city, Dut ma 49,
been concerned with street-ceanng work, LIZ bm
missioner Waring he mas Much u ie"'' ""'' ~
nicipal street cleaning ,>.. (,.s..u,,s
The appointment of Mr. Moore as Deputy D1 S nd
sioner blow to Oliver sumner iea' WI" b,s ~
been led TO believe that the once was u NC '' az
an ce esa1y da Warng wished appoint another
den,ty SUPERINTENDENT Yesterday ana ne asheu
for Major Throckmorons resignation; Dat Tue Co i
jor declined to get out Late IN te a snme action
mel Warng said ne would prooaOiy '""e sumo O'
in the matter to-day.