New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-05
WHAT HARD WORK 1T is!
THE STRENGTHENING DEPARTMENT
ALMOST DISCOURAGED.
MR. ANDREWS HAS NO INTENTION OF DISTURB
1vc. THE SNOW IN ANY OF THE STREETS EN-
CEPT IN THE MAIN THoRoUGHFARES


cEpr IN THE MAIN THoRoUGHFAREs
DISAPPEARING sHovELLERs.
The work OF removing snow and ice from the
principal streets Of the city went on Slowly !e
terlav Broadway comparatively cieaii anu
there were some clean spots in the bo"ery d. '"e
approaches to the ferries in Centre-st, ana IN sew
eral of the main cross streets. such as ui"n''
Fourteenth Twenty-third, Thirty-fourtn and roi'y
second sts No attempt had been made 10 remove
snow from most Of the other streets ana 'he'e wa
a general failure 10 remove ashes ana sa''"s' 81
many parts Of the city. In narrow oo"i'o"'
streets the snow made wheeling difficult ana IL was
a co nmon thing to see loaded truck sluch i'S'
IN tho snov while the crossings were In pau
state and the sidewalks were covered WIN nan
frozen mud. o,,,o
some of the uptown streets are nearly impassap'c
for wagons Streets in which there are cal @
have high banks of snow ard ice between ."e
,,o,,, and tho sidewalks and 1t is Impossible Tor
carrapes and delivery wagons 10 get near pTiN"'c
house, in the streets. The s'reet-car co'''l''
are allowed to send their poHderous s"eop'"s NAV
chimes along the street, throwing the snow Oh III,
tracks toward the nearest sidewalk Inc '0'7 "'
biqh ridges Of snow will probably remain as oo-
structions to general travel until there Is c'dnse
Of weather Nobody has been able to explain why
the railroad companies are perInilten " ~ pc
session of the streets for nothing or next ~ n
,n,. and then 10 blockade them IN 'hat iaS''lo
| wh there is SnOWSlOrHl iHt i''''
cable line has been of the chief Offenders u
49, o,,ou.od IN make the change TO cable power
without being compelled 10 pay anything 10 'he
city for the privilege and Third-ave' Is no" "
bad condition for travel except for the cable cars.
Ma for Throckmorton, the assistant super
of the Street Cleaning Department deciareu !e
dav that it would be impossible to remove 'he sio"
from, MOST of the streets in the city on account Oh
the cost of such work. and that 1t was ih'enueu "
remove the snow only from the MAN 'ho'
He said: - g.. ,,roo
days and the work has cost about S""''' nv
,orav came from an uneXpended balance. Inc
regular appropriation for removing snow III 1879 70
$4,000 but the law authorizes specia app
lions and the Board of Estimate ana HppoI "u'
ment can have the snow removed from an "
streets if II is willing to spend enough money 'oS'
of the money spent in such work goes to the MN mn
Who are employed 10 shovel the snow. we hau ni.
h S IN geS,s carne because We Obliged
to employ only citizens. III was he0cSsa' 80 aud
Hni took time At drst the who applied Tor
work in shovelling snow were mostly lying a few
hours Later better men who We're out OF e'"''o'
5 pT mSqe Of fp Rha %ar h1 said
there was report that eleven men VINO han , ,oe
Bowery on Thursday evening had drappT 1nk :,
Superintendent Robbins had sent runners 10 mar
the missing gus squad Major Throckmoron was aked
why the stgeetcaF ihe snow which their
r,,cSnes hrush.5 from the car tracks. and he Re-
There is no law that know Of which can .od oe
brought into play TO force the companies u w. g.
r eia shaH keen he spaces between the car
tracks paved ana clean. and 1t snou.d D. IN, ~.
City whatever dirt snow falls on the tracks nut J.,
has been the long standing custom - al9" m m
companies to brush the snow toward me sins"H's.
and let it lie until II melis. or Is ear'e' """' "
nninber of letters were sent to the Health boari
Yesterday stating that ashes and garbage han D'
s eeen ang that I tn Streets We're
connroi Emmons Clark sad that some OF the let
Eeneral hiii, ,,n hv Monument citizens The
nlaInts were sent to Commissioner Andrews In a a'
one ntc Carts had been used for removing Ice and
snow that it had not been possible 10 'e'"o'e "'''
On account of the work offered to GazenSs
who want to shovel snow nov ahsTe nai pas and
big crowds Of Italians dssrOns Of esqTns aay
S1n5 T bs cd 5nf of the Fdera BGdng anxious
| 10 procure their papers. which thsy must y; -
to the Department Of street-Cieah'hs III o'''' -
District Superintendent OF Street Cleaning Denice
! Az" hat re- met James b. Reynolds in charge OF
ror,v cloakmakers at Canal and Allen SITS. and had
SET 'nf and LUDLOW SITS superintendent Rob
bins busy collecting the picks ana shoyss u'eu
| Tho Grand Jurys presentment against me stree f
| Cleaning and Police Departments. regard,ns IN, NE
conditions of he streets and the sidewalks after the
recent snowstorm, came up before the roice pos 81
yesterday. and CommlssoneT Martin s ,h ordinance
Is to notify householders 10 clean their sdewaiks,
| II the househoders fall to clean their "aiks the
| nolice can do nothing except to make reports oi
their failure TO remove snow and ice from IN ironI
| ~ their houses These reports are forwarded 70
| 30 Tornoraton Attorney for tina: officials action
The Superintendent was directed TO make report
sboulng the number of viola tons or the ordinance
Snr Ssilre 10 remove snow and ice reported by mem
| beers of the department. g.
| rotssIoner Andrews in ten days went with NJ
Andrews 10 inspect the stables OF the Street-Clean
| ing Department in East Sevcntcenth-'t yesterday
and later he spent hour In the oihces OF the de
| partment in the Criminal Court Building LOOKING
| over plans and reports. He declined TO talk about
nlans OF his own for cleaning the streets or aDoui
nosslble changes in the department There was SAID
n no good ground for the report that cHVer sum
ne- TEAL will be the DeputyC Commissioner OF stree
! Cleaning lnler Colonel Waring, ana tnat MI. Iedl
| aul have the selection OF some men 10 be APP
| nonted 70 subordinate positions In me department