New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-22

HE GIVES REASONS WHY HoUsEHoLDERs SHOULD
SEPARATE GARBAGE AND ASHES NOW
Ofhcials Of the Street Cleaning Department have
been criticised severely because the ashes and gar
bage which have been collected separately at
houses in the city lately have been mixed together
afterward In the ut the dumps. People have
asked Of what use 1t to put householders TO
the expense and trouble Of keeping the ashes and
garbage separate, only to have them mixed later
and thrown into the sea together. Captain Glib
SON WHO is the acting Commissioner Of Street
Cleaning in the absence of Colonel Waring. said
yesterday
THE critics forget do not know, that we have
not been able TO have all the ashes and garbage
kept separate in the city yet. About so per cent
of the householders obey the regulations and place
ashes in one receptacle and garbage In another re-
ceptacle while 20 per cent of the people nave per-
sisted In mixing the ashes with the garbage at the
houses Even II the works at Barren Island mad
been ready receive the garbage. we could not
have delivered 1t yet. because there has been so
much mixing of the ashes and garbage We had
TO educate the public up the necessity Of keep
ing the ashes and garbage separate. People have
had fair warning that the regulations must be
obeyed and arrests will be made hereafter when
people persist in disobeying.
Another thing Is to be considered Inasmuch as
we have been obliged to dump al the city refuse
at sea there was no need of keeping the ashes and
garbage separate at the dumps But on next Mon
day We probably will begin TO keep the ashes and
garbage separate. and load the garbage on the
boats of the contractor be sent to Barren Island
The works on the island will not be ready then,
but there is reason why supply or garbage
should not be sent down in advance. Then We
have had some offers by contractors TO take the
clean ashes OF the city. Nobody is willing to pay
anything fer the ashes yet. but il would be saw
ing TO the department If the contractors would
take the ashes away for nothing. Instead or being
towed 10 sea and dumped there, the clean ashes
can be used for making new ground for the city at
Rikers Island. ] think IL Is safe to predict that
after next week there will be an end OF the gar
bage-dumping nuisance.
Fourteen men and women were summoned 10 the
Harlem Court before Magistrate Simms Yesterday
afternoon on charges of violating the Health Board
ordinance that requires separate receptacles for
aratelv before the magistrate and warned 10 pro-
vide proper receptacles and to see that the ordi-
nance was obeyed under penalty OF being held FOR
trial for a second offence. Their names ana ad-
dresses are as follows: Louis zimmerman. No. 5D6
East One-hundred "A nd -secOnd-st; \. Siegel No.
233 East One hundred -and-eleventh-st Frank
Iozano No PIP East -hundred-and -eleVenth-st.,
S Friedberg. No. 1855 Third-ave.; Jacob open
hemer No. 245 East One-hundred -third-st.;
Mrs Never No 241 East One hundred land third
ST.; S Shern No. 231 East One hundred-and third
sccond-st; Sophie Berkowitz No. 3Ol East one
hundred nd third-st; John {. spencer No @2 East
one hundred and-t hird-st; David Baird, No. 23
Fast One-hundred and third-st. Frank Calandva.
No 339 East One-hundred -and-fourth-st.; Albert
brandt No $40 East One-hundred and -fourth-s
and D. F. Potter. agent for No. &8 to 5l3 East
hundred and-second-st