The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-10
cor. WARINo,s NEW PLANS.
Ue Explains the Revised Rules for tho
Disposition OF Ashes and Garbage.

Commissioner Warning made public yester,
day the manner in which he proposes tina,
street sweepings and mouse refuse shall be
taken up and handled after a contract shall
have been made with some one for their Anal
disposition. Some OF the rules which are then
to be enforced, he says. are already In use, and
nil of them should be In use before the end of
this year. The arrangements are to be as
follows:
1. Garbage will be kept separate in such vessels
as the Board of Health may prescribe, and will be
collected by special carts.
2. Ashes and dust free from paper and other
rubbislD will be kept within the house, or In the
back yard, I'm special cans. From these they will
be removed in tied bags by department men, who
will stand the filled bags on the edge Of tho side.
walk.
g. Street dirt will be placed In q bag Carried on
a light truck as fast as 1t IL swept up. when tho
bag is filled, It will be tied and stood on the side.
walk.
The ash carts will move slowly along the streets,
with enough men attending to throw the bags
int" them as they pass. Thus. the shoveling OF
sweeplngs and the %emptying OF receptacles, as
well as the standing OF rcceptacles on the streets
and the collecting OF sweepings into piles, with
their attendant dust, litter. and nuisance, will be
done away with.
I. All refuse. other than garbage. ashes, and dust,
will DO kept within the house until called for by
the department paper CARTS which will remove
everything the householder wants to get rid OF from
an envelope to q mattress or "a cooking stove.
These things Will he taken to central dcpots, where
everything of shlnble value will be separated and
all else Will he crcnated.
when this system is in complete opera
ton tol. Waring says, not only will the
streets he clean, but they will also be tidy;
Blowing papers and the dust nuisance will
have disappeared. Fur thermure. tie $50. 900
hitherto received by the city for the privilege
of picking bones, bottles, rags. &c. during the
trimming of the scOws,w Will he replaced by many
times that amount received for the much larger
quantity OF material collected, and collected In
much better condition. There are further pos
sibilitics as to the use of unstable paper for
pastcboard, the development of steam for
power by the burning of refuse, the use of
ashes for making brick and concrete work. But
concerning these we are not yet in u position to
make any public statement"
Col. Warning says further that the expert
mental contract with Herbert Tate. involving
the collection and cremation of garbage and
the sorting out from this OF salable articles.
has cost 80 far 500 .225. OF this sum So, 90
went to Herbert Tate and his assistants for
personal services. So $500 for the construction
Of the crematOry at Fifty-third street and
Eleventh avenue. $500 for rent of lot, and
Sl,339 for operating expenses. The balance
of the sum went for collecting the garbage.
There stands 10 the credit account of the
crematory about Sl,35O received from the
sale of paper. bottles, and other articles picked
out of the garbage,