The sun., 1896-10-26
STREET CLEANING GOES ON.
NEI7HER SIDE BICKED Down, BUr
II GOLN ON.
Col. wnrlns snr. III. Contr.e,or. Prom.

Col. WnrinR Says His Contractors Proua.
iaed Not to SUE HIM for Their BiiIs
-S"it Goes On Mr.. Fitch says Some-
thinT, Too And sweeping Goes On
Col. Warnings street swccpcrs went TO work
as usual yesterday Somehow or other. THn
SuN doesn't knew how, no newspaper except
TnE SrS had found ont on Saturday that the
tie-up had been called Off. Col. Warlng, 10
appears, had not iutCgdol that any announce
mont should be made
THE SuN intimatcd yesterday that Mayor
Strong had nodded his heat and that the Col.
one! had surrendered. lao Colonel saia yss.
tcrhay that that wasn't it. He had been re-
licvcd, he said, Of the responsibility Of paying
the contractors, and therefore thore was no
need of his rrolonging the tic-up. And so he
out all the machinery Of hts department In mo-
tion except ono part, that which Contractor
Tate has charge of, the collection OF paper and
rubbish, and he Furthermore saws that he is NOT
going to collect any OF this until Mr. Tate 10
paid, because Mr. Tate will not collect tho
stun until he collects his money. aud Comp
troilcr Fitch must stand the blame.
Iypcwrtcrs we're idle yesterday because the
offices OF NJ, ssrs. Fitch and Wuring wore closed
ina the operators OF the nNchtncs .wc>e 'est-
Mr FITCH talk talked and Col Col " Warins - wTore. TS'
When IT was learned that Col Warnings
white wings end brownies were at work, some
inknnwing folks jumped to the conclusion that
Mr. Fitch had backed down.
II have not backed down." he said. IF I
Waring lad backed down. havs not re-
Cai ceded one inch from the position have taken.
Col; Nariug. Imagine, has seen the absurdty
o. ~ his position and has given itnp. II Col.
Naring, resumes work In all of his depart
,nents, viii take ~ the consideration OF these
hllis to.mnrrnw and arrive ut some conclusion
AS to the civil service matter But long as
he mainta'ns the ,posltion he took yesterday I
shall not DO thinE. cannot be coerced BY
any such absurd measures MS lie Las taken"
~, That was Alr. Fitch sundaT hroadside. Bnt
the Colonel was equal to the occasion. To
show that he was not worried,or annoyed he
to2S out 1iS bicycle Yesterday and rode Iweaty
exercise, no got out his pencil and paper and
Yesterday afternoon. nearly all tho con-
Department and employ men who, according
to Comptroller Fitch. ought to be considered
tarly announced that they would not hold me-
liable If their bills were not paid. They are
scows to.Sea, the Barney Dumping Company: Jo-
seph Mercurio d CO., iio unload the deck scows.
nage nage In ,he mnp9ved part Of the Annexed Dis
trict. and Holland x Co.. who cleai Broadway
below TeIow & f1rrttenth street: C9nIrantHr Herbes
so release me. and will not resume work un-
der the prescn. conditions.
lnder these circumstances ordered all
work except the collection Of papor and rub:
hsh, 70 continue without interruption. Untn
.,omptroler Fitch pays Contractor Tate or dis
tinctly refuses to do so, no paper refuse will
he collected.
This will I've an annoyance o the people
which I regret hut cannot prevent. In the
meantime no complaint On this subject will be
read AT the Department Of Street Cleaning. All
complaints should be addressed to tho Hon.
Ashbel F.. Fitch. Comptroller Of the city of
New York. lie alone is responsible for the in
terrurtion and he alone can say when it will bo
resumed.
Citizens are reminded that naper NAV be
turned in any quantity under kitchen or fur
mace iires.Glf this results in thc.ex tension of
the habit OF SO Durnina- The ruhbtsh.and paper.
the present absurdsituation will not have been
without Its use
Suth We're the broadsides delivered yester-
day, what will follow today only the day will
tyll PERHAPS Mr.. Fitch will ask Col Warning
If he is going 10 pa! the force Tor its days va
cation. Nv. Fitch. i'll all probability will not
pay that bill until it Is innudamuscd
In the matter of the Mayors rover to re-
move tho Commissioner of Street Cleaning, 10
was enormously statedSy esterday that the
Mayor needs the consent of two members Of
the Board of Health. That was the old law.
As the law has been amended the Commits
siOner OF Street Cleaning can be removed ~
will by the Mayor.