The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
MAYOR TO WARNINGS MEN.
A PLEASANT IVENING VI ED BIZ
CIT W I'VE

Street Cleaners Aptend n storeopticon Inctnre
at which Col. strong NSakcs = speech, and
EverythanE IL Lovely Ursn the NiEE Or in
the wNodpiie Appears - Audience Leave
The men OF the Street Cleaning Department,
their wives. and many OF their babies, met in
the large hall Of Cooper Union last night to hear
and watch q. lecture and picture display ostin'
sibly meant to explain tho workings and de.
tails Of the Street Cleaning Department. Tho
talk was 10y DIR. William II. Tolman. Tho
exercises hsd been arranged for BY the Conn
mittee of 4 l." tho board OF arbitration eletosd
from the RAJ TX and file Of the department to as
sist Col. We ring in matters OF adjustment and
organization. The hall was completely hlled.
The prelimin airy buzz of conversation had u de-
cided Italian tone. Mayor Strong said:
Ladies ant Gentlemen of the Street Clean.
ing DEPARTING ut, l am glad to see you. When
this adminishu lt!on came into power the De-
partment Of 8 treet Cleaning was not a dis
tinEue Cpronoun ccd distinguay by tho Mayor
orEuniEation-nt It exactly. The pNNle Al of max
leg It over into . decent body - one of the
hardest nuts l h I'd - crack. 1t w-s on a Sun
day thss q Sood woman came in 10 suggest to
me the name OF the right man. We didn't dis
cuss his politiu Z. because che knew 1t wasn't
necessary to diA cuss politics with me. The
man sho nAmctl was George +. Warine lap
plause, stampin,: :. and cheersl l knew of him
as q good santa ~ engineer. When l appoint
cd him I told h i'm frankly he was Indebted to
no one for his appointment except that good
woman
t tSlns. row; We ought to kn0" her name l
The Mayor-Y,ou shall. She was Mrs. Kinni.
! he met her. He SAID that it was his habit to
take off his hat to such women and he would
There is no oi,c more proud Of this depart,
msnt than the MAJ or or Of S,s the &c. city S Of New Wy York. ondi
ence howled It's aI prevail. He raised, his hand
once or twice 70 Hence 6. them and I,t then anne
know you, all of you'll" he said with visible
feeling.
view Of Roman ruins. All roads led to
Rome he said, ami clean ro%is or streets are
what we are interested in. Sc we begin with
He reviewed the history of the Street Cleaning
h fEatin Of IT., i; p] Ms snSTe Sor %RAS q tRRiss ' %Rito i uni.
formed force: One that pleased the AUDIENCE
work with broom and show el in the middle of
the street. He mad a bag carrier and a water
lied better not let the fsorman catch him.
shouted a voice out Of the darkness, he'd folne
Applause Z NICE said the lecturer. but
let us keep it fo: the better views that are to
There are no better" howled the irrcp-essi,
Bile Irishman. This is the best wan that
ever was. Ha, ha, hal"
The crowd laughed with him. Then the lee
turer displayed reproductions OF printed sta
tistic tables. de began tp talk about econ
omics Of municipal admin ktration,, and par
perial city. orr civic home" and almost be-
fore one knew 1t, even As a negro emerging
from a woody lie and dan cins a breakdown on
its summit, 10 brandished n full. width, three
ply, dy~ed-in<he-wool CHS Union campaign
haranGue in The faces of his audience. They
rose up and left in g0at numbers. His last
words were shouted at tie top OF his voice Mt
N rrnvvH thar VIVA falling for tia hnfs AhnthinR
its feet, and facing away from him and toward
the doors.