New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-21
THE TIGER RLS AT VA RING
OH WHAT COSTLY THINGS CLEAN
STREETS ARE.
rANMANr HANDS co UP ~ HOLY HORROR 1T
The DREADFUL THINGS THE REFORM
STREET CLEANING COMMITS
SlONER HAS DOM

SlONER HAS DONE.
pamphlet attacking the administration NJ
Colonel George L. Waring, 1r.. as Commissioner OK
Street Cleaning is in Of publication by me
Tammany Hal Press Bureau mich has Issued R
synopsis OF the contents. AmOng other things the
pamphlet says:
The present Mayor. after receiving. tho power
from the legislature promptly removed the Demo
cratic COMM ssioner and 9ppoinIpe" wr Wang
was by no means a bashful man. and, not being IN
~ 11rR ap bes tev csed the excessive ap-
Precipitation by the Board Of Estimate anu hpPo't
notified the authorities that the amount aplIop =
atcd was entirely insufficient ani tnat ne "o;,.-
moi be able 10 clean the streets unless II Was m
cTeased. New-Yor; had business 3, man TO, for
Mayor and the rs9Ssst %, for Demo
sra1sed nhe Vas nSr@ascd over g
for the reformsr. For the three years l%3. lsso
cratic control there was appropriated for the re-
moval Of snow Ss % while for the eo Sfaps The ihc
amount appropriated was &:2 zoo 81 being an In
r fnst a. his time. when Commissioner Wsring
through tho columns OF magazine. IS pg ais
himself It might be well TO ASK what became s,, o.
very bad memories. and it will be recalled that sns
fall Of snow for the past two years was nor VerE
~rcaf The snow was removed by contract " lN1
and 1896 The contract WAS SVEN Herpert , Ia
who. by the way is brohef'lnrlaT OF no haIng
about a. cents load, while the price paid those
who carried The snow away was 4" cents Iod' d
clear profit Of - cents load
The pamphlet then goes into detail concerning
the sn.w removal contracts alleging careless man.
arenent IN the issuance Of drivers tickets during
1906 and 1897 IT says that the tablishment OF the
nresent system of street-ceaning was due 10 Com
missioner Andrews the Democratic predecessor Of
Commissioner Warng. The scow privilege re-
ceives attention in the pamphlet ana " y aleseu
that the city now pays $4,000 year iot "hat
MIR TATE. II IL stated. had tho contract for the
removal Of paper. from which ne derives IIont
OF S15 900 a year. Why II Is asked. could mol the
Commissioner hire the carts direct at tho price tne
contractor paid for them, and save the city that
amount Of money j..
The stables OF the Department and the sewers OF
the city are also touched upon IN the pamphlet IL
is alleged that Commissioner Waring mas ms "a :
vorte stores" where his men snail buy their UNI
forms and that in order TO keep himself well be-
fore the people. he psrades hts department once
year For this parade s alleged the men are taxed
for music the district superintendent paying 90
foremen So and 81 90 the dump inspectors 3. ana
the sweepers and drivers 30 cents each
The pamphlet further goes on 10 STATE that mem,
bers OF Commissioner warnings family nave used
vehicles owned by the city. giving dates and other
particulars. One OF the great extravasances OF
Commissioner Warnings administration In the eyes
OF Tsnraany. and one which has proved total loss
TO the city the pamphlet says, was me purchase
OF the new Delehanty self -propelling boat. wnicn
was purchased on the repeated recommendations
Of Commissioner Waring
There is no doubt than the administration ~ 'nr
affairs OF the Street Cleaning Department ~ sue
cessful to Colonel Warirg He came 10 this city
three years ago unknown. ana IN not very thriving
drives the finest pair OF horses in the Park visits
Europe at the expense of the city. and writes art-
cles for the magazines IN which he holds hirnsell
up the greatest oficial OF modern times