New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-22
NIREETCiRS TO CARRY GARBAGE.
HANS : BEATTIF WOULD ABOLISH CARTS
AND HORSES AND HAVE ONLY
ONE DUMP

That the street railway system may ~ made
use ~ 10 help solve n" garbage and ashes prob
lem m New York To aid In he expeditions re-
moval ~ snow and ice. ana To carry light
freight incidentally IS the newest idea Freight
~ q light nature has already been carried bv
electric cars m other cities ard in many si6ur-
ban districts j. fact. 10 lirnited extert =
has been tried IN Brooklyn. The proposition
as regards STOW and ice ashes ard carriage
Is however. quite novel This has been brought
forward by Hans 5. Beatte. AZ present 0ne -
the "ihcials Of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company formerly Street Cleaning COM
missioner and al another line Surveyor Of the
Port. He has given his views concise.y in the
last issue of Che Municipal ana Railway Rec
ord"
The question has been brought up" sad M
B"atue yesterday. by decision - one OF the
Brooklyn courts. affirming the right OF d street
railway company over there 70 make contracts
with All express company for carrying light
heignts over It's lines The Municipal and
Railway Record thereupon asked me 10 write
this article bad tho pan N mind OF carrying
garbage over the street railway lines some
years ago. however
In 1871 advisory committee 70 consider
the question of street cleaning appointed.
It's members including Morn, X. Jesup. Prof,s-
sor Charles r Chandler Il Columbia, Francis
Nintou Greene. Thatcher VI. Adams and Dat Id
kins. ] was Commissioner u street Cleaning
then. end appeared before the committee. pro-
posing the plan Of having he garbage collected
over the nOrseoar lines by special vans at night.
from midni ght TO > o'clock This before
the Introduction Of tn Broadway cable The
plan would not have Interrupted traffic ANA
was quite feasible. Il received the unqualified
endorsements II practical men. but nothing ever
came az II At the sane time the presidents
Of the twenty-five horS- railroads in the city
were asked if the comYan! would give the Use
Of their tracks for such purposes. All ass,nied.
and ,he plan met with their approval.
Mr.. Beattie says In ais artice
Tn, pithdreVa. % over three hundrel horses
streets OF NeW-YorN during me busiest hours q
tn. Gay Is u .'-ef benefit. -. commercial
.r.,~ mi, IS Il -i..:,nitrt OF ont.ol9 fact ire
"'tive o. tne nature Of the business ~ "fich
'@pr,a.! anu ..l' ,,'s "','H H' 49, -. All
carts employed ~ The rn" zion and frdL~pcTta-
.on o. S1 i'~ anu ~, rs,t . c,e.,yc
ana Transporting such offensive matter 80 appar-
en-. !" 10 ~" i"i"', % vr e s,s - - a,,,ib
.ncd.rfs m shor- thar characi4riz, the rnaint,--
ace and .riovuen, OF tae mos progr4ssiv. civic
il-. are found g. tle area Of \c~-lorK south =
lrf'Y-nirfn-~' Nn,u 'l. business and social n"
cosstie= Of over Two mi ions of lrop, have 20 he
accommodated every w0rklu. nour Of ~, year
within such narrow limits al! suggestion mat
means tho removal % Constructions o. The easier
flow % fiat ife should le adopted when presented.
J. cannot BE- contended that the failure 10 adopt
the suggestion has been n Tie interest ~ th- poo
pc. The water front Of 10. lily L. more valuable
than ,nai Of any known maritime municipality.
The annual rentals paid ty most - or nippiS
Interests run up into tens Of thousands ~ doi-
lars I~t thirteen ~ the most rabbi locations
c the East and North rivers are abandoned - the
ises - me u. partneut Of Street C"auins A. dump
ing stations. would be Sufficient con-
waite % these dumping stations.
were fhev re.s4scd 70 ma commerce ~ th- port,
ard fhH probation IN value which their exist nee
occasions 20 IT,. property adjacent o. inen. ii i
SAT- 20 state thar f1- cry treasury would be- me
beneficiary - tneir adjustment - th~ extent %
rot H. nan s. N4l,n r-r annGm And this amount
would not be- diminished by any Increase % OK
p.ndi.ure IS q consequence y the proposed change
IN method on TIE contrary. there -no-.t be
s4v4nx OF one-tnird IL The cost OF cartins