New-York tribune., 1900-08-19

noisome smelling evening breeze At morning
should he have sailed forth In a bathing suit for
an early delightful and stimulating dip in the
surf, he would have encountered tangled mass
OF refuse which the ebb tide had heaped up knee
deep the sands.
The constant warfare which has thus been waged
between the garbage men and the suffering public
has finally resulted In the abolition OF deep sea
dumping. AS has been told in The Tribune. Perci-
val E. Nagle, Street Cleaning Commissioner. was
summoned before Acting Mayor Guggenheimer last
week and in answer 20 the universal complaint
Of the public he announced that refuse would in
the future be disposed Of ashore Accordingly.
new method has now been introduced which. while
unobnoxous to the public. ought 70 be, il is said
far more economical In speaking Of the present
system of garbage disposal. Charles A Mead. super
intendent of this branch OF the Street Cleaning
Department said to a Tribune reporter:
This refuse IS now used for land filling purposes
Newtown Creek Long island civ and 70 the new
rcad The refuse l speak OF consists mostly o.
unsanitary and cannot be burned at Barren Island
Al this time Of the year thirteen scqws are carried
away from the city each uay. Each scOW carries
between three hundred and FIVE hundred tons. The
Of sf for a sma ie Lad 81 25i So for r. what Is called
large load and Ss5 for an extra large load
Company for deep sea dumping was s35 boatoad
together with s3S to s46 for tug service.
THINKS CITY SHOULD SAVE BY CHANGE.
city official who was connected with the De-
partment unde. Mayor strong's administration, on
hearing Of the present means Of refuse disposal
said:
There ought to be great saving Of the city's
funds under the present system. Instead l see
that approximately the same rate Is being charged
now before. The deep bumper with the
additional expense of towage, costs about SO ThS
across the East River the Hudson River should
not be more than $50 or $40.
There are thirteen dumps along the river front
Of the city where the scows load 1t is estimated
that there is 80 per cent mora refuse in winter
Mr.. Mead, IN speaking OF the amount OF refuse
which be sold, producing a revenue TO the city
said:
of utility from the worthless material and
sell it by contract His plan is now only p&rt'alS
cution within the next two years. At the present
time the J. q. Hyatt Company pays the city $4,000
company is permitted 10 pick out what i hncs
serviceable. Mr. Hyatt employs 80 men az this
each year from the carts. Although the deep sea
dumping has only been suspended during the
months OF August and September l have no doubt
that II will be finally abolished altogether.
Although all admit that the dumping Of the
venence to shore 6wellers, the abolition OF TINS
practice will by no means guarantee these people
washed up along these snoreS comes from IFuit
and passenger ships which habtually clean up
just upon entering the harbor- We hope. however.
that the nuisance Will be greatly abated
It IS said by many who have studied the methods
disposng OF refuse that the present system viii
save the city nearly $500 QGO year These men say
that the Street Cleaning Department paid s35 day
for each Of the thirteen bumpers owned by the Bar
ney Dumping Boat Company. This amounts to
S166O75 year. The Barney people, II Is said. also
demanded the privilege of towing the bumpers to
sea, for which they charged the city over $looo0