The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-17
NORTHUMBERLAND
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Strcrt Ctra1inr Commi-sioner Woodbury.
has mad, a report to the Mayor. under date
90 May -. 90 "a" frr, four months work
- the Strrvt CLEANING Department. NJ
tlr outset % hi- r.purt Dr. MouSlbury avs:
! voulI -ty that uroH inspection ! found
TIE material Of hi, department iu = most
hurutshl- condition Horse oyrtwofkrd
aud worn out $40 horses short 81 our com
plrm"ut. forcing "a. To hare - Lors.- and a.
trucks iu order To collect AZ all IN th" seventh
district.
WHAT hor>. cover, We had were In rag,.
and 49, bad no cert covers whatsO-v't o."
head Of horss bsloGgiug 10 ~" department
have b"cn surveyed rs 10 board and con-
d.mnsd TO 10 sold ~ public auction
All the members Of IN" uniformed force
were paradci In their yauou- district stables
or section stations. Inspected and carefully
told that their present AMI future own con
duct and behavior would 10 the only mean,
of success OF failure Ia their career. ] have
most strictly prohibited the giving OF any
money. fee or present of any sort whatever
by an enlisted ulan ia the uniformed force
TO his superior. or the purchase or sale OF
any ticket or tickets. Any borrowing or
financial transactions Of any sort VITA an
oficer Of the uniformed foroe ! have given
ao;!c- would bs punished most severely. Thl,
has been most rtgidly enforced ahu en-
ciently carried out.
Dr. Woodbury. tells ~ the bringing back
Into use IL the Irlehanty -~'lf-dumfers
Cinderella, ~AsChenbrod"l, tener"ntola anu
of the saving of money To the city thereby.
tn" report continues;
with a view To. reducing the enormous
hulk n rubbish which Il collected daily, IN
m. city, there has been designed by Nr
~ do u Psr-ofs, professor 81 steam engl-
n..rng AZ the Troy poly technic Institute,
an Moderator for the reduction To- an ash
Of the waste material consisting 81 IraglnehtH
81 wood. excelsior, condemned furniture.
mattresses. bedding, refuse paper that 'an.
not be- remsnui aCturcd, IN la't almost All
Of tho n"nuSAhl" vast" products that ar"
neither ashes nor garbage. A contract Tor
hi. iu,in.Tator has been let and with the
sanction of the Dock Department and th"
Hcal'h BOARD II Is In rrogrr-- ~ constipation
upon the dump At tie foot 81 West Forty
The c~oh,rac, call, for constructed In
pi,snrr has been designed with xrei, ear.
after Inspection and study Of plants IN use
in Bo-ton. IN Montreal and IN San Francisco.
II should give us q decreased yaIdase OF not
les than al area ~ 50 pr rem, ~ the amount
OF output 81 the materials possible to he hauled
Co. Il. Of the same time making the output OF
this dump a clean ash which becomes Q COM
ucrClsl product.
D.. Vocabulary SAYS that the hor-e-ho-ing
a. ~" department l. now done SI,O0
Ch.ster than under the TainmaIy CON
tract system. After reporting upon tho
condition ~ some 81 the leased stables ~
the department. especially one IN BROOKLYN
az No~traEd avcnu" and STIRLING place.
v hirh j. infected with CHAMBERS and must
10 rebuilt, Dr Woodbury. iwells at length
upon the difficulty which hc l. experiencing
in getting people 20 put their garhagr and
ashes In separate" mceptaCles. There will
H.. a great saving to IN" city In money and
In fr,sslom from disease. he zayS, wh"n the
public l. rducstei up 20 the - iara'ion idea.
The Commissioner 81 Street Cleaning
informs the Mayor that all the other com-
mir-ioncr- have tson very kind and helpful
TO the Street Cleaning Depart ment.
An itcm la the tabulated statement OF
the amounts Of refuse removed during tho
four months relates to the cleaning don.
ON tho East Side during the Jewish HOLIDAYS.
There were 7.SJn'. loads Of material gath
cred In the niue laws. These were the days
when the Mayor suspended the SUNDAY
Laws on the Fast S.ic and allowed open
markets 10 IL run there.