New-York tribune., 1902-12-16
CURB TO CURB CLEANING.
Woodbuy Makes Roilzcays Clear Al
.SnO7C IN Some Streets.
HE USES PERMIT GRANTING POWER

Contracts with the street railway companies ena-
bled the Department of Street Cleaning to get
eral important streets and portions of streets
cleared of yesterday free of cost to the city
Commissioner Woodbury.. using the power of his
office has been able to make contracts with the
companies by which SO per cent more snow re-
moval will be done by the companies this year
than in previous years.
The companies must go to the Commissioner to
get permits to run their snow ploughs. They must
have the permits allow their roads to be blocked
by snowstorms. The Commissioner has the power
to make terms with the companies for the remov
al of snow from the tracks of the lines. Under
the terms of their charters the companies m
PEELED to remove the snow from the tracks and
from little space each side of the tracks This
does not that they shall brush the off
on the adjoining pavements, although other admin
istrations have permitted that but 1t means that
they shall take the away BY system of
Communication the Commissioner is able to stlpu-
late that the companies shall remove all the snow
from certain streets, from curb curb. while the
Street Cleaning Department removes all the snow
from other streets in which the cars run
Commissioner Woodbury. this year refused TO sign
permits for ploughs the car lines until the
companies had signed contracts for snow removal in
certain streets. He had decided in advance how
many of the streets and what portions of streets
and avenues it would be fair to have the conpa-
MES clear of snow He insisted upon the conmu-
tation system to prevent rival gangs of snow
shovelIers from mixing.
By the terms of the contracts the railway com
panes must clean the streets as follows:
Broadway. from .vesey-st- to Bowling Green and
Beach-st. to Canal-st.; Canal-st., from Hudson-st
to West1st and from the Bowery to East Br0aG- Sf
way and the south side of the street between Mul-
berry-st. and the Bowery; Grand-st-, from the
Rutgers-st. Grand-st.: Essex-st,, from CanaI-st
to Houston-st.; Clinton-st from East Broadway TO
ton-st.; West Eleventh-st from Greenwich-st to
st IOelanCey-St- broadway o East River
Twentythrd-st from river TO river: Thirty-fourth-
st. from Fourth-ave. to the East River ana from
Eghth-ave to the North River, FOrty-second-st-
from the Grand Central Station 70 the East River
ave. from Union Square to Twenty-third-st. Fifty
Eghth~ave to Tenth-ave: Third-ave from Fifty
ninth-st. to Eghty-seventh-st.; Amsterdam-ave-,
nf,tb 49, J 75ir1 10 IaTinetonave and
One-hundred-and d-thirtieth-st. the same distance
Mr Bouton the snow inspector of the Street
Cleaning Department said last evening that the
railroad companies had been complying with the
and helping the department out of trouble
in the present snow crisis Most of the streets and
avenues mentioned in the contracts had been
cleared of snow yesterday The prospect for such
valuable aid in clearing away snow is good ior the
The Street Cleaning Department is dealing with
the present snowfall without the help OF the snow
contractor. The department was able yesterday to
keep about one thousand extra lao3reTs at, at Work @
efnent Streets in Fourteenth-st. and in One-hun-
dred and thirtyeghth-st. but the work of snow
ably by lack of carts The department is able to
pay only 81 day for a large cart drawn by two
horses in removal, and many coal dealers IN
the city are willing to pay so day for such cart
in the delivery Of coal. An appeal was made yes
terday to a truckman in Jersey City who has sent
as many hundred carts for snow removal IN
the city In past years He said the demand for
for coal delivery on his side of the river was
great that ne could not spare single cart Mr.
BOutOn said that the for concentrating part
OF the departments force in One-huEdred-andthi
ty-eghtb-st yesterday TO enable the coal deal
their yards in One hundred y-eiShth-st
Most of Street Cleaning Department carts had
to be used yesterday in the collection of ashes and
garbage Most OF the street sweepers Of the de-
partment. however were kept at work aiding in the
task of heaping snow for removal The tacit-
ties for dumping were said to be about equal
those of last year. except that the dump at the
North River at Twentieth-st- and four other North
River dumps above Fiftieth-st. had been cut Off