New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-19
Ft SfON'S RECORD.

'e'ors and politicians. the Street Cleaning
= part nent under Dr. John NcC,sv- IS-oo5b,,~,-
7N' commissioner. has cleaned the city
ana Is keeping IL clean To-day this CITY is far
0Heal OF any other in the world in man, uav.
Vi ulsposins OF garbage Garbage is made 70
''Viu 'he city return which is increasing each
''i'" While Commissioner Woodbury. de-
'@fes mat he hasn't saved a cent" but has
e'"e III ana spent everything he could get his
hands on be turned over to the Cit, Chamber
-alh IN is''2 for one small branch Of his work
S'o31o 65. far more than had ever bee, roo,,-o.
before From the incinerator AZ West For+,-
Se'eh1h-st, which cost $4,000 the Commission
= recently reported 10 the Board OF Estimate
Ia me department was receiving an income of
sou week. good profit on the investment
." cong al this. the department has had 70
reckon with an increase Of Two hundred thou-
SAND I'D the population 1t has not materially
increased lis working force but the increase in
eF11ciency has been visible IN every street
Commissioners Woodbury. first went about reor-
gaming his force. He told the men that politics
"asn going TO count but the way a man at
tended 70 business would He got new horses
ana d"ciored he old ones He repaired carts
ana replaced the missing covers New brooms
and shovels were laid IN. so that n . sno-. .,,,n
.'e working equipment was up to par Then
began the undoing OF the neglect Of Tammany
-No'iceS were printed in Syriac Greek He
WV bohemian Czech and Italian. telling the
people that vegetable refuse, ashes and ordinary
l'@sei4old rubbish must be kept separate not
dumped into one can. This rule. instituted Tx
colonel Waring. and neglected by the Tarmarr
commissioner. was enforced by the police and
ci'E magistrates. In this way the ashes vera
4N''i'a0ie Tor sale or filing in waste lands. while
- 'ese1aoie refuse could be taken at once TO
E1zs
cumping OF garbage and ashes an sea In the
INST place reasoned the Commissioner. il was
unjust TO the people across the Bay: then II was
expensive. and gave no returns. whereas ,b,e
refuse could be made worth something Part n,
IT. according to contract made under Tam
many. had TO 60 70 the Standard Utilization
Company. but the rest went 70 the Barren Isl
and plant
DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE
There this vegetable waste is run into huge
retorts by a conveying belt and is kept for
eighteen hours under heavy steam pressure
This "digests" the mass. which goes through
various processes Of fermentation. After il has
been 'digested" il is run through great presses
The liquid is drawn of. and the oil which rises
Is. after process or clarifying. sold to manu-
facturers. many OF them in France and Holland
who make If into perfumes and pomades. The
water i Of value because il holds 4 large per-
centage q ammonia while the solid material is
dried. broken up. sifted and sold TO- fertilizer.
The ashes. which under Tammany had been
dumped a. sea or used I'm private speculation.
are now used for filing in Riker's Island This
work. discontinued under Tammany. is go
ing on speedily. Already some sixty three acres
have been filed in. As land there at the lowest
valuation is worth $1,000 an acre, the city has
gained real estate worth $630oO0 and there are
further plans for making 10 acres on the cast
ern side OF the island. Last year made the
first sale Of ashes BY the city. large con
struction company bought some to make fire.
proof floors. This OF the ashes is increasing.
The price is from u TO 70 cents a cubic yard.
The city's output is about 3069012 cubic yards
year 50 there IS a large field
The incinerator AZ West Forty-seventh-st. and
the river was new feature. Instead Of the
weary. inefficient sorting OF refuse by hand.
there a conveying belt carries it down between
TWO rows Of piclsers. who sort out the articles
OF value and the rest goes into the flames. The
three great retorts destroy 80 cubic yards Of
material 4 day-old beds. mattresses and waste
material The ashes resulting make excellent
fertiiizer. which the Tx Department uses.
There is -rc-her moderator up in The Bronx.
ard z tn.-d s. being built Cor the district below
Csral-st To - privilege Of handling the ma
ref.al Of some r4lue which Is not burned, the
department receives $40 week
The street Cleaning Department now sells ITS
collections Of horse droppings- The Long IsIanu
Railroad bought l@o bags day last year. A
great quantity was given TO the Charities De
Tlartrnent for its farm on staten Island. There
A. now under consideration plan BY which this
te-ial can he sold go the W State farmers
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FORCE
The e-Fciencv Of the department under this
administration has increased many fold With
to-,r rba same force as Tammany had, the de-
rartroeut has swept 941 miles Of streets IN Man
bat+su The Bronx and Brooklyn dalIy. gong
80, "a r,er cent Of this mileage TWO ana three
60 - 5ay in places where the traffic IS very
Tbere were 2u5G9ll. carloads % gaph9ee CO..
lacted last year. and only IJoSr4 IN isrvl. ldS
y.i-re- The Ia pidIiy win NhltH Cie sHO" MSS
.,,,,,-e4 smoke volumes for the efficiency or tn
jer4rtrflent 4 contractor no" hsluIes tile 81
- sTafr The largest snow OF the WINTER cost
ss..,..l,.. ----,i,7afei. to remove Under tn
"a -,-,,arf with the assistance or Ihe stree
,,,sri.Ier Dera--rreut +; would have cost 500
10 remove th- same quaht.tl oi st.""- "a 80
nor were removed s'yo.h'l CUBIC |aiuS "a
-. n, 1ts,3 2346.J32 cubic Yards
~ t-l..-f,, there has bee as much progress
a. ia Manhattan The street sWeeplnss ~
-. sisrosed - not by carts. but py me roiies
49, .be car lines are steel receptacles,
.-,t.al stations From these At nlght > Col.ect-
81 49,. material. which is taken IN steer ca5s'
,--.r.d ont To the meadows o: swami ialus.
-, !, e 7,sed for filing. This melhod saves
y to-,, ~ per cent on the hauHng. g.. =,
~, the equipment and WORKING I"'y az
81. -, are Ia good condition was SHOWN stI!h-
- 7,..ss4az- AZ the inspection IN the sta
- -rt,i-f--nt hist and Ienth-eNe iie ~
- ont with the precision "i a unit al
-, Each one had ms sou 49, ar 80 Tho
Shill-. ,-eiI satisfied. They declare ma NJ
sou-t have To- pay poitieA.
well cared for-
Yam tn STARVATION.