New-York tribune., 1903-02-18

rev aorK was at least TWENTY-FIVE years behind
thT times 70 The disposition of its waste
ag a o ~apIe nor R Proeefs &c OF na disposition as ex-
beginning to end.
After giving The figures the Mayor continues:
IL thus appears that the collections OF garbage
S SS l'y3 & % 1901 & never equalied the collections Of
IN 1901. and z.61D loads ia excess of 1885,
THE BATHING BEACHES CLEAN.
The irst result achieved b. CommissIou.r Wood
bury by erect1ng this better separatfos- o. s-rbage
Iast s,9rnoot. T- a. a. - '4li.iS tns "hoIe OF
The second result obtained was no less valuable
The percentage OF garbage in the ashes and mousse
waste having been reduced 20 Negligible di,s s1ity
lying land or land undr %atsr igr % nns r1s ' g1o 0%
the Board Of Health the Commissloner o. Street
Cleaning was enabled 20 use large quantities OF
this h material in allins IN land under water al
in towing during the year Is t5irty-s , se9e
Of Of F6Gd f6s upland were made hsye heard the vslne
n Inc prlsllege OF picking oyer the waste at the
yarogS 1S city dumps in me Boroush OK Manhattan
contract was made az the rate Of s107. 500 Commits
that b. making suitable arrangements for burning
what, what was valueless in this waste three results
ing what is valuable would be afforded: second
taken out 20 Sea Would 5 very aH mcB Geced ds IN
pun oubA and, taird most OF the resduum being clean
early in the vear he Areeta9 ~ sh1fc 5 % nm I'm
foot OF West Forty-seyenth-st furnace which
consumes all OF the house waste in the district
Sixth-ave and the Hudson River He sold tie
privilege or picking over the waste brought this
be had for all the waste Of the borough the city
In 1902 s1O7 coo and in 1901 $4,000 But this IS not
at,o All tae \. ,, residuunn ls clean non-nnersl ash
used for fertizing purposes Again the heat gen
Grated e. by The furnaGe is valuable fOr power and
the citys plant more effective and also TO bring
has been developed so that all the city's waste
IS disposed Of in this way. 1t will be possible TO
OF piers that are now simply occasions OF orenes
At the present time the Sanitary Utilization Com
pany whose reduction works are at Barren Island.
move the garbage from Manhattan at a cost %
so1 pt vol9nst Mart3F % Ena4s siIsr contrast
Woodbury. has made similar contract with th.
show thap the o preEsn gntT T st$ " Ife ns
made in 1901, is scandalousIy wastefuI
TO HAUL ASHES BY TROLLEY.
In Brooklyn the problem Of final disposition has
public docks az command and the Ions hauis that
were necessary 70 reach these dosks. A contract
house waste; which viii so into effect June I.
borough has been divided into districts. about one
mile in diameter. at the centre Of each district
woich will contain cars specially built for the pur
pose. having capacity large enough to hold the
hours All the collections OF the day taken
doors are closed and the contents OF the cart are
dumped into the car standing ready for them A.
by the trolley lines TO the outskirts of the borough
and the contents used for filing
OF the Williamsburg Bridge. now nearing
completion the Mayor says:
The problem Of providing suitable approaches for
in the case OF the Brooklyn Bridge for the bridge
terminates in section Of the city which is very
iencey-st. width of either rs to 10 feet. aat
1 fo@ 9aS Tie os Though N 9oe to & TR I
secure free movement from the bridge 70 the west
ward. and will command good connections with
the Second and Third ave- elevated. and with the
Bridge No 5 reaches the surface at the junction
of Canal and Forsyth SITS and the Bovvery IL IS
make open square from Forsyth-st.. two blocks
Chrystfe-st to width Of 100 feet so as to make
direct connection by a wide street with second
the overcrowded B0wery-
After referring to the personnel Of the com
missions appointed to consider COMMISSIONS
Lindenthal's revised plans for the BlackwelTs
Island and Manhattan bridges. the Mayor says:
II nothing occurs to delay the approval Of theSs
pans. f ft s no Tl re'9 fo ny contrIcfo5 bofb
OF the Blackwelrs Island Bridge and Of the Man
neither OF these bridges could have been carried
forward to completion except for the policy Of
assessing the city's real estate at full value
In connection with the Brooklyn approach TO the
to be brought about with SUBSTANTIALLY unanimous
consent It is planned TO have the bridge come TO
to straighten the line Of the approach so that Il
shall come out opposite Flatbush-ave and to make
a street Of the approach instead OF merely bridge
yiaduct. There OF to be elevated
tracks in street but the street will be in every
way more useful than II it were developed the
original plan It interests to recall that this
is practically a continuation Of Flatbush-ave..
which I had the honor Of proposins to the city OF
Brooklyn when was Mayor Of that city. twenty
1t is also proposed to ask at early day for
the construction Of a bridge across the Har-
lem to F'ordham Heights al Northumberland
seventh-st and authority to rebuild the bridges
over the GOwanus Canal. substituting for the pres
ent drawbrdges. HfJbridges of modern type. that
will greatly facilitate the large commerce carried
upon that canal