New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
THAN AIDS Mr.. BRA DLEf
All 4Uaiiabe Carts and men 10
WOyk, TODAY.

. I'M =. +broueh with the cleaning of snow
from, the streets in The Bronx tonight, salu UGH
eraI Inspector Bouton Of the Department OF otIee'
cleaning Yesterday at the City Hail. and IN
Irool,Ivr We hope to have the streets cleaned
elmer tomorrow or probably not later than Mon
day Manhattan, of course is RECEIVING Hos' VI
orr attention because there are more streets anu
the most important ones here to be cleaned, ana
49,, sor+ Of mathematical when they will be thor
ouehIv cleaned of In this borough MI
Bradley is rendering very GOOD account VI hlih-
self We had to Jab him a few times TO Keep up
the good work but ] suppose being new at the
task of removing snow any seeming idAi'S Gan "
consistently overlooked
Continuing, Mr. Bouton said that LOU carts anu
1850 men worked all day yesterday ana last hlsIlt
in Manhattan removing the while In BROOK
1,,r 200 men and $50 carts kept Up the work In
Tie Bronx there were 500 men ana d" ear'S d.
work all day and last night
Last year under the old contract system
added Mr.. Bouton. I'VE were Obliged TO use a very
large number of the department men ana our
carts to help the contractor remove the sno" at
tho exnense of removing garbage and ashes, and
as matter of fact. the city Will never hno" no"
much it actually cost it to remove the snow uhuer
those old conditions. because we WOULD put cart
removing few loads of snow and then senu II
off removing ashes and garbage. To compute the
cost you would have to figure out the cost TO the
CITY in wages. the cost and maintainence OF Ieeu-
ING horses stable hire, and cost and expense or
maintaining the plant. If all this taken into
consideration | am certain that the city would ind
the cost of removing the snow in former years TO
he thousands of dollars In excess Of what it will
cost to remove the present snowfall in this Dor
ough.
Under the present contract with Mr.. Bradley
,bis de0artment is not interfered with in the re-
royal of ashes and garbage in this borough and
Mr. Bradley takes on himself the task OF reInoV-
ing all the snow. He Will not receive cent until
he goes over the ground again with his forces and
removes the five six inches of hardened snow
and ice thai Is left behind in the various streets
and avenues. 1t looks like thaw to-day and that
will be a great help TO him Ill breaking II up IL
has hcen a difficult task remove this frozen sub
surface especially in the streets that are asphalted.
&c we cannot use a pick In those streets without
nuncturing ;he asphalt. and if that is done then
YOU have the asphalt companies coming back at
the city with suits for damages done TO the asphalt
b;t with tbaw this he done without the aid
of pick
bo,t the same time last year we had l2-nch
fall of snow, which not followed by the severe
cold weather lasting several days, as the present
fall and to remove that fall took us about twelve
devs The conditions mu,h worse now, but
the facilities for tackling the snow and removing
it are very much better SO that think 1t VIII
gan work last Tuesday. Under the conditions
that prevailed last year wona tb sa5 6ee am
f fan.'' over '~s"'S N,'' - -, 49,, - :.
Chambers and Centre SITS. crowds of men eashed
'' DO all those men" Assistant Engineer Edward
Wells was asked, receive 81 for their labors?'
MI. Wells looked them over for moment and
replied: =. -. = . -,
and are at for few hours and then break on.
some of them work only long enough 10 get the
nrice of n couple OF drinks, and after they have
had the drinks they go back 10 work again.
said that to-day Is Sunday all
available idle carts and men would be employed In
the work of removing snow. and that they expected
heen done any day last week. Mr.. Wells said that
Mr. F3radlev's system obvia ted any possibility Of
fraud in the handling of the tickets given to the
ldhorers .
land no one can come in here with a bunch OF
tickets and get them cashed II man was to
present over half dozen tickets he would be
taken from the line by policeman and his hold
ings investigated.