The Washington times., 1904-12-24
SIUfLERS REPLY
To SLUNbER TRIO
Approves Of But One Sug-
gestion Made.
FORCE BARELY SUFFICIENT
Ought Not to Be Required to Furnish
Maps in Duplicate When Sched-
ules Are Changed.
FORCE BARELY SUFFICIENT

An answer TO the recommendations
of the examining committee was filed
today by Superintendent Stutler, OF the
street cleaning office. He considers each
recommendation in detail, and approves
of but one suggestion, made by the
..slumber trio in regard to the admins
tration of his office.
He SAYS it would be impossible to give
an accurate statement TO the Commls-
sioners of the total possible cost and
the estimated cost of the street clean
ing work during the period OF the diff
ferent schedules. as proposed by the
committee. No particular day, he says
can be fixed for putting into effect either
the summer or winter schedules. Ihe
clerical force in his office is barely SUI
ficent for current work, and he thinks
he ought not to be required to furnish
mans in durlicate whenever the
schedules are changed
He opposes the recommendation that
the Auditor be supplied with additional
and supplementary statements OF sched-
ales, which, he says, would require the
use of eight blank forms a day instead
of one The Auditor is at present at all
times in possession of the total area or
each schedule.
The committee suggested that all COM
plants relative to garbage, dead ami
mails, refuse, ashes, night soil, and
street and alley cleaning be numbered,
filed, and entered according to location
The superintendent says one set OF
numbers, and files, and one registry
book is kept for each class of work, and
the proposed system would result in con-
fusion and additional clerical work
The Superintendent holds that his city
refuse inspectors have no time to in
spect out buildings in addition to in
yestigating all complaints relative t6
garbage dead animals, ashes. and mis-
cellaneouS refuse
4 Suggestion Ignored.
He calls attention to a suggestion
which he made to the committee. which
he says, seems to have been either
overlooked or Ignored
This is as follows:
In view of the fact that the Health
Officer is charged under the law with
the duty of enforcing the requirements
as to the construction, etc, Of privies
it IS suggested that this branch of tht
city refuse service be transferred II
him. II this is done one set of inspect
ors can enforce the law, and also tbs
provisions of the contract for the re
moval OF the contents This will con
Centrate the Work and render the SerV
ice mere efficient"
The report continues:
Ii the honorable Commissioners 81
desire this Office will insert in all futur
contract specifications d clause to tn
effect that semi-monthly payments vii
be made 10 contractors; that in th
middle OF the month to be in the ma
tiire of an advance.
1t has always been the custom t
make advances TO contractors on tn
18th of each month. and the question
as to the propriety of such action ha
never been raised heretofore
Cleaning Unimproved Streets
1T would be impracticabIe to ente
into a contract for cleaning unimprove'
streets at stipulated rate by surfac
measurement As general rule onl,
the cutters and a small part of tn
street proper require cleaning. and /
would be a difficult matter to raeasur
the surface actually covered by tn
1aborers.
The suggestion that this class O
work be done by day labor under tn
Immediate direction of the honorabl
Commissioners is in line with what thi
Office has advocated for some tim
past.