New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
q K ON CITY STREETS.
",Seeing Nc,o York" E1ped'f'on
Finds Them Clean for Winter.


!. Seeing New YORK; expedition was personally
~rs,,cted Yesterday afternoon by street Cieaniiis
-on,p,issioner Crowell while at the same time an
- oxnedition. headed by Deputy ComHissioner
Edwards went over different route
crovre1 and Edwards directed their auditors at
tor+ion IN roir 6 of interest. and the aforesa''
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reporters-were mishths u"
terested and promised to write ana tell III" ioi'N
down home But they did not have poin'eo out
the Singer Building. Grants Tomb or the haunt "a
"Cb,Ick" Conners. Instead they were toid 10
notice how clean the streets WERE
The reason for the trip was TO prove 'na' ''o
highways ant byways of Manhattan are spleA diio
CO., bero-e what. presumably. will be tie first big
snowstorn OF the season. Moreover, rs piei'0
70 the running comment of the journey. announce
rnent was made that New Workers may iooh ioi
ward TO passabIe thoroughfares even after ''ie
hardest .'blizzdrd," as an average New Ensid"u
snou-fal il called in the afternoon extras
The department has in hand six bids Iof sno"
rernova! that average 30 cents a cubic Safu '''
Manhattan 10 cents for The Bronx. or 'l.S9 c7i
for both Bids opened on December : ana isje,1sN
averaged 20 cents for these two borousH'' ny
- h,7e WILL he considered by tho Board OF Esti-
mate to-day Should the board decide liia1 TIC
bids are re lsonable, the awarding OF the con'id+
will be effected probably by Christmas. Aiea'i 'i..o
there is in hand the special appropriation Oh S''O''
to provide for the expense of employing "speclai
contractors in the event of a DIE s'oFin 'ei0' ~
regular contracts made
es,1a -, sucb etorrr occur the $1,000 will re-
main ,r3tor, he'd So far this year the few siisht
snowfaIIz have been handled by the regular en-
ployes OIL he department without addltonal eA-
pense to tie city. These contracts InteIeSt IN
Manhattan and The Bronx, since the contracts iO-
Brooklyn were made on December :, the rate oeiAe
29Si cents cubic foot
Moreover. the basis of paying for sno" Ieih's.. @
i different this year. a contractor receiVed pay
last year for the amount falling on gwen IL eu
If in the course Of his work the sun ehou1o ueip
carry off some of the snow, the contractor was 50
much a winner. This year, however the contractor
is credited with only the number of cubic yaras
actually carted away. and he must deposit 'n0
snow at the dumps that range along tne Ii''
front east and west Checking CARDS, Which Hius1
be punched by inspectors at the scene OF Iiie I0-
r,oval and at the dumping places. have been pro-
vded. -
The snory removal in Manhattan and The Bronx
last winter cost 81 $4,000 II is estimated oy eA-
pes in the department that If this winter should
be as severe as last there will be saving IN 'he
two bcroughs of about SS6oooo
And So with all these statistics in hand the
sjghtseers in two big touring cars, set out from
the Park Rov. Building yesterday afternoon COM
missioner CroweI's party, including a tribune re-
rorter went to the financial district as a starter
while Deputy Commissioner Edwards with MS
brave little band went to the lower west
side. Commissioner Crowell was pointing out TIE
raver,ent's condition when bunch OF curo brokers'
spoiled the view Everybody bore Up, however.
Then the car sped down to South street. where II
was discovered that despite the heavy tFafiio' Hi
was we'll
In the maze OF streets cut through the lower
East Side, evidently for the benent Of puShcaF'
men, Unexpectedly good conditions prevailed The
Commissioner said that the regulations as TO
throwing garbage and rubbish into the streets
have been strictly enforced lately, and there have
been several arrests. Besides, he explained, she
school and the sociologists of the Univer
sity Settlements have been talking 70 the natives
Fifth avenue and Avenue each received clean
bill but East 18th street and half dozen other
streets in Harlems Little Italy were in bad
shape. This. according to the Commissioner, was
due to uneven pavement, which in places reseul-
blcs a Maine corduroy road" and Is retentve
OF the refuse from the pushcaTts and shops. In
contrast this the remainder OF the trip back
to Park Row, which included over Ii6th
street, East and West: upper Broadway Eighth
avenue, Third avenue and the Bowery.