The commissioner further states that large sections of the streets on the East Side cannot be cleaned because of the litter from the peddlers' pus'hcarts. He argues further that the incessant opening of streets over which he 'has no control and the dirt resulting from the widespread building opera tions makes the problem of clean streets a difficult, if not impossible one to solve.

It'is conceivable, however, that, with a sufficient force and proper supervision all of the well-paved streets of the city could be kept as nearly clean as it is physically possible to keep clean the highways of incessant traffic and thousands of horses.

Accepting the prevalent opinion that the streets are not clean now and that they were clean during Colonel Waring'sadministration, the Bureau sought to determine, if possible, What advantages, if any, Colonel Waring possessed over the present commissioner in his war against dirty streets. The comparative data of the two administrations are presented on page 7. It is conclusively shown that Colonel W'aring commanded greater resources for the work of street clean ing than does Major Woodbury The enormous increase in population and the growth of traffic during the past ten years renders difficult an accurate comparison of the. Efficiency of the two administrations.

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