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The State Rights Democrat
Albany, Linn County, Oregon
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New York City's street-cleaning budget for the current year nears a million dollars, funding 500 sweepers and snow removal, but doubts persist about their existence as payments continue regularly, indicating corruption lingers despite Boss Tweed's imprisonment on Blackwell's Island.
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For twelve or fifteen weeks in Winter and Spring the street-sweepers have no work. The actual existence of five hundred sweepers is regarded by the skeptical as exceedingly doubtful; but pay for their services at the rate of $5,000 per week is drawn from the city treasury with unimpeachable regularity.
Boss Tweed is securely immured within the walls of the prison at Blackwell's Island; but his spirit still survives in the Empire City; in fact, we are forced to the conclusion that there are worse men than Tweed out of jail.
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New York
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nearly a million dollars budgeted for street-cleaning, including $100,000 for snow and ice removal; regular weekly payments of $5,000 despite doubts about sweepers' existence; boss tweed imprisoned but corruption persists.
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Estimates for street-cleaning in New York City during the current year approach a million dollars, with 500 street-sweepers supposedly employed year-round and an extra $100,000 for snow and ice removal. Sweepers are idle for 12-15 weeks in winter and spring. Skepticism exists about the sweepers' actual employment, yet payments are drawn regularly from the city treasury. Boss Tweed is imprisoned at Blackwell's Island, but his influence and worse corruption continue in the Empire City.