Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-13

owners 10 keep the dirt, etc., from washing
down. also to the dirt scattered about in the
| building and repair of street railroads and
| to the carelessness of persons who are per-
United to tear up streets for the purpose of
putting down gas and water pipes and
| sewers.
/ Push Cart Patrol.
| In sseveral of our large cities they have
what is called the push cart patrol" who
collect in barrels horse droppings and other
refuse found upon the streets In Boston
thlrty-elght push carts are in daily service
ana t"eiFe more ready for work when and
! where wanted. When the barrels are filled
trey are taken to street carts and emptied,
ana the refuse is taken TO the dumping
sCow ana lowed to sea. All persons having
| permits to sell fruit are required to keep a
| Darrel In front of their stores. where il will
oDstruct the sidewalk as little as possible
| az the same time being conspicuous enough
10 attract attention and to invite the depo-
stton of any refuse which otherwise would
! De thrown into the street. Each barrel
| pears the sign, Public waste barrel Plea so
Put rubblSh IN this barrel and not in the
street. Eighty-nine of these barrels pur-
! chased from the street cleaning division in
order 10 secure uniform dimensions calor
| ana lettering, have been used In Boston
curing the past year. The barrels are I'LL
| ed In from one to five days and the con-
tents regularly carried away by the push
| cart patrol The cost OF the patrol systc4,,
| in Boston last year was sol 400 an evna,ga
| we can scarcely expect Conrress to mako
provision Ter at the capital city, but slg-
geSt that waste barrel system similar h
uat IN Boston be tried on our business
sueets, and that, as n preliminary M -,ya l.,
that matter, the board of C,,nnissi- ns.r,s
/ iirect some official Of the District eoyes.,-
meht 10 visit designated cities for the p.1r-
| pose or aScsrt2ininy and raportfn1 thp value
uI SUN service, and the cstimateI cost of
! It's introduction here, in connect.sn wiz,
Wen as iAtependent of, the push cart patrol
system referred to-
Disposal If In. S,ye.c.f.,.rs.
me report recommends that in the case
Of streets and aIlevs III unir,proyci 80
ions, especially where thera ere st,~rrr,+
pools, that such sireot t. should he ,,.--,,,..,.
GfaGe1' sewerol and gu;tcreJ. I.aror,,.;o
Is made to the demands s, .netiraas m, =,
ny property holders that thC ,tr.-. 80,
StreetS abutting on their Dr-3,rr.y ..1,a,,,I.
De Sw2pt Two or three tim 5 > 49, ~,
t h"t rs points out the expense tiat woi,,I
De involved in doing this cxtr. s,y.s,s;,.<
ana ADDS that he ioo..S flr..arI * -, -, =,
"hen the dpprC priatonS VII! u,s.e.i- ,..
sMeepiAs OF every street ct les, .lie.
times a week.
What shall be done" Mr. Diyix c.,,,.
with street and alley sweepiues ana ,the-
refuse matter Is becoming a ,-,ry .,r. IS
1u.stloR' IN poth a sanitary anA G!la.setai
point OF view Every year the places N.fcrc
they nave been ,irn!r".i have h.., -
creasinS until today thcr. IA. not e,.ar..r
as many as there were in -. The lea
Eitnln the city HINTS have been ii,a1 60 L,
the required SraAr. AMI rtaay IL at. IN
1.slddais heretofore Stli - e. = ne
dump carts, have no furthc. ,sc + l7-,.1
here are rarely seen ncw. As = ras;::t -.
distances TO the fey rv.~rilir : dif.if,'r. q,
grounds are 50 srelt hat & CT os ,ns...-
la3 them. &c ccr:;h rel WI tFat Ct b i
rev years aSo. tho, Ch tn .c..c1st.l Nom
Der of carts that VIII 81 I . r,...-.,.. =.
suggestive of some oth"r i..a...1i Il .,i.-, C.
al.
dumping boats to set ril 81 s-rr- { s,vc. IL
inss, house dirt, lsh ami Gal. thc royal
ties, rentals. t6winA, wharfa-se aud Gtae-
expenses Of which amounted ID SIS. -. l...,i
year. Two hundred AMI ninctN-..!ic ezra,
We're employed in making; cole, tirn5 a.I
hauling to coats. he cost per 49, p. I'--.
boat @as Sells Gn1 that Of Ca n cart l5a.
taken to the boats Il cents. ire titin,r...g
boat system OF Ne" YORK. O.. Is also =
most excellent enc. Many y the iTln..d
cities cren,atc this ofIai. while cy''erS Use
the least objectionable D"-IC!,s q : 4 rur
filling up Oats and iDviaa,iS Il -1r IT ltaQl
l would suggest that the Iuerhc.I ana cost
of hauling and G!sp snS of the ri - Indt-
ter referred to IN ether cities 10 :,li L. Il
subject of Investigate b vi report
street Watering.
''Fhe subject Of street watering is one
believe, that has never been consilercI ~
officials of the District government or. II
it has. no practical results have ever fol
lowed, and take it UP in order to ask TIKI
you recommend a separate az ! Distinct .D-
preparation by Congress for carry ms on
this important work within the city li.nit;
as well as on the driveways outside No
large city in this country has 50 many dirt
and macadamiZed c-rects as o-cS AMI vet
they never receive artificial sprin:lIn:y.
During cur warm ard dry seasons the d Ist
and dir on them become almost insIi.fer- :
able nuisances to the imm e1ia te residents
while all the pavel streets of the city az
made more or less unslghtly and uncleaaly
by reason of them. The paved streets or
those. swept by machine brooms are
SprinlSied just before the broO..:j go over
them, and consequently do not absolutely
require extra sprinklng. Or. whatever at-
ditional watering may be dee-lc ! Necessary
the abutting property holders are generally
willing to provide for. Bat tlose dust
breeding places. the unpavei stree s. should
be Sprinked every day during the spring,
summer ard autumn months Unless rains
make it unnecessary. There are i ) Of these
streets or sections of streets inside the two
cities. saH.f"-'
Il am recommending to you that Con-
gress be asked to appropriate 900 for
sprinkling these streets. and also an equal
sum for sprinklins suburban st eets and
roads. l have correspondent with CIcials OF
many of our larger cities the subject
and, after careful study and comp lriSJas,
am fully convinced that $4,000 should be
appropriated for Sprinklng urban dirt anu
macadamized streets, and 5000 for subur-
ban macadamize1 streets and dirt roads.
Needs to BE Rcpnyed.
Although many of the streets referred
to in my last report as needing repaving
have been repaired there are still others
whose condition is such to make 1t i'm
possible to properly sweep and clean them,
conspicuous among which is b street
northwest, along the north side of which
is transacted such an immense wholesale
grocery and marketing business. FyC:n ~,
to 9th between the railroad TIA IS this
great thoroughfare is diScred, tabiy rough
and uneven, but from 9TH " 18th the con-
tractor runs the r.es Of breaking his ma
chimes every t,lne ne undertakes to sweep
portion of 1t. Business men have re-
peated.y complained of it's condition, and
POT .ong since petitioned your board to
bc.ye 1t repaved. The following sections of
i streets are also badly in need of repairs
or repaving: Thirty-fir5t from X to L. I'D
from 1 to X; 18th from G to X; New
Hampshire avenue from G to Pennsylvania
avenue; 80 east from D to K; 18th east
| from d to Virginia avenue; 1st west from
| b to NJ south; NJ south from IL to James
creek canal, and N south from Water to
James creek canal"
Considerable space Is devoted In the
| port to the subject of sweeping and clean
ing streets in other cities.
Increase of Salaries.
Il must be pardoned." concludes the re-
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