The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-13
CLEAN STREE
Chief Murphy Helps the
Woman's Club to
Get Them {
POLICE 10 ENFORCE ORDINANCES
Business People and Residents
Notihed-Garbage Co1lec-
tors Watched.
POLICE 70 ENFORCE ORDINANCES

Chief Of Police Murphy has decided to
cooperate with the Town Improvement
of the Wonan's Club in its er-
fort to nave the streets of the city prop
erly cleaned. AS the result OF a confer
ence he held a few days ago with Miss
Bradford, Mrs. William D. Edwards, Mrs
Hudspeth-Ben and other members OF
the Town Committee, he
has issued an order compelling each po-
liceman in the city to strictly enforce the
ordinance regarding the littering OF the
streets. Ash cart drivers who scatter re-
fuse will be arrested and any person
throwing paper in the street will be land
ed in Jail. The policemen will also re-
port how often the streets on their posts
are swept and how well they are cleaned
The general order issued this morning IS
as fo1lows:-
So as to assist the street department III
cleaning our streets the following in
structions are Observation-Disclosures
from a city ordinance concerning streets
are hereby published
Section That no. person h litter
any street or public place by placing or
permitting or causing to be placed there
ed thereon, or upon any sidewalk thereof
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| ashes. garbage or sweeping or any other
refuse matter whatever, whether the
same be- wet or dry.
Section AThat no person shall place
or permit, or cause to be placed in any
ash can, ash barrel or any other re-
c~eptacle for ashes or garbage, or other
| refuse intended to be emptied or removed
by the public contractors or otherwise,
| any paper or other. light matter, in such
a way that the same may be liable to be
| blown out of or off from, or otherwise
liable to fall into the street or upon the
sidewalk.
Section 3-That no contractor or otref
person handling or removing any ashes,
| garbage or other refuse, wet or dry, or
carting or conveying the same, through
any street, shall permit any piece of
paper, straw, shavings or any ashes or
garbage, sand, earth or any other matter,
wet or dry, to fall upon or be left in any
such street or upon any sidewalk or pub
lie place.
Section That no person shall dis
tribute or strew about any street or pub
lie place, or place in any areaway in
front of any house or upon the doorstep
of the same, or cause to be so distribute
ed or strewed about, or placed in any
street or public place or areaways, or
upon any doorstep, any piece of paper,
circular, card or pamphlet, and no per-
son shall drop or throw into any street
or public place any newspaper or any
pieco of paper, circular, card or
pamphlet.
Section 5-That no person shall set fire
to or burn upon any street or public
place, or cause or consent to the same,
any piece Of paper, straw, shavings,
leaves or other refuse, or any bonfire
whatever.
4 Section THAT any person violating or
causing or permitting or consenting to
the violation of any provision of this or
dinance shall be subject to a fine or PEN
atty not exceeding IS for the first offense
and $40 for any subsequent offense.
Precinct commanders will at once notify
all storekeepers and other BUSINESS PEG
pie and also all occupants Of dwellings OF
the intention of the police to enforce this
ordinance. The established custom il
such cases will be followed where viola
tors are found.
On ash days a detail will be made to ar
rest drivers of ash carts who violate this
ordinance. street SWeeperS VINO throN
refuse at the carts instead Of into then
will be arrested.
The ordinance as to refuse matter
around fruit stands will be strictly en-
forced.
The Chief Of Police expects the com
mandants of the precincts to give thei'
personal attention to the enforcement o.
this ordinance.
BENJAMIN MURPHY,
Chief of Police.