The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-26
EIGHTH WARD.
Mrs. Scudder Says There Is
Great Improvement In
That District.
TO STOP HAND BILL NUISANCE
Would Like Currie's Woods
Transfc ~med Into City
Park.
STOP HAND BILL NUISANCE

Scudder, of Bergen and Boyd avenues,
| when interviewed on the street cleaning
| question by a News reporter yesterday.
lis to interest the people in our district
enough to make item keep their own
door fronts clean. There is a great i'm
provement now and we don't want the
enthusiasm to die out"
Mrs. Scudder is in the Eighth ward, with
Mrs. w. D. Edwards chairman, probably
the best organized subcommittee of the
Town Improvement. 1t contains a larger
corps of workers han any of the other
wards, and holds meetings frequently.
Among its members are:-Mrs. w. D. Ed
wards, Chairman; Mrs. John II. Scudder,
Mrs. Brice Collard, Mrs. Bowen, Mrs.
McNaughton, Miss Balleau, Mrs. Cum
mings, Mrs. Stires. Mrs. Sargent and Mrs.
Hoe, all of whom are doing their best 10
enforce the ordinances in behalf of clean
streets.
"And that is all we can do at pres
ent,'' added Mrs. Scudder. Bergen ave-
nue., since the trucks have been prohibits
ed from running on the Boulevard, has
become such a thoroughfare that it really
should be cleaned ~oftener, but the contract
OliiS oAS 0aAN q AOiAA NAN
do any more just now
what are you doing about the school
children?" was asked. Have you badges
for the children YETI"
mo" answered Mrs. Scudder, Il don't
know that we shall have the badges. but
we want TO interest the children. In
School No. IA there are nine hundred
children. and if we can get them to keep
the streets clean, it will accomplish d
great deal"
But don't these children gather up the
papers and put them in the nearest bar
rel?'' was asked.
well, what are they to do with them?"
asked Mrs. Scudder. in answer There is
no other place provided. But we look at
it more this way. The children so into
the candy stores and buy candy or fruit,
then thew throw the papers or the skins
in the streets. Now if we can get them
not to do this it will be a great step in
town Improvement"
"Are there any results from your Wis
it to School No. IA some time ago." was
asked.
Eyes, l can see a great Improvement.
Some of the ladies can't, but I think the
streets in the vicinity of the school are
much cleaner"
What are you doing with the vacant
lot question:"
Mrs. Scudder answered that as yet the
ladies had not been able to do much
because it was such discouraging work.
1t was not so much the cleaning of the
lots, she thought, as the keeping them
clean once the work was done. For ex-
AMPLE said she, Mrs. Edwards had this
lot right down here, at the corner of
Ocean avenue and Atlantic street, clean
ed at her own expense. and the next day.
it was in a filthy condition. The people
of the ne.ghborhood threw refuse there
during the night"
'sWha do you think of the way the men
clean the streets? ?"
THAT too,s said Mrs. Scudder, rs
greatly improved. They now nave an in
spector and a man to go after the sweep
ers and clean up the dirt left by the
brooms." When asked about the way the
ashbarrels were emptied, Mrs. Scudder
said, that sometimes the men spilled the
refuse on the sidewalk, "but,'' said she,
81 just send my girl out to clean it up"
Mrs. Scudder then sopke of the way in
which property owners in her district
were improving their possessions and
pointed out several lawns where dilapi-
dated fences had been taken down and
grass seend sown. This, Mrs. Scudder
thought, was one of the results of the
Town Improvement movement.
81 wish the city would transform Cur
rie's Woods into a park" continued Mrs.
Scudder, ssiust think what a lovely place
it would be for driving and we need some
such place."
When asked if the Town Improvement
Committee was doing anything about
the hand bill nuisance, Mrs, Scudder said
that it is and she thought the custom
of throwing about hand bills was dimin-
ishing. There was an ordinance against
it, she said.
"And," added the speaker, 1--WE are
going to do something about the theatre
posters. We are going to try and get
the men who remove these posters. to
use bags instead of leaving the posters in
the Streets.
Mrs. Scudder further said the bond of
good feeling between the city officials and
the Town Improvement was very strong.
II think they are glad of our help" said
she. land we are glad of theirs"
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