The Sunday globe., 1901-05-05
IS THERE A COMBINE "
In the Regulations for the Collection
of Ashes PA Grievance Which
Should Be Ablted.

Numerous complaints are being made
! 10y householders of the imposition in
hicted on them by Section y of the regu-
lations issued by the Commissioners
governing the removal Of ashes. The
section referred to describes the size Of
the receptacle in which the ashes must be
deposited, and provides that the said re-
ceptacle must be made Of metal, with
handle" Householders who provided
themselves with receptacles to conform
to the requirements discovered that the
ash collector neglected emptying the YES
sells and permitted the ashes to accumu-
late. ON inquiring the cause OF this
neglect they were informed that the
utensils or receptacles i'm which the ashes
were deposited were not of the required
standard. 1t then developed that the
ashman alone could furnish the right
receptacle, and that thriving trade was
being conducted in the sale If these
"oilicial" " receptacles to the unsophisti-
Gated householder. Many citizens in.
| diguantly resented being compelled to
| purchase these utensils from the street
and alley cleaning representatives. but
their stubbornness melted away before
! the accumulation of as'5J asa th" GRIM
| humor Of the ash collector, Who carefully
each morning inspected the rising pile
/ and smi4ed sardOnically as he mentally
/ calculated the exact time when the
! striker would sue Tor terms ana pur.
/ chase an official metal receptacle
The attention Of the Commissioners is
called to the wel-detined rumOr that the
combine now intend to change the
/ q, nd tiy of tho a ala rngnntutIpE If
is alleged that the winter ash receptacle
is entirely unsuitable for a summer de-
pOsitory, and that the change in style Of
the hot weather article will make il very
acCepta BILE to hOuSehOlders, 1t is to be
cut bias out Of aluminium and trimmed
with real Japan tin, having three ilounces
around the bottom and the edges turned
back with galvanized iron. Ornamented
handles of COW horn elaborately chased
and a lid of tanned goat hide will COM
plete the new invention, and house
holders are admonished against the repe-
titiOn Of their fatal error in having one
made or of purchasing these receptacles
from any other firm or person than the
iliCial ashman. Each of the new arti-
cles will be stamped with the Commis-
Sioners' names in old Roman letters, and
none other are genuine or will he recog
ni2ed by the all powerful and ubiquitous
ashman.
Seriously, OF the many hDSurullleS lne
District form of government as adminis-
tered by the present Commissioners has
inflicted upon helpless population, this
imposition of an official ash recepta-
Gle c'imatically takes the bun. In every
city in the civilized world householders
have the inalienable privilege of furnish
ing box or barrel or any other kind Of an
ash receptacle for the deposit OF ashes,
etc., and the street and alley cleaning
So la Il la IN nlnipRtipng LONG "a :
the receptacle can be conveniently han
died and its contents dumped into the
ash cart,
The Sunday Globe contents itself for
the present with directing the Commis-
sioners' attention to the suspicious which
these official ash recoptacles arouse in the
minds of the househOlders that there is
"A "com binen which controls theirmanu-
tacture and sale, and that some person
or persons drawing salaries from the
government are interested in the
" divide"