The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-02
GARBAGE LAWS
TO Be ENFORCED
Code Of Regulations to Be Pro-
mulgated by Street Cleaning
Department..
TO STOP POLLUTION OF RIVER
Code Of Regulations ia Re Pro.
TO STOP POLLUTION OF RIVER

The Council Committee on Street
Cleaning, at its meeting last night,
adopted a code OF regulations govern
ing the work of tho Street Cleaning
Department in the removal Of garbage.
and ordered 10000 copies printed for
distribution. 1t is the purpose OF the
department to enforce these regula-
tons hereafter. and require tenants
and householdcrs generally to comply
with them.
The committee laid on the table a
resolution from the Council directing
1t to inquire as to the feasibility of tho
oity's providing garbage cans for all
persons required to have them. The
matter was not seriously considered,
the cost of such plan being prohibit
tory.
Street Sprinklers.
The department now has before the
Finance Committee resolution ap-
propriating $4,000 for additional street
sprinklers. tiushers. sweeping ma
chimes and men to keep the city clean
err this year than ever before. The
committee is expected to take some ac-
ton on this tonight
Superintendent Cohn reported thar
the four street nushers ordered or
trial recently have been shippd from
st. Louis. and will reach this city be-
fore the reunion. They should be here
much sooner, unless there is some UNI
usual delay en- route. Each machine
will flush q mile and half of street
day.
communication from the engineers
department incosing an article from
the Engineering News relative to in
jury to pavements from the uss OF
St-ac
is a polite way of pigeon holcing It.
New Regulations.
Here are tho regulations relative to
removal OF ashes and garbage anu dis
position OF waste paper, etc. lust M
they Will be printed and posted by. tina
department.:
The following rules are abstracts
OF the laws governing the city,
taken from ordinances which arc
IN force in the city government:
No 1.
No trades waste of more than
one a. load, once a week, will be
collected by the Street Cleaning
Department..
Definition Of trades waste
Ashes from manufacturing, boiler,
or steam heating plants office
buildings. hotels, depots; hospitals.
restaurants. etc.
No. g
Housekeepers must deposit their
garbage in tight vessels Of handy
size, at their alley gates, inside the
! yard, and their ashes in barrels,
in the same place.
The city ordinance will not al
low anything to be placed in the
alleys.
Everything must be kept inside
the yard.
No. 8.
All Stops, dirty water, and other
garbag e, must be put in the gar
bage cans.
Put all dead rats. cats, chickens,
etc, in the garbage cans also.
No. 4.
Garbage is. refuse. animal and
vegetable matter, and must not be
mixed up with the ashes Keep 4
separate. Burn all paper; do not
throw any in tho alleys.
No. 5.
Housekeepers are responsible for
their servants, and failure to OBJ
serve these regulations will BIO
reported to the police Justice. and
the parties proved guilty will be
5tined
No 6.
Trash paper from front and back
yards must not be swept in the
streets or alleys
Receivers OF wood and coal shall
see that the streets are cleaned
after delivery.
Health officers will make regular
inspectors of all alleys and back
yards, and any violation of. the
above laws will he reported
The ash and garbage carts Will
be run regularly, as heretofore, In
each district.
phone No. 1922 for failure OF
3 - Ia (
On holidays, Saturday after
o'clock F. NJ, and Sundays call
Police Station to report carcassos
ar animals lying In street. 55