The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-21
$4,000 FOR
CLEAN STREETS
This Amount Necessary Year
", Says the Civic Asso-
citation Committee.
SUGGESTIONS OF INTEREST

I'D THE hEADBhS On IfhSN tAisVA> AS'-D'
Dear Sirs =
A report of the Streets and Roads
Committee of the Civic Association
RECENTLY submitted includes in certain
schedules suggestions and information
of value, and we believe of real inter
est to the citizens Of the town. The
whole report is too long for epublica-
tion, but we give below Schedules A,
b, G and d.
We trust that sooner or later the
town authorities will see their way
clear to follow out these ideas.
EXECUTIVE Con-. CIVIC Assn.
Exhibit A.
Exhibit A tells of the present con-
ditions of the charter and ordinances
and says: Because Of this mode Of ar
rangement, to make absolutely sure OF
the law on given point indexes be-
ing inadequate) it is necessary to read
through the printed volume and all
the proof slips so from our own exper-
fence with the street cleaning regula-
tions we feel that much time and la
Dor could be saved we're all existing
ordinances re-arranged by subject I'M
der nine headings, viz Ordinances, l,
III, III, SC, one fol- each OF the nine
standing committees of the Board OF
Aldermen :ieach one of the nine ordl-
nances divided into Sections, A, b, y.
&c, one for each separate subject OF
legislation under the ordinance con-
Cerned; and each such section divided
into sGb-sections, liz, B, Sc, one for
each sub division of such subject.
Such Encouragement could be made
TO provide for future growth so SYM
metrical it would postpone need for
fnrther revision and reissue, while
also making reference more easy and
satisfactory than now, merely by
grouping the proof-slips of subsequent
legislation with the dates on which
approved and confirmed) at the end OF
the particular subsection.
Exhibit b.
WASTE CANS.
The best way to keep clean is TO pro-
vide means for cleanliness and to
scause desire on the part of our citi-
lzens to use the means provided. In
mo way can better start be made in
shis direction than by providing, in
suitable public places, wasteecans or
other receptacles, for placing matter
which would be otherwise thrown on
our sidewalks or cutters.
Suitable cans with half enclosing
covers, should be placed in convenient
pOsitions, at first at the most longest
ed points, and these cans should be re-
glazed, at least daily by others, the
wagons bringing clean cans taking
away the filed cans, and thus avoid
ing scattering the contents in empty
ing the cans into carts. The cans can
be purchased at about $3.50 apiece
and from is to "a cans would probably
be all that is necessary to serve as an
object lesson as to what benefit can be
arrived at by their general use.
TOOLS.
AS to other implements, in his
g Street Cleaning and the Disposal of
n City's Waste" opp 40-44) Colonel
Warning wrote, of New York City;
sseach sweeper is supplied with the
following implements two wheeled
bag carrier and a sufficient number of
cute bags Tor cans) for the day S work;
a broom OF African bass with a stee
scrapper at its back a shovel; and a
short broom. In summer he carries
also watering can and key for open
ing hydrants. The sprinklers must
be used always in dry weather, April
to November
BOOKS.
It is recommended that the Street
Committee be provided with books on
the subject Colonel Warnings or an
Others.
Exhibit C.