The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-28
CLEAN STREETS.
B. o. Chisolm Writes Pamphlet on
the Subject.

the Subject.
The matter of street improvement
and care is taking considerable atten-
tion at present and should have the
thoughtful consideration Of every citi-
izen, as better and cleaner streets is
one of the pressing needs of the town.
B. Ogden Chisolm has recently been
giving tile matter of street cleaning
close study and as a result of his OBJ
servation, a pamphlet has been re-
printed from Charities" published
in New York, dealing primarily with
conditions in New York City, but the
following paragraphs apply with equal
force to Morristown. He says:
"The public is very largely to blame
for its part in the amount of rubbish
which is thrown into the streets by all
classes Of persons, consuming as it
does, very large part of the days
work of the SweeperS. This extra la
Dor could be almost entirely eliminat-
/ ed if the laws were enforced, as they
| should be. 1t is illegal for a store
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place OF business and deposit it in the
public thoroughfare, and yet it is done
everywhere, all over the city. 1t is il
legal for anyone to throw waste paper
and other rubbish in the street and
yet it is done day and night, without
so much as protest from anybody un-
| til it has become municipal disgrace.
To accomplish permanent results,
each citizen must engage to do his
part and cooperate for the general
good of the public and those who con-
tinue to break the laws should he
punished. The whole matter resolves
itself into a question of economics
shall we litter up our streets with rub
bish at considerably larger expense
in maintaining them or shall we keep
our city clean and orderly, as it should
| be?
And now word as to means of
| inviting cooperation to remedy these
offences against public pride. The plac-
ing of suitable receptacles in sufficient
! numbers on the streets will give the
public sufficient opportunity to dis
pose OF their papers, cigarette boxes,
| fruit skins and other waste matter,
with no excuse for evading the law.
: A few arrests for those who disregard
! these provisions will have very whole
some effect and a good common sense
mOvement-with a moral lesson at
tached-will be under way.
New York with all the necessary
money at its command is far behind
in the way of modern methods, tools
and appliances for carrying on the
cleaning of it's streets in the most eff
fective way"
The committee of the Civic AsSocia-
tion of which Mr.. Chisolm is a mem
Der, has been considering the Morris
town problem under the lead of its
chairman, John ". Bacot, practical
engineer and road builder, and in con-
junction with the street committee of
the aldermen. AS a result of a re-
cent conference. two receptacles such
as are suggested for New York have
been donated to the town and arrange
ments made for their emptying when
put in service. Others may care to
help in this particular by donating
more cans.
Also like New York, Morristown is
without proper machinery for the care
of its streets and serious consideration
is now being given to proposition to
purchase scraper and sweeper. Both
machines suggested are of modern
type and are warranted not to tear
or injure the macadam.
If everybody will help the town as a
whole, doing efficient work, and the
individual citizens seeing to it that
nothing unnecessary is thrown on the
streets, we may have better conditions
than has been the case, but only by
cooperation and general helpfulness
can good be attained.