The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-07
Will Prosecute Anyone Dump
ing Rubbish in the Street
During General Clean
ing-Up Week.
BACKED BY MAYOR MARTIN
City VIII Not Take Part In the Work
No Funds Available for Pur-
posc-Niayor to Issue n
Proclamation.

Mayor Martin, when seen last night,
agreed that he intends to issue pro-
clamatlon to the people Of New Haven
within two days which will urge every
body to take part In a general civic
cleaning-up day or days. The proclama-
ton will crown the efforts which the Of
flcers of the Associated Civic Societies,
headed by Professor Bailey have been
working for.
A new phase was put on the PROPOSE
tion last night. Following the publca-
tion Of the article upon the subject in
this paper yesterday there was consid-
cradle discussion of ways and means
about the city all day long Many Of the
poorer citizens of the city came 10 The
Journal Courier Office to ask II the city
would be willing to remove the refuse
they might clean out of their houses
and backwards, in these days when
they have no employment, II they piled
IL in the cutters In front of their houses
or tenements.
Director Foley Of the department Of
public works was asked what amount
of cooperation the city woula be WILL
Ing to take In the matter. The sugges-
tion that the city should be expected by
the Associated Civic Societies or any
individuals to remove the refuse from
IN front of the houses to the city dumps
seemed to him to be amazing and out
OF all question.
you may put II down in black and
white" he said. that the city will
most certainly not take part In this
work. Not only will the refuse not be
carted away II left In the cutters but
you may take my word for 1t that the
| parties responsible for leaving the ref
use In the cutters will be prosecuted by
the city for so doing. There is a section
Of the statutes which forbids anyone
doing It,"
Mr.. Foley then read the reporter the
following from the statutes relative to
the matter: General Provislons--Sec.
4S7-N No person shall throw. cart, or lay
any offal, vegetables, garbage, dross,
straw, shavings, dirt, filth, or rubbish
of any kind whatever, In or into any
street. or in any public squares of said
city; or shall suffer any brine, or wash,
or dirty water to flow into any street,
or throw, or permit the same to be
thrown into or scattered on any street,
or shall throw, cart, or lay any ashes,
cinders, or shells In or upon any street
in said city, without the authority or
permission of the director of public
works"
The director explained that the city
could not possibly do this collecting
Elsewhere where a cleaning-up day has
been instituted he pointed out the cities
had their established departments for
the collection of refuse. New Haven has
no such department. Moreover there is
no appropriation available for Use in
this manner. And no appropriation can
be put through at this time. III the AS
sociated Civic Societies" he said think
the city can aid them in any such way
as that they have got another guess.
They can make free use Of the city's
dumping grounds but they win have to
cart away their own refuse. Why, 1t
would be much cheaper for the city to
go right into the yards, In my opinion
and clean them out than to collect the
rubbish from the buffers where it has
ben thrown and where 1t would be
blown all over the streets, undolng all
the work for which the city has been
paying thousands Of dollars within the
last week or two cleaning up
Professor Charles Foster Kent. presl-
dent of the societies. was asked last
night II he had thought OF this phase Of
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