The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
LADIES AID A. C. s.
Women's Civic Club to Join in the Clean Up of Next
 Week.
APPEAL TO LANDLORDS
They Are Asked to Assist in the Work Activity at the City
 Dumps.

The good work stirred up by the As- sociated Civic societies in the work of cleaning up New Haven is lncreas- Ing in a geometrlcal proportion every day. Yesterday the buttons were dis tributed in the public schools, i,O0O of them and over, until the supply was exhausted. After that Mir. Scranton, chairman of the sanitary committee, was so beeieced by those who wanted more of them that he had to put up sign "No More Buttons" on the door of his office at 42 Church street.
 All tho wits about town took their little axe down yesterday and tried to think out suitable applications for the initial letters on tho buttons-A. c. s. The results were as numerous as they were varied. Many of them were not at all complimentary to the movement but as they were only meant in spirit of fun there repetition in print would not be quite fair to the workers. Some of those that drlfted 10 The Journal Courier office were: A Clean Sweep, Ash Can Society, IA Clean slty. Am bilious Civic Sensation. and A City Sloppy.
 From the city dumps yesterday came reports that more carts were leaving their refuse there than on any day in the history of the places. This was talk en as welcome news by Chairman Scranton who prophecied all sorts of | big things fos next week.
 In the afternoon Mir, Scranton ap- peared before the Women's civic club in City Mission hall and explained the details of the coming movement. The Civic club voted to join with the ef- forts of the Associated Civic societies at every hand. Those who will lead it's efforts will include: Mrs. w. W. Far mum, Mrs. Arthur Jackson, Mrs. Sea- bury Peets, and Mrs Leo Herz
 The central sanitary committee ycs- terday issued the following request ad- dressed to landlords and agents who have charge of unsanitary or unsightly properties
 Appeal to Landlords.
 The sanitary committee of tho As- sociated Civic societies particularly rec quests that the landlords, or agents for properties, who arc responsible for the removal of ashes. ma rubbish and have not attended to it's removal, will use every effort to have such waste matter cleared away during the week of April 1918.
 This committee cannot undertake to remove ashes from any such premises
 The law in regard to garbage is quite plain and the following is an ex- tract from Ordinance de Garbage Cans-Sec. 336 A.:
 Ordinance dc Garbage Cans, See 336 /
 That there shall be provided and maintained in connection with eacf house by the owner thereof or his agent, in q location accessible to al the tenants and subject to the regu. latons of the board of health, 9 meta can with cover for the reception o garbage, of sufficient size for promis es served,
 . The sanitary committee with it ward committees, now consisting Q over 300 members, will do what the! can to assist in the collection and re moyal of rubbish during the week but they do not obligate themselve , to attend to any particular work. The. a will report to their chairman suel unsanitary or unsightly properties D which they are not able to clean un ' as come under their observation an' , steps will be taken later to cause thes places to be improved.
 f Assuming that the proprietors wh do not comply with this request vii
 thereby signify their disapproval O I q clean city and their contempt fo Y the request of the mayor as outline r in his proclamation, we ask your co e operation.
 |, C, II. SCRANTON, Chairman.