The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01


 fractions at the Jefferson. Monday the
 
 leading out to the several sections should be paved with some permanent material"
 John ID. Elliott
 q have no remedy to suggest unless the prayers of good people can bring a good, soaking rain,' said John D. Elliott But that would be only temporary relief. Some plan should be adopted that would not only lay the dust but keep it laid. Most of the weather we have is dry and there is more or less dust. Every particle of dust is bad unless it is gold dust, dia- mond dust or radium dust. Dirt and microbe dust ought to be suppressed George Estes
 "The dust problem is up to the city authorities said Georges Estes. They claim that the city is short on finances. You cannot lay the dust with out money. Before you lay the dust you must raise some dust You can raise a dust or lay the dust if you have the dust. The city fathers will have to dust the dust off their dusters, get up and dust to get some dust to dust the dust off the dusty streets"
 'The dust is running our business and choking the people off the streets,' said NJ. Well. Tt filters into the stores, into every crack and corner. ruins goods, blinds the eyes, chokes the throat and affects the skin and blood with disease. I am sure the merchants of Birmingham would cooperate with the officials of the city in some practical method of sup pressing the nuisance" Louis saks
 There is a peculiar inconsistency about this dust proposition" said Louis Saks. | Sprinkling around your own door does not relieve you. It is the other fellows aust across the street that hurts you. Your dust goes into the houses across the way while the dust in front of the places across the way comes into your house. It is a problem that demands cooperation If you sprinkle to protect the other fellow, the other fellow must sprinkle to protect you, see?''
 | R. D. Burnett
 ''The city officials are doing all in their power to relieve the situation, but it is big proposition" said R. D. Burnett. More water wagons are to be put on at once to take care of the business center. The city should be able to place ten or a dozen wagons on the outlying streets that carry most travel.' C. r. Beddow
 "Something should be done and done quickly to relieve the situation" said c. P. Beddow. ''The dust nuisance is some thing awful, dangerous to health and the comfort of the people. I have nothing to suggest but those whose duty it is to look after such matters should do some thing or give an account of their failure" Jack Adams
 Birmingham is the dirtiest and dust jest city of it's size in the country" said Jack Adams. In my opinion we have the wrong system for cleaning of streets. In Washington and New York and other progressive cities I have seen the dirt and dust brigades working in their white duck suits Think of it. Street cleaners i'll white uniform. How do they do it? Each man has his territory to cover with a dust shovel and brush. He pushes a small individual cart into which he puts dirt and trash. He can cover his beat several times perhaps day and is able | to keep the streets clean. My sugges- ton would be to pave the streets of Bir- ningham with some smoothe material, put the chain gang at some other busi- ness and put reliable men on the streets to keep them clean. Then keep them sprnkled and we will have a clean town