The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-04
CLEAN UP DAY NOT
VERY STRENUOUS
Grass, Weeds and The Trash Pile
Still Flourish in Many
Places.

| lOhudy do SlCdH-pP udy lOl tiiN
city of Hattiesburg was not a very
| strenuous one, as far as the eyes of
The News reporter could see. There
was a little cutting of grass and
weeds, but that little was so little it
hardly made impression the vacant
lots and sidewalks are so overgrown
with rank weeds.
On West Pine street the sidewalk
between Second avenue and Third
avenue, instead of being a public
thoroughfare, is a public stumbling
block, for the same old blackberry
bushes which were there last Clean
up Day still flourish. But the weeds
have been cut down on some of the
lots. This taking of the sidewalk by
weeds, unmolested, is not confined to
West Pine street, but is more or less
general.
Just in front of the Northeastern de
pot is block of River avenue with side
walks overgrown with grass and even
piled up with old dead branches
which could easily have been set fire
to- This gives the opposite of a fav-
orable impression to the newcomer
as he steps off the train.
The West Pine street bridge is sur
rounded with weeds, and the wreck
age of the little shop which was
washed over by the creek in the last
storm, still ornaments the bank.
At the Walnut street bridge. the
same old story-weeds; at the Bay
street bridge, more weeds; while at
the River avenue bridge, wreckage
and driftwood have so stopped the
current as to cause a green scum to
cover the water-the finest possible
place for malaria
The city, which has been under OBJ
legations to the Mel Hemphll estate
for several years to build a side walk
along its West Pine street property,
in exchange for land given for
street opened up, has never complied
with their contract, but have made
feint at it by filling up the washouts
in the hill, which helps some. But it
keep a solemn contract made with one
of its citizens, and by which it obtain
ed valuable consideration; and it
is hoped that the city will in the near
future fill that contract and build that
pavement, so badly needed. Especial
ly since the owners of vacant lots on
the other side of the street leave that
side impossible.
Sanitary Inspector Innerarity, late
Monday evening, stated that although
he had been warned by Mr.. Bennett
chairman of the Civic Improvement
Committee, to be ready Monday to
cart away from residences all refuse
which could not be burned, there
were fewer calls for that service Mon
day than on any day for the last two
months
There was a steady call from Nc
iACOu SllNVl anu w Not INC 0tiVVl
Monday, while Elizabeth avenue, Wal
nut, New Orleans and Main streets.
kept the inspector and the street gang
fairly busy.
The business part of the city was
most untidy. Papers strewed the
streets, filling the cutters along Front
street. especially on the postoffice
side, along Main street, and on Pine
down past the Merchants Grocery
Company and the engine rooms of the
Hotel Hattiesburg. There in a vacant
lot. papers held high carnival. while
q big dry goods box full of papers
spoken of last cleaning day-was a
most shiftless sight in full view of the
G. & S. I. train.
AS for the papers on the streets in
town. there are boxes at various
places to hold these and the streets
will never be kept clean until the
public realizes this and drops scraE
paper in them instead of on the side
walk
The alleys were in their usual con
dition. which is bad The alley bacl
of The Davidson Company was notice
ably unkempt, and Mr.. Davidson
seemed to be considerably worried
about it. He said he had not onll
n called Mr.. Ineraritys attention to it
If but had appealed to the Mayor, ant