Evening star., 1912-09-04
SURE DEATH TOFESPLAN FOR FUNERAL "A CITY WITHOUT DIRT
Miss Nixon the This Aim Committee
Family Residence Seeking Clean Capital
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This Is Aim of Committee
Seeking Clean Capital.
PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED
Biweekly Refuse Collections One Of
Projects Advocated.
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Bi-Weekly Refuse Collections One Of
cautions Taken In Keeping Pa
per From the Streets.

The need Of a bi-weekly refuse collec-
tion service in Washington is to be
brought at once to the attention of the
Commissioners by the clean city COM
mittee Of the District Of Columbia
Sanitary needs Of the city generally.
including the providing of proper refuse
receptacles and stricter enforcement of
the regulation designed to prevent the
throwing of paper and waste material
on the streets also are to be considered
with a view to making recommendations
to the municipal authorities.
At a meeting yesterday afternoon in
the boardroom of the municipal build
ing, which lasted nearly three hours,
the committee made plans for an active
campaign of sanitation which bids fair
to be followed by immediate results.
No session Of the committee. since its
organization, has been marked by great
er enthusiasm on the part of the mem
bers and the vim with which the fall
work was taken up indicates that the
newly created civic body intends to leave
no stone unturned until Washington
universally is conceded to be the clean
est as well as healthiest city In the
world.
Refuse Collection.
The bi-weekly refuse collection problem
took up a large part of the committees
time. 1t was decided that Washington,
to be sanitary, should be provided with a
refuse collection service twice a week,
instead of weekly. This stand was in
dorsed by NJ. r. Ready, District refuse
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ciated with Mr.. Ready, both Of whom
appeared before the committee.
The executive committee was author
lied to take the matter up with the
Commissioners with a view to recon-
mending that provision be made in the
the refuse collection service.
Whether this can be done under the
present contract which does not eX
pire until 1915, is matter that the
committee will consider with the Dis
trict heads and, if no objections of
this nature are found, an appropria-
tion for the additional service will be
strongly urged.
Proper Receptacles.
Associated with the refuse collection
service problem is that Of providing
proper receptacles, and this is mat
ter that also will be looked into, fol-
lowing a general discussion Of it at
yesterdays meeting. Mr.. Ready stated
that he has invented refuse bag
which. if used by citizens. would pre-
vent the scattering Of waste material
when 1t is conveyed from premises to
the contractors wagons. In this con-
nection Mrs. E. G. Perry of the An
thony Suffrage League suggested the
use Of paraffin bags for the handling
of garbage. The committee on SANTA
ton was instructed to get up an eX-
hibit of bags suited for use for both
mittee's consideration of the matter,
it is expected, important recommends
tions will grow.
The committee did not take up the gen
eral question of the advisability of the
District relinquishing in 1915 the contract
system for the handling of the city 8
garbage, refuse and ashes. but probably
will do so at it's next meeting, which is
to be held the first Tuesday in October.
In the meantime the executive commit
tee and the various subcommittee will
meet, and it is expected that any recon,-
mendations they may submit will be
made with the view of meeting conditions
temporarily until the Commissioners
have decided whether the municipal gov
ernment Is to collect and handle the
city's waste material or the contract sys-
tenn Is to be continued.
fO1nCS OuL nuisance.
Mrs. Perry called the committees at
tention to the nuisance caused by the
maintenance of stables in the city, and
declared that horses should be quartered
outside the residential sections. This
question was not gone into extensively,
but it is one of the matters that will be
considered later. The committee has
under advisement the recommendation
to the Commissioners of an appropria ton
for increasing the size of the sanitary
inspection force so that the municipal
regulation for the construction and care
of stables may be more strictly enforced
Chairman w. H. Richardson stated
that something should be done to prevent
the careless throwing of paper and other
waste material on the streets. He ex-
pressed the opinion that the regulation
governing this matter is sufficient and
that all that is needed is strict enforce
ment. Richard B. Watrous, chairman
of the sanitation committee. will take
the matter up with Maj. Richard Sy1ves-
ter. superintendent of police. and will re-
port TO the committee at it's next meet
ing.
The need OF an immediate and general
cleaning up of the premises Of the city
by the owners SO that a congestion OF
refuse may be avoided later was urged
by Mr.. Richardson.
Cooperation suggested.
The chairman also suggested that real
estate and renting agencies be invited
to cooperate in the committees work to
the extent of interesting their tenants
in the importance of maintaining sani-
tary premises and of preventing their
| unimproved properties from serving as
dumping grounds
McGFafh ho
membership committee, will call a meet
ing Of the committee next week, and
1T Is expected that arrangements will
be made for a total membership in the
cleanup body of approximately 100
DR.. Arthur l. Murray, as chairman of
the general committee will arrange for
the printing Of cards. which are to be
| mailed to householders, requesting that
they assist the committee in the work
of cleaning up the city. The committee
will meet again next month and in