Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-19
Aim Is to Make Results Of Til.
Stars Campaign Permanent.
TAKE UP SANITARY PROBLEMS
Clean City Committee Expected to
Ask District Heads for Hear
ing-FHes Scarce.

| With the object of making permanent
| the beneficial resultsso of The Stars fly
war by eliminating the principal breed
| ing sources of the insects and, at the
| same time greatly improving the SAM
| tary conditions of the capital. the Com
| missioners of the District of Columbia
| this fall may decide to provide a new
| municipal service for the collection of
stable refuse.
In his annual report, shortly to be SUBJ
mitted to Health Officer William c. Wood
ward, DR.. c. R.,Holman, chief of the in
spection service Of the District health de-
partment, will recommend that steps be
taken to assure stables in Washington
being maintained in a more sanitary con-
dition. Similar recommendations have
been made to the Commissioners by
Health Officer Woodward.
Stable Regulations Unsuccessful.
At present the District government
maintains a contract system for the col
lection of garbage, ashes and refuse.
Owners of stables. however. are left to
provide their own means of keeping the
structures clean. The latter plan has
not been a success, notwithstanding the
the subject
Many scientists and sanitarians believe
that more flies and disease spring from
stable Accommodations than any other
source DR.. w. A. Evans, former health
commissioner of Chicago, H., in recent
statement to The Star, expressed the
opinion that it will be possible only to
eradicate flies in Washington and ma
terially advance the health interests of
the city when a satisfactory stable refuse
collection hPPn nrOy,ded.
Representatives of the permanent clean
city committee Of the District of Column
| bia, the organization formed at the con-
clusion of The Stars cleanup campaign,
are interested in the matter and probably
will ask the Commissioners for a hear
ing.
Biweekly Collections in Summer.
Under the present regulations stable
owners are required to have the refuse
that collects in the structures removed
at least twice week between June
and October 81, and once a week between
November 1 and May 81 each year.
While no detailed plan for the pro-
posed collection services has been worked
out, suggestion advocated by Dr.
Evans. who recently was in Washington
may be given consideration by the au-
thorties. This calls for the establish
ment of collection service by the Dis
owner at the lowest possible price.
The building of refuse stations outside
the city limits also is contemplated in
the plan. 1t is proposed to store the re-
fuse in the stations and sell it to farm
ers and others who can make use of it
for fertilizing. purposes.
Besides considering this matter, the
clean city committee, when it meets next
month. will take up a number of prob
lens related to the sanitary interests of the
/ One n need n q n k
ly refuse collection service. The present
refuse collection contract calls for weekly
| collections. The executive committee OF
| the clean city body already has been
authorized to take this matter up with the
Commissioners
Rain Makes Flies Scarce.
The rain of yesterday and today it is
expected, will produce decided scarcity
of flies. This is the time of the year
when the insects begin to perish in large
numbers. and unfavorable weather will
hasten the end of this seasons fly popu-
laton.
1t is expected. however that the con-
testants will be able to bring the months
total slaughter of insects to the six mil
lion mark. Practically three million and
a half of the germ spreaders have been
destroyed to date.
Files have been scarcer the last two
years than 1 have ever known Them"
said d. A. Edwards, president of the
Lincoln Park Citizens Association, today.
There are very few of them in our
section. l don't know how The Stars
contestants manage to make the high
scores that they do. There can be no
doubt that The Stars campaigns for the
eradication of the pests have been highly
successful. and, in my opinion, they
should be followed by decided improve