The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-25
Investigation Shows Sweeper Was
Idle Four Days From Saturday
to Wednesday.
MORE SPRINKLING IS NEEDED
Those Interviewed Unanimous in
>Condemning Present Anticipated
and Inadequate Methods.

lence, Wednesday rose up in wrath,
Ifguratively speaking, when the
strong wind blowing from the west
whipped the dirt into the air and
threw it into all kinds OF. shops and
Offices.
The streets had not been brushed
since Saturday evening and had not
been flushed for several days 50
that the accumulations of practically
four days were dried out and ready
for the wind to use as playthings.
The business people talked with
by the Pioneer this morning were
unanimous in their condemnation OF
the way in which the streets are kept
The majority believed that the flush
er system would have been used in
the first place, but that even with
the sweeper and sprinkler they
should not be left idle One mer-
chant went SO far as to state that
his stock was injured less with the
old sand road than under present con-
ditions.
It appears to be the general senti-
ment down town that the streets at
present are not cared for as well as
they should be for the amount Of
money that the city is expending each
month. The Pioneer talked with a
few business men this morning con-
corning the large amount of dirt on
the streets and a brief of their inter-
views follow:
G. J. Woodmansee, manager of the
Majestic dust is bad for our
business. I think the cleaning sys-
TEN is not the best there is by long
shot. A fusher is the thing.
A. P. White, Northern National
Bank-Dust bothers us quite bit in
the bank. I believe that the streets
should be cleaned oftener.
T. J. Burke, Northern Grocery
company put my part of the mat
ter up to the council yesterday. Our
corner has been neglected by the
sprinkler.
F. S. Lycan, of the Markham no.
tel-The street in front of the Mark
ham was so filthy that took the hose
and worked on it for an hour before
it was clean. The sweeper and sprink-
Ter are bad enough but not to use
either is the limit. Dust plays havoc
with our linen.
A. G.. Wedge, of the First National
Bank-The dust. was certainly bad
yesterday when the wind was blow
ing.
David Gill, of Gill Brothers
dust bothers us. It hurts the stock
We are not getting the care we are
entitled to.
w. N. Bowser, of the OLeary-Bow-
ser company the dust bother
us? It does very much. They only
sweep once in while and it should
be swept every day. Furthermore,
the sweepings should be carted away
before the stores are open because
they easily blow in the wind. The
dust is hard to compete with and is
becoming intolerable.
Berman Emporium-The last few
days the dust has been very bad. We
need the streets cleaned every night
and sprinkled during the day.
Chas. Cominsky, of Schneider
Brothers On windy day we need a
dust protector in front OF the door.
The dirt in the air is filthy and dam
ages any stock it falls on.
A. L. Barker-Does the dust both
er us? I should say it does. It is
the worst thing with which we have
to contend, and especially on windy,
day. We could dust twice day in
here and still be dirty. 1t is hard on
the jewellers as the dust hurts their
eyes and work at the same time. We
need the sweeper every day.
Abercrombie's SITS dust, dust,
dust all the time. When they sweep
at night, the dirt lays SO long in the
cutters that it blows away again be-
fore the wagons take It up.
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