Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-24
Hundred Wagon Loads Carried
From Alleys This Week.
MUCH YET TO BE HAULED
Full Report on Cleanup Is Expected
by Friday.
MURRAY ENTHUSIASTIC
Cooperation of Citizens Has Made
Washington a More Sani-
tary City.

one hundred wagonloads OF trash
have been removed from twepty-one
courts and alleys in the four sections
OF Washington since Monday. according
to announcement today by DR.. Arthur
L. Murray. secretary Of the cleanup
week campaign. Approximately twenty
hve more loads. weighing many tons.
VIII DE hauled away today 1t is expected
that the work of the campaign. which
formally closed Saturday, will hay.
been finished by tomorrow night and
that a full report on the result.
achieved can be made to the central
committee at its meeting to be held
friday afternoon, at 4:45 o'clock. in
the board room OF the municipal build
ing
Inc twenty-one courts and ALLEYS
cleaned, which are declared to be more
sanitary now than they probably ever
nave been, are the following: Aiken
court southwest. Smithsons court south
west. Cullinanes court southwest. Pierce
court southwest Gushing place southeast.
Mechanics court southeast, Francis place
southeast Van street southeast. Union
place southwest, Huntoon place south.
west Willow Tree alley southwest. Fem
ton place northwest. Union court north
west. Pierce street northwest. Pierce
street court northwest. Logan court
northwest jackson street northeast. Vol
ter place northwest. Dingman place
northwest. Mccullough place northwest
and alley in rear of NJ Street High School.
Residents Cooperate.
According to Dr. Murray, 100 individual
premises were covered in the cleaning up
OF the courts and alleys referred to.
Rubbish OF all kinds was removed Resi-
dents OF the premises co-operated I'm the
work. and made possible the satisfactory
results achieved.
At Fridays meeting, when reports are
to be made by the delegates to the cen.
trail committee concerning the work done
In the sections which they represent,
the subject Of how to keep clean the al
leys and courts Of the city will be dis.
cussed. 1t is understood that some inn
portant recommendations will be made
along this line.
DR.. Murray n enthusiastic over the re.
suits of the campaign. as he has been i'm
.ie Helu' PeTsonail! experimenting the
removal of the refuse collected, and has
mad opportunity to observe the extent to
which citizens have co-operated I'm the
undertaking.
The crusade not only has led to the
removal OF more refuse than L had ex.
pected." said Dr.. Murray this morning,
but IL has been more Of an educa t3onal
factor than believed to be possible Ap.
parently, every citizen has been interested
in it.
Work in Southwest.
The extent to which citizens of the
southwest section. especially. have CO.
operated Is little short of marvellous. but
great credit Is due the residents of the
other sections as we'll When the citi-
Gems. as a whole. come to realize fully
what this campaign has accomplished
they WILL in my opinion. regard IL as hav-
ing done more for the health of the city
than probably has any other movement
in that direction i'm which they have as
sisted
1t was announced today that school
off1cials expect to complete by tomor-
row night the records of the cleanup
at-home crusade conducted by the
school children. Sixteen thousand cards
on which they were to certify the fact
that they had cleaned up the private
premises where they reside were dis
tributed. upon application. among the
children of the white schools alone.
Several thousand cards also were given
the pupils OF colored schools As the
cards were distributed only upon ap-
plication, it is believed that a majority
Of them will be returned. The report
on the Juvenile crusade will be made
to the central committee at it's meet
ing FRIDAY