Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
DISTRICT HEADS AID
CLEAN CITY PLANS
To Confer With Citizens Com
mittee Regarding Sanitary
Measures This Fall.
MUNICIPAL COLLECTION
OF GARBAGE FAVORED
Commissioners Visit Anacostia and
Benning for Data-New School
for Park View.

Recognizing the important work that
has been done by the clean-city COM
mittee In improving sanitary conditions
In the District of Columbia, Commits
missioner Newman Will arrange for a
conference with w. III. Richardson and
Dr. Arthur l.. Murray, president and
secretary, respectively, of the commit
tee, to discuss plans for making more
effective the activities of the clean-un
body.
The new District officials are intensely
interested In the subject Of muntcipal
hygiene, and intend to do all within
their power to aid the clean-city COM
mittee. an organization composed of
representative citizens, in carving ont
it's plans for making Washington the
heal-hiest and cleanest city In the world.
Sanitary Reforms Undertaken.
Following the cleanup campaign.
waged under the auspices of The Star a
year ago last spring. the clean city COM
mittee was organized and has undertaken
number of important sanitary reforms
During its clean city crusade, waged this
year. tons of refuse were removed from
the city. and Washington was declared
to be cleaner than 1t had ever been.
1t is the purpose of the committee,
which is to meet early next month, to
interest householders and citizens gen.
orally in the Importance of cleaning up
their premises this fall. Prior to this
+ meeting, Commissioner Newman will con-
fer with Mr.. Richardson and DR.. Murray
concerning some of the permanent sani-
tary reforms in which the committee Is
interested and which will require action
by the District heads before they can be
carried into effect.
Among these are municipal collection
of all refuse and garbage in lieu of the
present contract collection system and
extension of the zone for collection Of
ashes.
Supt. Davidson Lends Aid.
The committee also is interested in
having instruction in public hygiene
made regular course in the public schools.
w. NJ. Davidson, superintendent of
schools, is member of the committee,
and has made possible the dissemination
of a great amount Of information con-
corning sanitary matters in the schools.
That the District heads are vitality in
terested in the subject Of public SANTA
ton was made manifest today when they
ordered that steps be taken for the i'm
mediate removal of an outbuilding on a
lot on Gresham street. near the reservoir,
which the local authorities consider in
sanitary. The Park View Citizens As
ISOLATION has been endeavoring, since
1903, to have this structure removed, but
action has been delayed as the result of
legal technicalities involved in the case.
Visit Anacostia and Benning.
The Commissioners this afternoon con-
tinued their quest for information con-
corning the need of local improvements
when they paid visit to Anacostia and
nenning. The data obtained will be con-
sidered when they begin preparation Of
the estimates. 1t is considered likely
that the next budget will contain an item
for the elimination of the Benning grade
crossing formed by the intersection of
Benning road and the tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railway Company Pro-
vision for this improvement was contained
in the last estimates, but was not in
cluded In the bill reported out of the
House committee.
1t is considered practically settled that
the Commissioners will provide in the
estimates for a sixteen-room school build
ing at Newton and Warder streets, which
is in the Park View neighborhood A
school building is one of the principal
needs of that community, and it is
strongly intimated by the Commissioners
that they will not overlook this item when
they frame the next budget