The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
CITIZENS URGED
TO help CLEAN Up
Campaign Begins Tomorrow,
With School Children and
Boy Scouts Taking Part.
BE READY FOR COLLECTORS
Street Cleaning Department
Issues Full Instructions to
tIouscholdcrs.

Clean your house from attic to cell
lar. and put the garbage can ncnr'th
gate.
This is the gist of the final injunction
from the Street Cleaning Department
10 the people on the eve of the clean
city campaign, which begins to- morrow.
The entire force of the department will
be put into action at o'clock in the
morning; the children OF five schools
in the section TO be cleaned first have
been given vacation; the aid of the Boy
Scouts has been secured, and the pub
lie in general has been urged TO CO.
operate through the press. mass meet
ings advertisements and literature.
il IL urged that the people now rise
to the occasion and make the most of
the special opportunity for clean homes
and clean city that has been placed
within their reach. The Street Clean
ing Department Will be able TO collect
forms Of rubbish within the next two
weeks that it could not ordinarily
handle. Tho important thing is 10
have all OF your trash collected and
placed where the men and carts can
get IL with the greatest ease
schools Get Vncntiun.
One-fourth Of the city viii bc cleaned.
on each of the four days OF the cam
paign this week and next. and by spe-
cial order OF Superintendent Chandler
the children OF the schools in the sec
tion to be cleaned each day will he
given vacation. The schools which
will have vacation tomorrow are John
Marshall High, william + Fox, Stone
wall Jackson. Elba and Armstrong
High Schools. Certificates will be dis
tributed the next day, 10 be filed out
by the children. showing whether they
, really participated In the campaign or
not. If IL is found that large per
centage really helped. the holiday may
become an annual event
The department Is especially anxi-
Gus TO impress upon the citizens tho
necessity for separating the combus-
tible from the noncombustible material
Tin cans, lead Pipe. half bricks and
scrop iron Will not go through the
, crematories without injurlng them.
Such material should therefore be
separated from the garbage and other
matter which VIII decay If II is MOI
burnt Immediately
Hints to HouSchoIdcr,.
Read the following hints, which have
! been issued by the department and
which you should keep In mind while
preparing for the campaign:
Put your garbage can and all rub
bish "a near the gate as possible.
Buy g. new metal garbage can with
cover and a metal ash can They
cost less than Doctors visit,
Leave the gate open for the collec-
tors
! Burn up everything that you can
yourself and especially waste paper
and similar trash
/ Separate rubbish that can be burned
/ from that which cannot
Sell or give away all the old books
clothes. furniture. etc, that you nc
longer use. but that still have some
value
Make personal inspection of your
premises alter the servants have
cleaned up.
Give a friendly hint 10 your neigh
Dor who forgets TO clean UP.
Clean your stable, removing all lit
ter
Boys are urged to clean the vacan,
lots in their vicinity.
Contractors should remove all rub
bish and Unnecessary cbstructions
from the streets and alleys