Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
BOARD AWAITS REPORT
FROM SUPERINTENDENT
Coin Will File Statement. Tomorrow
on Proposed Reorganization OF
Street Cleaning Department.
WHOLE CITY is AROUSED
Chamber of Commerce Takes Up
Problem OF Raising Richmond's
Standard From the Dirtiest to the
Cieanesf City In America.

Henry Cohn. superintendent OF tho
| City Street Cleaning Department. will
make his report tomorrow on the
Hirschbere resolution. introduced In
the Administrative Board. intended to
simplify the method Of keeping the
city Glenn In brief. Mr.. Hirschbergs
plan is to divide the city into two main
sections, cas-, and west from Fifth
Street. and to have the headquarters
Oh the western section Mt the state
Fair Grounds. and tho headquarters
! of the eastern section at the present
CITY Stables The two main sections
are then to be subdivided into four
districts each, and the street cleaning
iorce is to be so proportional that
there Will be a squad. with carta and
implements. to work.. I'm each district
In further simpllhcntion of the present
methods. the cleaners TO report
10 their respective foremen AT the point
where work was left or on the day
Or night before. instead OF repairing
hrst to the stables and then to their
working place. The resolution was re-
TERED to Superintendent Cohn for re-
lport Tomorrow. and tomorrow morn
Ing no IL expected tn inform the board
ns 10 whether he deems the proposed
acheme to be workable.
EVERY ONE CAN HELP
RID CITY OF FIFTH
Through the persistent efrorts Of
The Times Dispatch. the Chamber Of
commerce has become interested in tho
clean-up propaganda, and last week
ettcr conference with the Police
ana Street Cleaning Departments It
was decided TO give tho people until
december In which to learn the or
ainance prohibiting the throwing Of
l a n 1Gt1 IL,
which to become inbued with the idea
that everybody can help In Kidding
the city of unnecessary fiith and waste
ana that cooperation with the au-
thorities IL essential IL Richmond
would be made n Clearly city
w. T. Dabney, business manager OF
tho Chamber OF Commerce. said yes
terday that people are beginning 10
realize OF what great benefit to them
selves Will be a clean and uniittered
CITY. From health standpoint
alone" he snid. the prevention OF the
spread of contagion will be greatly
furthered by a clean city. Our Health
Il department Is now doing great work
along this line. and the public could
very onectually supplement It's efforts
In hpepine the city clean" lie said
that II was the Individual upon whom
must be depended the main effort to
keep the city sanitary, for tho worl,
OF the employees OF the Street Clean
ing Department is futile If waste mat
TOR is thrown into tho streets M fast
as they clean them Of littor and re-
iuso. AIR. Dabncy advises an educa-
II 'lonal propaganda, 80 that even the
II chiidren may learn how much better
II ~ ~ Tor their own sakes to mid IN
heeping tho public spaces sanitary and
cican. hnd be taught to take pride in
tiful
WILL WARN DRIVERS AGAINST
LETTERING THE STREETS
The heads OF the various business
cohcarns. too. viii be asked to instruct
their drivers TO avoid Iittering I'D tho
streets with trash and wastaee from
their carts and delivery wagons. In
lact, everybody VIII DO expected 20
take q hand. and II tho co-operation
sought be secured, there is reasonable
assurance. Sir. Dabney believed. that
itichmond viii be placed in the foro.
front among the clennest cities In the
country.
h Until December the Police Depart-
| 'nent Will be lenient with offenders
and the public Will be afforded annie
time In which 10 learn the terms OF
the ordinance, After December yIo-
iators VIII be summarily hailed to
court. The penalty Is not less than
/ 81 nor moro than $50 for each viola
tion,
There Is now pending in the Com.
mon Council an ordinance nrovidin,,
Tor the tnstalTnent at yarious prornJ
hcnf corners OF reoeptacies In which
citizens may throw paper and trnsh.
Ihe ordinance may be taken un M tho
meeting OF the Common cannon ~
morrow night.