Evening star., 1914-04-24
Remarkable Clean-Up.

: ably next week.
Remarkable Clean-Up.
Philadelphia during the presen+ we.k
Is experiencing a most remarkable
Cleanup campaign" said DR.. Murray to-
Sday The magnitude of the work and
the accomplishments during this cam
paign reflects much credit upon those
having the matter in charge.
The organization having general su-
Pervision of the campaign Is Jointly mu-
nicipal and civic. A committee of about
10 OF the leading citizens Of Philadelphia
both business and professional. together
with representatives Of the various de-
partments of the municipality. constitute
a central committee. The direction Of
the actual work of the campaign Is, how
ever. under ]. II. Neeson Of the street.
cleaning division of the bureau of high
ways.
THE expenses of the campaign will
amount to between $4,000 and $4,000
Five thousand dollars has been raised
through the trade bodies, business or
ganizations and by popular subscriptions
The city councils will appropriate the
other $4,000 or as much as may be
needed to meet the expenses Of the work
10 be done.
Funds for Advertising.
"of this money about 5000 has been
spent for advertising. The publicity part
Of the campaign has been most thorough.
Posters, large and small. have been posted
on billboards and elsewhere. Placards
Of several sizes have been placed in car
windows and department stores Hand
circulars have been freely distributed.
Blotters have been furnished to school
children and small stickers have been at
q
mail Of every large business firm in the
city.
Meetings and lectures have been held
in every section Of the city. and social
10 place the matter before the people.
From my observations, I believe, for
person to be unaware Of the campaign,
IT would be necessary for him to be both
deaf and blind.
The keynote of the campaign has
most striking feature IL presented. In
the publicity campaign every one has
appeared to do their utmost to bring
the campaign to a successful issue. The
people had the idea so instilled in them
that they clean up and talk clean up.
System Of Collection.
Ashes and general refuse Of Phila-
delphia are collected under contracts
The city is divided into sections, and
contracts are let to several contractors.
During the cleanup week the contractors
are operating $50 extra wagons, for
which they are to receive extra COM
Eensation. The collection hours during
the week are from a m. to about 10
Pm. So great an amount of refuse
nas been prepared for removal. however.
lnat even with the $50 extra wagons
and double working day of fourteen
aaars. the schedule was Wednesday
III
y trip through the sections from
which refuse was being collected We'd
n. say was a revelation. The particular
c-@triets covered on that day was sth
sih to 10th streets from Vine to Broad
\ streets and 9Th to 18th streets from
Pp9-ar to Vine strets. Philadelphia
= not favored as is Washington with
r.emises- The rear yards are usually
@nall- with three-foot passageway
= the rear.
Get Rid of Their Refuse.
TO facilitate the removal of refuse,
householders were permitted to place
their refuse on the pavement at the curb
line on the day scheduled for collection.
In walking through sections scheduled
for Wednesdays collection a premises
not having in front of 1t an accumulation
~ TeIuSc IfO1L q DOx or Darrei to
a'whole load was rarity. Roughly es-
timated, the amount of refuse seen in
front of houses awaiting removal that
day in only a small portion of Philadei-
phia must have been at least 10000 cubic
yards.
The way householders have responded
in getting the refuse out Of their homes
and prepared for removal was most grati-
flying.
THE municipality was likewise doing its
part As the refuse was removed from
a block. the street cleaning gang started
To work cleaning the streets Of such lit
ter as was dropped or blown about so
that not only was the refuse removed
from the homes. but also the public
highway was at the same time placed in
good. clean condition.
"As a result of the success of this
|. Years campaign / have been informed
that a permanent organization is to be
effected, much on the line of our own
clean city committee, which will yearly
plan and conduct an annual city-clean-
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