Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-01
Will ARREST THOSE WHO
THROW PAPER IN Street
Ordinance Against Littering Up Pub.
lie Places to BE Strictly
Enforced.
SPECIAL POLICE ASSIGNED
Offenders Against City Regulations
VIII Be Hailed to Police Court.
Street Cleaning Department Wei,
comes Aid OF Police.

DO you throw waste paper and chew
Ing gum wrappers on the street7 Do
you toss candy boxes or peanut hulls
on the floors Of theatres and street
cars? Or do you occasionally expec-
torate on the sidewalks?
If you~do, then 1t would be advisa-
BILE to BIO forewarned. for II the police
happen to SEQ you do any OF these
things, beginning t. day, OF II they
should witness Il violation OF any OF
the other ordinances intended to make
Richmond one OF the cleanest cities in
those United States, then you will be
reported. and VIII BIO summoned to the
Police Court. There. it is foregone
conclusion, you Will be fined from 81
to $40 if the charges against you are
proved. for Justice Crutchfield Ia OF,
the side Of the police in the endeavor
TO clean up the city, and will enforce
the law.
To-day Is the first day Of the CRUSADE,
announced by Major Werner more than
Two weeks ago, against citizens who
violate tho ordinances intended to pro
mote the health and beauty OF the
city. These ordinances prohibit per-
sons throwing waste paper In the
streets. They make II unlawful for
one to drop banana peels on the side
Walks or in street cars. one ordinance
REQUIRES merchants to sweep the street
before their places OF business before
o'clock In the morning.
Sft1tlAh OFFICERS TO
WATCH FOR VIOLATIONS
Special men will report to me Tues
day morning and receive instructions
as to tho enforcement OF these ordi :
nances." said Major Werner last night.
Il have given ample notice that these
ordinances are to be enforced from
now on, and no excuses will be taken
IL there Is violation. The police
mon assigned TO the work will take
the names of violators and will report
them. Summonses from the Police
Court VIII he Issued, and tho violators
@ill be arraigned before Justice
Crutchneld.
sible assistance to the work OF clean
ing UP Richmond and In assisting the
street Cleaning Department. Waste
paper. fruit pecls, broken glass and
the like are not only unsightly. but
are positively dangerous to petlcs-
TRANS and motorists, and the practice
or dropping them at any old place
about the city streets must be stopped.
II think the best way OF enforcing
the ordinances is TO assign several men
TO this specific work and let them see
TO tho actual enforcement have
found this method highly successfui
with regard to instructing. citizens as
TO the traffic regulations and In en-.
forcing tho ordinances regarding the
lighting OF automobiles, go / will use
u III tne present instance. Sufficient
warning Inns been given. Now the law
is to be enforced. and violators of the
ordinances must pay the penalty"
C0HN WELCOMES
AID Or POLICB DEPARTMENT
The Street Cleaning Department.
VIII welcome tho aid OF the police In
Keeping the streets FREQ from litter.
said superintendent Henry J. Cohen
yesterday. ~ moro thorough enforce
ment OF tho ordinances against throw
ing. refuse in thea streatss aud public
piacas has been urged by this depart.
ment for years. 1t will certainly sim
PLY the task OF Keeping tho city
clean"
The crowded downtown streets and
transfer points, said Mr.. Cohn, have
been favorite dumping grounds. No
street cleaning department, however
efficient and complete its equipment, he
said, could cope with tho task of keep
Ing these streets FREQ from paper and
refuse OF all descriptions. as long as
the careless public feels free to use
them as dumping grounds without in
terfcrehco from the police.