Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-26
Second Week Of Campaign to
Remove Trash and Ref
use Opens Today.
NORTHEAST is THE NEXT
SECTION FOR OPERATION
Committee Needs About 5000 More
in Order to Complete Its Work
in Good Shape.

The second week of Washineton's
first spring clean up-paint up cam
patgn opened today with the clean up
forces working in the northwest sec
ton of the city outside of Georgetown
That part Of the city living west of
Rock creek has elected to do it's own
mainder of the city.
In Mount Pleasant. Washington
Heights and throughout the entire
northwest section the clean up army
started work bright and early this
morning. and brooms. rakes, shoyels
and every other type of household
utensil that could be utilized in clean
up operations were In use throughout
the day. Boy Scouts. members of citi-
zens' association. householders, prop
erty owners. transient labor, including
scores of white and colored men en-
ployed for few days to serve under
the clean up banner, and hundreds of
school children aided In the work. the
latter helping with the clean IN before
school this morning, and after school
closed this afternoon The camnaipn
IN the northwest is to continue tomor-
row and Wednesday, when the forces
hghtlng dirt are to move to the north
east part OF the city for the final three
days or the two-week concerted effort
TO make Washington a spotless town.
Exceeds Last Years Campaign.
DR.. Arthur L. Murray, secretary of
the clean city committee. and Iieuten-
ants In charge of the committees ac-
ttv1ties. said today that in the first
week OF the 1915 campaign a larger
amount Of trash and refuse had been
gathered up and hauled to the city
dumps in various parts of the city than
was disposed of in the whole cam
patgn last spring
citizens generally have taken a
keener interest in this years campaign
than ever BEFORE" said DR.. Murray,
and the result has been that the
southwest and southeast sections of the
city have been given a more thorough
cleaning up than ever In their history.
Much credit for the general interest
In TINS years campaign is due to the
organization of master house painters
Of Washington. which, through its ex-
ecutive committee. headed by A, H. Nc
Chan, has provided funds for giving
wide publicity to the two-week cam
paign.
Much remains to be done before the
city can be said to be thoroughly
cleaned up Tor the summer, however
The entire northwest and northeast
sections are to be cleaned up, work in
the northwest part of the city having
begun today. This is to continue to-
morrow and Wednesday, when the
clean up forces are to enter on the
last three days Of the two weeks in
the northeast section
Many persons have asked why the
clean city committee has made its re-
peated appeals for additional contri-
buttons to help in the clean up work."
continued Dr. Murray. THE committee
needs at least 5000 more in order to
complete the work in good shape This
money is to be used In paying for
teams and wagons used in hauling off
the accumulated trash and refuse The
District of Columbia does not pay for
hauling this class of refuse, and the
work must be paid for by the clean
city committee or individual household
ers. The committee Is not paying for
the collection of rubbish and trash
from alleys, back yards, etc, and it is
not paying the wages of individual
1aborers. except in isolated cases. But
the teams and wagons have to be paid
for, and funds with which to pay for
them are practically exhausted.
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