Evening journal., 1915-07-21
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and the town IS 20 appropriate a
similar sum. starting The sanitary fund
with $1,000 The effect OF the
ordinance viii make the matter OF
caring for sanitation self-supporting
and viii not entail any expense on
the treasury OF the town when the
system is organized.
Prior 10 this agreement. the State
Board Of Health. through William II.
Chew, presiding AZ the hearing, said
that unless the people got together
en- some comprehensive system for
improving the sanitary condition at
fennsgrove. the State Board would
go down there, cleanup the town and
charge every Bit OF expense 20 the
town under the new State law which
gives the board suoh power
r. A. Gentieu. assistant engineer Of
the DUPONT Company. started the
proposition by SAYING that his com
pany would offer the services Of
Greer and Scott TO organize such a
disposal system free. although he de-
clared the company had nothing 10 do
with the task The works are located
entirely outside OF Pannsgrove. In
Upper Pennsneek township, where the
surroundings are of healthful
nature,
Mr. Chew said he did not consider
this extremely liberal, for the duPonts
want their men &c be In the best
physical shape, and II they boarded
in Pennsgrove borough, where all the
filth was. as reported by D. c. Bowen,
Inspector Of the state Board, the du-
Points had an incentive TO help clean
up in every waS
w s. Leap. lawyer and storekeeper
said the .duPonts' activity had in no
sense been helpful 10 Pennssroye Dor
cugh. but In fact had proved a detri-
ment TO the borough financially, IN
that the boom had imposed financial
problems on the borough not pre-
viously existing
To this Mr.. Gentleu replied that the
business OF some of the storekeepers
had been vastly increased He in
stanced the case Of the Mayor, whose
hardware store had been four times
enlarged during the past six months
end other businesses where the pro-
prietors had, in some instances, gain
cd 1000 per cent. IN business
Then Il was that Mr.. Leap declared
that 10 employ a sanitary inspector
would cost $500 year, and that the
borough did not have any money This
rf0hlem has now been settled by the
order 10 draft and pass the new ordi-
nance which will make II a mis-
demeanor for a house-owner not to
provide tight iron receptaoles for use
under toilets, sinks. ETC., and to pay
the public scavenger 70 cart away the
night soil and the waste waters. 10
was estimated that this would cost
house renters from sixty cents 3 week
down TO twenty cents q week, depend
ing on how thorough was the work.
Under the new ordinance, Greer
and Scott are TO have plonary power
70 compel the carrying out Of the
cleanup and the subsequent care OF
sanitation. The matter of where to
dispose of the matter is under dis
Acussion now by members Of the state
Board, and they said the information
vould be ready when the new ordi-
nance was passed in Pennsgroye bor-
ough. The officers Of Pennsgrove
wart TO dump the matter into the
Delaware river, but a beach some few
miles below there seems to be one Of
the obstacles in the way Of this being
done
The report Of Bowen showed that
the population of Pennsgrove had
grown from 2,112 70 more than 5000
in the past six months. that in some
rooms eight and ten feet square there
were four men sleeping az a time. and
that they slept In cight-hour shifts so
that in many small rooms twelve per-
sons slept each twenty-four hours.
Ar Ghnurna that fhaVa ~
vaults, waste escaping on the ground
and carried by the rain into streams
and thence into the Delaware river
The whole report was a strong in.
dictment OF the Board of Health's in
capacity or stupidity, said Mr. Chew
In his report, Bowen stated tha
there was no way Of collecting gar
bage and that the refuse was piled NJ
IN the back yards Of the town and at
tracted millions OF flies. In SOM
cases the water from cesspools, whicl
had overfowed had gotten into we'll
CT drinking water In the yards o
some OF the dwelling houses wher
the powder workers live we're foun
as high as seven barrels Of garbag,
So crowded are some of the house
that the workmen are sleeping in th
kitchens A large quantity OF mill
which had turned sour and which wa
offered for sale TO the workmen, wa
seized by Bowen and destroyed. II
was surprised that there was not a
epidemic OF some kind in the town.
Need New PostOnice,
That Pennsgroye is badly in nee
OF 2 new and larger postoffice is tn
opinion of Postmaster Hunt At pres
ent great difficulty is experienced b
workmen in getting their mail Al
though several young women are en-
ployed by Mr. Hunt 70 assist in dis
tribution of mail. it now is impossibl
= 10 handle the great volume of letter
~ rush hours During almost a
hnarts of the day and early evening
#ng line of persons is crowded q
general delivery window
Wt is pointed out that the presen
toffice was none too well equippe
foM Pennsgrove before the sudden in
duW Of workmen to get jobs at IN
poW6er plants. The population ha
treb4fd fve times over now and Post
masf2r Hunt has found it nearly in
possibSe TO cope with the present con
ditions\
Many \persons are said to favor
more centrally located postofiic
the corner at Broad and Main street
mas been suggested by some and ha
net with general approval. The prel
ent postotnce is in Main street. nes
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