Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-21
SECOND PAPER COLLECTION
WILL TAKE PLACE TO-DAY
Times-Dispatch Trucks Begin ut
Noon TO Make Rounds
Of Schools.
ENpECT HEAVY ACCUMULATION
Children Have Been Engaged All
Week in Stacking Up Piles OF Old
Newspapers and Magazines in Big
Conservation Campaign

The second collection OF waste pupcr,
including old newspapers and maga-
zines. Will be made from the public
schools to-day. Ten automobiles have
been engaged to visit each school in
the city and suburbs. starting out at
room and working until dark It is
expected that tons OF paper will be
sold in bulk. tho proceeds going TO
the schools in proportion TO the amount
collected by the children in each in
stitution.
The Times D;spatch wastc-pnprr-
collecting campaign resulted last week
in l".952 pounds Of this valuable COM
mercial product being salvagcd from
tho homes Of the school children. On
account Of tho extremely bad weather
n small-Sizcd blizzard being in prog
ross. the amount collected fell short
of what had been expected. but was
more than encouraging. Several times
the total OF last week is expected to-
dny. as tho children are better ac-
puainted with the plan. and have hcen
saving their old papers and magazines
for several days. some of the schools
having quite an accumulation In addi-
tion to the big amount expected to be
brought in this morning.
SCHOOLS ASKED TO IIEIr
FOR PROMPT COLLECTION
The commercial department OF the
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation will
supply ten automobiles Ia make the
collections. As several hundred pounds
of loosely bundled paper occupies con-
siderable space. IL is proba BILE that the
machines will have To make several
loads from even tn" smaller schools
1t is hoped. however. that all of the
paper will he collected before dark as
1t Is the aim of The Times Dispatch
to mail the check for the total to
Superintendent Chandler Tonight
II will be no mean task that faces
the collectors Of the paper The jani-
tors of the schools and the larger
hoys arc urged to help in loading the
machines. Snow and slush will Ercut-
" interfere with the automobiles. and
;hc drivers must work at top speed to
complete the work before nightfaI
Unless they are aided. they will prob
ably fail.
ono Of the biggest helps will be
neatly tied bundles. If the newspapers
and magazines arc loose. il makes more
work in loading. unloading and in
weighing. The children therefore are
urged to tie up their bundles securely
and TO mark the name Of the school on
them. In order that they Will not get
mixed with tho collections from others
Magazines. newspapers and misccl-
lanc"us paper should be separated. as
tho price varies for the three classifi-
cations Magazines. including old
books. are worth the most, while news
papers come next. The six tons sold
last week nettcd the schools a total
of sl03.62.
AUTOMOBILES WILL. MAKE
ROUNDS An HOUR EARLIER
The automobiles will visit the
schools one hour earlier too day than
they did last week as the accumula-
ticn Of paper will he considerably
larger. The janitors of the schools
can expect the machines To pull up to
their doors before 4 o'clock at the
latest. while they will reach many Of
them few minutes after f2 O'Clock.
The city has been divided into ten
districts. with from three to six schools
in each. according to their size and
location. There are forty four build
ings Ia be visited. housing about $4,000
boys and girls OF all ages. II IL ex-
pccted that an average OF from five to