Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
RATE HOUSEKEEPERS
RAP GARBAGE MAN
r,nty Walls of Just Wrath OH
Head of Neglectful
Collector
GOT A COLLEGE GRAD"
!. list of Complaints From Dwellers
~ in Neighborhood of "Nelly's
Alleys"

Alleys
All lanky individual. black as TO color |
h.raenonsive as to temperament, came |
~ no,.asantly close to suffering the fate OF |
upi1 w 1ate skipper Ireson. of Marblehead' |
" in west Philadelphia, on saturday. !
MAS" not tarred and feathered, but he |
be .od a tongue lashing from as irate /
reO r.ao NJ women as the good wives OF Mar
p'11ot ahout 10 o'clock in the morning he APP
ANS AZ the entrance Of an alley that |
w. hstween Fifty-third street and Peach |
w., He entered without undue haste |
Irving a bucket, the latter the property
IN. penn Reduction Company. In short ,
VIZ .s a garbage collector, the kind who
~ .r,S he "a college graduate" and isn't.
nouuA IA not appeared since the previous
,,iIS.y The specifications call for four
n..hoge collections a week in this district
"a tbe cans in the alleys were full but
~ NV ,rsre not too full for Itterance. They
u.Ss their contents known to every one In
n's y. radius Of a block-fsh, the part you
W, eat. and antique vegetables and
.si.t.n that even Hoover would not have
The houses in Fifty-third street and on
p.sch street are new and clean and beauti-
t5ly kept. They have green grass plots
s.rsfplly trimmed and pTim flower beds.
m the back a whole row of war gardens
...rk the tenants as good citizens. The
s,rbalt alley is spotless, but this little
,ssis is almost unlnhabltable because the
s,rhaee collectors are mot college gradu-
ltes" - ..
SHARP FEMININE ATTACK
This particular garbage collector began
n empty the cans leisurely. A door at
iiIs Peach street opened suddenly, then
one at 1897 and one at 1899. Figures
appeared on the steps Of the Fifty-thrd
street houses.
well" demanded one irate housekeeper
m a dangerously even tone, have you been
on a vacation
Nom. Nom"
aNo'm." mocked another Of Hoover's
Hopes "Just naturally too lazy to walk
hundred yards"
And then they went for the unhappy gar
bage man and told him just what he was
and wasn't
Report eff yo' want" he answered impu-
IDENTIFY. THE boss won't do nothing to
me"
He had refused to take garbage from 1431
for a whole week.
The housekeeper there threatened him
with CITY Hall" and the magic name Of
Hicks Hicks is the chief of the Street Clean
ing Bureau He merely smiled knowingly.
He was not a college graduate, but no one
needs an A. B. to understand the work.
ings OF the Street Cleaning Bureau. Per-
haps no one understands them better than
ihe street cleaners and garbage collectors.
He fed finally before the storm of charges
They are wondering, thCce housekeepers,
whether he may have the energy to return
tomorrow.
BIG LIST OF COMPLAINTS
Virtually the entire block on both streets
has sent complaints to various departments
In City Hall, to no purpose. Complaints
reached the EVENING LEDGER from
Mrs, E, Carr 1443 Peach street.
Mrs. J. Williams. 1431 Peach street.
Mrs Henry Wedman, 1439 Peach street
Mrs. Z. F, MacKay, 1929 Peach street !;
she had already notified the Board of
Health
Ms f. Fisher, 1435 Peach street.
Mrs, Helen Craig, 1437 Peach street.
mrs Howard Rodgers 1442 North Fifty
third street
Mrs. James Manning, 1922 North Fifty
third street
Mrs FELTON,, 1440 North Fifty-third street.
The Division of Housing and Sanitation
mas reported on the following complaints
LEDGER:
To the Evening Ledger.
am living in the vicinity of NEILYS
ioaIaS u. l would be very glad II this is
N'u i"'o' Oollge JAMES MARTIN.
2242 Stewart street.
nus alley was found to be in a dreadful
eohuition' The stagnant water and filth
was menace to the health of the neigh
vgorhoou' The Housing Division will sec
ual the alley Is repaved as soon as appro
pauons can be made Notices have beer
sslved on all the property owners whose
houses adjoin the alley.
Leolange Hotel. on South street has n bacl,
shSe nshisSSe leading out to Gaskl street on
M tsh uaEs they put the garbage and rub
gsn together and ieave the cans and basLets
Sncoyered. Sometimes three days pass before
n takel away. Windows are kent closed
~ Sos. seeopnt OF the foul air. children kept in
~O0's Tor fear sOf them getting sick
BELIEVER IN CLEANLINESS
AN inspector investigated and found con
oluons were as bad as the letter charged
i9e owner Of the hotel has been warned
sno an inspector will keep the alley unde
observation
n Ins Evening Ledger:
,lsS Shtsemen-A t.,A menace to health exists in an
IiijSsoD IiiS DelWseh south Nogdes street and South
e.soh' Trusting the matter will be re-
# 10 the proper officials, Yours truly,
l421 South Allison street.
Expressions in the alley have cause
poos OF stagnant water to form A lamp
goN put in by the U. G. l. seven years ag
also made depression in the alley
Hees have been served on the propert
'"ners to repair the alley.
M There are two houses that need underdrain-
is, iIs IN the alley in the rear OF 2OsS Cumber-
Il street All dirty toilet and wash water
m, "tg9wed TO run down said alley and must
" eomingo ons B amber street. lying there and be-
" i0ur Kind attention will greatly oblige
b. FRANKLIN P. JONES.
soh the Bureau of Highways and tn
ssion OF Housing have taken up tn
tnpisiht' Property owners will be con
Ssnto 70 put in proper plumbing, and tn
bnSa bessioh on Amber street will be fixed &