Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
ASH COLLECTIONS
ARE NOT BEING MADE
[Continued from First Page.l

In connection with this the city may
volunteer to aid if it is necessary
some of the city officials staed.
Promises Not Fulfilled
Health Officer ]. M. j. Raunicl1
ell today to state the result of the
two-wek extension granted for a
general cleanup. His report, while
encouraging showed that the reduc-
ton company had not completely
| fulfilled its promises, with the result
that Commissioner Dunkle intimated
he may hold up the voucher for pay
ment for work in October. DR..
Raunick reported that in the Allison
Hill district the sub-contractor at
work was handicappe das his men
| did not know the districts well
enough to get the best results.
In the uptown section above
Maclay street, however, DR.. Raunick
said the gangs were just getting un-
der way.
The notice to the bonding company
will be sent in a day or twto.
Another significant statement was
made by Commissioner Dunkle who
intimated that the only recourse
Council may have will be to let
contract for garbage collection by
| the Deduction Company after
February /, while the city will go
on with the ash collections under
municipal control.
The fact that only one firm
would bid for the garbage removal
and would not bid for a longer
| period than twenty-seven months in
dicates to me that the other COM
panies face the possibility of not be-
| ing able to procure necessary equip
ment to take up the work in about
! thre months time" Commissioner
| Dunkle stated
Regular Collections
The city could not expect to do
| an better with the result that serious
conditions might develop. The labor
situation is another question which
the firms are considering in. bidding,
L am not surprised that no proposals
were received for any long period
How can any company guess what
prices they will have to pay men
next year or the following year,"
Determination on the part of
Council to have the waste collected
regularly this year to prevent a
repitition of last years accumulation
OF ashes and refuse was evident. The
reply of thte surety company and it's
| action will have much to do with
| any action taken by the city, it was
admitted, but the opinion of some
| or the commissioners was that the
ashes and garbage should be re-
| moved regardless of the cost.
Commissioner Gorgas stated he
had received a complaint from a res
| ident of Allison Hill of failure to COL
lect ashes for weeks. A letter calling
| attention to this was sent to the Re-
duction Company.
Mr.. Lynch also declared that steps
must be taken to stop dumping of all
kinds of refuse at Third and Seneca
! streets, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
and Catherine streets, and other
places by private individuals. Com
plant by the School Board of the
conditions at the Shimmell building,
Seventeenth and Catherine street,
was mentioned by Commissioner
Lynch who said he was positive these
| conditions would not exist if regular
collections were made.
In postponing action on the ordi-
nance creating an ash and garbage
| inspection bureau to have charge of
the removal of all the waste in the
city, Commissioner Dunkle stated it
may not be necessary to have three
| assistant inspectors. The ordinance
may be amended next week.
The ordinance providing for dou-
| ble-tracking Walnut street, so that
the Valley Railways Company can
connect its line and put loop in a
| terminal building at River and Wal
nut streets, will be called next week.
1t had not been printed pending the
action of the Municipal League and
the City Planning Commission.
The former organization approved
the measure last week and the plan
ming body at a meeting last night en-
| dorsed the ordinance officially noti-
| flying City Clerk r. Ross Seaman, to-
day of the action.
Sergeant Thomas p. Moran in a
letter to Council, suggested the pas
sage of resolutions commencing Cap
tain w. f. Harrell for his extensive
and successful recruiting campaign
I, in the Harrisburg district, and also
the Dauphin County Patriotic Com
mittee and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars recruiting committee.
City Clerk Seaman was authorized
| to prepare the resolutions for pas
sage at the session next week.
Want Better Lighting
A petition from residents and
businessmen in the vicinity of Sixth
and Verbeke streets, asking for bet
ter lighting at that street intersec-
ton, was read and referred to Com
missioner Dunkle. In the request at
tiontion is called to the rapidly in
creasing traffic at this corner.
Ordinances passed finally provide:
For purchase of plot, 16x3OxSO feet,
triangular, at Sixteenth. Elm and
Walnut streets, by the Park Depart
ment; placing of arc lights at Twelfth
and Forster and Twentieth and Mar
ket streets; grading of River street,
| between Seneca and Schuylkill
| street.
The ordinance requiring dealers to
have the weight of wagons used in
selling coal, coke, sand and other
commodities by bulk, stamped on the
body, was held over until next week.
Harry d. Reel, city inspector of
weights and measures, will be asked
to be present to explain the need of
| this measure.