Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
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|DE(LARED UNJUST
Citizens' Committee Be-
lieves Contractors He
Fined Are Behind Moves
VEw. BUREAU NOT NEEDED

Charges that sordid politics lie back OF
#&ho e6Ort TO establish n separate street.
y o1oaning bureau were made today by mem.
n oers of the Citlxens' Committee on street
& Cleaning,
la r., Henry Walnut George W. Braden and
q other members OF the committee asserted
y that In their opinion the ire of the street
cleaning contractors, had been aroused by
< the hncs imposed by Chief Connell. OF the
Z Highway Bureau. and they were seeking TO
sget even by creating a separate bureau.
7 thereby taking the street-cleaning work out
~ Connelrs hands.
my personal opinion is" said Mr.. wal
nut, that the street-clesning contractors
are wrought up over the checking up and
the hnes imposed by Chief Ccnnell, and
they desire to throw the work into a sep
arate bureau which will perhaps be more
lenient toward them.
such work Is bad all around Connell
Z is one OF the best sanitary engineers in
the country and Philadelphia will be the
loser II the street cleaning work is taken
out of his hands"
''It looks to me-" said Mr.. Braden. as IL
The street-cleaning contractors are wrthing
under the cfYicient management of Mr.. Con-
nell. He is making them toe the mark
Mr.. ConnelI Ia giving us most efficient serv-
ice. All decent citizens should rise up
against this attempt TO Gust him. We can
not AFFORD to allow politicians to play with
public health"
Albert Cross. managing director of the
Child Federation. said:
"Chief Conneli is considered one Of the
three leading street-cleaning experts In the
United States When Philadelphia has a
man like that we should do some careful
thinking before casting him aside.
The Highway Bureau has seven district
engineers under Connell, and each of these
experts Is responsible for street cleaning
In his district. Creation OF separate
otreet-cleaning bureau means that we will
lose the services OF these seven expert dis
trict engineers.
During the winter months all of the
Inspectors of the Highway Bureau are used
Tor street-ceaning work but if a new bu-
reau Is established these men will not be
available for street cleaning work. Ac-
cording to the present plan. the proposed
new bureau will have chief at $4,000 n
year. two assistants at $500 to take the
place Of the seven expert engineers of the
HIGHWAY Bureau. and only twenty -four in.
epectors.
'.Sow. all sanitary experts agree that
there should be an inspector with each
gang OF street cleaners In Philadelphia
there are between ninety and hundred
gangs. and with only twenty-four inspectors,
how In the word are we going to properly
inspect their work? II cannot be done.
'No good argument has yet been ad-
vAnced for the creation of the new bureau
and the health of the city will suffer II the
work is taken out of the hands OF chief
Connell''
The joint committee On street cleaning
Is composed of leading civic and medical
organizat ations. including womens clubs the
Chamber Of Commerce, the Civic Club and
the College of Physicians. All of these Or
ganizations are opposed to the creation Of
. separate street cleaning bureau