Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
BURN RUBBISH"
WRITES CITIZEN
Anonymous Communication TO
Street Directors Embodies
Good Idea, They Say.

Somebody has written to the street
and Sewer Department. IN response TO
ITS invitation for suggestions regarding
what to do about dirty streets. and mas
said something, according 10 tic
opinion OF the directors. Unfortunately
he writer Is anonymous, except tor the
initials "B. !. H." because the depart
ment would like personally To compliment
mm tor. II may be- hcrl upon what II
consi derS a sane and sensible idea. Here
II is. aS embodied in the following COM
munlcation. To which only the initials
"B. ]. l." were appended by way of
signature received and read n Yesterday :
meeting of the department directors:
Street Department. CITY: see by
this evenings paper the Street Depart
rnent invites suggestions rs what to do
with the dirty streets on account of lack
Of funds. Here is what SAM in = Western
city not many wears ago when II had
typhoid fever raging
The mavor kindly asked each house
holder if they would not sweep from their
sidewalks and from the middle of the
street all dirt ar ruhbsh which had ac-
etIInulatcd IN front uf their place each
morning, and to put il IN boxes or coal
Scuttle>. or ANYTHING handy, 80 i could
be drawn away each day He also Sng-
ge~tcd the throwing of 4 small amount
uf kerosene ON each pile of rubbish amt
burn H. As this did away with great
.dnount of rubbish to cart to the dump
and also to kIll germs.
WHY wont If work herr Certainly
II would he a very small person indeed
ho would not he Wiling 10 10 this much
tor stricken city IN tins hour OF reed
The mayor could also issue \ proclamation
rIfl4tlI-t ne
street am only Il stranger III the city,
but ! think the foregoing plan Is worth
trying Very respectfully.
After he letter had been read hartman
sparks said liz would like to know who
wrote ii because II embodied good.
lmplc and eifectiEeidra lhn depart rtu"nf
mad asked iii advertisements - i" the
VERY thng tn, lcI.gr suggested III e4ii
burn rubbish int 10 attention hai nern
psld IL tlc ,uatsrr rs the cllurnrl
The dirrcIor, al~a received today
communication from the Delaware tutn-
mobile Association containing ~lg-
-c~tlon that u order - reg,liate thc park
To # machines around tAe du FONT
l}ulding ia order H. avoid congestion.
he stree, n>el tyr -ucL purposes br
narkei ot III angles ii thc flrh tho eftec'
being d sort 81 stall arrangement
The directors Wcrt ut the aplnldn nat
lis vould ncyessijat, the ils, 81 traffic
policeman pn he joh IL rim II j condition
nhi,a ran n"t wclI be met under EXISTING
iIcum- 1nc..>
President u til. Park Commission
William Z Bancroft :l~l,d he directors
!. >omc,hing could not be donr to pro
vide lii cmnmls~iou with an engIneer
member i'll nrle. hat quoTunr mlglJ bc
ille,. Tx commission being without an
engineer Tins prcu'cri the directors
found airy ea~t u solution Some ;lmc
ago whcr CITY Engineer HOPES resigned
~ NV engineer was named effort beng
made 4, get ilang during var stress with
- small force as possible Bur resolution
oi Ihe board ti<tsl T. : lNeoter rs engineer
ii .harge d surveys and Harrl !. Meyer
y engineer n hare, Il ~eu or wifi.
stree Commissioner Pltr~on = executive
shaIgc un,ier thc board 'ill- piAccs the
soI, az engineer 10 iii. PARK Commission
up 10 Air hester ani the commission
viii hc . notified
letter wa- received ir.m AlT and
llr~. Frank / RIgG~ I South broomc
street. thanking ine department ior tn
cool work ~ the men III tTImuIng trees
The street plan II the mon Park
Gardens housing operation ior thc
Emergency Fleet Corporation vas sut-
mittcd IT, the department directors Tor
their . Is They turned i over u the
engineering department and Street 1on-
missioner Person Tor examination. ap-
pra,s.I and report