Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-17
HOUSING RULES
ARE DRAWN UP
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to provide proper drainage of yards
courts and private alleyways.
Failure of tenant or occupant to
keep his yard and all other parts
of the premises free from accumula-
ton of ashes, rubbish and other
waste matter.
The use of any building or por-
ton thereof 10 be occupied ii il is
IN such condition that sanitary
nethods cannot be maintained.
If in the interests OF the public
health the Bureau of Health deems
IT necessary, it may order the said
building or part thereof vacated and
not TO be occupied again until it is
paced IN sanitary condition and
approved by the Bureau of Health.
During such interval as may elapse
between the expiration of time of
any notice served and the relieving
OF the said sanitary conditions, the
Bureau of Health shall post a sign
or placard upon the property in a
conspicuous place, stating that the
oullulnS or any part of il, or the
premises, as the case may be, Is
lnsanltary, and which piacard or
sign shall not be removed or de-
laced while the conditions mentioned
therein exist
Council will also consider action
on providing adequate water supply
for private use and for fire protec-
ton in the Fourteenth ward. Com
missioner Hassler announcing he
Will submit all data he has collected
on the system in that district. City
Solicitor John K. Fox will probably
be asked TO be present tomorrow
evening when the water supply
question is discussed. Members of
Council said to-day they favored
nmedlate provision of water facili-
ties by the city for the ward.
A communication to Council from
the Firemen's Union was read at
the session to-day. In it the mem
bers are asked to provide that lad
der trucks respond to telephone
calls; that smoke helmets in suffi-
cient numbers be furnished the fire
companies; that an ambulance an
swer all alarms and that city detec-
tlVes should not hold up firemen
about to enter a burning building.
The letter was referred to Commits
sioner Gross.
In the discussion which followed.
Commissioner Gross said that each
chemical wagon is provided with n
Ladder twenty-four feet long and
another one which will reach TO the
top of the first story of a building.
He referred TO the fire last week at
the Whitman home and said that had
neighbors sent in an alarm at once
the results would not have been so
serious. lie also explained that
smoke helmets are being tested and
as soon as satisfactory ones are
found they will be purchased. In
speaking of the action of a city de-
tectiVe in barring firemen from on
tering the Whitman home. he said
the assistant fire chief had given the
orders to the city police to keen fire
men out and because of circum-
stances at the time exercised good
judgment in doing so.
An ordinance introduced at the
meeting by Mayor Kiester when
passed finally will provide that the
city pay S25 toward each uniform
overcoat for policemen, $3.50 being
set aside to meet the costs.
Commissioner Gross introduced
an ordinance providing that the an
nual Romper Day shall be known as
kunkel Romper Day, and shall be
held on the last Thursday of the
summer vacation season for the
children of school age. This action
was taken as a tribute to the late
Samuel Kunkel, who set aside a
fund to meet the expenses of hold
ing this annual event in Reservoir
Park.
Commissioner Burtnett introduced
an ordinance appropriating $4,000
cash balance of 1917 general reve-
nues, and s16,157.6O from the 1918
water department earnings to the
following funds: $4,000, street
sweeping; s446S, payment of sal
aries of fire apparatus drivers:
sS,0S2, fire department contingent:
$1,000, pumping station, water de-
partment; s1,157.60, payment foA
services of ]. w. Ledoux. the expert
employed to prepare a new water
rate schedule.
A resolution introduced by Com
missioner Lynch will give the Bell
Telephone Company permission to
lease space in underground conduits
to the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Another resolution was
passed transferring $500 in various
park department funds to meet cur
rent expenses in maintaining River
TToll arm anu 10 the contingent
fund.
The contract for furnishing s2.5oo
worth of fire hose at S1.15 a foot
was awarded to the Fabric Fire
Company. upon recommendation of
Commissioner Gross. Bids received
ranged from 81 to s1.60 a foot. but
the official said he preferred to pur-
chase the same hose as in former
years. as 1t had given satisfactory
service. The price last year was 90
cents a foot. he said.
A representative from Council
will probably attend a meeting on
Saturday morning at the Bureau of
Rates and Tariffs. Department of
Labor and Industry, when plans for
the use of n system of uniform ac-
counts for water departments will
be considered.