Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-22

| large forces of men busY for two
weeks clearing away the piles of
refuse dumped there by unscrup-
ulous residents in the vicinity. This
| was done at the request of the city
school board. To-day the conditions
are ten times worse than ever be-
fore. The granolithic walk on the
western and southern sides of the
school building are completely COW
cred with ashes and other rubbish,
and Sixteenth street, south of Cath
arinc. leading to a public dump, is
completely blocked. At Fifteenth
and Catharine streets, the same sit
uaticn was found. -s.--s.- ...
Dumping Grounds
Seventeenth and Berryhill stl eets
is another dumping ground. About
| fifteen feet from the curb there is
large hollow which must be filed.
Persons or private collectors in
hauling ashes there didn't bother
about the gully" Instead they
emptied the waste right at the street
corner, and one or gtwo~loads will
bring the piles out to the trolley
tracks. The south side of Berryhill
street is impossible at this point
Going to Eighteenth street. the
officials were taken cross city to
Herr street. Dumps were found at
Chestnut, Apricot. North and Fors-
ter streets, and at Seventeenth and
Herr. Herr and Cameron streets was
another point passed on the way in
| town Turning north in Seventh
street, Commissioner Lynch took the
officials to the eastern approach of
the Maclay street bridge. BY this
time the commissioners were eX-
pecting almost anything and when
they found the roadway almost
I blocked they made no comment.
Moltke street, just north of Maclay.
is almost blocked, also Jefferson from
Seneca to Division, is a continuous
dump. Many of the heaps of ashes
are in the street opposite residences.
| Sixth and Division. and Sixth and
| Wiconisco streets are intersections
that are impossible. Reels lane is
| filled with refuse; dumps have been
started at Fourth and Emerald and
| Fifth and Emerald streets.
! Plenty of Refuse
In Third street above Seneca the
\ worst conditions exist. This high
way has been used not only for
| dumping ashes but for garbage and
| any other kind of rubbish house
holders wanted to get rid of. The
| heaps fill both sides of the streets,
and in many instances almost block
| it. When the officials first reached
| this point the two collectors who
were arrested were seen dumping
| about five hundred feet north of
| Seneca streets. Commissioner Lynch
started away from the place, but
| Mayor Keister decided to go back
and notify the men to report for a
| hearing
Wiconisco street. from Third to
Front, is another of the many places
where collectors could have dumped
| in large hollows beside the roadway
but preferred instead to empty the
! refuse in the middle of the street,
| which had just been graded.
At Front and Maclay streets two
of the finest lawns in the city are
| Uttered with paper and other refuse
which has been blown across the
street. Commissioners Gross, of the
park department, has stopped all
dumping there for the present
Park Is Damaged
River Front Park south of Ma
clay street, has not been used except
at Calder and Boas streets where
ashes. brickbats and other refuse
was dumped.
Back of the pumping station at
bht lOOI VI ANOIlil oLltGl stSilGS
the fires under the big boilers are
kept on a large pile until late in the
spring when they are hauled away.
The pile is so large already that it is
running out over the lawns which
had been seeded last year by the
park department. 1t is understood
an effort will be made to remedy this
condition.
What action Council will take to
provide for a cleanup was not de-
| cided Commissioner Lynch after
the tour was over declared that he
| had not shown the officials all the
places he had intended OF because
| of the cold weather, but the COM
missioners admitted they had seen
| action must be taken.
Whether the reduction company
will comply with the request of the
city to make a general cleanup has
not been learned by the officials as
the company has made no reply to
the letter sent by Commissioner Has
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