Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-27
SEEK ARREST Of
ALL "SP|TTERS'
Take Up Both Matters at Meet
ing on Friday Night Later
With Aldermen
POLICE WILL COOPERATE
Determined to Wipe Out Un-
sanitary Conditions and Will
Make Examples of CuIprits
POLICE WILL COOPERATE

An active campaign against splitting
on the streets of fhis city and in public
places Is to be started by the Board OF
Health.
They will discuss this matter fully
at a meeting at city hall Friday night,
at which time they will also take up
the matter of the way city garbage is
handled and appoint committee TO
call on the Board of Aldermen and
ask that body to cooperate with them
in trying to get better system for the
handling of garbage.
During the past few months Health
Officer Willsey has been giving the
splitting nuisance on streets and In
public places in this city great deaf
of study and at the meeting of the
health board he will outlay plan
whereby the matter may be handled.
Mr.. Willsey has already taken the
splitting evil up with the board and
they have agreed to do all that they
can to help him In putting stop to
the nuisance.
It is the plan of the board to have
notices printed and TO have them
posted in proper places and then ask
the aid of Chief Burke and to make b
number of arrests of people caught
splitting on the streets and in public
places and have them brought to court
and fined. For the first offense they
will ask that small fine be imposed,
but on second offense they will ask
That the fine be large one.
They hope to have the new plan In
full operation early next week ana
Chief Burke says he will gladly do all
that he can to help the cause.
The handling of the garbage In this
city is q matter the board has been
giving a great deal of consideration TO
of late and they are going to do some
,lxs l<~x, M cts arff
night In the past few weeks, numer-
Gus complaints have been received by
the police that garbage Is not handled
properly and that 1t Is spilled all over
the streets by the garbage collectors:
that ashes and garbage are not sep
hrated and that barrels are left uncov-
cred for hours and that little children
come along and pick garbage and 9TH
er stuff out of these barrels.
Chief OF Police Burke has had many
complaints about this lately and has
had his men at work chasing the chill
dren away and warning them, and last
night three small boys. who had been
chased away many times, were arrest
ed by Patrolman William Calvin as
they were dumping garbage from bar
rels along Smith street and loading II
in small wagons. They were taken to
police headquarters and will be given
q hearing later. at which time rep
resentative Of the health board will be
present. The boys are Frank Multi
ini, Cleveland avenue; Stanley Bod
zonis, OF Penn street, and Frank
Regan OF Hommann avenue.
The contractors who have the task
OF moving the garbage, according TO
Health Officer Willsey, are not living
up to the ordinance in any way and
the board will get after them.
Mr. Willsev is of the opinion that
the garbage should be carted away IN
the day time and not at night, and
that the contractors should be made
to insist that the people live up to the
law that garbage must be In separate
cans from ashes or II will not be taken
away.
The board will also take up the
matter of the condition of the city
dunn in North Ambov and they may
decide/to visit that place and see for
themselves the condition of affairs.
The board. II Is understood. will en-
point a committee to wait on the
board Of aldermen and ask them to
appoint an inspector to be paid by the
contra ctor. who will at all times be or
the job on the citv dump and see that
the place is kent In a sanitary condf-
ton and covered with dirt.
At nresent the dump is In q bad
condition and the citizens Of North
Ambov are I'D in arms against 1t and
claim that " the board ~ health and
aldermen do not do something in this
case they will hire someone them
selves 70 cover the place with a coat
ing of dirt.