Evening journal., 1919-03-29
City Streets and Sanitary Conditions
By Thomas j. Sawyer.

On the sist OF February. the evening
papers reported on the matters tina,
mad been ought up before Council
the prev Gus evening. Among them
was mentioned petition that had been
nled bearing between so and IS sigma
lures OF residents between Eighteenth
and 2ist on Washington. According 10
the papers the petition asked for as
phalt paving and stated that homes In
That section could not be properly air
cd on account OF the dust from the
d ri street; IN other words pointing out
mat mud laden streets IS unhealthy,
unsan.tary and a nuisance.
NO doubt Z is and II there Is resi-
nent In that ne ghborhOod who feels
that he IS an authority on the question
OF sanitst on the writer OF this article
would like Ia have him visit the sec-
tlon Of Wash'nton street from TIL
ileih 70 Thirty-fourih and then state
what the cond tons thereN should be
called II his section is unhealthy or
unsan.tary then the proper descrlpt on
81 the section that he IS asked 10 visit
would not be lt to put In print.
The question OF walking, In gettns :
from Thirtleth 10 Thirty-third on
Washington IS out o: the question
when The weather Is the least bi. bad.
Ycu can't walk. the best you can do Is
y v8dc. and ve~y often that becomes al
mosl Impossible and lhst route Is i'm
pass.ble
We read Of the plans FOR new and
expensive bridges at Warrington snd
MarEe. streets across the Brandywlne
but you never rcad OF any even slight
en-. lemelis 10 the pasV geways ard
uhOroushfarss IL this see. OIL y eoEdi-
lions are allowed 10 dT'ii a."ag Il may
be necessary tc Give rs one ~ the Ald
bridges that VIII bL replaced by the
nsN ones we hear ;.aout. The r'tv ..ls
The rieht Of way IN Law sire d"Nu
and haO II in 1915 whlch was bs:O"e
he .~a.. OF course. they hac euoI
sVcuse while ths 'Ssr was On for not
doing anything. What excuse hsvc they
now When they sci title TO the bed
Of Wash ngt0n street. from Thirty-Arst
- 1hiriy-ihird from the Riverview
ccnic:s-y Company 10 1916. they prom
led 20 fence the cemetery property.
sewer The street. g-ade Il and pave It.,
all or tie easterly side They have
ncvc' kcri their promise and II doesn't
looL as though they intended to. II
the taNraye' doesn't pay his taxes the
city threatens 20 make trouble for him
II the city doesn't keep their promises
ana give the taxpayer what he Is en-
Htlcd %. why then shouldn't the tax
paycrs have 0 risht 10 make trouble
FOR the city. The writer has lived on
Washington street. north OF Thirty
third street. since October. 1916, and
all the city has done Tor that section
since that time has been to lay sewer
in April 1917. and about a year after
ward when ing-ess and egress became
practically impossible and the neigh
borhood was threatened with being cut
of from supplies and the rest OF the
city on account OF the mud. tim lay
er OF cinders was placed on Tnirty-
third street. from Washington TO Mar
ket street and narrow cinder path on
Washington street. across TO Til rtleth
From tne care that was taken 10 see
that we only got so many cinders and
no more, they must have been very
valuable. Those thst were laid nave
now about lived their life out and con-
dit.ons are rapidly returning that pre-
vailed in the FIRST place.
The residents In the section from
Eighteenth street 20 Twerty-lrst
street on Washington I am sure have
sidewalks over which they can
20 and come. We do not even have
these except between Thi-ty-third and
Thlrty-fourth streets. The rest OF the
tourney over to Th.rtieth and Wash
ingon streets Is over mud banks. deep
ruis a gully. etc. One can travel along
Market street, where the street is
not only paved, but where there are
sidewalks a whole block long In front
OF open lots These were put down
on account OF pressure ought 70 bear
by the city Yet on the easterly side
Of Wash nton street. north Of Thir-
tleth street there are mud sidewalks n
front OF houses and over which mud
sidewalks there is considerable t;avsi.
VIII someone explain the d.serimlna-
ton.
Last year the city talked OF making
Th!rty-third street the proper width
and paving from Washington 70 Mar
ket street. On the northe ly side OF
this street which was the side from
which It was sad the additional width