Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-02

Furbush will doubtless rejoice.
TTNHE utility. as well as. the necessity. Of
u the picturesque and economical curbstone
markets of South Tenth street is generally
recognized.
They arc feature Of life in Little Italy"
The brilliant cooring of the pushcarts,
heapcd high with fruits and vegetables: the
sleek and shining fish. the stacks Of cheese,
the dull gray Of dried herbs and the chro
matte wealth Of dress. knit goods and printed
cloths present a picture every day in the
week whose original counterpart can be
found only in Naples Genoa, Palermo or
Rome.
The reverse Of this is found in the un
slightly heaps of garbage and market refuse
that remain after the pushcart venders have
vacated the locality at the close of vocfer
GUS day.
Out of the ruck of neglected ordinances
Chief Hepburn has rcsurrected this one,
that is not the subject of controversy but
the cause of an order that has gone out from
the Bureau of Street Cleaning which will
end an intolerablc nuisance.
This forgotten law provides that the care
and cleanliness of the StreetS-in other words,
the street ceaning-around these market
houses is the work of the Bureau of Mar
kets and not of the bureau Of which Mr..
Hepburn is in charge
Buntly. the Bureau of Markets must do
its own street cleaning. 1t must also be
done once in every twenty four hours. All
the little heaps of rubbish and vegetable re-
mains must be swept up and carted away,
and not left to rot and decay in the vicinity
of these martS until they are removed every
second day or So as is now the practice
DIRECTOR CORTELYOU is likewise in
~ tcrcstcd Under the new system of CO.
efficiency the police are expected to report
infractions o. the ordinance, just as they are
expected TO report instances where ashes,
rubbish and household sweepings are dc
posted in the cutters or flung into the street.
Director Cortclyou has caused both officers
and patrofmen on his force to see q great
light. Inanc. general. indefinite or abso-
lutely foolish reports highway conditions
are no longer tolerated. If street is dirty
it must be specified and the exact location
pointed out.
No more will lieutenant be permitted to
make q report on highway conditions in his
district that ''the streets are completely COW
cred with snow An actual case.
TT IS not necessary to dogmatze here on
L. the issue as to who will keep the market
81 aces and vicinity spick and span. Nor is
it likely that reports from policemen will
solely be depended upon.
4 request will be made to designate two
three special policemen whose duty it will
be daily to investigate market conditions and
report upon the fidelity with which the ordi
nance is obeyed
The pushcart brotherhood and pavement
purveyOrs of fish and vegetables will be in
cluded in this inspection. Tony. or Pete,
or Pasquale. who persists in dropping banana
skins. cabbage and lettuce leaves and fish
offal on the street. will be given the aterna-
tive of behaving himself or losing his license
And to all of this doubt not that Director
Furbush will utter sonorous Amen
Az IMPRESSION among friends of the
"A new administration at City Hall. which
has recently blossomed into fact is that GER
tain doorkeepers, messengers and clerks,
holdovers from the old regime. have been de-
libcratey 'queering' the new heads of de-
partments and bureau chiefs.
They permit callers having business with
particular departments TO cool their heels in
the waiting places and reception rooms until
it suits their lordly pleasure to announce the
| name of the caller to their principal.
There is twofold reason apparent in this
| 1t annoys the visitor and awakens q feeling
! of resentment against the new incumbent of
the office. and it gratifies the petty political
! enmity of the holdover cmploye.
In one department alone. as case in
| point after gentleman having business with
| a new director had called four times. he
! finally obtained an audience. lie voiced his
| regret at the difficulty he encountered in
! reaching the inside Office. To his surprise he
| was informed by the official that he was
| wholly ignorant of the circumstance. The
name of his visitor had never reached him on
the preceding visits.
| All of which is confrmatory evidence OF
the need for a change in the outer Office staff
! of certain departments.
TT IS the official opinion of Chairman
l. Mackey. of the Workmen's Compensation
Board, that such little thing as two words
has an effect in fostering class distinction.
Laborer and capitalist workman and EN-
ployer are terms in connection with relative
positions that should be eliminated
So far as his bureau is concerned. he has
! inaucurated a new system of designations il
has been introduced in all Of his reports off
cial findings and addresses.
The workingman is designated as the pro
ducer." the employer of labor as the ''in
vestor.
He claims that these are the proper terms
in which TO describe eIHplOye ana employer
Their general adoption eliminates the un
expressive and Objectionable phrases "wag
slave" and "capitalistic employer"
After all. as he points out, the workman
is the real producer; the employer who put
money and brains into an enterprise tn
investor
II is possible that the chairman of tn
Workmens Compensation Board has struc
a great idea.