Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-21
Street Cleaning
Is Up to Council
Continued from Page One

ing on of the work in this territory be.
tween South street and Columbia ave-
nue., river to river.
There is in the loan bill to be sub
mtted to the people in November, now
pending before Council. an item of
81 ,0O0. 900 This money. when avail
able. will be used for the purpose OF
the purchase OF garbage plant. or, in
the event of the city being unable to
purchase a plant on satisfactory terms,
| then to be used in the erection Of a
! plant. 1t might be that there would be
available In this item money to be used
| in the purchase of additional buildings
and equipment for cleaning streets, col
lecting. etc, in the event of the city
taking over this work for the entire
/ city at a subsequent period.
Short and Long Term Loan
"In the event of the city doing the
work for the entire municipality on and
after October /, 1921. the cost of the
entire equipment, including stables,
garages. ground and buildings neces-
sary. will be about s., 100000. This
equipment iS i capital account and can
be purchased with loan funds, but as
part of the equipment has shorter
life than would warrant the using of
funds from long time loan, 1t Is nee
eSsary TO divide this amount into short
and long term loans. 1t is therefore
requested that Council shall include in
the popular long time loan to be voted
upon in November next the sum OF
81 200. 900 and the sum of 81 10000
to be secured upon ten or fifteen year
councilmanic loan, to be negotiated at
once.
Should the work for the entire city
be done as above ii is estimated that the
cost to the municipality would be es
follows:
Street cleaning ......... .s3' 100 00o
Collection OF ashes and rubbish. l.aoO.o .o0c
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000. COG
My estimate Of the cost of equip.
ment, stables, etc, for the entire city
is:
Soet,os tTISs Ganfns nf sshe: rubbish etc $50 Soc
Collection and disposal OF garbage. OAo'oo(
Total ...,.,..........,,. .f. oUV .VU'
This estimate, of course, is bascc
upon new equipment and therefore it is
more than likely that used equipment
would cost less money. but whether
used equipment should be purchased
would depend entirely upon the condi'
tion Of that equipment.
In this connection ] call your atten
ton to the fact that the bids received
on September -, 1920, for this char
. acter of work totaled as follows:
Cleaning OF streets; ..t;;,:' |;
Total ..... ................,5,s 5,ssl, ,OV2 S
Cost in Central Section
For the central section. namely
from South street TO Columbia avenue
: the cost by the municipality would be
coi3actien G%n5hie OF Of H ashes and rubbish $1,000
, Total ..........................12sO. 81 $50. 90
For this same section the low bid 70
the same district in 1920 is abOu
81 ,097 500
I'm order that the city may success
: fully undertake this new and importan
/ work, it is imperative that the burea
e OF street cleaning be combined with tn
. bureau of highways; that a deputy chic
r Of street cleaning and deputy chief o
: highways be appointed. The work o
e these two bureaus will be so corelativ
= that it will be more economical TO op
l crate the bureaus under one head.
operated separately, the bureaus woul
: have many functions and employee
a whose duties would overlap, so that tn
combined bureau would result in In
! creased efficiency.
"It will also be necessary, In perfect
ing the required organization, to emplo
: a large number of men; many will b
! laborers, involving the usual turnove
from day to day, due TO inadaptabilit
-, and SnetiCiency furthermore, the force
: must at times, and upon very short no
' ticr, be largely increased to take car
u Of abnormal conditions. 1t will also b
u necessary TO have competent, expert
/ enced uperintendentc and fOremen.
j Is therefore very essential, If the wOr
IS to be carried out economically an
q successfully, that the department hav
u the utmost freedom in dealing with tn
q employees engaged upon this work.
n The main complaint noted by tn
Il committee Of engineers in their visit {
. other cities doing this work by muniCi
z pal forces was the interference enCoun
t tered by officials and their lack of con
troll in the very important matter {
hiring and discharging men.
AS to the collection and disposi
Of garbage. proposals were requested
but no bids were submitted and there
J fore it will be necessary for re
advertisement in a short time.
- '"The price for this work for 1920 We
/ $3.50 900. This sum should be sufi
:; ciert for 1927"
= The first part of the report was take
n I'D with review of the city ChartC
: requirements and a summary of the in
It vestigation made for the city by CON
= mittee of experts who examined stree
cleaning methods elsewhere.
" The report also summarized the bic
. received recently for new and used stree
he cleaning equipment.
Referred TO Committee
= The recommendations were referre
s to the committee on transportation al
- public utilities. An ordinance grantiI
= the S400, 900 suggested by the MayC
l. will be given early consideration by Il
finance committee.
IL the Mayors suggestions are cal
q ried out, Senator Ware will not be Ell
: tirely eliminated as street cleanir
d contractor. He bid on two distric
h south of South street and east and we
: of Broad street, which are not affect'
a by the proposed change.
o A communication urging street clear
n ing directly by the city was received
|, Council from the Big Sisters, an o.
ganization Of women. (1ti}f ~.