The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-21
GARBAGE WILL BE
COLLECTED TODAY
The City of Tulsa Will
Direct Cleanup
Hereafter
TOWN IN 9 DISTRICTS
Only Downtown Zone to Be
Taken Care of by the
Contractors

" .iaus of the city health depart
,,.rf result in the Improvements
.,r.Iuated in the matter Of garbage
,,'I..Iuu. housewives OF Tulsa will
go oyprtoyed. And as the health
d.r1.tncut is confident these plans
,,iu rloye successful. it appears the
housewives viii bo in a different
state - mind by the middle OF this
work. or even before.
j LHBoci0nmg sunday morning the
: clrnase collection service is to be
IN charge of the city and supervised
ly ,hc health department. only one
ot the nine districts into which the
,+g 4. divided Is to be handled un-
dsr contract, and that Is the bust
nos. district, bounded by the Katy
tracks Fifth street, Cincinnati ave-
,nr and Cheyenne avenue. II also
Includes Third street to Frankfort
aud First street to Elwood. The
,ta.r eight districts are all i'm the
residence district. The business
section is TO be handled Ivy Davis &
Dunn who held the former con-
tact for the entire city, which con-
Tract expired Saturday night
To Operate Eight Vehicles.
-Four wagons und tour trucks are
10 ao used by the health depart
rant one for caCh of the eight dis
tu.ta Davis Il Dunn furnish
their own equipment. This arrange
m,ut Of districts is of temporary
nature. and viii be changed IL con-
du1H- warrant, according to Dr. l..
e. Preston. city superintendent of
hot,'h,
ar cost Of this garbage service
10 hy city VIII be approximately
so day, he stated, but considering
th. ".te Of mind Of housewives
who have flooded the city hall with
complaints during the past few
w,H.s and the stencil that has
le.1 caused by uncollcctcd garbage,
ths.n housewives will not complain
a. 'la cost.
The eight districts have been out
lined as follows:
Wagon district No. /. All territory
north OF Archer street to the limits
Gri from Guthrie avenue west to
limits.
Wagon district No. .. An terri
tory from Archer street south and
from Guthrie avenue west 10 linn
It's.
WAGON district No. 3. An tcrrI-
tory from keuosha avenue east and
from Katy tracks south only to
Eleventh street.
Wagon district No. q. All terri
t''i iroin Frankfort avenue east
ana from Frisco tracks north, TO
city limits each way.
Truck district No. /. All terri
w!F from Frankfort avenue east
ana from Frisco tracks north, to
uty limits each way
Enlarge Districts Later.
I'A'N district No. /. an territory
.t,"''h Main street and Guthrie
tE'nle with north and south city
s-"is except from Main street west
cheyenne ana TO Cincinnati and
'o,"oon Katy tracks to Fifth street
truck district No. 2. All territory
between Main street and south 10
UNITS, with Midland Valley tracks
.h west and Frankfort avenue
iio.,A OF Frisco tracks for west
i Truck district No. 3. All/territory
T ''.H OF Eleventh street, on the
~ by the Midland Valley tracks
|'Ur on the east by Katy tracks.
4. ,uek district No. 4. All territory
" NE triangle bounded on the north
" me Frisco railroad tracks and
VI 'he south by the Frisco tracks
Il, soon as the watermelon sea
'' over II Is possible, according
!. DOCTOR lrcssun, that some of
w ''@tll'tS may be enlarged An
si'' is 20 be made to collect Tho
surplus garbage that has already
accumulated because OF ncrIioa1co
'A. part Of the contractor. and
mat II Is planned to collect
re., "I sections at least twice a