Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-08
AUTHORITIES WILL
ENFORCE THE LAWS
ON PUBLIC HEALTH

dition cannot continue unless the lot
owners win prohibit dumping on
them and stand ready TO back the
prosecution OF offenders In the mat
ter of rubbish which, while I'M
slightly. In not prejudiciai TO public
health. We will furnish tho No
Dumping signs, FREQ of charge, To
all vacant lot owners who viii CO.
operate with tho mayor'c commit
too. Without such cooperation tho
fight In behalf OF city beautiful
Will fail 1t Ia crying shame TINT.
after Mr.. du Pont has spent thousands
OF dollars to clean UP tho lots. there
are persons 30 low-mindcd and 80
siovcnly In spirit that they proceed
at once to dump unhcalthfui and un-
slightly material on tho clcaned-up
spaces.
md willing to initiate and press prose
cutions against persons who dump
materials which are prejudicial to
public health. II t. up to tho vacant
lot owners. In corporation with the
mayors committee. to initiate md
press tho prosecutions dealing with
tho dumping OF waste matter that In
not prctudicisl 10 public health.
Certainly. there should be tho
lbeartiest possible cooperation all along
the line"
Supported BY Police
To-day. President Hanby's position
WINS made stronger through tho nm
nouncement by Superintendent OF Po-
lice George Black that the police would
aid tho citizens md health inspectors
In locating and seeing that violators
were punished. Superintendent
Blacks announcement follows:
"ro the Public OF WILMINGTON.
'The Bureau Of Police Intends To 30
all II cdn to make permanent the good
work accomplished by Mr.. Pierre s.
du Pont and his men In cleaning up
the vacant lots alleys and yard,
through this city. but I'm this we mus
hav. the cooperation not only of th-
residents but OF those persons who
own such vacant lots.
Orders have today been issued n
all members OF the Bureau Of Police
to strictly enforce the ordinances pro
hibiting the throwing or dumping q
rubbish ashes or other refuse q
vacant lots.
IF the lot owners Will co operate witt
. US In the prosecution Of thos. violat
ing these ordinances by making com
. plant against guilty persons or sup
: port this Bureau when any Of its ON
. GERS make arrests in such cases W
: feel confident that tho practice G
clutterinR UP tho open spaces abou
/ the city will be quickly eliminate
and the City OF Wilmington will lon
! continue 10 be the cleanly and health
= place which we now know IT to be.
, George Black.
: ''Supt OF Police"
= The work ~ thu police and heat
. inspectors Will he supplemented by ~
20 vigilance OF citizens who will repo
!. all violations land nuissnccs e'th'
! to the police, health inspectors. or n
members Of the permanent commit
: tee named yesterday by Mayor lIa
:. ton.
;. This committee. which comprip
|. William NJ. Francis chairman w
= liam u. Foster. George Carter. CART,
:. 7. brigham, Wilmer Strndloy. Mr.
Donald S. Ashhrook and Clarence
l.. Dillon. met yesterday afternoon ~
4 discussed permanent work. Mr.. Dili,
y Ia 20 collect all laws bearing on q
u subject OF sanitation and cieanllre
and the acts under which violate
mhy he punished and after these n
assembled, Il VIII DO detertuIr
whether any pcw lswp nre nccessa
e. in order 20 bring them UP 20 date.
is expected that out Of the group
acts bearing on the subject new Il
~ viii be prepared md submitted
City Council or the Legislature
both.
- The committee discussed tho adv
. ability OF extending lie personnel
make X a citywire affair. IN order
- both interest and strengthen 70. T
committee will also work in cooper
ton with the coming committee IN
- der 20 arrange fer places where T
!, use may be Deposited
D.. The committee Will meet again
u, Monday. One week from today
- committee assigned TO inspect the g
10 determine watch section and str
- have won prizes for cleanliness Z
- ordsrliness will make their inspect
- The result Of the inspection Will
- announced at the meeting OF
Clean-Up Week committee on Aond
April II.
Chairman Francis OF the clean
squad announced today. that OWN g
. the rain yesterday, which preveu
- much of the collections IN South '
257 mington being made. he would c
y tinue the work the first few days
o next week. in order that all roqu'
z for the removal Of rubbish might