Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-30
RULES ISSUED
FOR
APRIL 3 TO y
Committee Perfects Plans for
Removing All City
Refuse.

The program for the Lets Clean 'Er
Up" campaign was drawn up today noon
at a luncheon meeting of the fire proven
ton committee of the Chamber Of Com
merce. The campaign. which begins on
April 3 and continues through April %,
is divided up into several phases. Jay
Craven and Truly holland of the city
| sanitary board told the committee of
plans which their COMMITTEES had per-
fected for the city's part In the cam
paign.
rubbish will be hauled away from
each home during the clean 'er up
period" said Mr.. Craven. This will
be lone on each regular ash collection
day, thus giving householder plenty Of
opportunity of getting rid Of all ac-
:. cumulated rubbish and trash. The only
rubbish which will not be collected will
be straw. paper. tree limbs and manure.
Paper can be sold. zee limbs broken
up for stoves or furnaces and manure
used for lawn fertilizer. The rest Of
the z can be outlined very
briefly"
Mr.. holland then read the plans which
the sanitary board has drawn up for
Lets Clean 'Er Up" weeks.
The rubbish to be hauled away" he
said, must be placed IN the alley OK on
the front curb line II there Is no alley,
not later than I q. m. on collection days.
"The collectors are not permitted to so
inside Of yards or on private grounds.
And it is an ofense for which a collector
can be discharged to accept tips or pay
from any individual.
al old stove and furnace pipe must
lie fattened out. Tin cutters and spout
ing must be IN lengths not over six
feet
Trash and yard sweepings must be
placed in containers hat can be loaded
by one man. Collectors do not load any
thing with shovels. Those not having
enough containers for all trash can refill
them for the next regular collection day.
Overlooking containers Will cause trash TO
be spilled in loading.
Collectors are not permitted to wait
for any one to get their trash coilec-
lions out. as his delays the regular col
lection schedules which we have laid out
Last year some contractors and others
took advantage of a cleanup week. to
get refuse hauled by collectors from
homes where remodelling was going on.
which refuse should be hauled by those
contractors. In view Of this. collectors
viii not be permitted to take plastering,
cement, brick, or other building ma
terial.
"The entire city viii be covered three
times during the clean 'er up period.
but much better service can be furnished
during the first week than during the
two following weeks. Therefore this
committee and the sanitary board urges
everyone to not delay their cleaning up.
Anyone wanting further or more de-
tailed information as to the days OF
collection, or desiring to make com
plants about our collectors, are advised
to call the collection department Of the
city, Main 09G3."
Frank c.. Jordan, chairman Of the
fire prevention committee of the Cham
Der Of Commerce: Fir eChief J. ]. O'Brien
Of the Inspection and enforcement com
mittee, and Ernest L. Kingston, who
serves on a number Of the committees,
spoke briefly Of the progress made in
plans the past few days, and outlined
the work done in preparing for the city
wide Lets Clean 'Er Up" campaign.