Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-23
CLEANUP SQUADS ARE
DOING GOOD WORK
First Detail Received Pay for
the Two Days It Worked; An
other Followed.

Eighty mon who, have been en-
pioyed by William NJ Francis. under
the direction and At the expense OF
p. s. du Pont in cleaning UP the city.
all OF them having been engaged
through the Federal Employment
Bureau, were paid or this morning
for their work on Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Each received Is cents an
hour for an eight-hour day.
This morning Mr.. Francis put an
other gang 10 work. He had 70 men.
also taken from the employment
bureau and oil OF them new employees,
rone Of those who worked on Tues
day and Wednesday being engaged
today. This new gang will work to-
day and tomorrow and Will be paid OF
on Saturday morning. Tomorrow
afternoon Mr.. Francis will make a
requis.tion on the employment bureau u
for another new group OF job'ess men
and they will start to work on Monday
morning. In this way he expects to
give work TO a large number OF men
until the entire city has been cleaned
up.
Mr.. Francis attention was called
to a complaint fled with the Board of
Health by the people living along
South Clayton street about the dump
Ing Of rubbish on lot south Of Chest
nut street, said TO be owned by the
Woodlawn Co. They claim that 1t Is
clean neighborhood. that It does not
need cleaning up and that 1t is unfair
and unjust to haul rubbish from one
part Of town and dump it in another
In this connection DR.. c. NJ. Handy
PRECEDENT of the Board Of Health
stated this morning that he intends tc
investigate this complaint.
Mr.. Francis said it is not. nor has
| II ever been their intention to haul
dirt from one part of town and dump
| Il In another. He said the dumping
Of rubbish on the Clayton street lot
has been done by permission OF the
woodlawn Co. through the Board OF
Health and under the supervision and
direction of the health authorities
The dirt was deposited there, he said
/ to fill in a frog and mosquito pond and
il is the intention TO later sprinkle
lit with lime and then surface IL witt
fresh earth. 1t was deemed better tC
eliminate this pond. even with the rub
bish, than 10 permit IL to become {
breeding place for fever and disease
germs. he and the Woodlawn official:
thought.
Mr.. Francis said the material dump
ed there is without odor. All the rub
Dish gathered up that has an odor &
dumped in isolated spots and covered
In this connection, Mr.. Francis said
some of the filth they have remove,
from some houses, even stores. 4
Simply awful" and that people WIN
ALLOW IL to accumulate on their prem
ises should be prosecuted. The work
men under him have been doing geo
jobs and he thinks the places that hav
been cleaned up should be kept clea1
and the tenants should be made to un
derstsnd that they will have to kee
them clean.
Mr.. Francis explained a mlsunder
standing this morning relative TO tn
[ trucks being used by his squads. II
J said they are not furnished by tn
. Street and Sewer Department, but ar
: engaged and paid for by him for Nj
du Pont. The clean up squads ar
much IN demand all over the city an
the residents seem to have come TO a
understanding of the vast amount
good the movement is going to accom-
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