Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-03
WILL TRY TO MAKE
CITY SPOTLESS TOWN
Street Directors Ask Police
Aid to Stop Throwing Paper
Into Streets.

DIRECTORS or the street and Sewer
Department at their meeting this
morning decided 10 write 10 the De
partment OF Public Safety and ask
that the officials OF that board have
the police OF the city cooperate with
the Street Department in enforcing
the law relative 70 the wrapping of
waste paper placed on the curbs for
collection by the ash men. In addition
to this the employees of the street board
will be instructed to tour the city and
where they find the law is being vio-
lated VIII notify the occupant Of the
house In which the nuisance is found
to exist. They will make note OF the
warning issued and where and for
second offense in all probability ar
rests will be ordered.
This Is the step the street directors
have agreed upon in an effort 20 clean
UP Wilmington and keen the city
streets in something like respect
able and presentable shape also to
eliminate the filth that has been noted
and about which there has been much
complaint from citizens who have de-
clared they are ashamed to have 10
admit that they live In a town which
apparently shows such little pride in
to be cluttered up with paper and
filth practically all the time.
The question came up at the street
directors meeting this morning when
| Director Grier called the attention of
the other members TO the condition of
Market street especially on q Sunday
morning. He said waste paper is scat
tered everywhere and the street is a
filthy place and unsightly to behold
IL was thought much of the paper is
tossed into the street by the news
boys who stand on the corners late
Saturday night selling early Sunday
editions. 1t was decided to notify all
the agents with stands on Market
street corners that they will have tc
lclean up after them and II they refuse
or fail 10 do this in all probability they
will be refused permission to stand
along the street at all.
The complaints relative to loose
paper blowing from ash carts and
from along the curb and cluttering VI
the streets all over town. making then
so filthy and unsightly as 10 be dis
grace to Wilmington We're considered
by the board and Street Commissioner
Pierson admitted the conditions arr
really as bad as they have been repre-
sented to be. He read TO the directors
the city law which requires all waste
paper TO be securely wrapped in bun
dies TO prevent II blowing about wher
placed on the curb for collection. Thii
Hna ~ 81 XII
and costs for violations.
He said the department has repeat
edly tried to educate the residents o
the city up TO an understanding o
this law that they could comply witt
, lit without trouble to themselves, bu
they will not comply with IL. He ad
|, mitted il would be hardship to caus
: the arrest of any householder, bu
something should be done TO remed,
conditions.
The suggestion to have the depart
ment's men callf at houses where tn
law is violated. later adopted by tn
board, brought out the fact that whe
such city employees call at houses the
are sometimes given an awful "tongu
lashing" and people want to know
y they have To tie pink ribbon about tn
bundles of paper and IL the city insist
upon having any fancy grade OF pape
TO wrap the waste in.
; However, the directors agreed TO 8
} employ some of their men and at tn
same time the police department wi
{. be asked TO have the patrolmen &C
I operate with them. The plan is {
!, notify residents where loose paper
: found in front OF their homes an
I have them wrap II up. In this wa
Il much OF the street filth viii be elm
mated, the directors believe