Evening star., 1925-01-06
2,0)ODEL|NQUENT
IN SNOW REMOVAL
Police List Sidewalks Not
Cleaned But Prosecution
improbable Now.

While the District STRENGTHENING De-
partment stil rad its hands fun today
removing the snow from downtown
thoroughfares, the depaitm had a
new problem thrust upon it when the
police OF the various precincts report
ed a list of more than 1000 private in
diVduals who have failed to clean their
sidewalks.
Under the law il now becomes the
duty Of the Street-c Gaming Department
to go out and c caa the sidewalks sf
thes" delinqueut prop .r.y owners ir ad
dition to the job they already have be-
fore them of opening UP main traffic
arteries.
After the Street-cleaning Department
has cleaned the sidewa ks the corpora
tion counsel is required to file suits in
Municipal Court to recover the cost in
CURED by the District In cleaning each
individual stretch of walk, plus a PEN
atty.
Few Apply For Jobs,
Although Morris Hacker. supervisor of
street cleaning, was pressing into serv-
ice every iaborer who could be borrowed
from the other engineering branches of
the city government To augment his
regular force of 400 men. there did not
seem to be many outside worllinRmen
willing to answer tire city's call for
temporary -shoveling work at s304
a day.
II. J. Costigan, assistant superln-
tendent of street cleaning, said that
when he visited the northwest stables
of the department this morning only
a small number of outsiders had ap
piled there for work
Mr.. Hackers program today was to
clean Seventh, Ninth and L streets
in the downtown business district,
and at the same time to put gangs
from the sewer and highway divi-
sions to work from the vicinity of the
Treasury westward through the busy
territory as far as Nineteenth street.
More Equipment Favored.
Before going to the Capitol this
morning TO attend the hearings on
next years appropriation bill, En-
gineer Commissioner Bell said he
agreed that tine Street Cleaning De-
partment should buy more plow
equipment for use when the next
SHOWS storm hits the city.
Mai w. L. r. Covell, assistant to
the public utilities commission, who
held a conference yesterday with
street railway officials. announced
today that plans would be made for
the fullest cooperation in the future be
tween the companies and the city
government in keeping transportation
facilities in operation.
Maj Covell stated that reports
reaching him indicate there were
more street cars running in Wash
ington than in Baltimore during the
heavy period of snow.
Traction Lines Active.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Co. Maj. Covell said, had 22 troll
ley sweepers and nine motor plows
in service during this storm. while
the Capital Traction Co, had II
sweepers and seven motor plows in
use.
The Washington Rapid Transit Co.
has notified Maj. Covell that it plans
to purchase motor plow equipment so
that in future storms 1t will clean
the streets on which it's busses oper-
ate.
According to Maj. CovelI, the rail-
way companies plan to go even fur
ther in future by helping the city
to clean part of the roadway besides
the car tracks as means of induc-
ing automobilists to keep off the
rails.
Autos Partly Blamed.
In the opinion of Maj. Covell, the
railway companies did a creditable
job of cleaning their tracks Friday.
but, he said, 1t was brought out at
yesterdays conference, that automo-
biles packed snow in the rails later.
Some of the tie-ups, he said, result
ed from snow and ice becoming
clogged in The slot rails, due partly
but not entirely. to automobile travel.
The companies also stated at the
that skid chains on auto
mo obiles have caused more than a
score of tie-ups of car service by
becoming wedged in the slot rails.