Evening star., 1927-10-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES r. TRAcEWELL.

His home is situated in what is
| known as a "iane," a narrow thor
oughfare, adown which a great milk
| truck came numbering at exactly 2
! a m. to deliver the milk for his small
| boy.
| The 8 or other homes in the
lane all had their milk supply deliv-
| cred by a rival dairy. The truck that
came to the ex.Marines home every
morning at o'clock experienced much
difficulty in the feat 1t requiring one
man to drive the vehicle and another
to stand in the road and shout direc-
tions.
This was especially necessary when
| the truck turned around. The house
holder found himself being walked
every morning by the nightly per-
| formance.
He demonstrated, therefore, to the
dairy office, and was assured that the
noise would be stopped. His sugges-
ton was that the milkman walk the
hundred feet or so down the lane, and
, leave the big truck on the main road.
The next night the truck roared
| in and out as usual. Again he pro-
tested. Again he was assured Of re-
lief. The next night came, and with
it the same old clamor beneath his
bedroom window.
Finally the man Cancelled his milk
order, and took from the rival dairy,
in self.defense. Even the officer of
the old dairy, who came to see him
about it, agreed that he was right.
X II Il
The point is, it would seem, that
| though "milkmen" may be sensitive
to reproof, there is no real reason why
they cannot give just bit more
thought and consideration to the
sleeping habits of the households to
which they deliver milk.
These customers are, forsooth, those
persons who make their jobs possible.
without us milk.fans, there would be
no need for milkmen.
One dairy, at least has equipped
itself with electric vehicles, in laud-
able attempt to minimize the delivery
racket, but too often the brakes are
sadly in need of grease, and shrek
| like lost souls.
| Perhaps the shifting of cases in
the wagons is the most annoying of
all noises perpetrated by milkmen. NO
doubt this is a necessity, but the
prevailing custom of doing the job at
exactly the same point every night
Is rather trying on those living near
the particular situation
| Might there not be variation, in
this respect, each morning, so that
no one home would have to suffer
constantly?
Undue clanking Of bottles, too, is
condition which might be easily
corrected, by a bit of forethought.
as might the unnecessary slamming
| of refrigerator doors when milk is
placed in such compartments through
exterior service doors.
| Unnecessary stopping and starting,
racing of engines, and loud talk by
| nailkmen could be easily corrected, If
dairy officials and deliverymen alike
stopped to realize the need for cor.
| rectiOn.
The patrons of the dairies are the
sufferers, and one must point out that
| they should not be made to suffer. 1t
should be stated, too, that for every
one who complains scores suffer in
silence.
AS one who is indebted to the COW
| for his very life, the present writer
would like to see her capable assist
ant, the city dairy, be among the first
of great business institutions to ac-
| lively combat noise in the cities. The
day will come, although it may be
| far off, when municipalities will be
| forced to take steps to curb unneces-
! sary night noise.