Evening star., 1942-09-16
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near the curb, where it can be
gathered on trucks, which will cover
every street, starting at 8 am.
Collection will be made in both
District and privately donated
trucks. The District Refuse Division
will have ITO trucks on the streets
each Sunday and 1t is hoped to
obtain as many more from business
concerns and private owners.
G. N. Emmons, who yesterday
assumed the task Of obtaining sufi-
cient trucks to transport the scrap
to the salvage depots, already has
been promised use OF a number Of
large vehicles.
B. Frank JOY coal dealer, has
promised at least 10 trucks, Mr..
Emmons said yesterday, and may
be able to provide Is more if they
| are not in actual use Sunday. An
other coal dealer, w. H. Hessick &,
Son, has promised four trucks to
the salvage drive. the Tru-Blu Beer
Corp. is loaning IL and Bowie's
| Cinder and Trash Service will pro-
| vide one.
More Trucks Wanted.
More are needed. Offers Of con-
trlbutlons OF trucks and drivers for
the two Sunday scrap collections
should be made to Mr.. Emmons. at
the District garage. National 5000.
Only certain trucks can be used
William Xanten. superintendent of
the District Refuse Division and q
member of the special committee.
emphasized yesterday. They must
be at least three-ton vehicles and
preferably should be fve-ton trucks
or heavier. Also, they must have
metal bottoms and Mr.. xanten said
no trucks with wood flooring would
be accepted, as there is too much
danger OF heavy iron and steel scrap
damaging them. Dump trucks are
preferred, as they do away with
waste OF time and manpower un-
loading at the salvage stations.
A competitive note was added tn
the drive when Mr.. Xanten made
known that the collection route of
each truck will be confined to a
particular civilian defense area. Air
raid wardens will cooperate with
householders, helping them get scrap
TO the curbs. where the trucks will
PICK 1T up. Scrap gathered in each
area will be segregated from that of
other areas, SO the totals may be
compared.
Skilled Handlers to Work.
Afraid wardens and other VOL
unteer workers will not be asked to
engage in the actual labor OF COL
lecting the scrap, Mr.. Xanten
pointed out. This will be left to
regular workers of the Refuse Diyi-
sion, who know how to handle heavy
objects without injury to themselves.
Four workers will accompany each
truck. Borrowed vehicles will be
operated by their regular drivers, or
those assigned by the owners.
Exact location of all the salvage
depots, several of which will be set
up in each area. cannot be an
nounced yet. Horace Walker, ex-
ecutive secretary of the District
Salvage Committee and secretary of
Z,
that meeting is to be held tonight
at which salvage chairmen in each
area will advise him of the location
and capacity OF depots now set up
and OF areas nearby which might
accommodate more scrap.
Only quickly salvageable scrap
metal is wanted in the drive, mem
bers of the special committee pointed
out. The steel mills of the country
need metal Immediately, Mr.. xanten
said, and for this reason restrictions
have been placed on the types of
scrap to be collected in the Districts S
two Sunday drives.
No Tin Can or Safes.
Tin cans or other tin plated
objects are not wanted, nor are re-
frigerators, baby carriages safes and
pianos. These latter objects, Mr..
Xanten pointed out, not only are
bulky, but must be broken up for
the metal they contain. The COM
blnation bulk in comparison to
relatively small amount of metal
and the necessity for time-consum-
ing labor to salvage the metal,
makes such objects undesirable right
now.
They may be needed later Mr..
Xanten said, but right now they
retard the entire process of getting
metal to mills quickly.
The special committee has been
called by its chairman, 1t. Col.
Beverly c. Snow, assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner for the District,
to meeting scheduled for this
u aftssnoon 70 report On progress Of