Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1912 — Ashes and Leaves Must Not Be Dumped in Street. [ARTICLE]

Ashes and Leaves Must Not Be Dumped in Street.

The practice of dumping ashes in the streets must cease at once or prosecution will follow. This practice not only mars the looks of oqr city, but stops up the gutters s 6 that the water cannot get to the sewers. The practice of raking up leaves and leaving them In the gutters must also cease, as the leaves wash over the catch basins and the.first freeze that comes forms a coating Of ice over the catch basins and the water remains in the street and the city is blamed. Gutters and catch basins should be kept clean of leaves and trash. If this is done the necessity of wading through the water and slush will he much lessened. Acting under instructions of the mayor any one found dumping ashes in the street will he prosecuted. '

GEORGE MUSTARD,