120 COMMISSION ON BUILDING DISTRICTS 



Congestion in Factories | 



Transportation of Workers I Health, Safety , 



Differences Between Garment Workers andf Comfort, Convenience. 



Other Employees J 



Pedestrian Congestion 1 c r . r~ t. . 



Vehicular Congestion ^^ Comfort, 



Transportation of Goods J 



Convenience. 



Reduction of Values 



Desirability of Stability of Use Districts. . 



Aesthetics Connected with the General Wel- 

 fare [ General Welfare. 



Necessity of Preserving the Retail District. . 



Necessity of Protecting Hotels, Churches, 

 . Clubs, etc 



Other Districts More Suitable. . .Health, Safety, Comfort, Convenience, 



General Welfare. 



Statement by John T. Fethekstux, Commissioner, Department of 



Street Cleaning. May 22, 1916 

 Economy in street cleaning 



I would say, in general, that the development of the zone system involv- 

 ing an orderly arrangement of building uses, should ultimately tend to 

 economy in the cleaning of streets and in the collection of refuse by provid- 

 ing a basis for a work plan which will meet particular conditions of each 

 district or section. I can illustrate this by stating that where congestion 

 exists on account of height of buildings there may be in the same locality 

 other types of structures which might better be served by a method of 

 street cleaning or refuse collection not suitable for the congested building 

 district, yet the department to-day has a large compromise system which is 

 not so economical as if all the districts were homogeneous. 



Difficulty of keeping streets clean in mixed districts 



It is more difficult to keep a mixed district containing stores and dwell- 

 ings clean and sanitary than a residential district. That is apparent all 

 over the city. The demand for sanitation varies with building occupancy. 

 A residential street requires at least a higher standard of street conditions 

 than would a business or a mixed type of street. A great many complaints 

 come to the Street Cleaning Department from streets where mixed business 

 and residential occupancy is in force. 



In the heavy traffic districts there are streets where it is hardly pos- 

 sible to clean the roadway during the day time on account of the procession 

 of vehicles which prevents the cleaners from collecting the street dirt. On 

 that type of street the same sanitary conditions cannot be maintained as 

 in a residential street. 



In the case of mixed occupancy of a particular block (residence, busi- 

 ness and factory use) the factories and business places in that particular 

 block tend to bring heavy traffic into the block and make it difficult to keep 

 it in the best sanitary condition. The cost of cleaning a mixed street is 

 greater than one used wholly for residential or industrial purposes. 



Location of garbage plant 



There is one item which might lie advanced for the consideration of 

 your Commission, and that is ilie possibility of setting aside some location 

 in the city for the disposal of the city's waste. 



