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Page 2           BULLETIN NO.16 

To avoid interference with show windows, the stairways at the street level, which are confined to the 53d Street frontage, are to be placed not closer than twenty-five or thirty feet from Fifth Avenue. The stairwells are only about fifteen feet long and will be protected by low railings instead of kiosks such as were former used in subway construction. The exact locations of these stairways are being determined now through discussions with the adjacent property owners, in which discussions our Association has taken active part, in order that the greatest advantage to the public may be secured with a minimum of inconvenience or interference to local business.

HEALTH COMMISSIONER'S CLEAN-UP APPEAL.
Health Commissioner Louis I. Harris makes a special appeal to the members of our Association to cooperate with his Department in efforts to make New York the cleanest city in the world,-- as it is the largest. He says, in part--

"We would address our appeal for cleanliness to two groups in particular- one the factory that allows debris of all sorts to accumulate about its premises everything from tin cans and empty containers, to ashes and obsolete equipment. If this refuse is stored in bins or ash cans and is gotten rid of at regular intervals, as it should be, the cost would be less than the present method of scattering it about, and later employing labor to gather it up. Much of the scrap material has a value, which could produce sufficient revenue to pay the cost of keeping the grounds clean and orderly, and indeed in some instances it might show a profit.
"The impression one forms of our city as one approaches it for the first time on any of the incoming railroads is humiliating and is not a good advertisement. Business and hotel men ought to see the force of this at once.
"To the traveler accustomed to the neatness of the suburbs of many of the European manufacturing cities, he must feel that we in New York City are indeed wasteful and untidy.
"The other groups to whom: we would appeal are those who have the habit of disposing of their household, garbage unlawfully, by wrapping it in newspaper and throwing it out of a window. In many sections of the City, the streets are littered with refuse and garbage of this kind. Landlords can assist in stopping this untidy practice by supplying sufficient garbage containers and by reporting to the Health Department any tenants who persist in failure to use such containers."

Commissioner Harris says that special instructions have been issued to all employees of the Health Department to pay particular attention to those responsible for accumulation of refuse and rubbish and to take prompt corrective action in every case where cooperation is not forthcoming. We would urge particularly that the members of this Association help in every way possible by watching the condition of their premises and having the sidewalks and doorways in the front of their premises cleaned at regular intervals.

PATRIOTIC RALLY IN HONOR OF "OLD IRONSIDES"
On Saturday evening, June 5th, at 8:30 P.M., a patriotic rally will be held at Madison Square Garden for the purpose of raising funds to help restore the historic ship "Old Ironsides", which is now rotting and sinking in neglect. The Federal Government is joining with New York City to make this event a marked success. Patriotic, civic and fraternal organizations are also extending cooperation. The program will include well known operatic stars; the Army, Navy and Marine Bands, led by John Philip Sousa; and addresses by Mayor Walker, the Hon. Martin Littleton and others.

Tickets may be purchased on application to the Ticket Sales Committee, Room 2234, Municipal Building-telephone Worth 4741; also at the Hotel Roosevelt and at Madison Square Garden. The prices of the tickets are as follows: Boxes-$50.00; arena seats-$2.00 and $1.50; mezzanine -$1.00; balcony-$.75 and $.50. No tax on tickets.
This patriotic movement is worthy of the financial assistance and support of all our members.

FLAG DAY
Our members are reminded that Monday, June 14th, is Flag Day, and it is hoped that all who have flags will display them from their places of business, as well as from their homes.

"KEEP THE FIFTH AVENUE SECTION FIRST IN THE WORLD"

Wm. J. Pedrick
Vice President and General Manager

M. Friedsam
President.