The daily gazette., 1881-09-13
STREET CLEANINGANDeARB
Registrar Frazer Makes . guxges-
tion I'm Regard to these Important
Subjects.

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Subjects.
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE !:
"A subject in which all our citizens
are interested 10 the removal of gar
| bage and offal, the street sweepinQs
from our paved streets and the night
soil from cesspools. All this vast
amount Of refuse matter is worth
msny dollars to The city financially
How to utilize it 10 o matter for our
City Council and health guardians to
investigate. Our city at this time
covers an area Of more than five thou
sand acres of land, and the mode or
manner of removing these substances
from our streets and dwellings, is not
such as the increasing demands, in
sanitary measure will warrant. How
to remedy this growing evil is the
question to be solved. Our people are
taxed for these things and they have
right to complain when they are an
noyed BY the neglect of the contrac-
tors. In order to accomplish this
much-needed reform / suggest plan
by which it can be done and in my
judgment greatly add to the health Of
our city and put thousands of dollars
into the trea ury,
First, would have all this matter
referred to removed under the di.
rection of the City Council or the
Board Of health, and deposited in one
place, there to be made into compost.
Say near one of our lines of railroads
or near navigation. An acre or two of
ground would be sufficient, which
conId ho roptad fn.
When the night soil and garbage are
dumped at the place selected would
have 1t Immediately deodorixed, 30
that there could be no cause for CON-
plant of smell by those living near
the dump, as Is the case now when the
night soil and gar bage are taken mile
beyond the city limits. Now, let us
calculaGe what would be the probable
cost Of making all this matter into
compost ft f0- market. Let it be
part Of the contract of each garbage
contractor and licensed scavenger, and
those who remove the street sweep
iBgs 10 deposit all this matter at the
dump. This can be done without any
extra expense to the city, as we pay
for removing it now. At this dump /
WSaA1 hoNo WV woh nplOyGu By tud
year at say one dollar and fifty cents
per day, their business to be to de-
odorze and mix, prepare, &c., this
matter fOr market. / would add to |
this compost from time to time. about |
one thousand bushels of unslacked
line. This compost in my Judgment
would have ready sale as it would be
an excellent manure for all KINDS of
vegetables raised in New Jersey and
the lower part of this county and State,
as well as for corn in the hill or q Top
dressing for wheat. l have made q
calculation that there would be re-
moved in q year from the streets and
cespools, combined with the garbage,
about six thousand loads, which would
make at least one thousand tons of |
compost. The full financial calcula. |
tion is as follows:
COST.
1000 bushels of lime, at %
cents, (deiivered). ........,S2 OOO
Material ior deodorizing... otO.UO
Barrels fol, oT,material......... $40. 0
Kent OF Land nd................. 10000
Two men al sioS.U0 Per year SS8 CO. $500
Balance............... ,8l4.00
Amount gained for the city five
thousand, six hundred dollars. I am
satisfied this can be accomplished, but
to do it we must get out of the old ruts,
and keep pace with the rapid increase
of our city. We want new ordinances
to carry out some such plan. I know
the people desire more effective mode
of keeping our city clean. The city
of Baltimore does it under nearly the
same plan that suggest and it. brings
a large revenue to the city, besides
keeping the city healthy as their death
rate will show. What we want is q
hapinninu and that aoon