The daily gazette., 1881-06-04
The Garbarge Carts.

MIR. EDITOR IF you will allow me
a portion of one Of the columns in your
paper, will give you few of my
Thoughts abo, these filthy and offensive
garbage carts, that are used for carrying
away garbage. Under the control of
the Board of Health, whose duty 1t is to
see that the contractors who have agreed
10 remove all garbage in their respective
districts, do it 10 accordance with the
ordinances made and provided TO govern
them, in said work. If the ordinances
are es they were when was q member
Oilthe board some years ago, and Twas also
enc OF the committee on garbage there is
not one of the carts which would pass,
II Inspected, for there is none that have
seen lately, but that are deficient In all
their most important parts.
There are two articles will mention.
First, ifthey have covers they are down
in the bottom of the carts, and i am now
speaking from my own knowledge, or
they don't have them at all, aud leak aud
spill their filthy stuff on every foot of
ground they travel over. don't want
TO push the new board any harder than
necessary therefore,I willsay they star
ted somewhat under difficulty, for the
garbage men were not more than half
attended TO last year, and the best excuse,
can give foi those who had charge of
these carts, is, they either did not know
or did not have time to attend
70 Lhsm. But we do expect great
| things, fiom this new one; these
i've members, who it is said will
| do more work and better than the old
one did with twenty-one. Well l don't
want to get of the subject, IL is the gar
bage carts L am after which believe to
be nuisance, and that the Board of
Health is maintaining it by allowing
them to 90 III the city in such filthy con-
dition. have been noticing them for
some time and my attention has always
been aroused from the nauseous odoI
arising from the leaking aud filthy con-
ditlon OF the carts, which person cJuld
smell as far as..we could the old night
carts. It is true the smell is not the same
bat have no choice between them.
Before closiug this communication
will give you my experience OF TO day
In going into town this morning | me
one or two OF these smelling boxes, ant
as was on the eeward side got th,
full be netit of the odor which the llgh
wind waited. Well, l went on a few
squares farther, aud my nose souude,
another alarm. looked round for tn,
carts but saw none, but was in TN
nrighborhood where they often stopped
| came OH down Market street ana m!
attention was drawn to that peculia
smell of garbage but saw M
carts. turned and went vi
Fourth street 10 the corner of Washing
ton and behold it was there. Well
came to the conclusion that the atmos
phere had held the smell and that tn,
carts had been along and split the stuf
on the streets where l passed.
To back up the truth Of what hav
been saying, this evening when sa
Down TO supper said TO my folk
"What is thai peculiar smell?" aud Il
a moment knew 1t TO be garbage an,
50 expressed myself, aud got up from
the liable and went out into the yard b
see which way the wind was blowing
50 that might look and find out wher
the smell comes from, and then returne,
and sot down to the table again, whel
QUE OF the family said, "There goes
garbage CART" and when 1t got by tn
smell was gone. Aud TO give some ide'
how strong this steDch is which arise
from the carts, (our house sets bac
some distance from the stTaet,) we wer
in the liniug-room which is nearly a
the other end. We don't expect all
bad smell out where we live unless
garbage cart goes along which happen
tw ice a day. And now coming down /
dos. l know that these filthy cart
could be made better, and kept cleaner
ii the Board of Health will attend to Il
being in thei- power. When this ney
|. system was hrst started, then there wa
much trouble with it, yet we did kee
+ the carts irem being nuisance on ou
hands. l will now say In conclusion
and / hope have not been to severe @
laid anything that is not so, but l d
know enough to know that II these bo
. carts can't be made and kept tight ther
should be some other plan adopted
Casks, and like the "odorless" froI
. which there is no leakage or smell.
have no more interest IN the city tba
others, but l have lived here goo
while and feel have not over reaehe
the privilege that one of her citizen
have, In calling the attention of I'll
Board of Health TO what think shonl
be looked after immediately. AT.
Wilmington, Del, May 3, 1881.
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