Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-09
! the eARBAaE QUESTION:.
The Erection Of q crsmsfory So
riousIy Discussed,
At Last Nights Nesting Of the Finance
committee---An Interesting, but
Informal, Talk on Matter OF
General Interest.

At Let evenings session Of the Commit
tee on Knarce, the subject of some better
dispositca of the garbage, ofal and eity
refuse generally, came up in connection
with the ineation of an item Of $4,000 in
The estimate'of the Committee on Health
fSr the erection of q sEematory. 1t was the
unanimous oyinion Of the Councilmen
present that change from the present sys'
tenn, or rather absence Of system, was not
only desirable butimperstive, and it seemed
to be- the earnest desire to make move
toward something. which would preclude
the dumping of psisonous matter into the
waters Of the One to- contaminate a,d
BREED DISEASE
suoue the cities ard towns below US.
Mr: List thought What isknown as fer
tiSEipg machine woah be the best adapted
10 the wants of the city. Some time ago an
agent tortbe sale OF such al appliance had
submitted plans to him. Offering to construct
q machine large enough to consume the
offalirom one thousand hogs at his slaugh-
ter house for $1,000! The appliance
cooked and boiled the offAl up into dry,
ashy mass which could be packed into bags
and sold as fertilizer. Hethoaght two or
three such machines would consume all the
filth and refuse Of the city, and the result
ing fsrtiEzerweuld bring GU to large sum
into the city treasury annually.
Mr.. Myles thought frrnecewith blast
would bs+best, but he was
IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING
that would answer the purpose. He thought
the time bad come when. the dumping
of the contents Of vaults,
ETC., into the river should cease. We
were INJECTING great wrong upon the in
hsbitsnts of Bepwood and Belsire. The
fact is" said be, ''ths waterot the Ohio is
not it to drink. 1t is full of albuminous
matter, and some Of it is SO bad that the
impurities can be detected by the odor."
Continuing. his remarks, Mr. Myles thought
the establishment Of creRetory would re-
suit in large benefit to our citizens in an.
other way. The citizens of Wheeling had
for years seen imposed on il an outrageous
way by those who made business of vault
cleaning, in some instances four times the
proper charges being made, With Gre
mallory and good demand for the product
he city would at once be benefited in a
great variety Of ways.
Mr.. Hoffman thought tibet if cremstory
was constructed and given in charge Of
proper parties, it would be but short time
until private citizens would agree to gather
up all the garbage and refuse
FREE OF COST,
for the cake of the fertilizing product.
1t was the opinion of all who expressed
themselves that proper apparatus would
cost in the neighborhood OF $1,000. Land
would have to be purchased, buildings
erected, etc., and less sum would hardly
cover the ground. The fertilizer.mschine
method did not find the same favor accorded
a simple furnace, inasmuch as all classes of
refuse would have to be received. After
a while the talk irifted to the
methods of cleaning the city now in vogue,
Mr.. Caldwell making the suggestion that the
whole matter of removing garbage, disin
fecting, etc.. should be under the contract
OF the Board of Public Works. The legis-
lative act had given the Board exclusive
control of the streets, and the Health de-
partment always came in conflict with the
Board whenever it attempted to do my
thing in the sanitary line, such as the dis
tribution of lime. Another objection was to
what were characterized the deputy smell.
ers"-in other words, the assistant health
officers who 90 about the highways and
back yards ferreting out bad odors and or
deripg their abatement. The talk run
along for some time, and finally the item of
$1,000 for cremstory was recommended
to Council and the committee adjourned.