Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-26
MR. CRANE AND THE HEALTH OFFICES.
what DIR Hammcti Say. About the Ccntrsess
for the Carriage >~rxi<..

what DIR Hammcti say. About the Ccntrsess
for the Garbage Service.
The letter Of Mr.. John II. Crane, sent 10 he
commissioners Saturday. concerning ths
method Of collecting the garbage and the ela-
p!oyment OF alleged ''m,ddlemen." ~ pub
nshoa IN saturdays STAR. has been referred 20
the health officer. Deputy Health ofhcsr
bayiy tolc STAR reporter this morning that
report would be sent TO the Commissioner IN
day or two answering the statements Con-
tanned in the letter.
WHAT DR HANrNFrr SAYS
Health ohicer Hammett, speaking % tie
statements contained IN Mr. Cranes letter sata
that he had nothing 90 fear in an fnvessigatiaa
OF the matter. when Mr.. BrAnev eny. nm tf.s
contract. he said. ani the necessity for sccuF-
ing teams Was urgent, he called On Mr.. Riley
ana asked him 81 he could not put on forty
/ wagons, but Mr.. Riley said he could nut On
only half that number. and for each team wish
two men he would have 90 charge IS "a.
Dr. Hammett said that he referred Mr. Riley
20 the Commissioners and they entered into
| the contract.
Il had no right" ne said. TO enter into
contract. but what done was by order q
the commissioner aud not by the health oficcf
Inc Inc sane action was taken with reference 90
| The contract for removing dead animals. lie
| contractor went 60 see the Comm issionors aud
entered INTO the contract with them.
=, AS 10 the middle men,. remarked To-
hammett, the contractors must have been the
'middiemcn. and all they got WIS What thev
contracted for with the Commissioner. All
have dome in she matter H. to execute the orders
OF tie Commissioners.
Continuing, nr. Hammott said tha. NJ.
Crane letter gave figures for the month
Of September Which were much larger thss,
! other months. lie thought IN Justice arf
| ialr pay the month of October. e
al least a portion Of H. should have
| been gwen During september. he said there
| was a large accumulation OF garbage 20 he
| hauled away and at one time there were dfts-
| FIX wagons IN the service. bat since then tie
number has gradually decreased from dav 20
! DAY, until nov there are only tWeuty-siN wagons
| IN the service. Then again. be- said. several n
/ the inspectors have been dropped aud before
! the end OF many weeks the number Of Hagoias
| wlll be further reduced
Concerning the UUmber Of complaints. thcF
"ere necessarily large and the public was
| Elted 10 send them m. The statement In NJ.
| Crane letter that no record was kent of the
! complaints, lac said. was not exactly correct.
| he names Of The peraons making tn. com
| plants were not kept because IL wholly
unnecessary, the service Was under the d,re.t
| supervision Of Tie health Office
| When the work MAS under a contractor il Wa
different He thought il was well then 10 keoe
record Of the cong lait.ts, because there might
some question have arisen requiring record
! OF that kind To settle
At present. the doctor said. IS per dav y
| beng paid for each team with two men, and -
| lar rs lie was concerned he deemed Il Imna-
| terial whether the wagons belonged 80 the meh
! from whom they We're hired or not 30 long "a
the work was properly done.
Mr. cLaEKE's STATEMENT.
Mr.. II. W. Clarke. whose name appeared Ia
Mr.. Cranes letter. WAS present at the iuteryie-
with the health officer. aud he told the reporter
his connection with the service. He said teams
| were scarce and he experienced cousilt rahls
| diihculty m getting them. He knew that M.
Draney had teams already equipped and ready
iof service, aud Tor THAI reason he called on Nh
Robert hush. who was foreman for Mn
| Draney, and told him that he wanted twentF
| teams and that ihe Commissioners were going
| 70 pay S5.J0 per day. but lac tClarl1ol would u
! course expect little something for his serN=
ices Mr.. Rush dii not think lac could nut on
the teams tor IeSr than S550. and. said Nj
Clarke, Il told Inn that ! wanted the teams
| even at that price"
4 Mr.. Rusk, he said, then went TO see Mr.
| Draney, and IN a few minutes he returned aud
reported that Mr.. Draney wac too sick for bust
| ness.
Mr. Clarke said finding il almost impossibls
| TO get teams in the city ne sent men as far az
twenty hive milcs IN the country for them.
| Of the twenty teams which procured" he
said. 81 had 10 pay eight OF them the fuA
| amount-c5.JO- the other twelve paid
| 30 each had to eNpclld money 60 equip the
| teams with the understanding that IL the
| iehslu % lhtlT employ ilcnt lu-tlued the money
| 80 expended II Wac to be returned 10 me. Finally
| the tune came when ten more teams were wanted
and / again called ON Mr.. Rusl and offered hin.
| the chance Of putting ON these teams. Ho
4 again called on Mr. DTaney and the report was
| that unless he could put twenty teams a.
the price sIated-S5J0-t he would put on
| none
Concerning the collection OF dead animals DO
said that the contract price - per day and
that be bgrgalnod with Mr.. Mann 10 do IL fof
Sc, leaving - for himself During the month
he said he expended s3l extra 10 keep the eity
| clean OF dead animals, which left hmm less than
| II per day. Then lac said he had to drive nboug
| to see that the work Nas properly DONE so that
| on that contract lac came out but little II any
| anead.
THE RECORD OF COMPLAINTS.
Deputy Health Officer Bayly said that 20 fsF
as a record of the complaints was concerned lac
considered it Of little consequence. The record
| he said. that was made of the number of com
plants and published in the daily papers at me
| time has been lost.
| In doing the work at that time the object was
| to clean the city of the large amount Of
| cum alated garbage, which he said done
| Satisfactorily, and lac has no fault 10 ind with
| the teams employed.