Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20

whom you have appointed 10. sup>rvsse chs
work i am nov paying out Of nv pocket
over my dollars . day more than should
be required Of me under my contract. and still
are complaints. Under the present conditions
there would be complaints IL there were 100
teams at work. IL the garbage Is not acce-si-
bic u cannot he collected. except st the viii 81
the householder, and his viii is Of no avail IL he
is not AZ home or does no, care % respond 70
the cali.
IL is hardly just Tor the authorities, who have
had no experience IN the collection OF garbage
TO base their demand for more teams upon the
supposed time % takes 10 collect garbage from
each house. The lowest estimate ~ 90 time I
have heard mentioned by District officials
is two minutes 90 each house. In Baltimore
city, where the householder Is required 10 30
place his garbage a TO be accessible. the gar
bage collector collects from twenty hon-es in
from six 20 ten minutes. The same could and
would be done in this city IL the Commissioners
would perform their part Of the contract, but
under present conditions my collectors lose
half OF their time trying 60 get at the garbage.
policeman reported that he WAS In one alley
about two hours irving % get the garbage
There arc today. according 20 the statement %
policemen and my employees. hundreds OF houses
where my teams are kept waiting from Ave 20 ten
minutes for the gates 20 he opened. This time
theory, two minutes 20 the house. NAV be cor
rect under existing circumstances. II IL 10 80
much the worse for those whose duty 10 g. to
remedy the present condition Of affairs, which
they contracted 20 do.
In conclusion desire 20 say that IL the Com
mi-sioners will zee that nv teams are brought
back within limits where there L. actual need Of
garbage service. II they viii require the house.
holder 10 place his cabbage to be aoce--
sible, II they Will see that am not compelled
10 haul filth Of every description. all of which
they have agreed TO 10 in their contract. will
be able 10 reduce the number Of my teams in
stead Of having demand made upon me 10 put
on more.
Gentlemen. / have stated the facts have
not written this communication In any captious
spirit and propose 20 stand 20 nv contract n
you viii permit me 60 do by complying with
your part OF IL. The time has arrived when
must look 70 my rights under that contract OF
else suffer a loss OF many thousands Of dollars
through no fault OF mine.
WHAT LIEUT.. BoLLISRERaER SAYS.
The same old forty wagons are on today"
remarked Lieut.. Hollinberger when asked by Q
STAR reporter for some information concerning
the garbage question.
And they can't gather all the garbage" he
added, although the city is fairly well cleaned.
We can about give q service Of two collections
q week. People in this city are very forbear-
ing and don't complain unless there is some
cause"
During the twenty-four hours ending at noon
today there were less than thirty complaints re-
ceived, decided falling Of as compared with
other days during the past week.
Among the complaints received today was
one from Maj. A. c. Richards. who states that
no garbage has been removed from his house
since last Monday and the next previous
moval was one week before that
The police supervision is not q success in
my neighborhood," he writes garbage cart
did come 20 the neighborhood yesterday. but 10
passed by on the other side from my house"