Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-02

He Complains 20 the Commissioners That
~. e Esins Outr..Erouelv Trca.sti.

''''N.A-ch' ItEl@tte re REMOVAL anu CfAScllon
Of garbage:
WGsHTSsr0s. .. C.. August 81, 1902
To the Heai;h Of1ccr and Commissioners Of
the District o. Columbia:
Gentlemen: On Friday. the 18th day of this
month, The police authorities OF this city took
charge of my teams aud undertook 70 remove
the gartage Of the city and satisfy the people
Saturday night after two days operations the
lieutenant Il charge reported tine city pretty
well cleaned up and that b. Monday even
ing il would be thoroughly cleaned. His
statement was true and GOOD and whole
some impression vas made upon the citizens.
The chrome kiekess subsidized FOR time and the
writers % bngUs.fo-nplalu- took e rest. Thurs
day. the last DIT besoge tn- police TOOK charge
Cf the teams there were tEen+- COM laints that
were proved 70 be without aIy foGuca ion. no
such building and no such parties. Comment
l. uuueres-Grr.
Neither he uc!.co. the citv odiciels nor The
people huew wks- ? ka-v aaj what several 9th
sr- kuey--thsi the surplus garbage bad been
removed aEd tl5t the city was just as clean
thursday gh; IS "a vas saturday u;cht Lieut.
fcihnberger and the Wnoic police force. be
Heve- did everything they couii 70 clean the
city. and they hal every opportunity. They
had NV entire force 10 Use and lad Mt work
Ut unnecessarily large number Of teams
1Cr the work Uuder ordinary CIR
cuTr~tanCes. the reason Tor same being that
urrrg tlc two weeks heated term iuss pre-
yIOus winch, b. Che way. was Unprecedented
NV teams were proctrated md the garbage ac-
CumuiaIad until there was large -urPlus IN
the city. AID she citizens ag.d ga thJrities be
came ve.'v ulucA alarmed st the situation. /
immediately advertised fo- tennis and equipped
and put at vora al Of the teams tba; could be
worked 10 anv adyau-a-r. bong about
thigty-ssven IN number and moving about
three IONS o. garbage "a TIC team each
Gay for several DAYS. and that Wa al sc could
possibly handle and tran Durt rom the docks
wi.h our scoUs. We moved for several DAYS
100 tons each dcy. and we know positively
that when there = No surplus accumulation
that eIehty tons ICr day l. al Of the
garbage tll- CIV viii fUrI. n 81 this time.
u her I rsa6' the a-rcuEa rneut with -oG. 1ir.
1or,nlissiOuer=. To- il-Fc the ponce axe Charge
~-r agreed Crf:itr'y upon ore point, and tEat
was That should furnish jl-. as many s1dru5
- You .reGpi. Eat those teams were TO
J. l-g :rCe .-ii i1as'- day. rr Ike e~"op+-o.i
al q -I-sN portion az them wAish were 1Tu-biry
OF the OGt kiIss ~ tLe ol.s Ta--5 they were
1arthr-t trrrl the DUNN o brrw -r-- inst ca
vel ss / know now th..t eighty tons Ter dSy
was iaa .uii amount yea lad OK voalt set. aUc
Ccr-egus rtiv --cr perfectly safe IN 0-r-5IE tu
furnish -srv team You CO IA uss u-c-r those
conditions. and tol1 IE- .ri.its t-2t The teams
would o. -et1se5 instead Or beng lu--JasHc.
To- LBd sl-eaty removed the surplus :G.t It
was not ryssih.s srg tGe 1l-e go asa -+-o1Ge
flT tine uurni-,- Of trans 7 -~e- lad as work.
In re isJ-isriue the CITY according TO pr
einc-s the IA were necessary pat &c WON 0u
TIItes that -E-r vere r.uaFr.-lr,-od with end
coussq ,I4-lT tie fret two jays dl-.vC-y fell Of
about thirr~ tr-- t,-v and bIt few o. the
team made ovsr r7, ioaa-. / -,new rle 6i-1a-
.a1--- the men y.e-- labr-Ine md Rand found
TO i.Ji.. and even increased the force slivhts.
q, he reeue=. % .L- officers thar the. raicht
not he Discouraged il their worE. / expected
that just a soon as the o1Icers IT cH7IE' io--ud
there vas not sufficient garbage 60 load those
teams thew would reduce the force and noe pas
ne To uIlneces-3trv expense. IN entirely differ
eat course h1~ been rr1~zl,aG and there has been
constant call for additional = ANS. / have
protested earnestly. but stu have responded g"
tne calls until fort,-seyeu TENS we're az work
arj EJt -I.scieut garbage q be found
to furnish each team with three
fourtn7 1f "a Jay WORK. Nothing it, tL5u two
AID one hal tons il 4 REASONABLE. ,:ir'- yor!. on
an average. AMI ne team, woClI no. be over
worked % cgths~ ard deliver three tons ---
inv. r~ri.e ! have been required 90 li.4i-a
lu:ty-s.-e.. teens. ard TO fl- haze TREY d.
l'.ereI over eighty tons. thousands Of reorle
sr- getting o Lilly service and hundreds ara
baiuS -.T-sr t-u a.I ;,I.r times O.
dav- tC.;a . uawH-r o. Feoule have
sa,d to me- 5i.t, they a-.s 1lur.
ANNOYED t- ;as sTelUeUrv Il iLe calls I0c Gar
bsge. Ei.-. O., - "a EN- - ali tEay ever need and
that clo-c Wa q. positive annoyance.
have 3 -.I..5.e MAJ ~ each dock where tIe
FaTbaC. a. lrf.g-t O. hose t..v DO j. 10 see. that
she t.4u.= are not Celrgyj - -E'osJi1- ard To-
Jrge the me- 20 Jr FlIsir ,.I-y and 10 report
easel. night jGst hat has h-ea done during the
da: ar~ b. whom. 4 herewith append tho
statement 90 d. pr-dori .-c evening, of A1-U<;
80. IL ate nos 5iIe q street wharf and ir 1,-
dtiOn t. IA >tateafu e. n. yso-A done during
TIE DAY le reports rs follow:
The lisa second aud tt.lEt T,rrci9ts are over
1un 1i-it teams This afternoon there were N
tie Center TiaJseS ,lree carts and cue wagon