Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-11
TRE CARRIAGE PROBLEM.
The Commissioners Still Striving to Salts.
fActorily Solve IL.


THEY Rave AN INTERVIEW wrrH COL FERoU-
SOC OF THE bALrInoRE coxPAxY-How fHr
WAGONS ARE DETAILED Br THE PoLrcE-pR
HAxMrrr WORRIED.
The entire forenoon today was occupied by
the Commissioners in discussing the garbage
problem. In fact they have done httis else for
A~eek.
Reports from the police auxiliary branch are
to the eject that the police precincts have each
been divided into three districts and police
man placed in charge Of each section.
Lieut. Hollinberger has ordered out forty
wagons and the new system Of collectica win
be insngursted tomorrow morning. One Of
the features Of the new system il
THE DETAIL or wAeoNs
Lieut.. Hollinbergsr has ordered the follow
ing distribution: Ia the first precinct. wagons;
in the second, 6; in the third, 4: in the fourth,
4; in the Afth, g. in the sixth. s. in the seventh,
4; In the eighth, I; In the ninth, L.
This makes total Of forty wagons. superin-
tended by thirty men. and the Commissioners
believe the garbage viii be properly collected.
Health OfRcer Hammett was considerably
worried when found by STAB reporter at his
desk this morning.
DIR. HAMMErT WORRIED
'There is no citizen in the District more anx-
ious TO get rid Of the garbage than an" be
said, land have exerted every means to 40
complish il. These attacks on me are unpro-
voked and unwarrantable and a paper prints
interviews with me and my assistants that exist
only in the fertile imagination OF its reporter
The statement credited to me that was aware
that sanitary company In Baltimore
were really the contractors and that
Mr.. Clark, the contractor here,
was interested in the company to the extent Of
e12, 900 worth Of stock is literally untrue.
never made such a statement. II such q thing
exists 1 am not aware of it. Mr.. Clark is the
only one know in this matter and he will be
held responsible"
Yesterday MIR. Bailey, the deputy health
officer, took flying trip to Baltimore to see
the system of collection in vogue there.
When the Commissioners arrived at the Dis
trict building this morning they found Col. T.
b. Ferguson waiting for them.
Col Ferguson is the president Of the Ma
tsonal Sanitary Company Of Baltimore, the
firm alleged to be subcontractors for removing
the garbage.
In reply to question from STAR reporter
Col. Ferguson said;
WHAT COL FERGUSON SAYS.
"This talk about my company being sub-con-
tractors to remove the garbage is all nonsense.
I'VE have nothing in the world to do with it
unless our patent steel cart is used in the col
lections. Mr.. Clark is the responsible party
and we have nothing to do with the contract
The carts are being used BY special agreement.
That's about the present condition.
I'm the future things may be altered. II we
succeed in establishing a plant in this city for
the incineration Of garbage Mr.. Clarke will
probably enter into contract with US to haul the
garbage to our factory.
II might add that Mr.. Clark has called on us
to supply him with more carts and there are
AHyrn hntv<v - n In
be ready inside Of ten days. I noticed in this
mornings paper Q statement to the effect that
MIR: Bailey was q stakeholder in our company.
This is not sou
The Commission announced they were ready
TO hear Col Ferguson. and the trio adjourned
to the board room. The attorney for the Dis
trict happened in and was invited to be present
at the hearing.
COL FERGUSON WILL TAKE TIRE CONTRACT
Col. Ferguson stated that the object of this
visit was to ascertain whether the Commission
ers we're in condition to make. contract with
his company for the destruction Of garbage
uuder the provision of the District appropri-
alton bill, which allows &. 500 for that purpose
in case said garbage is removed in Enclosed
steel tanks and Immediately destroyed" Col
Ferguson stated that the company
unless assured that it would have
the disposition Of all garbage for
at least the remainder of the period of the cur
rent garbage contract. which is about four years
and a half, as the plant they would have to cree,
would cost at least e50, 600
He preferred to destroy the garbage for
certain rate per ton, and estimated that i,
would be worth about so cents per ton to do
the work.
As the average collection is about sixty tons
a day the cost for the year would amoun. to
about $4,000.
A. tha ro,,,,,:.u;...-~ luu IL, .a -aa A.
do the work this year il the work had COM
menced at the beginning OF the fiscal year. n
question arose whether they could use
the whole of this a2.500 if the COM
pany could only get its plant in
operation next January, and work for six
the garbage delivered to It during the current
year. Another question arose az to whether
the Commissioners could make a contract with
out advertising and inviting competition.
In view Of the above the attorney for
the District has been called upon for an opinion
as to the Commissioner powers in the prem
Uses.
GARBAGE COMPLAINTS ToDAf.
An increase Of eighteen garbage complaints
during the twenty-four hours ending at ! o'clock
today is the story the complainant's book shows
which IS were received through the yoIice de-
partment.
Contractor Clark appeared at the health Office
this morning and had long consultation with
Lieut.. Hollinberger, who, rs was
has been placed in charge Of the collec-
ton OF the garbage. Contractor Clark
stated to reporter Of the STAR
that he was perfectly willing to have
the collection placed in the hands Of the police.
He had done the very best he could, and il the
police could improve matters, well and good.
sAYs he HAS TRANSFERRED HIS CONTRACT
Mr.. Clark admitted that, as stated in TIE
STAR, he had transferred his contract to the
Sanitary Company Of Baltimore.
He stated, however, that he was part of the
company and that he was acting for it.
In speaking Of the published statement that
he was a stakeholder Of the sanitary COM
pany Chief Clerk Bailey Of the health
Office indignantly denied It Health OFFICER
Hammett stated that he owned not . penny's
worth Of the stock.
In fact, he hardly knew that there was such o
company.
Contractor Chase assured Lieut.. Holm
burger today that he would furnish him with
forty teams tomorrow morning, and possibly
more. and would instruct his men to faithfully
obey his order.
A BREAK IN THE CABLE.
No Grip Cars VIII Run on the Avenue or
Fourteenth Street Until Tomorrow.