Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-10

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THE GARBAGE PROBLEM.
| Mr.. Ross Tells Of The Anxiety Of the Com
missioners In Regard 70 II.
THE PLAN OF PoIIcE suPKRvIsfoN AND Co
OPERATION ADoPrED-MAJ. MOORE sAxs rHR
CRY SHALL BE ENgrRKir CLEANED Up BE-
FORE rHR GRAND ARMY CONES HRnI.
The Commissioners talked garbage and
scratched their heads for solution Of the great
problem until the gas lamps we're lighted yes
| terday afternoon.
1t IVES decided, in view Of the slosllent work
done by the police department Saturday in
accompanying the collectors, 10 arrange . sys-
tenn whereby the police department could CO.
operate with the health Office and thereby
| render valuable assistance in bringing about .
systemstc plan Of collection and seeing 10 IL
that the contractor fulfilled the terms Of his
| contract
The law places the collection Of garbage
under the health department, and also provides
that the contractor for removing garbage shall
receive his instructions from the health oficer.
The contract provides for the same thing, so
that the police department could only be
utilized as q cooperative force.
CLAUSE IN THE APPROPRIATION BILL
In the last appropriation bill under the head
Of metropolitan Police" there ID two-lins
clause reading as follow: THAT hereafter the
police SHALL ~ far - practicable, aid in the en-
forcemsnt Of the garbage regulationA'
II was past O'Clock when Maj. Moore was
called in to discuss the best means Of CARVING
out the above. The major was willing to take
the whole matter In hand, but, rs stated above
the terms Of the contract would not allow that
Upon his suggestion the Commissioners
directed him to detail three men from each
precinct, who, under the supervision Of Lieut.
Hollinberger, were TO constitute the police
garbage board" and whose sole duty il should
be TO zee that the contractor strictly complied
with the terms Of his contract
TALK WITH MAJ. MOORE.
Maj. Moore was at the District building q
short while this morning talking over the stu
alton with the Commissioners. When he
emerged from theboard room he was accosted
by reporter Of TEE STAB. In reply to an in
terrogatory the major said:
"In accordance with the Commissioner
order have ordered . detail Of three men from
each precinct, - we'll Is two others. stationed
at the dump, whose duty it shall be 10 look after
this garbage that ID causing 20 much complaint
This viii make, including the heuten-
ant IN charge, thirty men, and
to nothing else but the collection Of garbage.
am determined to have the city cleaned up
before the Grand Army encampmeut and my
men viii zee that it is done or we will know the
reason why"
WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSS SAYS.
Commissioner Ross busted himself this morn
| ing reading complaints and debating replies.
He stopped long enough to say TO a reporter of
The star: "At no time since the heated
term began have the Commissioners been blind
to the dangers and perple1ities attendant
| upon the inefficient collection of garbage. A
great part of their time has been given to the
subject. The failure of Congress to provide
! for the garbage inspectors. who had been en-
| ployed for years. made il difficult for the Com
missioner to ascertain how tar the contractor
WAS in fault.
1.-THE cordial cooperation of Mai. Moore and
! his heutenants Of police in investigating and
| reporting upon the situation has made it clear
| that the contractor has not had enough garbage
| wagons employed and that the wagons in use
have not been properly directed.
The already overtaxed police force has now
been called upon to Cooperate with the health
Office in the work Of inspection and of direc-
ton. and the contractor has agreed to
increase his force to an extent sufficient
to have TIE entire city cleaned within
i've days, and he understands that this must be
| done. Meanwhile the Commissioners invoke
the aid OF all citizens In assisting the collectors
in securing prompt collection of the garbage
please say to the people in The STAR" con-
| tinued Mr.. Ross earnestly, that there is no
police regulation which requires garbage recep-
tacles to be kept in an alley or under front
steps. The regulation requires the garbage to
be kept accessible, and every householder knows
what that means."
DIR. ESGLIsHs PLAN.
! Dr.. c. H. English OF 1920 New Jersey avenue
northwest in q letter to the Commissioners
| tpda fal he oil Il,
removal Of the garbage:
Divide the city into districts of such size
that the garbage accumulation in each
can be removed by one team within a
specified time-say every day. or every
two days, or but once week, rs
the seasons demand. For instance, from June
l to November garbage should be removed at
least every three days and. il possible. every
two days. By way Of illustration we will say
| that a man has contracted to remove every
three days all the garbage from district No. 4,
which contains 500 houses. Now for every au-
thenticatedcase Of neglect to remove the garbage
| from any OF the premises in his district within
the time allowed (three days) he is to forfeit a
penalty of 25 cents or SO cents to be deducted
from his voucher. Contracts should be con-
sidered for each district separately.
This plan would induce Q competition in tine
bidding that would reduce the cost of the re-
moval Of the city's garbage to the least possible
amount and would result in the adoption by the
contractors Of systematic and expeditions meth
DDS, without which NO effective service Is pos-
sible.''
COMPLAINTS TO THE coMM1ssIoNERs
Mr.. H. p. Terrell Of 1887 Stoughton street
writes to the Commissioners today about the
insolence Of q collector of garbage who climbed
over his back fence when the entrance to his
yard Is from the front, where there 10 perfectly
free access. He says the garbage collector calls
on an average OF once month at his house.
Concluding, he says: These are troubious
times on the garbage question; but are not the
rights OF the citizens to life and property above
those Of the garbage collector, OF whom we see
30 little and that little so o6euaive?''
W. w. Leah of 1912 9Th street northwest saws
in letter to the Commissioners today that on
last Friday he sent . complaint TO the health
Office about the non-removal Of his garbage
On Monday he repeated the complaint and
still no response. Several garbage wagons
passed by which he hailed, but refused TO take
away the garbage, sas it was not ON their route.
He says he don't know what to do and thinks il
10 time that somebody was indicted and pun
ished for creating and maintaining deadly
COMPLAINTS rNcnEAsINo.
The garbage complaints are increasing, and
that, too, notwithstanding the extra
exertions which Contractor Clark claims
he b making. Yesterday the complaint
book NJ the health ofica at otc,o.k