Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-15
THE CREMATION OF GARBAGE
Recommended by a Commit
toe of City Council.
THE PRESENT SYSTEM A DANGER
And a Constant Menace to
the Public Health.
City Councils Special Committee Gives
Attention to the subject of Disposing of
Garbage = Cremation Recommended -
City Finances ana other Matters of
Public Busiucss.

Thursday nights session of Council was
brief and devoted entirely to the trans
action of routine business.
The following report was accepted and
ordered to be spread on the minutes:
Your special committee appointed 10 confer
with The city Board Of Health In reference to
the cremation of garbage respectfully reports
having met the said board In special session
december 9th and had a lengthy exhaustive
discussion on the disposition of garbage and
city waste. Onr prosont system OF disposlng
OF CITY wnstc ~ Il constant menace 10 the
health OF our cit zens, particularly those living
contiguous 10 the dumping grounds in fact II
is matter Of impossibility to got rid Of 1t with
out making u nui -Hnre elsewhere, thereby rem
dering the city liable for making and man
tanning nuisance. We aro Of tho opinion
that soma better sanitary measure should be
adopted than Tho present one and earnestly
unite in recommending council 10 take such
steps rs will ultimately result In establishing
crematory for tho consumption of garbage and
city waste.
The city treasurer reported S46O20.3i in
Union National Bank to the credit of cur
rent expenses, and SIG, 236 60 in each of the
four depository banks to the same credit,
making q total deposit of $40 966.7i. lie
also reported the following receipts: From
City Engineer Palmer, $3.50, fees during
November; from Union National Bank,
SS3.23, interest from $. 5. Adams, Jr.,
S500.l6, municipal court collections during
November and October witness fees I'M
olalmed from Chlet OF Police Francis, 80
dog tax; from Administrator Mealey, S225
city and school taxes for last year; from
City Auditor Billany, $3.50, fees of
Plumbing Inspector Kane during Noycm-
Der; from Collector Mitchell, 800 and
5000, city and school taxes for this and last
years, respectively; from Collector Savers
sll6, city and school taxes for this year.
The city auditor certified to the correct
ness of the accounts OF the city treasurer,
the chief of police, the clerk OF the
municipal court, the plumbing inspector,
the city engineer and the secretary of the
Board of Directors of the Street and Sewer
| Department He reported that the fees of
| tine city engineer were deposited as fol-
| lows To the credit of the city, $3.50; to
the credit of the Board of Directors of the
Street and Sewer Department, $50. lie re-
| ported that during November the Board of
! Directors of the street and Sewer Depart
| ment received SG,3iG.Ol and expended
52O57.7S and that it has in bank SO, 27S. OF
| to the credit of current expenses and
| $50 O2D,7S to the credit of paving and i'm
| proving streets making total deposit of
| So, 1855. He also reported that the
| November collections of the clerk of the
municipal court were as follows: Fines,
| 500; fees, Sl3S.56; costs, Sl50lO. The
October witness fees unclaimed amounted
| to Sl1.jO.
The ordinance for the funding of loan
| No. 20, amounting to $4,000 and due
january LIST, was adopted and referred to
the mayor.