The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-11
GARBAGE COLLECTOR
Comes in for a aooaly Scoring Be-
fore the Health Committee.
EMPHATIC RESOLUTIONS PASSED,
Which win Probably Have the Eject
ot'FoFfeiting Clark's coutFact-The
Matter Win Como Up Before cOun-
oil at Its Next Meeting and Be
Acted Upon-A Number Of Wit
nesses We're Examined.

Last evening an important and inter
estiug meeting of tho city council com
mittee on health was held in the frat
branch council chamber, at which MIR.
Pr. Farrell presided in the place OF
the chairman, DR., Caddle, as the latter
wished to take an active part in the ex-
aiming Of witnesses relative to the
garbage collecting.
DR., Caddle in opening said that as
chairman OF the committee on health
he proposed to do his duty, and to push
the charges which arc made against the
garbage collector, Lawrence Clark.
Mr.. Richards said that before any
further proceedings be taken he would
like to have the city's contract with the
garbage collector examined and read
before the committee, and the gentle-
man made motion to that effect, With
the provision that the city solicitor IN
terpret the contract and that then
charges be preferred, The motion pre-
vailed.
CONTRACTS AND REMEDIES
Colonel White said that there we're
two contracts, one an ordinary one. 1t
provides that the term shall extend
from MAY /, 1892, for twenty.four
months, the bond being for 5000, with
], w, Kemple and Andrew Mckinley
as sureties, He said that 1t Is the duty
OF the health officer to see that the gar
bape collector fuItiits his duties as set
forth in the ordinance governing that
matter. "What he may have done l
don't know" 1t is the duty OF the gar
bage collector to inquire daily during
certain months, and at greater periods
during other parts OF the year, and TO
remove it. AS to the remedy In case
the COLLECTOR does not fulfill his duties
and contract, one is to sue on the bond
in court, and any damages that may be
proven, the sureties are bound to pay.
The other remedy is, II council which
accepted the CONTRACT determines that
1t has been forfeited, council then has
the right to declare the contract void,
and can then enter into q new contract
with some one else to do the work. The
committeeihas the yower TO inquire into
the matter, calling betoreit the health
officer, garbage contractor, and others
interested, and can report TO council
with recommendations.
THE INQUIRY COMMENCES.
Dr.. Caddle said that he would show
that the contract had been violated. He
said that he had summoned the mayor,
health officer and others to appear be-
fore the committee, to show that the
contract had not been fulfilled. He
said that he was ready to have the evil
dence in the matter at issue heard.
The first witness examined was
Mayor Caldwell, who testified that the
garbage collector had been before him
last Saturday and that he had then
been fined for non-iulfillment OF his
contract with the city for the collection
of the garbage. Tho mayor also said
that there had been numerous COM
plants.
The health officer, Dr.. Mccoy, said
that Clark had before this time ac-
knowledged that he was not fulfilling
hts contract in collecting the garbage,
but that he had always promised to do
better in the future, but that the prom
Uses had not been kept He had five
carts on the work and promised to put
three more on. He had had several
conferences with Clark as early as APP
ril i, and two or three times during
April, when he told him what he ought
to do, and he had agreed TO adopt his
suggestions. In May also he had talked
with Clark, and had then reminded him
that commencing June he would have
to collect garbage daily In May there
was