Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-11
M ANY COM Pl AlNTS
That the Garbage Man is Coy in Making
Visits.
II IL Said That the Sanitary Company Has
Showing During Hot Weather.

Garbage complaints are numerous and
strong" remarked a District official to a STAR
reporter this morning. The National Sanitary
Company is now receiving $1,000 month in
addition to the regular contract price for daily
service in the more densely populated portion
of the city. The portion of the city in which
the residents entitled to daily service lies
south of P street north and north of b street
and between 9th and 18th streets west. This in
cludes most of the large hotels and boarding
houses and many large residences, where the
accumulation is supposed to be larger than in
some other sections.
Every mail brings a number of complaints
from various sections Of the city, among them
many from that part Of the city where the resi-
addition to the complaints received by mail the
telephone is used many times during the day.
FoRrY-sIx YESTERDAY.
Yesterday there were forty-six complaints re-
corded on the complaint book and this morn
ings mail brought twenty-six complaints. Six
Of them were from the daily service district
and one Of them stated that the garbage man
had not been seen for two weeks.
The garbage at No. 702 10th street." writes
W. H. Saunders, has not been taken away for
some time, and il is not only a nuisance, but is
dangerous to health"
Mr. G. A. Kaufman, No. 1873 18th street,
writes: please send garbage man to collect
garbage. There has been no one here for two
weeks. Furthermore, there is a man who comes
next door almost every day and he has refused
to take our garbage, as he says he only collects
from boarding houses. Please attend to this at
once, rs the stencil is awful"
xviii you please send some one to collect the
garbage?" IL the way in which the occupant Of
1l19 10th street asks Health Officer Hammett
for aid. They have not been here in three
weeks, and one of the parties in the house is
sick, and she thinks that is the cause Of it.
NOT FOR MONTH.
"The garbage man has not been here for over
a month";" writes Mr.. Dashiell Of Georgetown.
Neither ourselves nor the neighbors can rest
for the odor of the garbage. Have had to en-
ploy others to remove it."
Mr. Arthur g. Tansey of 107 G street COM
plains that he asked the garbage collector to re-
move his garbage and he refused.
second Notice" is the heading Of W. T..
Fathers complaint Would like the garbage
man to call at 2l35 G street" he writes. "to re-
move the garbage which has been exposed on
my premises for two weeks now. / think i'm
mediate attention should be given to this COM
plant"
Other complaints are made Of the failure Of
the collectors to appear, some for as long a
period as three weeks, and some complain that
the garbage is only moved when they call at
tention to the neglect
ONLY Twenty-Five CARTS.
According to the report Of Inspector Thomas
there are but thirty-five carts employed in the
service throughout the entire city, and but few
Of them make more than one load q day.
Yesterday there were forty-o loads Of garbage
collected, and the report shows that it was de-
posted at the factory of the National Sanitary
Company.
Mr.. S. P. Bayly, ex-chief clerk Of the health
department., is superintendent Of the work for
the Sanitary Company and he calls at the health
Office nearly every day. The complaints that
are received are at once sent to the Office of the
Sanitary Company.