Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-11
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ing. Council should act.

In fsi%Y to question the Mayor said
Mr.. Clark had only been before him
once, and that was because he
and the Health Officer had agreed that
to fine him was no remedy-it only
lesSened his power to.earry out his con-
tract by taking his honey from him.
The Health officer corroborated this.
The contractor, Mr.. Clark, was then
Intercepted. He said be had told the
Committee when he took the contract
he would do the best he possibly could.
He was reminded that he was brought
up before the First Branch OF Coun-
ell and asked If he could do the
work at the price, and he had
responded that he could and that he
knew what he was doing. In reply TO
further questions, he said he thought ne
was removing the garbage every day.
1.-The carts go out every day. can't
follow them ALL" He thought he had
been warned a couple of times"
Q.-How many carts have youP A
Ihad six, and put seven at Work tnis
morning.
Q-Can you remove all the garbage
from this city with seven carts? A
Eight ought to do it, and do II well.
Q-How many carts have you In the
First ward? A.-One.
Q-Is it there all the time? Apart
of the time.
He said he had one cart in the Sew
enth ward, and one In the Second, ana
one In the Fourth. He thought the
work was being done all right. he knew
nothing OF his men demanding or receiV-
ing money from citizens for the removal
Of their garbage, and be was not en-
gagged n any other business.
DR.. Caddle conducted this examlna-
ton, and during 1T he directly charged
that he didn't collect the garbage, that
he didn't have the facilities to collect
il, and that be never intended to collect
il. He charged that whereas he only
had a fraction OF cart for daily work
in any one war;, the work couldn't be
done in ar one ward with two carts.
In reply to Mr.. richards questions,
Mr.. CT rk said cart could haul wv.
load pei day from every ward, except
the Second and Seventh, where he could
haul three. He thought leach ward
would AXE twelve or fourteen loads
each twenty-four hours" but at once
corrected this statement, and mace MS
estimate correspond with his alleged
ability to haul. He was asked how be
expected to call at every house with
seven carts, but could give no satisfac-
tory answer
In reply to DR.. McCoy's questions, Mr..
Clark said he had FIVE carts up TO July
End, six up TO yesterday, and seven yes
terday.
To Mr.. Richards, the contractor said
he didn't know good service wasn't
given. He got few complaints-"not
so very many"
Q.-Don't you know you haven't got
sufficient carts to haul the garbage?
Al thought eight ought to haul it.
Q. But you haven't had eight. A
I'll have eight to-morro~.
Q.-Do you think eight carts enough?
A.-Yes.
Q.-Why didn't you put them on? A.
The garbage was not so very plenty.
Q.-Are you regulated by whether
garbage is plenty or not, or by the ordl-
nance? A.-By the ordinance, l sup
pose.
The report of Supt Dunno the crema-
tory, for the month OF June, was offered
in evidence. 1t showed that 200 loads
of garbage had been hauled for the
month, or ten d day.
The Superintendent said there were
not more than ten loads a day in June.
Yesterday there were fifteen loads, the
most ever hauled. He said there were
five carts at work up TO yesterday, when
seven were at work.
At the end of enquiry, Mr.. Richards
offered the following
"WHEREAs, The Chairman of this Com
mittee having called it together for the
purpose of enquiring into the complaints
made In regard to failures OF the gar
bage collector to perform his duties,and
the Committee having heard statements
made by the Health Officer, the Mayor,
the Keeper OF the Crematory, and others
upon the subject, aud being satisfied
that there has been great neglect OF
duty upon the part Of said collector,
and to the injury OF the citizens OF the
city; il is therefore,
"Resolued, That in the opinion OF this
Committee the garbage collector has
failed and neglected frequently to per-
form his contract with the city, and
neglected his duty hereunder, as well
also to carry out the provisions OF the
ordinance passed April %, 1890, upon
the subject of offal and garbage,
and thereby has forfeited his said
contract, and as well broken the
condition Of his bond as such
collector, aud therefore, in the further
opinion OF the Committee, the Council
OF the city should declare his contract
forfeited, and take such steps as In It's
wisdom it may deem best to remedy the
evils caused by such failure and neglect
of said contractor"
This was adopted, and the Committee,
after transacting some routine business,
adjourned.