The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-22
IT HITS THEM RATHER HARD
Hotel Keepers and Resta urant Men OBJ
ject TO The Garbage Ordinance.
Entails Heavy Expense Upon Them in Get
ting Rid of What They Formerly Sold
for GoOdly Price.
OBJECT TO THE GARBAGE ORDINANCE

Hotel and Restaurant Men Regard 1t as q
Great Hardship.
meeting was held last night In the par
lore of the Denison Hotel. which was at
tended by representatives. from the various
hotels and restaurants of the city. 1t was
for the purpose of taking preliminary steps
for perfecting permanent organization of
hotel and restaurant keepers. for the
furtherance of their own interests. and to
prevent them from pulling in opposite
directions In matters which are OF i'm.
portance to them all. as they
have been dong In some cases. The meet
ing was presided over by Terry Cullen. of
the New Denison. and there were present
j. s. Hall. of Hotel English. II. w. Law
renee. OF the Spencer House. B. L. Doug
lass. of the Occidental, Charles b. Foster.
and Charles and Will Kershner An or.
gsnization was not perfected last night.
but meeting will be held next Monday
night. when it is expected to do SO. Among
the things talked over was the keeping up
of rates and q uniformity of them. and the
question of wages paid help and that OF
one man hiring the help that has been en-
ployed by another.
This was done in an informal way. and
no particular action was taken upon them.
but the question which absorbed the time
was that of the collection of garbage under
the existing law. Every man present ex-
pressed himself. saying that the collection
law as 1t new stands is an unmitlgated
hardship. and that it's provisions are snch
that 1t Is little better than robbery. AS one
instance. Mr.. Foster said that yesterday
he had ono barrel Of garbage hauled away
and that IL cost him 81. the collector max
ing something over 500 pounds of it, He
said that that was light hauling for hlni.
and at that rate 1t will cost him from S2 to
81 per day to have his garbage hauled.
which before he had hauled for nothing,
and for which be was paid,
It was estimated that the garbage of the
DenIson Hotel will amount to nearly two
thousand pounds q week. and that it will
cost nearly S. a day 10 haul 1T away. That
would amount tc something over 81, 500
year, and tho case with that hotel Will be
the same with the others. This garbage
has always heretofore been collected by
men who have kept swine. or who have
sold it to men who did. and they have not
only hauled 1T away for nothing but have
paid for it. One man aot mp in tho meet
the city and she Board of Public Works
had been gulled into the letting of
the contract by parties who knew
full well its value and the enor-
nous pEOuto which were In T. ITO
said that he knew that represent
ative of the company which is doing
hauling hed called on q certain business
man on South Meridian street before the
contract had been let, and had asked him
to 60 into the company. setting forth
to him at the time the enor-
nous profit which was In 10, and say.
ing that the CITY officials were ignorant of
any price at which the contract should be
let to give fairness to all. Is was deter.
mined to draw mp petition ana to present
it 10 the Mayor asking him to SEQ If some.
thing could not be done to alleviate the evil.
This petition will be presented to the May.
or within the next few days. but he will
be powerless TO act upon It The olty's
contract with the garbage people is for ten
years. and cannot be resoinded without
laying the city liable to heavy damages.
That for the collection Is for five years.
and the penalty for breach of it would be
the same.
1t was not the belief of those present
that the city administration had willfully
entered into this contract. knowing that it
would work hardship to so many citizens,
but it was blamed very severely for not en-
tightening itself about the effects Of it be-
fore it was drawn up.
Some even went 40 far as to declare that,
unless the wrong was righted. IL would DC
impossible for them to vote for the persons
who had been the cause of it. The matter
will not be allowed 10 end In words. and
there will be some vory aggressive steps
taken by the men who are injured by the
law to have il changed.