Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-05
GRE NATION URGED
An East Washington Association
Committee Discuss Garbage Disposal.
REVIEW OF TIE WORK OF THE YEAR
The Progress Made in Various Mat
tiers of Public Importance.
COOPERATION OF CITIZENS

At the annual meeting of the East WASH
ington Citizens Association last night the
old officers were unanimously reelected
and Gen. s. S. Yoder and Tracy L. JEFF
fords elected members of the executive COM
mittee.
After the regular routine business had
been concluded and the new officers elected
Gen. foder submitted a report upon the
subject of municipal sanitation. with spe-
cial reference to the disposal OF garbage
The report said:
1t is well-known fact that all forms OF
filth, night soil, garbage and the accumula-
ton of the necessary housenold dirt, nesli-
gence on the part of the health DEPART
ment, and the failure to remove the same
and properly dispose of IL, propaga. es more
contagious and infectious diseases than all
other known causes. because these places
OF dirt AFFORD indus for the incuba lion,
growth and dissemination of the ptoma.nes
and poisonous germs, which, when they
enter the system, produce the specific, iaIec-
tious and contagious diseases. Then, IL
germs produce disease, we must destroy the
germs to prevent uisease-not transpC IT
bury or reduce them.
Common and ordinary germicides, car
bolic acid, bichloride of mercury, &c, no
ooubt, are very effectual, but for the proper
destruction and sanitation of masses of
night soil, garbage, &c, they are too ex-
pensive to reach the desired results, and
therefore We must resort to the only ra-
tional, effective and sensible means,
to burn them up. 1t is a well-known
scientific fact that none of the little
pests, microbes, bacilli or what not,
can live in dry heat above 2l2 f.
Hence apply dry heat and destroy them.
Then how can we do this? Certainly not
to pour or drain this vast accumulation of
NTH into our streams, nor to bury it in the
ground, for II is known that to bury these
DAf -rll dor Ell,
demonstrated by a well-known fact that
after body was buried for over a hundred
years smallpox VAS communicated to men
who exhumed IL; as well demonstrated
in our city. where scarlet fever and diph-
iberia have been communicated by waste
buried in dumps years afterward. Nor yet
Is Ii the rational or sanitary mode to re-
duce by boiling In water or superheated
steam, where the moisture protects the
lives of these pests. 1t has been said the
reduction or boiling plan is much the most
profitable No human being ought to or
will be allowed to speculate at the expense
of the public health and peril of the lives
of his neighbors. Public sentiment will not
permit health department or any private
corporation to replenish its funds at the
hazard of the health of the community.
Erection Of a Crematory Urged.
what do We recommend as the best
mode and sure and effective way of de-
struction of all this filth? Science and ne
cessity have fortunately provided. by very
recent inventive genius, such furnaces as
will effectively destroy, not only all gar
bage night soil, dead animals and all filth,
but destroy all fumes or offensive doors.
There are variety and number of abso-
lutely sanitary crematorie5 in operation
that will burn up. reduce to ashes and de-
stroy not only the matter. but also all
fumes and even the smoke"
]. v. Clarke. the former garbage con-
tractor, and DIR. Hubbell spoke in favor
% vaI. ala nfS - Oft s,l-
on the report.
Under the head Of new business Mr.. ". i.
Weller said:
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