The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-20
TIRED OF COMPLAINTS
WORKS BOARD WILL TALK TO
GARBAGE CONTRACTOR TO-DAY.
Decisive Action to he Takcn-The
Sanitary Officers Will Wear
TheiF Gilt Stars.

New complications may arise in the gar
bage question which will involve the gar
bage contractor in endless litigation. F.
c. Smock. residing at 80 Broadway, is very
indignant at the nonremoval Of garbage
from his premises, and addressed the fol-
lowing postal card to the Board Of Health
yesterday:
Garbage collector not yet around. If
same is not removed to-day / shall employ
advice received leaves no doubt but what
/ can sue the contractor for maintaining
a nuisance in not attending 10 same, 10 say
nothing of a breach OF contract
If this plan is adopted it may prove some
what expensive to the contractor. Mr..
Smock is the first complainant to suggest
this sort of legal remedy against the con-
tractor for failure to fulfill his contract
with the city for the removal of the gar
bage, but the idea will probably be taken
up by others who have been sufferers from
the same cause. There is now some talk
of a combination among the sufferers to
bear the expense of a suit against the con-
tractor to establish the legal rights of the
residents Of the city under the contract
with the city.
If the complaints continue to come into
the office of the Health Board as they ave
turing IL past week OK lcu NdyS - sal
bage contractor may find himself without
a contract. Mayor Denny minated yester-
day that he would favor annulring the con-
tract IL 1t was rot more faithfully complied
with. He was i'm the office of the Board of
Public Works yesterday when a COMMUNE
cation was received from the clerk of the
Board of Health notifying the Board of
Works that complaint of the nonremoval OF
garbage had been received the second time
from O.. E. Burnett, 13 sworth street;
Farmers restaurant, loo West Washington;
George ". Joss, so Indians avenue; Mrs.
Lear, 419 North New Jersey; +. G. Smock,
$40 Broadway, and James E. Shower, 100
College avenue. When the communication
was read by President Wildman, of the
board, he Immediately went to the tele-
phone and called up the garbage company,
telling it that the board wanted to see all
of the persons connected with the company
at the office of the board forthwith. He
was answered that il was impossible to get
notice, but that they would appear before
the board this morning at 9 o'clock. Pres
ident Wildman said the board would see
that the contract was strictly complied
with in all of its terms. What action may
be taken by the city officials In reference
TO the garbage question depends a great
deal upon what is done at the meeting OF
the Board Of Works this morning. 1t is
highly probable that If the garbage COM
pany does not avail itself of this one chance
the contract Will be annulled and an en-
tirely new arrangement for the collection
and disposition of garbage entered into.
James E. Shower addressed the following
card to the Health Board: Carriage col
lector came to my house yesterday even
ing, and because no one was at home to
pay him refused to take IL away, leaving
word to go somewhere and pay for IL, and
that he would not come again for it.
George N. Joss. residing at No. 80 Indiana
avenue, came into the office of the Health
Board about half past 2 o'clock, yesterday,
to register his third complaint against the
failure to remove garbage from his prem
ises. He said one day last week a collector
removed garbage from the residence next to
his, and when he asked the collector to
take his garbage the latter laughed at him
and drove away, saying that he just came
to the other house because ordered there,
and, because he was not within his regular
territory, would not take Ii away
Mrs. Meigs, residing at 400 North Penn
sylvanfa street, writes as follows: please
send me a garbage man.. My place would
be condemned by your officer, because the
promised garbage man never comes a sec
ond time" The other complaints received
at the health office yesterday were: w. s.
Barkley, 251 North Meridian; Mrs. Lfdta
Harrison, 252 North Meridian; T. NJ. Gold,
14 Broadway, 81 Park avenue: w. H..
Kershner. 10 East North; Mrs. F. J. Wright,
81 Ruckle, 1s3 West Ohio; Lee Burnett, 156
West Washington; Mr.. Vess. II West Ohio,
26 West st. Clair; DR.. Kahlo, 526 North
Illinois, 273 North Capitol avenue.