New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01

A PLAN FOR THE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
ST. The amount of food constituting the
garbage Of New-York CITY together with other
rubbish that accumulates daily, is immense and
increases in volume from year year the popu-
la,on grows How TO remove It as fast as 1t piles
up and keep the city clean and healthy is i'm
.pOrtant problem.
Any scheme that concerns It's removal only and
does not take into consideration how it may also
be turned TO profitable is defective: there
fore to burn it is not the proper plan. There is in
the pan which has been adopted the expense of
collecting and removing the garbage from the city,
the cost Of constructing and operating the crema-
tories but no profit in the result the paltry
OF the va.ue Of the ashes.
! would suggest in my judgment better pan
because there Is Il fortune in it, Remove nc solid
rubbish. such broken bricks and mortar. from
torn-down buildings the dirt removed to make room
for deeper foundations and, particularly. the great
amount of coal ashes, to the salt meadows that
border the shores Of Staten Island N the kills
They are only a few miles distant from the city,
and will in the near future. be embraced IN the
Greater New-York. These salt meadows extend
along the water for several miles Three or more
feet Of solid earth paced upon this ground brings
the surface above the highest tide that ever rises
and makes a foundation suitable 10 build upon
AS the water in the kills along this meadow is
pretty deep right up the bank. be easily
made So where it might be necessary at some
point by dredging. all the water front for miles
could be made very desirable for factory sites and
the land become very valuable when, at present.
has no value except for the salt grass it yields.
the only thing that grows upon it, which the
farmers cut and make into hay.
Upon this land back from the shore In some
PAGES about mile the upland. would pace
hogs brought from the West when young by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a branch Of which
crosses to the island at this point, and incose
them with barbec-wIre fence, cheaply put up IN
this soft land. and feed the hogs with garbage from
the city. which would be sufficient 10 supply thou
sands OF them with food and fatten them for mar
ket. Hogs. 4 they have access 10 salt ana ashes
with plenty OF range. grow healthy and make the
best of pork.
This big p & pen being a considerable distance
from the residences. could not be offensive nor OBJ
Jected to as pubic nuisance. The Accommodations
on the surface would enrich the ground and bring
II INTO condition for raising asparagus. on very
large scale. This plant being semi-marlne, requr
salt Tor It's .argest with and highest degree OF
4 perfection. Fresh wafer for drink be obtained
by sinking artesan wells at a moderate depth
when the staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad
!s extended from Erastina. where II now termi-
naies. 10 Tottenvle. TO meet the Imperative de-
mands OF the nour and afford better facilities for
the people living at Chelsea, Linoleum. R0ssyile
ana krelschervlllo 10 get to and from New York
city this road will skirt these salt meadows and
In time make them OF great value
| DELOLME BENEDICT.