The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
TO RESCIND CONTRACT
PROPOSED COMPROMISE GIVES GAR
BAGE CONTRACTOR $4,000.
The Council Must First Approve It.
Designating Company Also Asks
fer Certain Relief.

City Attorney Scott has been at work for
several days drafting ordinances and con-
tracts for a compromise of the garbage
question. The contracts and ordinances
were submitted to the Board OF Works and
the Mayor yesterday afternoon. They We're
closely examined and discussed, but no ac-
ton was taken on them. me citing Of the
Board of Works and those composing the
Mayors cabinet will be held in the office of
of the Board of Works tomorrow morning
to take final action, so the ordinances can
be submitted to the Council at its session
tomorrow night.
The garbage collection contract, which is
held by Thomas J. Jameson. has been very
unsatisfactory to the citizens and to the
contractor. The citizens have almost unan
imously repudiated it, as far as it was in
their power to do SO, by refusing to allow
the contractors wagons to haul their gar
bage, and many costly lawsuits have result
ed. Although the contractor was victorious
in the courts, he is not hauling much gar
bage, and consequently not receiving much
pay, and is now willing to enter into
agreement to allow the contract to be re-
scinded. The agreement which he will. sign,
if acceptable to the city, and which is
among the papers drawn up by the City At
torney, is follows:
IhaI SAID Jameson snail continue IN the
performance of said contract until May /,
1885, and during said period shall collect all
garbage within said city, according to the
provisions of said contract, with right to
collect therefrom from the householder,
cording to the terms and conditions of his
said contract.
ION said May 1, 1895, the said city shall
be deemed released from said contract and
the same shall be taken and deemed as sur
rendered, Cancelled and terminated
For and in consideration of the foregoing
agreements, and for the collection of said
garbage during said period, and for the sur
render and cancellation of said contract, the
city of Indianapolis agrees to pay to the
said Thomas J. Jameson the sum of 5000,
which said sum shall be due and payable on
May l. 1895, and shall be in full of all the
liabilities, If any, upon the part of the city
TO the said Jameson. under and by virtue of
said contract, or of any matter or thing in
any manner connected Herewith or growing
out thereof.
Provided, however. that this agreement
and settlement shall not be deemed in force
or effect or in any way binding upon the
city until 1T has been approved by ordinance
by the Common Council, and until there
shall exist or shall have been made an APP
preparation to the Department of Public
Works Of sum of money sufficient to au-
thorize 1T to enter into said contract"
This agreement virtually gives the con-
tractor $4,000 for allowing the city to re-
proved by the Board of Works, and may
not be, but it now seems that such action
is probable. If this is done the garbage
matter will be easy of solution. 1t is pro-
posed to pass an ordinance providing regu-
lations for hauling garbage through the
streets, describing the kind of wagon or
receptacle in which it may be hauled, ETC.
Anyone may have the privilege of hauling
garbage provided he complies with the
ordinance. small license Fee merely
nominal, will be charged for the purpose
of compelling all persons who haul garbage
to register, so they be more easily in
spected by the sanitary officers Under
that plan garbage may be hauled to the
country to be fed to hogs or it may be
taken to the crematory, where it will be
received from any licensed hauler.
The deSiccating company has offered to
compromise it's contract. The offer is for
the company to continue to burn all garbage
brought to the crematory and to treat the
night soil chemically according to the man.
ner outlined in the Journal a week ago. It
will be spread on shelves under sheds at
Sellers farm and mixed with mari, which
acts upon it chemically. After drying the
company will take it's chances on disposing
of it for fertilizer. For this service the
company asks pay on a sliding scale, their
contract to run for the remainder of the
original ten years, which would be about
seven and one-half years For the first
year the company is to receive $1,000 and
each year $500 is to be added to this sum,
which would make the last payment
amount to $1O,500. The present contract is
for $4,000 q year, but the Board of Works
has refused to pay all of it account of
the company's failure to properly dispose
of the night SOL. The board will also take
action on this matter at its meeting to-
morrow morning.