The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-16
THEY WILL NOT HAUL
GARBAGE COMPANY UNWILLING TO
KEEP THIS PART OF CONTRACT.
Official Report of Mayor Denny and
Mr.. HOlton on What They Saw
I'm the East.

port regarding their investigations of the
American Reduction Company. Mr.. Denny
and Mr.. Holton went East for the purpose
of investigating the garbage question and
the substance OF the report which they
make is as follows:
THE immediate financial strength of this
organization may be questioned They have
spent considerable sum of money in per-
fecting their patents. The indications are
that their patents will become. valuable.
The personal Endorsement of Samuel ID.
roosevelt or Edmund Kelly would, in our
opinion make good contract. Mr.. Roose-
welt, the president OF the company, stated
that while Mr.. Campbell. who made us the
carnage in this city as per Specifica tons
advertised May 3, 1895. had full power to act
ror the company; he had, in his opinion,
carry out; that they were willing TO handle
the garbage of this city free of any cost
whatever and to erect plant here for
that purpose, but that they were not in the
hauling contracting business and that his
Information at this time. received through
Charles II. Flynn, contractor, No. 80 Locust
street, Pittsuburg. Pa, who had stated that
1T would cost, in his opinion, $4,000 per an
mum TO haul the garbage of the city. and
that so far as he Roosevelt was concerned.
he would refuse TO enter into this contract
previous to Mr.. Flynn coming TO this city
10 make personal investigation; that they
were willing to lose little money on the
hauling part of it, but that they were not
willing to lose $15, 900 or so. coo a year on it,
and that he did not think it right for
US TO ask it-although admitting at the
same time that Mr.. Campbell had the power
TO make the proposition.
I'VE tried and insisted that he sign the
contract and enter into the bond as agreed.
We felt satisfied that ii handled garbage in
an entirely sanitary. and satisfactory way.
Our Investigation at the plant of this COM
pany in Brooklyn, n. Y. which is on the
dock where all the garbage of Brooklyn is
placed to be hauled AT the present time and
dumped into barge which. when full
holds some .-ven hundred or eight hundred
tons, and is taken some ten or fifteen miles
into the sea and there dumped, led us to the
conclusion that this company does handle
garbage in entirely sanitary and salts
factory manner. We saw five tons of garb-
age put into their reducing tank, in which
they had first placed about six hundred
pounds of ground phosphate rock. During
the process of reducing this garbage to
fertilizer, which is done by steam and sui
phuric acid, of which they use about five
hundred or six hundred pounds for five tons
of garbage, it takes about three and one
half hours TO reduce the garbage, and by
this system the grease therein rises to the
top in a certain length of time and floats
or 10 receiving tank. The grease is esti-
mated at per cent, which is sold to soap
factories. The garbage is then forced into
a drier, being constantly stirred by pro-
cess of arms within the drier for certain
number of hours, the moisture all being
taken out. The water and gas coming from
this garbage is reduced. filtered and con-
tity of water. which, after being filtered, is
drained into the sewer, the gas going to the
boilers and is there consumed. When
through at the drer it is practically in
commercial salabie condition, except that
they screen it. because there are Occa
sionally brickbats, tin cans, etc, which are
not reduced.
eve bring back with us one sample bottle
which contains 10 per cent. moisture and
also the grease, which was made out OF the
garbage which we saw enter the reducing
grease and this moisture was that We did
not feel that we could wait longer and
cess. We also bring sample of the COM
pleted fertilizer, which they assured us
they are selling 10 the fertilizing manu-
facturers at so a ton and is sold by them
to the dealer and by the dealer to the far
mer at about SIS a ton, and 1t seems to US.
from the investigation and examination
which we made that ii is a firSt-class
article and that they can successfully carry
out the contract offered to this city so
far the reducing of the garbage Is con-
cerned and in perfectly satisfactory man.
.'At Philadelphia we inspected more
complete and perfected plant, of which
is the engineer, and Joseph d. Ellis, No.
323 Walnut street, is the manager for the
Philadelphia Reduction Company. The
amount of garbage which this plant would
reduce daily varied from sixty to three
hundred tons. 1t is built in a very sub
stantial manner and created a favorable i'm
phia is hauled by four different contractors.
Three of these contractors are interested in
the Philadelphia Reduction Company and
will consume their garbage within the city
limits. as there are factories and residence
properties surrounding their entire plant.
They are Of the opinion that 1t will be
much more, satisfactory than the present
manner of hauling in barges or cremating
the same. We are or the opinion that
plant sufficiently large to handle all the
garbage of this city and probably for the
no
s25 900, not counting the real estate or
buildings for same. This price is estimated
on the Philadelphia plant and is not far
out OF the way.
Perhaps few remarks in regard to the
hauling of garbage, considering that this
hauling is, perhaps, the only obstacle now
in the way of closing contract with the
American Reduction Company. would be OF
some benefit Mr.. ID. OConnell, of Second
has the contract for the city of Brooklyn,
which, he says, is based on a million in
habitants. AS he has been in the business
himself for seventeen years We felt that
he ought TO understand this part of the
business. His plant consists or seventy
trucks or garbage vans, with movable top.
carrying from two 70 three tons each load;
eighty-five horses and two hundred men,
OF course the number OF men varies. The
trucks cost about $275 each The greatest
garbage months are from June 10 TO OCT.
IL. when, he says. IL Will average three
hundred tons day, not including hotels
and restaurants, which, he believes, will
run from ten 10 twelve tons additional In
these months. He has the contract with the
city for five years for 100000. or $4,000
year. 1t will expire about Dec. 81, 1896. New
York CITY paws much more than this and
is, perhaps, not getting the work done as
satisfactorily as Brooklyn. Both cities haul
it TO sea. but il is becoming so large that
this is troublesome and there is great COM
plant. Lately it has been almost impossi-
Bile TO keep it from washing back to the
shores. Brooklyn forces the hotels and
restaurants 10 deliver garbage 10 the con-
tractor but he has some outside arrange
ment with them In Philadelphia all hotels
10 the contractor. We are of the opinion
that a contract can be made Immediately
with the American REDUCTION Company for
the disposng of the garbage without cost
to the city but from the Information which
we have we are inclined 10 think that they
will resist and litigate the hauling or col
ner OF handling 1t We believe is salts