Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04

phoid fever. This is an infectious disease
always due to infection Of the soil from
overflow and leakage from privies, defecr
tive drain pipes. backing up Of the sewer
age and flooding cellars and Easements. In
1892 there were 465 boxes with leakage ID
privies reported. The death rates from
typhoid fever increased one hundrea per
cent in $685. as compared to 1881. Night
soil should not be allowed to contaminate
soil and wells, and should not bs transs
ported when 1t can be reduced to harmless
tenn is completed the greatest care should
be exercised by our authorities In this resa
pect The open main sewer In the north
east section of our city Is q menace to
health and disgrace to our city.
The Garbage Question.
AT the request of this association your
committee appeared before the committees
in Congress and presented your petition and
were instrumental in procuring the appro-
priation of 10000 for the collection and dis
position of the garbage This was nearly .
year ago. but yet today the garbage Ii trans
ported dumped into the Potomac river, scat
tered from Georgetown to Alexandra, to be
brought back by the tide and fostering along
the shores to poHute, tester and stink. It
is hoped that some of the younger members
of this association may live to see the time
when the garbage will be properly disposed
Of in the capital of our nation. After tns
vestigating all this time the authorities and
contractors have concluded to dispose Of
our garbage by cremation and have selected
one of the worst and what will prove to be
the most IL sanitary and offensive systems
Of cremation in existence today. 1t ts the
Judgment of your committee that this sys,
tenn will never be tolerated in our city, and
that In less than four months after 1t IL
erected 1t will be declared a nuisance, and
the contractors will once more transport the
garbage.
"rhe health Of our people demand that the
appropriation should be used for the most
sanitary disposition of the garbage. The
science of cremation has been perfected to
such degree that garbage can be destroyed
In a perfectly sanitary manner, but not by
one Of the systems adopted by the CommieA
sioners here. A test and experience will
prove this prediction to be correct 1t In Q
misnomer to call such q system cremation,
1t should be named stemation. No system
is sanitary that does not evaporate every
drop of moisture into steam and afterward
destroy In superheated combustion cham.
Der. so that not a particle Of odor escapes
into the open air. With the heat above the
garbage you cannot evaporate the water
and without a combustion chamber you cam
not destroy the odor arising from the pro-
cess of destroying garbage. while with 4
properly constructed furnace, where the
heat is applied beneath as well as over the
garbage all moisture must be evaporated.
and, with a properly constructed combus-
ton chamber In the stack. with tempera-
absolutely destroyed, and boiler and en-
CINE to create smoke. cinders, noise to offend
and annoy a neighborhood are not neces-
sary.'
Chairmen of other committees were not
present to submit their reports, and the
question of election of officers was put be-
fore the ASSOCIATION.
On motion Of Mr.. Girouard, the secretary
was instructed to cast the vote for the re-
election of last years officers-J. w. Bah
son. president: A. F. Sperry, secretary; NJ.
/. Weller, treasurer; Tracy L. Jeffords and
S. S. Yoder, members of the executive COM
mittee.
The members Of the various committees
will be announced at the next meeting.