Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-24
P LAYING Sc E-S AW
Mr.. Stewart Goes Up and Mr.. Bayly Comes
Down.
The Garbage Problem Assumes It's
Usual Daily Change of FrOnt-The
Baltimore Contractors.

The complications and entanglements
which surround the solution of the vexed
garbage problem took another twist today
and at the rate things are going 1t will
soon require the services Of an expert to
figure out for the benefit Of the Commits
sioners just where they are at"
Monday Mr.W .Cranch Mcintyre and Prof.
Anderson, representing the Anderson Gre
matory Company, appeared before the
Commissioners in the interests OF that
method of disposing OF the city's refuse.
With them was Lawyer Arthur Stewart
of Baltimore, who claimed to speak for
the Baltimore firm which has the garbage
contract after November l. He represent
ed that the contractors and the crematory
company had made an amicable arrange
ment and tina. they were In favor OF erect
ing an Anderson plant in this city, PRO-
yiding the Chicago test Of the crematory
should meet with the approval OF the Dis
trict authorities.
Their proposition was favorably received
by Mr.. Ross and Mr.. Truesdell. and 1t
looked as though the Commissioners were
beginning to see way out of their
Yesterday Mr.. s. P.>Bayly, the Washing
ton represen tative of the Baltimore con-
tractors, dropped a bombshell in the board
room at the District building when he an
nounced that Mr. Turner, the manager OF
the Warfield Company, the Baltimore con-
tractors, had repudiated Mr. Stewart and
claimed that he acted without authority
when he took 1t upon himself to speak for
Mr.. Warfeld Furthermore, he said that
Stewart had been the attorney for the An
derson people, and what he said gave the
Commissioners the idea that there was
something quite out of the ordinary in the
whole affair:
When Mr. Mcintyre read CT this later de-
velopment in The Star last evening he was
surprised, to say the least Prof Ander-
son, the inventor of the crematory, and also
= I, of hsa
Baltimore yesterday afternoon holdins
business consultation with MIR. Turner and
Mr.. Stewart. when he heard that there
was trouble i'll Washington. He LOST no
time in coming over here. and last evening
he was closetcd until a late hour with Mr..
Mcintyre. the attorney for his company. at
the latter's residence.
This morning the two appeared before the
Commissioners again. and added new
element to the case by completely virdicat-
ing Mr.. Stewards position in the matter.
They stated that Stewart. whose char
acter Is such that he would never have at
tempted to pass himself off for what he
was not. is now, the actual attorney for the
Warfield company. and in every way quail
flied to speak for the contractors.
The only way they could account for Mr.
Bayly's statement was on the presump-
ton that he had misunderstood Mr.. Tur-
ner'S telephone message yesterday from
Baltimore. Mr.. Turner'S hearing, they say
Is defec tive, and consequently he Is not an
expert in the use Of a phone. They say
that he must have missed the meaning OF
Mr.. Bayiy's questions over the wire and
said no when he ought to have said yes
They said that at the conference in Balu-
more yesterday Stewart was representing
the contractors, and that the Commission
ers would receive today telegram from
Mr.. Turner explaining the whole matter
authoritatively.
That is the history of the garbage Ques-
ton so far this week, and the week is
orly half gone. No one can tell what Its
status will be by Saturday.
Mr.. Mcintyre told q Star reporter this
afternoon that the outcome of the whole
affair would be that test will be given
in Chicago shortly; the Commissioners will
be pleased with 1t; an Anderson plant will
be erected in this city for the use Of the
contractors, and that all the problems that
now seem to vex so sorely will like the
garbage, end in smoke.
But there is possibility of many more
complications before the first fires are
started In the city's crematory.
Mr.. BayIy Surprised.
Mr. Bayly was not present at the hearing
this morning. He came to the District
building later in the day, and when he
heard Of the representations Of the Ander-
son people 1t was his turn to be surprised.
TT is true" said Mr.. Bayly to a Star re-
porter, that Mr.. Turner Is rather hard OF
hearing, and that Is about all there is true
in it, l am confident that Mr.. Stewart has
no official connection with the contractors
If he had, why should Mr.. Turner have
called me up over the telephone to deny 1t:
| know that Mr.. Stewart has not seen MT
Warfie!d, and 1 was present at the last In
written to Mr.. Warfield to come on tt
Washington, and when he gets here 1T will
rot take long to get things Strengthened
out"