The morning times., 1896-04-17
CREhAToRY Is INDoRSED
Health Officials Discover No Of
feHs.Ve 0dOrs About 1t.
VIEWS GIVEN OF CITIZENS
Chief Clerk Mclean and DIR. Fowler
Send in Reports to Health Officer
w ood ward and They Reach the
COMMISSIONS ncrs-Associntion Off
ciuls Again Make IL Protest.

| Commissioners Of the observations made
| of the garbage crematory Wednesday night,
referred 10 i'll The Evening Times of yes
tcrday, consisted OF letter OF transmits
| sion of the reports made TO him by Chief
Clerk Mclean and DR.. w. c. Fowler, OF
| his office, both OF whom report that the
plant is not offensvely odonferous.
This opinion, which is shared by Dr..
| Woodward, is important, for the reason
that il is tie first Official response TO the
| complaints OF the citizens, and for The
additional reason that the report, if dupll-
Gated later, will govern the Commissioners
| in their action with reference to the
! acceptance OF the system.
The plant is on trial and must prove to
| he satisfactory before ii is taken from
the owners hands.
Mr. Mclean said in his commentary that
| he found the plant in active operation with
| both furnaces heavily charged with garbage
| undergoing he process Ofcremation. While
he was upon the ground Il load of garbage
| was dumped into the furnace. He remained
over an hour, and at no time, either at
the crematory proper, III the ADJOINING
| street, or any distant portion of the city,
| did he detect any offensive odor that
could be chargcable 10 the burning OF
garbage.
THE WHARF OBJECTIONABLE.
IAN inspection of the wharf, he adds,
located about 100 yards from the ere
matory disclosed the fact that animals,
both large and small, were lying exposed
and emitting odors peculiar 10 purifying
carcaSSeS.
Mr.. Mclean is clearly of the opinion
that the workings OF the Crematory are
Satisfa ctory. and that there was an alb
sence Wednesday night of offensive odorS-
DIR. W. {. Fowler made up his report
wholly of figures. showing the result OF the
inquiry OF the inspectors among the
residents of the neighborhood. There was
a total of 22l premises visited. The number
of persons who have noticed odors and
attribute the same TO the Crematory was
seventeen; eight have discovered the eX-
IStcnce of od0rS. but could not speak as to
origin: four persons say the stencil comes
from the soap factory. and say il is caused
| by dead animals. three say the James Creek
is responsible, six charge it 10 the basin ut
the foot of New Jersey avenue southeast,
and l19 have failed so far to detect odorS
of any kind.
OF those who attribute the stencil To the
crematory, one said it was most noticeab ble
April ! 3. seven gave April II as the date;
and eight thought the 10Th was the worst
day.
This by no means grees with the verdict
| given by the representatives of the South
Washington CitiZenS' A association. who
| have been twice TO see President Ross
recently, They left with the board yes
terday a list OF twenty-five names of
persons who are willing to make oath to
the presence OF a stencil OF Il vile deSCrip-
tion, chargeable, in their opinions, TO the
crcmatory, and on account OF which some
of the witnesses had to close their houses
Wednesday night.
THESE WILL TESTIFY.
| ran,aS nf no citizppS who
listed as witnesses in the paper filed with
the Commissioners. are: NJ. j. Brown and
James Edward, who brought in the report;
G. q. Eaton, James Koran, Mrs. F. H.
: Litchfield. Mrs. WynkOop, Mrs. NJ. L.
Storey, R. j. Collins, Henry Storey, l..
Hixson, Robert Storey, j. Policy, jr.;
Mrs. John NJ. Williams. samuel Kidd, Mrs.
A. Richards, James NJ. Cleanan, Mrs. Nor
ton, Mrs. Niter, Mrs. W. q. Policy, George
Penn and william c. PrentisS, the latter
an association attorney.
Apropos TO the subject, the views of
the Commissioners upon the general topic
of crematory locations as expressed Yes
terday TO Vice President Stevenson, and
noted in The Evening Times, are given as
follows:
I'm reference to the location OF es-
tablishmentS for the disposal of garba ge,
while it is generally admitted that reduc-
tion plants must be placed at n great dis
tance from the thlckly settled parts of
the city, crematorieS are not infrequently
located within the city itself.
LOCATION OF THE PLANT.
''In determining the proper location Of
| such plant, aside from the question Of
nuiSances from tie plant itself, 1t is neces-
sary to consider the DuiSanccs arising from
garba ge carts constantly passing to and
fro in front Of dwellings and places OF
business. Such carts do not at any time
congregate, as is commonly supposed, about
= a properly conducted disposal plant
ut may be admitted that garbage
| crematory or a reduction plant, absolutely
free from odor, might, if placed among
dwellings or places of ordinary business,
| depreciatc the value Of such property on