The evening times., 1896-09-26
GARBAGE CRISIS IS NEAR
Lawyers Have Promised Some
Sensational Disclosures.
CLAIMS OF ALL PARTIES
Facts Laid Before the Commissioners
OF COnspiracy-Ihe Brown Plant
Closed Down and the Refuse L. Car
ried Away by Scows.

The garbage situation seems 10 be caily
growing more complex, ana may lie &c
scribcG as a pretty kettle If iSii. The
conference between Contractor D. y. war
field and Mr.. BCcIgner, the TepIt sentative
Of the Smith people, has accomplished
nothing. 1t was held i'll altimore in the
| presence Of Mcssrs. Edward Warflcld and
j ii. Turner, the hackers Of the contractor
It's stated that Mr.. Bcergner there made
a proposition that Contractor Warfle!d
should undertake the construction OF Il
Smith cr,.natory in Washington, he caring
all the cost OF construction and an the
expense Of the necessary test Of It's Ca
paClty aud efficiency. In uther wotdS' thc
contractor was expected to take all The
risks Of the enterprise.
This proposition was promptly rejected.
MIR. Warfield, tits said, Informed Mr.. BoerE
ner that he was ready 10 fulfill his part of
the agreement a { any time, hut that it was
never understood that he was to Iay the
expcIse Of advertising the Smith furnace,
or any other
HE WANTS To KNOW.
IT, said Ar. Warficld, you are not
prepared to do the work as agreed upon,
you Will obliGc me by saying so. The Com
ruissioners do not know that you are not
prepared to build Il crematory, and learn
they were given to understand that your
company has been ready to comply withtae
agreement at any time"
To this. 1t is alleged, Mr. Boergner gave
no satisfactory answer, but the result OF
the conference was that he went home to
Philadelphia to see what response could
he made to the proposal for immediate
construction. He was to telegraph by Wee
nesday last, but up to yesterday no message
h ad been received from him.
1t is Mr. Warfield's understanding that
the system which Mr.. BCergner represents
consists only of the system, having no or
ganiZation or aggregated capital behind it.
lie believes the furnace may be made 10
do very successful fwork, but he says lie
does not feel called upon to experiment
with it.
on the other hand, the Smith repre-
seutativeS say they are prepared to show
that there has been a systematic effort
to defeat the Introduction of their system
into the District Their attorney has sew
eral times intimatcd that some sensa-
tioual disclosures would he made in a GER
tain contingency. That contingency seems
,hout To develop since Mr.. Warfield has
declared he will wait no longer for tire
Smith representatives to keep their agree
meut with him. He sought the Commits
slouers today to lay before them the
facts which have been in measure out
lined in this story, and that was under
stood to be the signal for the giving away
by the company of the particulars of the
alleged conspiracy.
LIMIT OF ITS TEST.
Meanwhile the Brown plant Is reported
to have closed down. The limit OF its
test has expired, and the owner is now
waiting for the contractor to decide
whether or not it has been satisfactory.
There is likely to be considerable dispu-
tatiou over this matter, and it may he
weeks before the tangled details or the
garbage controversy can be gathered up
and harmonizel.
The Brown plant, at the foot OF Eas5
Capitol street, is being inspected today by
Engineer Mccoy, of Baltimore, with the
view of ascertainiDg its present conhltloh.
Mr.. Mccoy represents Messrs. II. F. Turner
and Edward varied, sureties ior TIE COL
tractor, and is accompanied in his eXainina-
ton hy Messrs. j. n. Warfield and s. p.
Bayly.
Secretary Abbie B. Gift of the Womcn's
Christian Association, in her annual report
to the superintendent Of charities, says 1t
Will require for the conduct and support
OF the institution for the year 1886 81 the
sum OF 81 900
During the twenty-five years of its exist
ence 5000 persons have been sheltered
through the associations efforts. In $40
the total number cared for was forty-four;
in 1896 the total NJ mbcr was $50.
The building and its site, owned by the
association, are valued at about $50. 900.
The size of the lot will adniit of enlareing
the structure by the addition OF new 'front.'
as the original plans contemplated.
The building fund, accumulated for the
purpose OF making this addition, now
amounts to $3,515, and the hope is ex-
pressed through the report that Congress
will make an appropriationd to complete
the structure