Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-26
RBAGE MIDDLE
No Understanding Reached and Crematory
Remains Closed.
The Dispute Over Finances with the
COntractOr-The Two Schedules
Dumping I'm the River.

The Commissioners found no opportunity
today to get together and discuss the gar
bage puzzle. In fact, there is nothing for
them to do in the matter. They have al
ready written letter to the owner of the
CrematOry directing him to remodel his
furnace TO correspond with the plant in
operation at Wilmington, Del The gar
bage is now being taken down the river
in scows from the G street wharf. W here
it is being landed no one knows, or rather,
no will tell. 1t is suggested that per-
hars it is being dumped overheard. 1t was
intimated today at the District building
that several citizens of Virgin ia and Mary
land were going to enjcin the Commits
sioners from taking the garbege down the
river.
The crematory remained closed all day.
ard no garbage was taken there. The
owner of the crematory could rot be found,
and it is supposed that he has gone to
Philadelphia to consult with his company
regarding the future
The attorney for the District has been
asked for an opinion upon the claim of the
contractor for more money. The details of
his claim have heretofore been printed in
The Star. Briefly, he claims over 5000
more than the appropriation for work of
collection and disposal OF garbage. lie
bases his claim on the fact that The tenn
porary contract for four months for nearly
S2s,OD was not part of his present con-
twelfths of SJ1, ,Eo-the amount of his bid
for the eight months service of the first
year. The Commissioners, however, strongly
combat this claim. 1t is claimed by them
that the contract entered into Cnly
after a mutual understanding on the part
of representative of the contractor and
themselves, and he was aware of the ap-
preparation, and, further, that the amount
TO be apportioned for the different months
of the year was based upon the collections
made. In other words, that the aDpropria-
tion was divided by months according TO
the work required The schedule adopted
or, rather, the Two schedules adopted, for
there were two, we're based one upon the
full amount of the appropriation Of $4,000
and the other upon the contract price Of
ST., 600
The schedule was as follows:
July, q collections, sG,S2S.67 and s7.1Ss.07.
August, q collections, 6,S2S67 and ST.
lSS.O7
September. 25 collections s6,35S.03 and
So, 6,692.66.
October, q collections. s6,s2s.67 and ST.
1SS.UI.
November. collections, s2,a57.57 and ST.
4S1.65.
December, 9 collections s2,592.so and S.
1896.
January, collections, s2592s9 and S.
1896
February, collections, s2,357.57 and S.
4S1.6G
March, 9 collections, s2,592.s9 and ST.
129.36
April, IL collections, s4,475.45 and s4,-
111oS
May, 81 collections. $s2s ca and s7,1Ss.Os.
June, q collections, S635S.U3 and &c.
692. .66
The collections represent the number ex-
pected to be made at each house during
the respective months. The first column
of figures is based upon the bid of the con-
tractor of s57 600, and the other upon the
regular appropriation of $4,000.
In the Police Court.
The garbage muddle has at last reached
the Police Court, but the points involved IN
the prosecution started have no beuring on
the question of cremating the garbage. NJ.
]. Brown, a prominent member of the
South Washington Citizens Association,
sEore out the warrant. He names Manager
S. P. Bayly of the garbage company, and
charges an alleged obstruction of South
Capitol street with the garbage wagons
when they were waiting to be unloaded.
The warrant has been sent cut for service,
and the case will probably be heard later
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