Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-27
THE GARBAGE TROUBLE
Conference Held at the District Building
Today.
Why the CrematOry Was ClOsed-NOt
on Account of Any Money
Owed.

The owner of the garbage crematory
turned up today at the Commissioners Of
flee and had q secret conference with the
triumvirate.
Shortly after Mr.. II. S. Brown, the owner
of the crematory, arrived Manager Bayly
OF the garbage contractor company ar
rived, and the two had an earnest talk.
After the conference ended Mr.. Brown in
formed The Star reporter that the contrac
tor did not owe him any money, and he
was mistaken when he had SO stated last
Friday. The crematory had been closed
for different reasons.
When the Commissioners were ready to
hear a discussion of the garbage question
the reporters were invited out, and the
board room doors where the hearing was
held were closed
Mr. Brown, as soon as the board called
upon him for an explanation regarding the
crossing down of the crematory, said he had
received letter from the Commissioners
directing him to remodel the crema.ory at
the foot of South Capitol street, to cor
respond Witn the one in Wilmington, Del.
Such a thing was out of the question The
plant erected here was different in SO many
respects from the one at Wilmington that
IL would take several thousand dollars to
corrsct IT, He considered the one here
much better than any yet erected by his
company. In fact, it had cost a great deal
more, ana had been erected with much
more care than is ordinarily given. The
IUillpahy dld not EXPECT to make cent in
Washington, but had been anxious to build
q model plant, more as an advertisement
than anything else. So many changes were
contemplated by the Commissioners letter
tnat Ne dld not see how it was possible for
nm TO comply with their orders For in
stance, in Wilmington the fuel used fer
burning the garbage was oil. and the tanks
we're were SUNK deep underground. Here it was
Iiipossipie TO bury the tanks, because of
the nearness of the river, and secondly be-
cause Oil would cost materially more than
1t does in Wilmington
he was free to admit that he had made
a,It q great mistake In Washington. In the
first instance he had erred in his Judgment
CT lne crate bars, and had put in a new
BAR which he thought was superior to the
cthers IN use. Then he had wrongly esti-
as Ita.eG tne capacity of his plant, and this
was dependent upon his wrong judgment
IN the character of the garbage He had
examined it in the winter months when it
vas practically free from water Then he
nao depended too much upon the regula-
lons, which compelled each property owner
10 PROVIDE garbage receptacle with a
cover Not more than half The residents
OF the city complied with the law, and the
consequence was that whenever there was
ram the crematcry was injured in it's
working by the presence of large quantities
OF water During the last ten days, after
the heaVy rains, the fires of the furnace
were almost put out several times
What he desired was to be alJouyad to
continue to burn the garbage with coal
he was willing to make all other changes
ofdered, save the substitution of oil, which
cost materially more than coal
The Commissioners replied that ttev
could rot deal with him in the matte. but
would look to the contractor. 1t IS under
stood Mr. Brown will write q letter to the
contractor stating what he is prepared to
DO, and the contractor will Law the matter
before the Commissioners