The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-23
70 NAVE 4 NEW cRanAroRY.
Council Last Evening Authorized Cone
- tract with the Dickson Company.

tract With the Dickson Company.
City Council last evening authorized the
Crematory Committee to enter into con
tract with the Dickson Crematory Com.
pany to erect q brick building here at a
cost not exceeding SIG, 900.
The action followed warm debate
accustomed by Chairman lOberley of the
COMMITTED presenting q report which
recommended that the Dickson system of
| cremation be adopted here. The motion
was adopted whereupon Mr.. Stats offer.
ed minority report which recommended
That the city enter intoa contract with
some responsible company TO burn the
garbage as he thought this would BIO O
cheaper method.
He said he agreed with the majority re.
port that the Dixon plant was the most
perfect that has been inspected, but be.
iieyed that the best way to dispose of gar
bage Is by the contract system, II tho COM
pany will give bond.
Mr. Stats backed up his report with
strong argument against. the council
spending money unnecessarily for the
consumption OF garbage. He referred to
the proposition OF the Delaware Sanitary
deduction Company to dispose Of the gar
Dage Tor 5000 year for three years, which
was one half the amount the city Is pay
proposition was In excess OF 1t, the men,
Der thought Its proposition should have
some consideration.
Mr. Stats admitted that the Dickson
Company system was the best he had ever
seen but 1t was the tax payers money he
was looking at and not any Company's
interest.
Mr.. ONeil was opposed to Mr.. Stats
view OF the matter. He held that the
RnhnRfinn
ing IN Its contract and therefore believed
the Dickson Company should have the
preference. In replying Mr.. Stats re-
marked that he had not submitted the re-
port because Of any interest In the Com.
pany, as Mr.. O'Neil had inferred, but be-
cause Of the city's lack Of funds. Messrs.
McNulty, Meany and Leary put them
selves on record against the adoption of
the Reduction Company's system. They
all held that the reduction system was
unsatisfactory and that in adopting the
Dickson proposition the city would save
mere than 1t would by any other system.
Mr.. Watson believed that the present |
plant could be repaired and put in sue. |
oessful operation for about 5000 but
ne did not want the original builder to |
do the work, for he, Mr.. Watson claimed,
had not acted square with the city.
Mr.. Oberly said it would take at least
The contractor who built the plant saws
That 1t was the first and only oil furnace
ne ever erected for burning garbage. The
oher OF the company that put In the pres
ent plant was to remodel for S14, 600 the
,rematory now in use so as to burn coal as
'uel. Mr.. Oberly claimed larger plant
was necessary.
The discussion was terminated by Mr..
moving that the majority report
10 adopted, which motion prevailed.
City Treasurer Adams reported the bal.
nee in bank to account of current ex-
lenses to be 800, 704.9 90; special fund for
ark purposes, $42, 26363 The collections
we're: Edmund Mitchell Jr., $61O; Eugene
4. Sayers, $500; depository bank, $40, &C.
cunt of interest.
Under the head Of miscellaneous bust
less Mr.. McNulty, chairman of the FL
ance Committee. offered an ordinance
rovlding for an extraordinary appropria.
Ion Tor interest," the amount to be agreed
pom later.
Inc ordinance was read q second time
y title and referred to the Law Commit
20.
Upon motion of Mr.. McNulty the Law
committee was instructed to use all
leans to defeat the bill to give the Board
| Health entire control of the crematory.
he motion was seconded by every mem
or or the council and the motion unani-
lously adopted. After the meeting the
lelabers passed and signed the following
solution, which was taken to Dover to-
ay:
10 the members of the Senate and House ,
OF Representatives of the State of Della
ware.
Gentlemen; We, the undersigned mem
'rs OF the City Council of Wilmington, ,
'sre to call attention to bill now be. $
re your body entitled IAN act for the :
'tter disposal of garbage" The bill con-
mplates taking all powers from the g
snds of City Council and placing them
the hands of the Board of Health The .
ty Is already overburdened with commits
1ns which have taken the power from
9 hands of the representatives of the
tople where it properly belongs.
We, therefore, desire to enter our pro- '
st against the passage of said measure.
AT meeting Of the City Council, held 4
thursday evening, April %. a motion was
lanlnously adopted to instruct the Leg.
alive Committee of the Council to use !,
cry, effort to prevent the passage of the |,
II above mentioned"