The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-26
TO oREMA1E GARBAGE.
Council Opens Bids for the Work but
Posipones Action.

City Council last night opened bids for
the erection OF new crematory. They
were A. q. Smith of Now York $40, $50, for
a plant of eighty tons capacity, requiring
three men aud half ton coal o day.
Joseph jenkins offered to take the present
plant on n three or five year contract, re-
pair 1t aud cremate all refuse for 5000
year. Frederick ColmeYer of New York
offered an eighty.ton's capacity plant for
$l1, 800, with guarantee Of five years. M.
l.. Davis Of Lancaster offered four-fur-
mace plant with daily capacity OF 100 tons
for $1,000, the work to be completed In six
ty days.
The American Garbage Company of
Washington offered to remodel the present
plan SO as to use coal Instead OF oil, and
give 1t capacity Of eighty tons o day for
$4,000, or they would agree to burn the
garbago for IS cents a ton and put In
their own plant
The Rowland Sanitary Reduction Com
pany Of Philadelphia submitted several
bids.
The first was to sell an eighty tons ca
pacity crematory for $35 600 The second
was to dispose Of eighty tons Of garbage
daily throughout the year for % cents
ton; sixty tons daily for 80 cents ton or
from rs to 40 tons daily for $3.50 year.
The third was to make three-year con
first year for $3.50; the second year for
s5075, and the third year for $6375.
The Smithsonian Company Of Phila-
delphia offered to build plant for $12915
or 81, 100 additional If a new building had
to be built.
The Dickson Sanitary Crematory Com
pany Of Finley, Ohio, bid $4,000 for q
plant Of eighty tons capacity and offered
to allow 5000 for the present plant. All
~ pafn hnp tn no
tory Committee to report .at some later
date to counsel. In the meanti mo the tax
rate will be fixed and II Council can sec
its way clear the plant will DO erected
some time this summer.
City Treasurer Adams reported the bal
ance in bank to be $5l 500 80; S975O in each
of the depository banks; special fund for
park purposes, $49s63.63. The collections
were:
From Tax Collector Mitchell, $780,
Tax Collector Sayers, Sl025, and 1888 "A In
terest from depository banks. The inter-
est list for April showed the total amount
of certificate to be SIT ,5l550: interest for
March, s33, 29S 81, and bonds payable April
LIST, to be $4,000. The list was ordered
paid.
/. L. Forrest sent communication ask
ing for the return of Sl47 70 overpaid take.
on properties Nos.7ll and 7l3 East Seventh
street ard the same was referred to the
Finance Committee.
A copy of the bill recently passed by the
Legislature giving the Weccacoe Compa
ny a chemical engine and providing for an
81 600 additional appropriation was 70
ceived William Warwick WAS appoint
ed public weigh-maSter at the works Of
the Leihig Chemical Company. The
Board Of Trad, sem communication
asking that q committee Of three from
Council be appointed to confer with the
boards committee relative t. presenting
the gunboat Wilmington with Il silVci
service.
The communication was received aud
noted and Messrs. McNulty, Xcblcy anI
Stnats were appointed II committee
- Thomns II. Young, cushier of the Farm
ers' Bank, ON motion of Mr.. McNulIy,
was reelected sinking fund conlns-
sioner.
Council then adjourned after being.
sim an hnur