Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-28
NOW THERE'S 4 GARBAGE TRUST

The Chicago men WHO cXlCftcu ~ OW'
Oh the tlve.ycnr garbage contracts
claim that Democratic politicians are
manipulating this big contract to their
own private ends and that when the
deal II ended the contract will bc safe
In the hands Of the trust which controls
the garbage crpmutOrlps In New York.
Boston. Philadelphia. Cincinnati ami
several other large cities.
II II claimed that politicians who ~"
influential with the present city ndw;h.
istratiOn have gone East to- arrange ,lr
details Of the scheme by which the i've.
year contract II 10 In given to the New
York syndicate.
The bids for the tive-year contracts
will liz opened Sept. I. Some Of the chi
cngO men who Ind their bids MI ar.
ranged when the swift administration
tried TO let the contracts have t"rp NJ
their propositions and insist Tia, they
will not send In any.
They claim that the slcclticat IONS
have been put up" against them al'l
that Il would In folly for them 10 try to
compete with the powerful syildlcat"
which II already making several fort
unes year by taking Charge Of rl,e
garbage Of other cities.
The clause which II II claimed IL u
practical barrier to all wOul,i-le bidders
except the syndicate II ~ follows:
NO bid Will In considered by the
Commissioner Of Public Works which
does not contain % statement showing
the length Of time and the places where
In the proposed apparatus has been In
successful operation. and the right and
ability Of the bidder to erect, install AMI
operate the same."
This clause. II II pointed 0ut. dc.
man,ls that the plants liz IN operation
In more than one place. II also prevents
the installation Of any new system OF
reduction Of cremation. II ~ also
claimed that. ns the syndicate owns u
large number Of patents Of crcn.hi lion
apparatus. that Il would liz very diti.
cult for an outside bidder to cree. n
plant which could be operated success.
fully without belng attached by t;,r
syndicate for the infringe men, OF SONG
Of It's patents.
During the Swift administration u
ring was made up to inanip.
ulate the tive-year garbage contract.
This combine had company all form.
cd, nnd was ready 10 incorporate under
the Illinois statute. Its directorate
contained the name Of almost every
prominent Republican and Democratic
politician In the city. The stopping Of
the letting Of the contract prevented
this scheme from being put through.
The Democratic politicians, II II claim.
cd. took Il lesson from the bipartisan
crowd aud decided that II the contracts
were n good thing 1t would lie better
one II kept entirely to themselves. 10
they threw the Republicans and Demo.
Gratis who are outside the combination
ont. ana began to pull the wires with
out assistance.
"Isnm not going to send my bid H."
said one well.knOwn contractor who
does work In Chicago. what IL the
useY They have fixed everything for
the New York syndicate. aud when u
company once gets that contract no one
can ever get II away. 1t will have the
plant and the wagons ahead of the next
bidders. 80 that all competition will M
useless. 1t In the richest plum that
has come out Of the city hall In many
n year. Why. II the truth were told,
the company could take that contract
for almost nothing, and then get rich
on the fertilizers and nitrates. will
not bid against such odds. ] do not
know who drew up the specifications,
and do not make any charges. hut
while all the conditions read as pre-
cautions against poor work. they also
are special favors to the Eastern garb-
age syndicate"
1t Is understood that It IL the inten-
ton of II number Of Chicago men to
form a company which will use the
syndicate's methods Of reduction. ana
that this company will ostensibly &C.
cure the contract, build the plant anu
dispose Of the garbage. while In truth
the Eastern syndicate will run matters
and rem the nrOfitS