The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-25
HOW GARBAGE is HANDLED.
COUNCILMANIC COMMITTEE BACK
FROM INSPECTION TRIP NORTH.

Inspected the Operation of Both
Processes, But VIII withhold It's
Opinion as to the Better-AId.
Mills Says Facts and Figures Col
Iected ON the Trip Must First Be
COnsidered-COunciI to Make Nee
eSsnry Appropriation for New Gre
mntOry in November.
The special couneimanic committee
which visited several Northern cities for
the purpose of inspecting crematories with
| view to making recommendations of the
best process to adopt in Savannah. re-
| turned yesterday. The party consisted of
| Aldermen Dixon and Mills, and Director
of Public Works Gadsden.
BY an understanding which was agreed
to individually by the committee it was de-
cided not 10 give any opinion on their OBJ
| servations. 1t was thought proper that the
report should first be made 10 Council, as
there might be features of it the board
would prefer kept quiet.
The fact is we are not able to tell
which process Of garbage disposition we
favor" said Alderman Mills. I'VE co..
lected large batch of information, most
OF which is figures We viii moi be able
TO form any conclusions until this has been
boiled down. It is our desire 10 recon-
mend The process which will be the cheap
/ est Tor Savannah, but which will at the
same time do satisfactory work.
During our absence notice some one
suggested thai better way to dispose Of
! garbage IS to dump it upon swamp lands
| for the purpose Of filing in" said he.
/ Il do not think a method of this kind
would prove success. We would have
! to carry the refuse long way from the
! city, and il is said then it would be
| menace at times to the health Of the city.
While I favor adopting whatever is best
and cheapest, do not think We will be
| oble to accomplish the best results in the
disposition Of garbage with any other pro-
cess than that OF cremation"
Director Gadsen probably enjoyed the
trip ana got as much out of 1t as any
other member OF the committee. In speak
ing of il yesterday he said the party met
Alderman Wells in New York, where he
had gone from Philadelphia, and that
Sunday was sp9nt in the metropolis. As
there are no crematories to inspect in
New York. the system of garbage DISPOSE
/ ton being entirely different from what it
/ is in other cities, the committee lost no
time in proceeding. From New York they
went to Montreal.
AT Montreal The Thackeray Incnerator
Comp9nv's D5ant was Inspected. 1t is
s,ate3 RE committee eot good idea of
tn. workings OF The plant though they
apniied IN. rule there thew adopted at the
/ ourset Of nor calling upon other CITY Of
driafs ~ entertain Them while in their
cifies or 70 show them about The differ
! ont arernalortes
| me fnrinera,or process has been ex-
,,,s,rad at la7qth more rhan once in the
A-orn3ro Nnvs and for that reason if VI.
nor ha naceeearv 10 90 over the ground
aoatn a-npa he committee found about
| ,.bat Nos been Dre,.iotlstv described Ev
.t-a trrt,.arator rr5cess The previous dav's,
earbaee il nren3red in large receptacles
81 tba, Il may he uspd me following day
far fusl thereby saving a large amount in
me rasrcrt when once started the p,ant
sunporrs itself there beng no cost excesl
Tho v-s,a.s of ,,peyariyes and the cost of
r~atn,enanc@
A. Tey4on and Toledo the next places
,,iefta7 10 Dizon Crar7a forv Con,panv, :
rlants were seen The Dlaot This com
ro,,v h,tii4s consumes garbage Inv means
Of fire produced bv either coal or wood.
The urocess does moi contemplate thA
burnire of garbage as a fue. Both of
these cities have very large plants. which
are kept I'm constant operatton. The com
mittee was fhere AZ a lime when everv
oDnortunitv was afforded 1T to see The
pionts ia operatiou. ana to compare fhe
strong points Of the two
The committee learned that both Gin.
c.nnad and Chattanooga dunn their gar
bage on The outskirts for the rurn7sa az
filling in lands and elevating streets The
character of the COMMISSIONS mission
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