The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-16
CLINTON GARBAGE.
System of Collecting,
and Street Sphinx
ling Needed.
SO SAY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR.. Worcester Makes Inves-
LEGATION and Suggests
Possible Cost.
SO SAY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Clinton, Aug. 15.-Dr. John w. Wor-
cester, chairman of the Clinton board
of health, is interested in the appro-
priation for the purchase and mainte-
nance of a wagon for the collection of
garbage, which the town has been
asked to make.
DR.. Worcester said, last evening, to
the representative of The Spy: The
system for the collection of garbage in
Clinton is so faulty that it is exactly
no system at all. The garbage is for
the most part collected by private in
dividuals, who come after the stuff
when they please, and who permit it to
decompose until they come.
l have received numerous complaints
about the condition of the garbage pals
since l have been a member of the
health board
The only remedy can see is that the
town shall collect the garbage itself We
can make the experiment for $1,000. This
sum will procure the services of one
horse and wagon for a year, and pay
the wages of the man, who makes col
lections.
Next year the cost of sustaining the
wagons would make the collections for
the entire town. One wagon would cover
most of the centre, where the most of
the trouble is. Garbage accumulates
faster in the centre of the town, and
the odor coming from it when it is left
too long annoys more people.
DR.. Worcester has looked up the cost
of collecting the garbage of other
towns notably the cost in East Boston,
which is $4,000.
The knowledge he has gained in this
way induces him to believe that his es-
innate of $4,000 for collecting all the
garbage in Clinton is the correct one.
The private collectors who take the
garbage use it to feed their pigs as a
general thing. But some of it is fed
hens. A. c. Hawkins Of Lancaster,
who is one Of the best known breeders
of fancy fowl in the country sends his
teams here to get some of the towns
garbage.
DR.. Worcester believes also that there
should be a public system of street
sprinkling and for collecting ashes He
does not expect that the voters will
immediately see the wisdom of doing
this work from the public monies, but
he is hopeful that the voters will make
a step in the right direction, Saturday
evening, by voting $1,000 for the collec-
ton of garbage.
But the board of health is winged,
as it were. by the logic of circum-
stances. DIR. F. T. Harvey moved
away weeks ago, terminating by his act
his membership on the board. The
board has since been struggling along
with only two members. 1t has never
been practicable to get the selectmen
all together at time when DR.. Wor-
cester and DR.. Walter P. Bowers, the
other members of the health board.
could be on hand. Last night it looked
early in the evening as If the feat would
be accomplished. The remnants Of the
health board were on hand, but the Sc
lectmen were not. Chairman Rodger
is out of town. DR.. P. T. O'Brien was
unable to be present, and H. H. Lowe
was not on hand.
The joint body had hoped also to elect
a town physician. DIR. George L. To-
hey is performing tine duties as a hold
over. The failure to do this does not
make so much difference, because the
understanding is that DR.. Tobey will be
reelected, but the other members of
the health board wish that the VACANCY
might be filled.