Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-05
GARBAGE QUESTl0
Discussed By the Committee Q
Council and the Board ofHeaIth,


The Board of Health held special
meeting Thursday evening to meet the
Garbage committee OF Council to dis
cuss ways and means for disposing OF
the city garbage.
The garbage Question has been a
white elephant on the city's hands for
some time, In January, 1898, accord
ing to history the Board OF Health
decided that no more garbage should
be thrown on the Ice Harbor lot, and
issued an order to that effect
The City Council concluded 1t would
be permissible to throw the stun there
II IL were kept buried by the dirt from
the streets and excavations. The
Council, therefore, authorized the use
of the place and instructed the Street
Commissioner to put all dirt from the
streets on the lot Ito bury the dump.
A man was put there to take care of
the stuff and bury 1t. To this there
was NO objection, but 1t is alleged that
the dirt has not all been put there, and
what was put there was not sufficient
for the purpose of burying the garb-
age.
During the past few weeks the burn
ing of trash on the dump has OCCASION
ed SO much remark and so much in
convenience by the horrible stencil
arising by reason of the putrfd matter
which would not burn that the matter
again came up.
The Board of Health on Monday eve
ming decided TO ask the Garbage COM
mittee OF Council to meet them on
Thursday evening Tuesday evening
the Council received a petition from
S5 persons to have the dumping and
burning of garbage stopped. The pc
tltion was tabled until next Tuesday
night, and the Garbage committee in
structed to meet the Board of Health
Thursday evening.
AT this meeting some theories were
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fuse matter.
DR.. Waters, Secretary of the Board,
stated that he had been in communi-
cation with authorities at Warren o.,
where they got rid of their garbage by
dumping 1t in pits and covering with
lime. These pits are allowed to dry
out and the contents then sold for fer
tilizer, the price for the article nearly
If not quite paying the entire expense
of operation.
Mr.. St-ecker, of the fertilizer works
up THE Muskingum, was present and
was asked if he had any proposition to
make the city in regard to what they
thought of taking care of the garbage.
He replied THAT he had not, as he did
net know anything of the wishes of
the city in the matter and conld not
make proposition until he knew
what 1t would be for.
Later he asked il the city would con-
slider proposition for them to gather
up all the garbage as the Board of
Health might direct, and take care of
it without causing the city any further
trouble, and was told they would
They also requested him toe onsider
and report to them next Wednesday
night the proposition to locate pits for
the garbage on their Tarm and let
them take care of the fertilizer result
ant.
On motion of Mr.. Wood, the Secre-
tary was instructed to get full informa-
tion In regard to the operation at War
rem of the method in use, and also for
the committee to meet next Wednes-
day evening for further deliberation in
the matter
The meeting accordingly adjourned.
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