The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-05
AFFAIRS OFTHE DISTRICT
New Garbage System About to SO
Into Operation.
Complaint Made to the Commission
ers That the Noises Incident to
Football and Kindred Games at
National Park Are Objectionable
TO Residents in That Vicinity.


The disposal of garbage under the new
/ system that is being inaugurated in the
| District is about to go into effect BY the
terms Of the contract entered into last
August, November was specified as the
time when the new contractor should take
hold OF the work. the time being required
| to build the crematory and make the nee
essary arrangements for the change Since
! the close of the fiscal year. therefore
Joshua N Warfield. the contractor of for
! meT years. has carried on the collection and
! disposal of garbage under the old system,
/ carrying the refuse down the river and
+, county, Nd. Now some Of the wagons
have been introduced, and within a few
weeks the garbage OF the city will be car
ried by train to Quanttco, Va, where the
! crenatory is located. and will there be re-
duced by the new method.
The adoption Of the new system grew
out Of the endless complaints made to the
Commissioners Of the offensive odors aris-
ing, first, from the presence OF the gar
| bage scows in the harbor and the river,
and. in the second place. from the exposure
| Of the fetid matter on the surface of tie
| ground In Prince George county TIE
| gtench from the garbage farm was repre-
scented 10 the Commissioners as being Of
feHsive in the city OF Alexandria, across
the river from the place Of deposit. ow
ing 20 these facts the Commissioners in
dueed Congress to make an appropriation
for the collection and disposal of city
waste, including ashes. dead animals,
night SOIL and miscellaneous waste. The
item for the collection and disposal of gar
bage was s51 SEQ and contract was en-
tered into with NJ. II. Chamberlain, of De
troit. Mich, TO DO the work. This contract
was afterward assigned TO the Washing
ton Fertilizer Company, Of which Mr.
Chamberlain was a prominent stakeholder.
The plan of operation is to collect the
garbage in the steelbox wagons which are
now going the rounds of the city The
boxes are fitted with iron covers and when
filed will be taken TO the wharf or to the
railroad. lifted from the wagon and placed
On the sccw or the car without being
emptied 4 new box is then placed on
the wagon and il goes on with its collec-
tions. Until the crematoTy is completed
The boxes viii be emptied down the river
where they viii be transported On board
scows. After the cFematcry is in opera
ton the boxes will be unIoadeG and placed
on fiat cars on New Jersey Avenue south
west and transported by rail to QuanticO
where they Will be unloaded and the con-
tents reduced by the process used by Mr..
Chamberlain II his crenatories in De
trcit and elsewhere The process IS a
combination CT heat and chemical action
in which the grease is extracted by The
use OF benzine and is one Of the marketa-
bic residaes derived from she rendition of
garbage. Other commercial residues ere
fertilizer and one or two minor bi-pro-
ducts
So far as the city is concerned the new
system is already in operation. nut for a
few weeks the disposal Of the garbage y III
be by the old methods, while he crema-
tory is being finished.