The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-18
TO REMOVE THE CITY GARBAGE
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY MAY
GET THE CONTRACT.

A Plan Now Under Consideration
With That End in view-Garbage
Would De Delivered at the Crema-
tory Lot and Removed Thence in
Specially Constructed Cars to the
County Farm Would Save the
Scavenger Wagons IA TwO-Mile
Haul out of the City and Do Away
With the Present Garbnge Pile.
Indications Are That the Plan Will
BE Adopted.
1t is not at all unlikely that an arrange
ment will be entered into at an early
date between the city and the Street Rail-
way Company, by which the latter viii I'M
dertake the work of removing the city
garbage. meeting of the Street and
Lane Committee was-h held yesterday after
noon, at which Mr.. ]. 8. Collins, repre-
senting the Street Railway Company,
was present. So far as can be learned the
Street and Lane Committee regards the
plan favorably, and 1t is not unlikely that
a report to that effect will be made to
Council.
1t is not proposed to turn the scavenger
way Company, should the plan be adopt
ed, as 1t very probably will be. The scav-
enger department will continue to be OPP
Grated as at present, the Street Railway
Company agreeing to remove the garbage
from a designated point to the county
farm. The County dmmdssioners, it
is stated, are very well pleased at the
prospect of securing the garbage, as it
could be used to considerable advantage
In increasing the fertility of the soil there
Since the breakdown of the crematory
the city garbage has been hauled two
miles west of the city. In fact, 1t was
necessary to haul out a considerable por-
ton when the crematory was in opera
ton, the furnaces proving entirely made
quate to the work during the summer
months. Some time ago, when the spe-
cial committee which was appointed to
look into the crematory question, report
ed, after months of consideration, that 1t
had been unable to find any plant cap
able of meeting the conditions at Savan-
nah, Mayor Myers stated that it would
probably be necessary for the city TO en-
ter into an arrangement with some of the
railroads for the removal of the garbage.
This hint was sufficient for the street
railway people. Mr.. Collins stated yes
terday that he had been quietly at work
upon the matter for some time.
Under the plan submitted by Mr.. Collins
the street railway company proposes to
put in spur track to the crematory lot,
or such other point as may be selected,
and TO provide special cars for the trans
portation of the garbage to the county
farm, where another spur track will be
built to such point as may be selected
by the County Commissioners. The scav-
enger department will continue to col
lect the garbage and to deliver it at the
crematory where 1T will be dumped from
the wagons into the cars and taken away
at regular intervals. The present two mile
haul outside of the city imposes a great
deal of extra work upon the scavenger
department, the wagons being able to
make only three or four trips a day. It
is urged that under the proposed arrange
ment this extra haul would be saved and
that the city would be enabled to save
the expense of employing extra wagons
for the scavenger work during the sum-
mer months.
Mr.. Collins when asked about the mat
ter, said that no specified price for per-
forming the work had as yet been named
by the street railway company. He be-
lieved however, that the company would
be willing to undertake the work for
something less than the annuel cost of OPP
Grating the crematory, about 5000. The
advantage of this arrangement to the city,
Mr. Collins said, would be that the gar
bage would be removed from the vicinity
of the city ard taken where it would be
of benefit to the county, while the work of
the scavenger department would be facili-
tated and it's expenses reduced.
Chairman Dixon, of the Street and Lane
Committee, regards the plan favorably,
provided 1t can be shown TO be more eco
nomical for the city than the present sys-
TEN. Director Gadsden also Views the
Idea favorably, as he is aware that this dis
posal of the city garbage this summer
without the aid of the crematory, will
otherwise be quite an expensive and UNI
satisfactory piece of work. Unless some
body else has a better plan to offer it Is
likely that the street railway company
win get the contract.