The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-10
OBJECT TO GARBAGE PLAN.
MANY DIsAPPROvE OF ALDERMAN
pIxoN's PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

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pIxoN's PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
Oyposition Probably Does Not Come
From Those who Have Made Com
0IaEnts of the Non-R em0vaI of Gar
hinge Under the Present Ordinance.
Chief Difficulty Has Been That
Gates Are Left Fastened, Prevent
ing Scavengers From Entering
Premises for Garbage ReceptacIes.
The Objections That Are Raisec
and the Answers of Those Who
Favor the Proposed Change.
opposition to Alderman Dixon's new
garbage ordinance, which was placed
upop its first reading at the meeting OF
Council Wednesday afternoon. has devel-
oped. 1t emanates from those who are
who do not believe that the proposed sub
sttiute would improve 1t. Those who dis
approve of the change, it may be stated,
are not those who have registered COM
plant after complaint because of the fail
ure of the scavenger department to re-
move their garbage.
For many months the health officer has
been informed that there have been gar
bage receptacles left untouched by the
scavenger men, and that officer has, in
turn, reported the lapses to the director
of public works. The latter made careful
Investigation in many instances and dis
covered THAI 1t was almost invariably the
case that complaints resulted from gates
to premises having been left fastened,
thereby preventing the entrance of the
scavengers to remove the garbage.
The clause calling for the division of the
garbage into that which is combustible
and non-combustible exists in the present
ordinance and is only repeated in the pro-
posed one. About that no protest is made,
though it is said that this division has not
usually been made. Hereafter it will be in
sisted upon.
1t is TO the plan of having barrels or
boxes containing garbage placed in the
lanes at the rear of premises or on the
sidewalks in front, as swell as the time
stipulated for this to be done that OBJ
jections are heard. 1t is claimed that it
is a hardship upon householders to force
bage 10 the lanes. Putting it on the side
walks in instances where there is no open
ing upon the lanes is also regarded as
highly Objectionable by some while gen
eral complain of the hour o'clock in the
morning, by which the garbage must be
set out in the plan proposed, is raised.
The director of public works believes il
would be far easier for the servants to
put the garbage in the lanes than for the
The work would represent possibly min
ute's loss of time to the servant, while
to the scavenger, the many trips he would
have to make if the receptacles were
left inside the gates would mean hours
lost. Besides, the director says, the diff
Guilty about fastened gates is not removed
and the complaints that have been so
frequent about the non-removal of garb-
age would continue.
Unsightly and unsavory garbage barrels
are not desired on the sidewalks by many.
Some premises have no rear entrances
50 that it will be necessary that the garb-
age be disposed of by placing it on the
sidewalk, there to await the coming of
the scaVenger wagon. 1t is claimed that
the barrels will become foul and of evil
odor. shock to the olfactory nerves, an
affront 20 the eye and an impeachment to
pedestrianism.
charleston, II Is Sd1d, mas thlS system or
garbage barrels on sidewalks and those
who have observed 1t there are not anx-
ious to see ii introduced in Savannah. But
those who favor the adoption of a change
in the present rdinance do not see that
there could be any other disposition made
of the garbage than leaving it on the side
walks for the wagons 10 pick up.
Householders say O'Clock is entirely too
early an hour TO demand that the garbage
be in readiness for the scavenger. The ser
wants, in many instances, especially in the
winter, have just arrived by that hour. 1t
is, besides, desirable to have the refuse of
breakfast taken away instead of left
standing throughout the day.
The scavengers have to begin work as
early as 7 o'clock in order to finish in
day. The proposed ordinance, the director
of public works and Alderman Dixon, who
is chairman of the Streets and Lanes Com
mittee of Council, believe would facilitate
the working of the scavenger department
and be found great improvement over
the present plan.