The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-24
CITY MAY BUILD.
Another Crematory Needed to
Dispose of Garbage.
Also Talk of Re-establishing the
City Dump Nuisance.
ARE IN MUCH TROUBLE
Board Of Health Doesn't Know
What to Do.
Think That All Work Must Be
Done at Once.

1.-THE only way to solve the problem
Of how to dispose OF city refuse ana
garbage is to build a city crematory
This is the ultimatum which was pro-
nounced today by City Physician Judd
The fact that the Thompson creIna-
tory is 1000 barrels behind in its orders
that the city is in bad sanitary conoI-
ton. that orders for cleaning up alS
pouring in at the rate of rs a day; thal
there is big profit in running creffa-
tory and that 1t seems certain that the
city dump will have to be re-esta Dilsn-
ed, all make it of advantage OF the city
to own it's own crematory
s. G. thompson the present ." ne ne
of the crematorys freely admits that
there Is big money" in running =
crematory. He says he is making
good thing out of it financially. Inc
crematory makes about a dollar on
every horse or cow burned. and on eV-
cry vault cleaned On the books OF the
crematory there are now orders TOT
cleaning 1,400 vaults; the plant mas peen
running at full capacity Tor TWO
months, and in that time has taken
care of about 1900 vaults. Every day
from five to thirty dead animals are
brought out to be burned.
But Mr.. Thompson also admits that
he is not able to take care OF all the
business as it should be taken care OF.
He says his plant can run 10 Ine limit
of its capacity, and that is all. he
states that he is willing that the board
of health should give him any KIND Oh
assistance 1t desires to give, In order
to pull the city out Of the present rush
Of cleaning.
The establishment of the city
dump has practically been decided
upon by the board of health and SAM
tary committee. The dump IS located
just south of the crematory on the
banks of the river, east of town. Al
the dump is a big dredge which carries
the refuse out into the middle OF tne
river and dumps it. That was the way
the city disposed Of it's refuse before
the establishment Of the crematory.
The city will probably issue licenses
to whoever wants to go into the gar
bage business. Licenses used to be is
sued for $25 q year for this business,
but recently it has been all given 10
one firm
An effort is also being made to get
some of the extensive hog raisers in
the vicinity of Topeka to enter into
contract with the city to remove the
garbage from the city The city, Tor
its part, would require each family to
have a barrel in which to deposit gar
bage-
tory is such that it VIII certainly have
to be moved within a short time, and
for this reason Mr.. Thompson does not
want to increase the size of his plant
The plant is now located on much
used public highway. which IS certain 70
be still more commonly used owing TO
the location of the Oakland river
bridge just north OF where the crema-
tory stands.
At noon today the sanitary commit
tee Of the council together with the
board of health, made trip to the
crematory in the patrol wagon. The
trip was for the purpose of inspecting
the plant and determining on the best
course of action.
1t would be next to criminal to re-
establish the city dump, especially dur
ing the drouth, when the river is so low
it would scarcely carry off the refuse.
That would be a queer way OF tmproV-
ing the health of the city.