The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-16
GARBAGE ON CARS
WILL PROBABLY BE SENT TO THE
COUNTY FARM BY CITY.
AUTHORITIES SEEM TO AGREE
THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST
DISPOSITION OF REFUSE.

Conference Was Held Yesterday Be
tween the Streets and Lanes Com
mittee and Three Members of the
Board of County commissioners.
Approximate Expense of Handling
the Garbage by Cars Presented.
Commissioners Asked to Make the
City n PropOsition-They Will Sub
init the Matter to Their Board mt
Its First Fall Meeting-Farm
Would BE benefited by the Gar
baEe.
The county farm seems destined to
become the dumping ground for the
citys garbage. Both the Streets and
Lanes Committee of the City Council
and the County Commissioners seem
disposed to have the garbage dumped
there, and the negotiations that are
now pending will probably result in
the adoption of this suggested change
from the present means of disposing of
the refuse.
A conference was held yesterday at
which members of the Streets and
Lanes Committee and the County Com
lnissioners were present. An idea of
the expense that would result from
the operation of the new plan was
given the commissioners by the
Streets and Lanes Committee, which
had received a rough estimate from
President George ]. Baldwin of the
Savannah Electric Company. The
commissioners said that they would
"a
its next full meeting.
The commissioners were asked to
submit proposition to the city. 1t
is the opinion of the Streets and Lanes
Committees that some portion of the
expense of the removal of the gar
bage should be borne by the county
as a benefit will be reaped by the
farm if the plan is adopted. Some of
the commissioners have seemed TO
agree in this idea, and it is probable
that an understanding between the
city and the county will be reached,
and that the garbage will go to the.
farm.
President Baldwin, after comforting
with General Superintendent Nagle of
the street railway system has indi-
Gated that eight specially designed
cars, each costing $3.50, would be re-
quired to do the work. These cars
new method of disposing of the gar
bage Figures representing the cost
of operating the cars were also sub
mitted. The County Commissioners
will consider these figures, deciding
what benefit the county would derive
from the use of the garbage and what
proportion of the expense it would be
justified in bearing.
The commissioners who attended the
meeting were Messrs. A. Vetsburg, AL
bert Wylly and Jacob Paulsen Mr.
Wylly said after the meeting that the
garbage could be used to advantage
by the commissioners on the county
farm Certain parts of it, he said
would make excellent fertilizer, i'm
proving the crops grown on the farm
and reducing the expense to which the
county is put for commercial fertilizer
Another source of profit from the
garbage would be the separation of
saleable matter from that which might
be useless save for fertilizer. This
would be an easy and inexpensive
matter, as there are women and chill
dren sentenced to the farm who might
be set at this sort of work.
A great deal of waste matter would
be left after parts of the garbage were
used for fertilizer and parts were sold
to junkmen and others. This waste
matter, Mr. Wylly said, could be used
to advantage in filling in low places
about the farm.