The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-03
Board of Health Insists on Excel
sior Company Making State
ment of Work Done.
SUGGESTION OF MAYOR WELLS.
HouseholderS Will Be Notified 10
Place Receptacles in Alleys
for Convenience of
Collectors.

The Excelsior Hauling and Transfer Com
pany, which has the contract for hauling
the city's garbage. will be notified by the
Health Commissioner that in future 1t must
live up to the strict letter OF the law gov
erning the garbage contract.
The company will be requested to furnish
he Board of Health with Il sworn state
ment relative to the number of men, waS-
ons and teams employed to make garbage
collections.
Every householder of st. Louis will re-
ceive a notice from the Health Commits
'sioner to the effect that they must obey
the law In respect to providing proper re-
ceptacles for their garbage and placing
them where they can be handled conven-
iently by the collectors.
This action was decided upon at yester-
days meeting Of the Board of Health. and
was the result of a suggestion offered by
Mayor Wells, who presided at the meeting.
President Hornsby of the City Council. an
eX-officio member of the board, put the
Mayors suggestion In the form of a mo-
PROVISIONS Of ORDINANCE.
The city ordinance gives the Board OF
Health authority to request at any m
from the company holding the garbage con-
tract a sworn statement of the number of
men, wagons and teams employed by tho
company In the collection of the garbage.
wagons and teams at the contractors ex-
pense, In the event the latter has not a
sufficient number in his employ.
The question Of whether the Excelsior
Hauling and Transfer Company has enough
garbage wagons to do the work was raised
by License Collector Clifford several weeks
ago. when the company took out. licenses.
Mr.. Clifford claimed the company has more
wagons than the number for which licenses
were purchased. and he called the Mayors
attention to the matter.
Thu notice to the householders will be
printed in the form OF circulars and will
be delivered to every house in the city by
the Police Department. j..
The law reQuires that every family must
use a proper receptacle for the temporary
storage Of garbage while awaiting the visit
Of the collector and that the receptacle
must be kept within a certain number OF
feet from the alley.
MUST HAVE RECEPTACLES.
There was complaint last summer about
the manner in which the garbage was be-
ing neglected by the collectors. When the
contractor was asked for an explanation,
he claimed the householders were not obey
ing the law by placing receptacles in the
alleys.
The Board OF Health can refuse to honor
vouchers for the payment of garbage bills
If, in its judgment, the contractor Is not
living up TO the law. Doctor Chapman, one
OF the medical members of the board, sug-
gcsted last summer that the board approve
pany would give satisfaction in its work.
Mayor Wells has been considering the
matter for several weeks. but. as his time
has been taken up with other matters of
Importance, he has not been able to regu-
larly attend the meetings of the Board of
Health.
Health Commissioner Starkioff, in compli-
ance with the motion adopted by the board,
will prepare the notices for submission at
the next meeting. t