The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-03
Council Makes It Imperative to
Use These Receptacles.
NEW FRANCHISE GIVEN.
Garbage Reduction Company to
Erect $4,000 Plant.
First Attempt at Systematic
Collection of Garbage.

IL COAl4I3GiS every Aal1tlE III Tie CITY, anu
every wholesale or retail merchant. to
keep a tightly closed can in its back
yard, IN which shall be put all refuse
garbage and Stops. When full, the can
will be hauled away by the new Car
bage Reduction company. and clean,
disinfected can left in its place For
this service the company is authorized
to charge Is cents Cans holding two
bushels are furnished free of charge.
According to a literal reading of the
new ordinance. it is unlawful to dis
pose Of garbage in any other way ex-
eept by putting 1t in the can, and the
penalty for violation is fine of from
IS to $500. But the counciirnen say that
when the contract with the Garbage
Reduction company is drawn up, it will
be fixed so that if a. man has a COW or
a horse which enjoys table refuse for
dessert. the appetite of the animal can
be satisfied without laying the owner IL
able to criminal prosecution.
The Garbage Reduction company
exit ''crematocy'' and "desiccating
plant') viii convert the garbage. also
dead horses, dogs. canary birds. ashes
ana anything else that nobody wants,
into marketable products. It is dis
tinctIy understood that perfumery is
not to be manufactured. Perfumery
has been the principal product of all
similar institutions which have hereto
fore existed in Topeka
At the next council meeting, it is
probable that the 20-year contract au-
thorized by the ordinance viii be pre-
sented and acted upon. The company
will pay 800 a year to the city for the
privilege of carrying on its business,
and will build a $4,000 reduction works
in the city with all the modern inn
prOVements to choke off noxious smells.
The ordinance contains the following
section relating to garbage collection,
which will be of especial interest for
the reason that it is the first time To
peka ever has attempted systematic
garbage collection.
1T shall be the duty of every resident
householder, tenant, hotel keeper,
boarding house keeper, retail or whole
sale dealer, and all parties or persons
occupying dwellings within the city of
Topeka to provide or cause to be kept
or provided portable vessels or tanks
for holding garbage or offal, said vessels
or tanks to be perfectly water tight, and
so kept with handles on the outside and
provided with tightly fitting covers,
which covers shall not be removed ex-
cept when absolutely necessary Said
vessels or tanks shall be kept or placed
in the rear of the house at the alley line
so as to be easily removed and replaced,
and shall be of a capacity of not more
than two bushels. Every person in
possession of such premises shall permit
the duly authorized collector of such
vessels or tanks to remove the same
without unnecessary delay, and no per-
son, except for such purpose authorized
shall in any manner interfere with said
vessels or tanks or the contents thereof
and every such resident householder,
tenant hotel keeper. boarding house
keeper, retail or wholesale dealer. and
all parties or persons occupying dwell
Hngs within the city of Topeka shall
keep clean their premises and shall col
lect all garbage and offal thereon and
place the same in said vessels or tanks
daily"
The schedule Of prices which the COM
pany is authorized to charge is as fol-
Horses and cattle, each. 81. 90
Hogs and calves, each-............. so
Dogs, fowls and cats Observation-Disclosures. 10
Rotten eggs, per Dbl, of cubic feet 20
Decayed vegetable matter, per Dbl.
cubic feet -..--.-....-.- Is
Cesspool contents and night soil or
fraction thereof, 40c per Dbl. of
cubit feet, or per cubic yard. 30
Ashes, per cubic yard: - .-.--.:. 30
Stable manure. per load of cubic
yards ---.-.- -..-.--.-----.- .oO
Decayed straw, cleanings, etc, per
load of cubic yards ..---.-....- rs
Refuse and garbage not specified
above, per load of 2 cubic yards. rs
House Stops and garbage per Dbl.
of ? bushels .--..-..-..- Is
BLOCKED A SCHEME.
BY a close vote. the council checked
an attempt last night to railroad
through an amendment to the license
ordinance which was passed few
weeks ago. The proposed amendment
was to those sections relating to the
license fee for fire insurance agents.
It will be remembered that this mat
ter provoked bitter and stubborn
fight when it was up before the council
in its original form. The big insurance
= wanted IN irnnOSn 2 fee of S1A0
a year on fire insurance agents. This
was for the purpose of driving out of
business the small agents and the So
called fire insurance brokers" who do
a sort of curbstone business IN fire in
surance. There are 70 or 80 of these
small agents, who make their living out
of commissions paid them on the bust
ness which they solicit If the big
agencies can tax the little fellows out of
existence, they viii have things their
own way for there will be small chance
for shading in rates
1t was originally proposed to impose
tax OF 800 year on these agents
The council defeated this. and voted a
tax of s25 instead.
Last night an amendment to the ordi-
nance was introduced raising the license
from S25 to $50. Several of the proprie-
tors of large insurance agencies were at
the meeting last night to urge this
amendment for passage. and Council
man Griley moved that the amendment
be passed under suspension of rules. It
was claimed that only a few of the
councilmen had ever seen this proposed
amendment, but its friends lacked only
one vote of securing favorable action to
pass it under suspension OF the rules
It was urged on the other side that
the small agents were not being given
fair chance to be heard. as none of
them were present at the meeting, and
it looked like taking snap judgment
The motion to pass under suspension Of
rules was lost the vote being to 5
Eight votes were necessary to suspend
rules. The vote stood as follows: In
favor of suspending the rules. Blossom.
f5rIley. Snyder, Neil. Bfanch. Weber and
Nichols: against BergundthaI, Wolf,
Howe. SWendson and Tincher
After this vote. the proposed amend
rnaut was referred to the license COM
mites The proposed amendment may
be all right but the five members Of the