Evening journal., 1904-04-26
GARBAGE MEN
PLACED ON RACK
Contractors Appear Before
City Council and Give Ex-
cuses for Their Failures
CITIZENS MAKE COMPLAINTS

The garbage sanitary committee Of City
Council composeG Of Aiessrs. Lynch,
Kane, Taylor. Mccanerty and Willis, held
meeting last night to receive complaints
Of bad garbage collections ana also state
ments from the collectors themselves con-
cernng the charges made against them
by the Board Of Health. Clerk Of Council
John j. Monaghan was chosen clerk of
the meeting
Martin f. Keough OF the Second district
sent a long communication. In some in
stances, he said, complaints were made
because the collectors could not get into
the yards because Of the gates being lock-
ed or the presence of vicious dogs. Dur
ing the past winter It was almost impos-
sible to collect and remove the garbage
because IT was frozen in the vessels. He
ordered the drivers to take the vessels
but were stopped because people threat
ened to prosecute the drivers for taking
the garbage vessels. He also called at
tention to places where whole blocks had
been reported when only a few houses
were involved. Mr.. Keough presented am
affidavit to the truth OF the report.
Daniel Mccormick, the contractor from
the Fourth district said his district was
hard to collect from without complaint.
Gates are locked. in some cases vicious
dogs are kept in the yards and people go
away during the summer and when they
come back they ask that men be sent for
tho garbage and this as recorded as a
complaint. In December when the weather
was below zero 3fi complaints were re-
corded which is up ITO the average for the
summer months. If the awarding Of con-
tracts had NOT been taken from the pres
ent secretary Of the Board Of Health there
would not have been so many complaints.
The statement was sworn to.
G. c. Slaughter Of the First district
made no report.
Mr. Taylor thought he showed disre-
speot to Council.
There were no complaints received from
the Third district.
James Brannon, of No $40 East Sixth
street said the garbage collector, (Saught-
( err had not appeared al his house from
| Thanksgiving until January and except
when he made complaint had not been at
his house since January. Once he found
the colored driver drunk. He had ap-
pealed TO contractor Slaughter Who prom
ised TO make prompt collections.
Mr.. Willis asked il the secretary Of
THE Board of Health had presented the
complaint TO Council and Mr.. Wiggles-
worth said he did not.
Charles Barnes who lives az No. 1913
East Eleventh street and keeps board
ing house said that the city garbage
carts had been ait his house twice IN two
years and then on Complaints. AT other
times he paid ten cents a week to a farm
er to take away his garbage.
Contractor Keough said he had been to
Barnes house twice this week.
b. f. Darrell. Of No 1913 East Eleven
III street rad never seen a garbage cart
since he lived there. Harry Daniels, of No.
1917 East Eleventh. Elijah d. Griffith OF
No. 1909 East Eleventh street, Mrs. Green
Of the same house had not seen garbage
carts for long periods Darrell said he
his wife and one child had typhoid fever
which he thought came from the large
accumulation Of garbage.
john McGraura, Of No. SO4 Church
street, said the garbage men were not at
his place from Thanksgiving to January
Contractor Mccormick presented a com
munication signed by a large number oI
residents OF his district saying that gar.
bage collections were satisfactory. Among
the signers were d. r. IIilroy. DR.. How
ard Ogle, DR.. M J. Hughes, James Fox
, NJ. Megary and a number OF others
Henry Witsel, the contractor from tn,
! Third district said he mad tried TO faith
! fully collect garbage. He held that man,
Of the complaints made against him wer,
/ not just and the complaints averaged les
than once day. He said he had sent ou
cards asking that complaints be sent q,
him but did it to give better service. TIL,
statement was sworn to.
The committee adjourned to meet again
: No time was set.