Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-03
Garbage Complaints.

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 Total, 1904, April 1 to August 1 .. IA Total 1905, April 1 to August 1 ..124
 Commissioner Mcdonald remarked
 that some of these complaints, in fact
 the greater part of them, were without the slightest foundation, and many of
 them were received upon the invitation
 of the sanitary Inspector or the sani-
 tary inspector had collected them. This remark was received with a great deal
 of surprise. It did not amount to any thing. however. for the inspector showed by his books that he had trOu- ble enough of his own without going
 forth to seek more. His book showed
 the date and the name of the complain.
 ant of every complaint. The inspector
 said that he had received so many
 complaints that he went out to invest.
 gate them, not to bring in more, and
 ill many places he did find that gar
 bage cans had been emptied and
 some that had not been emptied.
 Health Officer Kilmartin said he did
 not believe the sanitary inspector went
 out and collected complaints to whick
 Commissioner Mcdonald said that he
 had been health officer some time him.
 self and he knew that many com
 plaints against the garbage collector
 were groundless. It was then Con-
 missioner Loomis made his motion.
 Commissioner Mcdonald replied that
 the principal complaints at the last
 meeting of the board were from Mir
 Buck of Waterville and his employees and Mir Buck did not complain so much about the collection of garbage as to get rid of the garbage crematory in
 Waterville. It was nuisance to him. Therefore, what faith could be put in his complaints. He had no designs upon Carroll's contract, Sut to try to get rid of the crematory he brought as many complaints as he could possibly stir up., If he could get Carrolrs con tract broken he knew that no one else would take it under the conditions which Carroll had it.
 ''The crematory is going to rust and ruin," went on the commissioner. "i
 was up there on July 30 and I saw nothing that was unsanitary or un- healthful. wish to say now for the benefit of the public and the press and l wish to have 1t understood, that I am not a bit afraid to say what I saw
 "Everything from the smokestack to the water in the reservoir was in first class shape. It was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the weather was threatening, misting, weeping, no doubt, for Carroll's contract. The top of the smokestack was leaning at an angle of 45 degrees. smoke belching from it's joints. either at Rigney. the former collector, or at the board of health.
 "As l was going out I met a mem- Der of the press, q friend of mine, and gave him my impression of the place. told him that the smokestack was leaning over, waiting for the nVNt gale of wind to fall down and kill the peO- pie in the neighborhood. The trouble is, gentlemen, the crematory is far too small to dispose of the garbage depos- ited there now. The delivery is far in excess of the plants capacity to de- stroy it. If Carroll fails in his con tract, are we Justified in taking it from him without giving him adequate means to keep it? say we are not
 Commissioner Stanley: The worst thing the city could do would be to break this contract with Mir Carroll. X week ago last Monday I voted against Carroll, but my judgment has under gone change since because of the great light which Mir Thoms spoke of. There is an excuse for this nuisance at Waterville. I believe Car roll is q victim of conspiracy, per haps of persecution. There are cer- break him if they could. If he does all he can with the facilities at hand, 1t is not his fault if his work is unsat- isfaetory. The crematory is an old shack. 10 make the most of if. It is played out. 1 was there quite recently and I know what it is. It's furnaces are burned out. They have got to be built over, and it is not large enough to dispose of the garbage. under stan the delivery of garbage there now Is twice as large as it was. Garbage comes from places now it did not come from before. There is neither fairness nor justice to Carroll to get after him in this shape. seeing the tools he has 10 work with. The main cause of com Dlaint in Waterville is not against the of garbage. but that the -rematory is not able to dispose of the | collection. When I saw it everything was as bright and clean as could be. 1 The more stuff burned the more stink. 1 Ic matter who burns it. whether Car 'oll. Rigney. MeManus. Some people | would burn Carroll with the garbage. What we've got to do is to get a new .rematory. for if there is but one man 1 n Waterbury that can dispose of gar age without offending the nostriIs O. | he people we may as well give up. 20 I o Hartford and get him a life job at salary fo please himself. Ii cnsfs