Evening journal., 1905-06-01
MAYORS PARTISAN STAND
ON GARBAGE QUESTION
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week about garbage not being collect
ed, because Council was not forcing
the collectors to do their duty. and the
health of the entire city was in jeop-
ardy in consequence. Mayor Bird did
not insist upon the ordinance being
repealed, throwing the care of the
garbage back to the Board of Health
until he had appointed the Democratic
board, ten months later This is not
consistent with the great record that
Democrats are claiming Mayor Bird
has made.
During the time that Council had
charge Of the garbage there were more
complaints than ever before. The re-
port of the Board OF Health for the
year 1903 shows there were 3S1 COM
plants made from the first district:
96S from the second; 311 from the
third, and 274S from the fourth. maxi
ing a total of 44O3 complaints. The
Democratic Council tried to keep the
garbage complaints out of the report
and because it was put in Council re-
fused to pay for the printing Of the
report. In 1902 the garbage COM
plants were also put in the report
but Harry r. Smith. who was then
chairman OF the printing committee
cut Il out before the copy went to the
printer. This was done to keep the
public from knowing how miserably
mismanaged the system was.
About the same time that Council
refused to print what the Board Of
Health had to say on the garbage
question in 1902. a committee was ap-
pointed to look into the matter. The
committee promised to call a meeting.
when taxpayers who had complaints
could be heard. The committee not-
fed Secretary Wigglesworth of the
Board of Health at o'clock one af-
ternoon that it had set that night for
the meeting. This short notice was to
keep the dissatisfied citizens from
| knowing anything of the meeting, but
about hundred were on hand and
made it warm for the committee.
The committee eventually notified
Mr. Wigglesworth that his report in
regard to garbage would have to be
modified.
MR.. WIGGLESWORTHS REPORT.
The report that Council wanted mod
flied in part follows:
Notwithstanding the increased cost
to the city of Wilmington for the col
] lection Of garbage. the service has
been in the same chaotic condition the
past year that it has been since the
power to award the contracts for the
removal OF garbage was taken from
the Board Of Health by the City Coun-
Gil.
The Board Of Health is the recog-
nized sanitary body Of any municipal
li ity. and to reduce the garbage null
sance TO a minimum in this city il
should have entire control of the garb-
age collection and the disposal Of the
same as WELL Section of the ordi-
nance passed by Council specifies that
it shall be the duty Of the contractors
TO remove all garbage and offal from
Ian the streets running east and W ST
lon Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays
land from an streets running north and
south on Tuesdays. Thursdays and
saturdays. In other words the con-
TRACTORS are required by ordinance tc
lconect the garbage three times a week
lyet hundreds Of our citizens complain
THAT the garbage is not removed from
! their residences for periods OF two oi
three weeks and frequently not for ;
longer time.
Many Of the residents Of the outly'
ling districts Of the city complain L