Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-01
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
UNDER A NEW PLAN
LconlInuea ion second mo-

cause of such delinquency. Mr. Phoebus
was seen by the reporter at his hotel.
While he has been chairman of the com
mittee only a month, he has taken a
great interest in the matter and has
visited the plant within the past 10 days,
in order to personally become familiar
with its operations. lie told the reporter
that he was much pleased with the sys-
tenn and considered it q big improve
ment over the old one.
81 feel satisfied" he said, "that if the
city could operate this plant in the man
ner in which II is now operated by the
company, there would be money in
it for the municipality, but l am not
sufficiently familiar with its operations
70 know how much.n He said he was
very we'll pleased with the change from
the old incineration method to the new
one, and he did not regard the cost as
excessive. He said he was Of the opinion
that the contract price for the current
year is about what it would cost the city
10 get rid of the garbage under the old
plan. While it is a little more than the
expense during the last year of the opera
tion of the plant, which was in 1903, he
feels that the increase is warranted by
the growth of the city. The same opinion
was advanced by Mayor Stooy, who said
the population is increasing at the rate
Of 900 a year. and the number Of build
ings is increasing in proportion.
Mr.. Phoehus succeeded Charles Mathes
aa chairman of the sanitary committee,
Mr.. Mathes having recently resigned.
The resignation of Mr. Mathes having
caused some comment, he was visited bv
the reporter, who asked for an explana-
tion. Mr.. Mathes said It had been init
mated chat he was holder of stock in
the company. 81 am not a stocSholder,n
he told the reporter, "but / have a
brother who holds stock, and I suppose
that is how they got my name connected
with II. I resigned as a member of Coun-
cil because ] found that it was interfer-
ing with my business"
Mr.. Mathes has one of the largest and
best appointed blacksmith establish
ments in Atlantic City, employing about
% men. Tie explained that he had been
doing some work for the city, such as re
pairing sprinkling wagons, &C., TO which
matter he at first gave little thought, but
when it was intimated that a member
of Council could not he interested in city
work, he resigned, feeling that it would
be beneficial for his business interests 20
do so. Tie said he did not want 70 be cut
out of the work, but felt that he would
have DO give 10 mp or his seat in Council.
and ho preferred the latter course. lie
said he had also been doing blacksmith
ing for the company.
Mr.. Nathos said he was very favorably
impressed with the new plant and CON
sidered 10 q great Improvement over the
old one. The original plant on Michigan
M. Ia
from the odor hence its removal, and he
considered the reduction plant a big i'm.
proVement over the one built by the city
eight years ago. which has been aband.
oned. The people interested in the prod.
uct company, he said, have similar
plant ia Philadelphia and before the At.
lantic City contract was given out dele
cation of Atlantic City officials visited
the Philadelphia plant and were so well
pleased with il that they decided to have
the same thing in their city
"lhe Atlantic City plant is operated
in such a satisfactory manner he said,
"that there are hundreds of people hero
who have no idea how the garbage is dis.
posed Of and they do not give it
thought 1t is now a matter Of no con
Germ 20 many people,
The Health Department regards the
change with favor. DR.. NJ. \. Somers.
secretary of the Board of Health. told
the reporter that the new plant was q
great Improvement over the old one. To
said the expense of collection and dis
posal was no higher than ii would De
rnder che od plan, and probably lower
while the results are a great deal more
satisfactory 81 ann satisfied with the
manner in which the company is work
ing he added.
a. II Glenn, clerk of the Board Of
Health. made a similar statement. lie
said he had known of from so 10 90 COM
plants SOME days under the old arrange
mcnts shat IS. complaints of nor-col-
lection, hut now it is a rare thing 70 have
five complaints in a day. The average.
in summer, he said, WAS three or soru
day, and in winter there were no come