The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02
GARBAGE
MAN GETS
A LEMON
South Orange Scayenger
Must Take Refuse Out Of
Village, but Where?

About fifty of the go property owners
and tenants Of South Orange who pro-
tested recently against the dumping
round In the southeastern section of the
village attended a special meeting of the
South Orange Village Board of Trustees
last night and backed up their complaints
contained in the petition which was pre-
scented. Rats overrunning the ground,
unbearable odors, stagnant water pools,
were causes for the protests against the
dumps.
AS a result the board granted $50 to
spread lime on the dumps and restricted
the grounds for ashes only; garbage and
paper are restricted. The public scavenger
was told to take the garbage outside of
the village, but he does not know where
he Is to go. He considers he has been
handed a lemon.
When the petition was read the trustees
started to plan relief at once, and Trus-
tee Rowland ID. Perrine gave a history
of sthe fight against the dumps, which
began two years ago with the unsuccess-
full attempts to get the officials to act.
II allowed to continue the tendency would
be to lower the property values In the
vicinity. He favored the adjustment of
the nuisance even If 1t meant greater ex-
pense to the village.
Frank II. Tichenor. leader Of the fight
against the nuisance, spoke of the odors
arising from 1t because of the habit of
lthlidHh SURFING III up In Inelr search lOT
Junk. and of the rats that came from
what he called the pest hole" The
sneaker said the petition represented LOO
persons. and he then read fourteen differ
emf suggestions for remedying the nuisance.
These included that the Board of Health
supervise the work of the scavenger and
the dumping ground, and that after the
present dumping ground is filled in with
clean ashes that all dumping cease. He
also suggested that the contractor be COM
PEELED to live up to his contract and take
the garbage out of the village In tight
wagons so that no leakage will be allowed.
The other suggestions cover details for the
supervision of the scavenger.
Cost of Carriage Collecting.
Mr.. Tichenor then compared the cost Of
the sprinkling Of the streets at 1865 a
month and the ~scavenger collection at
$780, 80. The scavenger. he said, was COM
wagons in his work. This means but $3.50
n day payment for the work. Tichenor
said he could not understand how the
scavenger made his expenses.
That the scavenger is loosing money was
also the opinion of Andrew S. Taylor.
counsel for the professionals. He also said
that there were pools of stagnant water
on the dumps, and he expressed surprise
that the Board of Health had not acted
before this time.
Norman R: Burghardt spoke of the dan
ger. OF burying. garbage.
The Rev. Robert Hastlng Nichols, pas
tor OF Trinity Presbyterian Church, who
lived near the dumps for one year. said the
conditions were very dangerous to che
public health, and that the village was
using. the southeastern section of the
dumping ground as a backyard for the
remainder of the village. He urged the
board to take immediate action.
John Walker said that lime should be
sprinkled over the dumping ground, AMI
William H.. Metcah also recommended the
use of lime.
On motion of trustee Perrine $50 was APP
propriated to. buy the number of barrels
lime required to carry out the sugges-
ton. This, it is thought, will do away
with any existing smell.
Trustee Walter T. Wallace then told the
property-owners that garbage and other
refuse would not be dumped on the land,
but where the garbage would be dumped
he could not say.
The board afterwards went into execu-
tive session and told him that under his
contract he must carry the refuse and GAR
bage. outside the village limits or pay the
penalty.
After the meeting Scavenger Morgan said
he did not see how he was to take the
garbage out of the village.
IF South Orange village does not want
its own garbage I am sure residents Of
other towns do not" he said.
The board. he said, would give no consid-