The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-01
ocR GARBAGE AND ASHES.

The tima seems to be ripe for rad ical change in the citys method of col ieetmg garbage and ashes The pass ing of time naturally makes radical changes in a city's method of doing things Once a volunteer fire depart ment existed m New Haven. It was justified because 1t met satisfactorily the conditions at hand, But the time came with the growth of the city when a permanent fro department was imperative. It was created. The time will come when tho citizens will real ize how truly provincial our present system of Ire bells, ringing all over the city, Is This paper Is of the opln- lon that New Haven has outgrown this bell system long ago. Some day 1t too will go
 Exactly the same maysbe said of the collection of garbage and ashes. At present they are collected upon private contracts and not by the city as they should he in any place of tho size of New Haven Tho result ia infroquent collections. especially of tho ashes. and unsightly and unhcalthfulples ofrefuse In the back yards everywhere There are no stronger arguments in favor of a city system of sewers than there are that such a condition as this should no, exist No matter what tho theoretical efficiency of the present arrangement may be, it does not work well in prac- tice and change yust be effected. The Journal-Courier believes that the change should come hy creating q city garbage and ashes collecting depart mont, run perhaps in conjunction with the street cleaning department, but at any rate. conducted under city man. agcment so that when complaints come the trouble may he laid publicly al the proper door.
 Al present thero is ono man who has the contract for the collection of tho garbage In the western half of the city IL is said that some of the cit- izens n that part of the city have not seen a earbaga car, in months. More over tho health hoard authorities seem to show either no inclination or no power to better matters II Is qulte generally the custom of New Haven cts 10 pile un their winters ashes In tho roar of their homes and have them cartcd off by the wagon load in the spring II Is ai this time of the year that tho cleaning out methods start and the amount of ashes that arc car iicd away from some placca would as- tonlah tho most s',cp,gnl
 New York has n system of three col- lcetione. nnp ls for ashes, another solely for papers and other refuse and a third for garbage In this way for- 1 clgn matters nre kept ont of tho ash- es, which in turn become tho more val uable for building Of nl'ng in pur- poeos. The three varieties of carts make their rounds every day, not once n month or so. The ashes and gar 1 haze arc eot out by tho householders 1 hnek of tho building ine. There Is q strict rule about tho latter Matter for tho paper and general refuse wagon ie only collected when . card of 2 pocu. liar and noticeable character is dis plnrod in the windows of the houses The plan in such detail could not vel
 be worked out at present in New lia. ven. II would be rather premature tc propose it now But garbage and olh. CT collections shold be made regular. ly two or three times q week. II would
 mako for the health of Inc city, Il
 thle cannot be accomplished ny private
 concerns. it can by municipal action
 Then if there Is any trouble, the r,ar
 to blame can be easily reached.