The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-06
NO GARBAGE REPORT
Matter of Reduction or Incin- eration Plant Will Be
 Long One.
TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS
Committee Will Also Act on Method of an Immediate Better
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The special aldermanic committee on the question of improving the meth cd of disposing of the city's garbage, got little more information last night and some new views in regard 10 the matter The hearing was a small one with George II. Scranton, who has been Investigating the matter on behalf of the Associated Civic societies, the chief informant. He asked the committee how long Il would be before it would be likely to make n report and Chair man Miller told him that it would probably not be inside of two months anyway. The society Is anxious that con- ditions might be improved al once. The committee decided that It has power under the resolution creating lt to take Into consideration present us well as future improvement and will probably soon hold public hearing for the con- sideratIon of the present system and methods Of improving it. Mir Scranton and Mir. Warden. who is the secretary of the Associated Civic societies, spoke of the bad garbage collection condi- tons Mir Scranton said that there was no doubt that the present system was inadequate and that the collections were very poorly made at present. The carts are all filthy and the men worse, he said, and you cannot get the board of health 10 get onto its job
 MT Scranton showed that he had been In communication with many of the garbage disposing plants and with agents nnd others acquainted with their workings and that hc had gather ed much information about them. His main point last night was tho advice to the committee that It make no att tempt 10 Install any plant here without having the preliminary work and tho work of laying lt out and constructing it under the charge of competent engineer He declared that nothing at all could be accomplished until it was known how much garbage and ashes and waste the city collected or would collect and that this would be part of an engineers work 10 ascertain. No company would build a plant on cer- tain estimate unless it had this and a number of other figures to base It's work on
 He then went on to say that the data | from all the plants in this country were unreliable as they did not in the first place give out the detailed statements of their workings and then there were many errors. The only municipal re- duction plant In the country he said ia l that at Cleveland and the figures from this were generally regarded as being highly exaggerated In favor of the city. He further stated that eminent engin- eers were at sea regarding the respec- i tive merits of a reduction and an incin- eration plant and thls was matter | for the committee to work upon as to l which would be the better here. He suggested several persons and firms that might give information and also visit to the plant at Richmond Bor- ough, New York city, which Ia n re- ducton plant. IL is likely that the com mttoe will go to sec this plant some | tme this summer together with other plants in eastern Massachusetts. Nc report will be made for a couple of l months on this, 1t being the idea that if anything Is decided on in regard to
 plant the estimates may be in SC that the board of aldermen may ask for the appropriation from the board l of finance in the estimates for 1909 which must go in by August
 The hearing on the improvement ot present conditions will be held soon sc as to allow report at the specia
 meeting of the board on June 15.