The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-10
Dr. James Maher Tells Health Board of Solution of Problem in This
 City.
TO GO INTO ESTIMATES
Board Wants Some Improvement, and. If Plant Is Too Costly. Will Prob- ably Unite on This Sub
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A new idea for the disposition of the garbage of New Haven, which is be coming a serious problem just now, was presented to the board of health at Its meeting yesterday afternoon by pr James Mahcr who has been making special investigation into the matter tractors who operate the reduction plant al Bridgeport for the taking of this citys garbage from any wharf that tho board of health might dssig nate at the rate of 66 cents per ton. Un- der this plan the city would still have to look after the collection of the gar bage, the favorable feature of the offer being the cheap rate for disposition of garbage outside of the city instead of the present offensive and entirely in- adequate method,
 The idea of constructing an incinera- tion plant is what the local board of health has desired and it appears that the members still feel that this would b' Ail' ufNl ll'Ail'I Hul 'll h'''hll' VI the cost some cheaper disposition is being sought The present method is being complained about all the time, but the large cost of any other method has been a serious obstacle in the way Dr Maher has been Investigating the incineraton plants and methods and he showed that plant to care for this city without considering the cost of power to operate and motors would be about SS5,000, so that while the meth cd would he most desirable the board is anxious to be in a position to ask an appropriation this fall for some thing less costly and more likely to he given by the board of finance Dr. Maher in his exposition yesterday af- ternoon showed that the system sug l gested by the Bridgeport people would cost about three times what the pres ent system does The cost of disposition as charged by the reduction company he figures at about $S,OOO, wNle t would probably cost the city in the neighbor- hood of $2S,0 900 to do its collecting. The l idea of the board of health would be to have municipal collection if possible. l The Bridgeport firm has asked for a 1 ten year contract, however, and will probably not be willing to take the con tract except under that agreement
 The matter was discussed at length by the board of health members after pr. Maher had presented his proposi- ton and finally it was left to a com mittee of the whole board 10 investi- gate the proposition and get it into shape for presentation to the board of finance when the estimates go in next August Unless something else 1t hit upon which seems likely to be ace ceptable this will he asked for by the health board in it's estimates next year.
 More complaints have been receiv- cd about the collection of the garbage by the present contractors and in con sequence the fines that were admin istered yesterday were mainly of $5 apiece instead of the usual fine of q dollar on each complaint. The fines imposed yesterday amounted to $35.
 Dr. Wright presented his health re. port for the month at the meeting The deaths during May were the smallest in number of any of the last five years, there being a total of 157 Last year the record stood at I'll. O' these the largest number due to [ single disease was 23 credited under the indefinite term of heart disease and tuberculosis accounted for li more Pneumonia caused IT deaths typhoid 2, and diphtheria 1, In the
 total deaths of 157 there were 36 Q children under the age of five years
 and 69 more were O persons ovel fifty years of age. Four deaths were
 due to old age.