The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-24
NO GARBAGE PLANT
HERE THIS YEAR
So Says Member Of Board Of
Finance, Discussing Esti-
mates Now Being
Settled.
LACK OF FUNDS THE CAUSE
City's Taxes Not SUFFICIENT for 1t at
Observation-Disclosures Meet
Bureau Of Compen-
sation.
LACK OF FUNDS THE CAUSE

The chances OF this city getting an
incinerating or reduction plant for
the disposal Of lts garbage are slight,
according to member Of the board
Of finance. at least as far as this year
is concerned. According to his state
ment made last night, there are no
available funds for the plant from the
coming years taxes. The money
can't be taken out Of the taxes. II
this is the case. and the board OF
finance has only funds from that
source to draw on
The board Of health asked the city
to provide for enough 10 set up a
plant for the disposal Of garbage, and
to run 1t for year and there have
been numerous attempts to get infor-
nation on the advissbillty and useful
ness OF the various types OF plants,
The board of aldermen appointed a
special committee OF Ave to consider
the question and they received letters
from plants all over the country con-
taining the desired information Trips
to Boston and New York to plants
that disposed of garbage for those
large municipalities complete the in
formation that the aldermen wanted
The chairman Of the committee, AL
derman J. Edmund Miller, is also a
member Of the board Of finance. and
lar ty,et 80 AZ =
garbage disposal question In the board
Of finance meetings he has given con.
siderable Information 10 the other
members OF the board
The discussions of the estimates
have been the work Of the finance
board for the last few weeks. and the
meetings have been executive. There
have been many changes In the esti.
mates as put in. according to A mem
ber OF the board. and most OF them
have been TO reduce the amounts call.
ed for II possible. There has been nc
official statement of the proceedings
of the board at these meetings as the
boiling down process has not beer
completed and tho estimates are still
in a chaotic condition
The report of the discussion on the
garbage disposal question IL that Il
has been said In the board that the
kind of plant that would be of value
to the city would cost at least 5000,
900. and that II would cost consider.
able to operate It. In the present A,
nancial condition of the city there 1:
not enough money raised in the taxes
to pay out this amount and have
enough to meet other necessary ex
penses To do go. the tax rate woult
have TO be increased several mills, ant
this Is out Of the question, It is argued
Therefore, II is likely that the move
ment for garbage disposal will b,
quashed for the present.
At the meeting of the board of A
nance in city hall last night the bu
reau of compensation was in consul
tation with them for long time. Th,
| business under discussion was the pro
posed awards OF damages and benefit
for land damages. They are wanted
In the estimates OF the board Of com
pensation as they will arise during III,
year Further than this. no detail
were given out as to the meeting 0
the two bodies The bureau of com
pensation met In room 10 before go
ing up to the board of finance with th
corporation counsel. The meeting
were entirely executive.