The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-26
CITY COLLECTIONS ANYWAY.


The present prospects are that New
Haven has little reason to expect that
the board of finance will authorize the
expenditure of the very considerable
amount Of money necessary for the
erection and maintenance of a gar
member of that board, in statement
made to representative of this paper,
the money cannot be spared from
the funds got from the taxes. The
city will have no easy task in making
both ends meet on ordinary expenses
asst is, and to take steps to raise the
tax rates would be out of the question,
procedure sure to be met with a
storm OF protest on the part of the
citizens at Just this time.
The Journal-Courier is not at ali
sure but that 1t is we'll that this is the
case. Certainly in the discussions of
the various kinds OF plants, since the
matter has been taken up, there has
been no, very certain sentiment In ia
vor OF any one plant and, In as SER
ious and expensive matter as this. no
room should be left for future regrets.
There should be something like a
unanimity Of opinion before the actual
selection Of a particular kind Of plant
is made. 1t would not be true econ
omy to do otherwise. This paper has
held, and still does hold, that the
services OF sanitary engineer should
be had and 1t believes serious mis-
take will be made II start is made
without such professional advice.
Particularly is the importance Of
the selection made apparent In view
Of the dissatisfaction reported from
various localities where garbage
destroying plants have been installed.
The latest instance of this Is In Chi
cago, where the Daily News says Of
the Chicago Reduction company,
which is bound by contract to the city
to dispose OF garbage, "in such a man
ner as shall be inoffensive and without
emitting doors of any kind. The
works OF the Chicago Reduction COM
pany, at which the garbage collected
by the city is disposed of, are situated
in the stockyards district. Citizens
residing in the neighborhood OF the
stockyards declare that the odor from
the garbage plant is particularly Of
! fensive. It forces them in se1f-defense
to close the doors and windows OF
their dwellings. thus robbing them OF
fresh air."
Certainly similar plant would mo-
A commend itself to certain Of our Fail
Haven friends, who have been com
PEELED to close their windows durins
A the past summer In similar way be
cause OF the stencil raised by the con
tractors who have been attempting t.
remove our city garbage. Better, w
say, would 1t be to wait than to cree
such an offensive plant In New Haven
There Is something that the boar'
OF finance must not overlook In tn
estimates submitted It by the board 0
health 1t Is the proposed municipa
garbage and ash collection depart
ment. That is Of the greatest i'm
portance. The city would never 6
through such unhealthful condition
as this summer again. Public-mnde
citizenship should rise up and deman
that this department be created. Whe
the change Is made to municipal col
lections Of garbage, II is time to pro
vide for the collection Of the ashes !
similar way. As a matter Of fac
1t will be found that the two vast
products are inseparably mixed !
many sections Of the city. A garbag
plant, then, II the money Is avail
able and II there is no doubt as to tn
advisabilit Of the kind selected; bl
a collection department surely. TT
latter Is more than imperative.