Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
GARBAGE LIMIT
IS CONDEMNED
SIXTH WARDERS DEN0UNCE
ACT OF BOARD
PROBABLY WILL CAMPAIGN FOR
BURNING OF REFUSE
Attempt of Vernon Hog Raisers to
Change Feeling of Mass Meeting
Held Last Night Proves
to Be Failure

Resolutions strongly condemning the
action of the board of public works in
requesting the city council to remove
the five-mile restriction in the law reg
ulating the disposal of garbage were
| adopted at a mass meeting held last
night in Page hall, Compton and Yer
non avenues. The resolutions will be
presented to the council in the form of
q memorial at the next meeing of that
body, when action on the garbage ques-
ton probably will be taken.
Most of those present last night were
residents of the Sixth ward although
there also were present some reldents
of the Fifth and other wards, as well
as p. ]. Durbin, j. w. Clemons, ]. b.
Leonis and w. n. Stevens, representing
the Hog Raisers' association of Vernon.
John M. Glass acted as chairman OF
the meeting and H. w. Karr, secretary.
At present there is a proposition be-
fore the council and the board of public
works to make a long-term contract
with some responsible person or con-
cern, which shall be placed under a
bond of $1,000 to collect and dispose of
all the garbage of Los Angeles. The
bids are to be awarded by the board Of
public works October H.
FiVe-Mile Limit Set
The law which will regulate the col
lection and disposal of garbage reads
that it shall not be fed or utilized in
any manner except at a point five miles
or more beyond the city limits. Most
of the city garbage is now being fed to
hogs located at Vernon, which joins
the Sixth ward on the east, about
mile and a half from Hooper avenue.
1t is claimed by residents of the Sixth
ward that the feeding of garbage in
Vernon not only is unhealthful, but
also raises such stencil that property
in that section has deprecated greatly.
| At present there are something like
| II, 900 hogs being fed in Vernon.
1t was to relieve conditions in the
Sixth ward that a new law containing
fve-mile limit provisions was framed
| and placed before the council This
| law has met with great opposition from
| the hog raisers of Vernon and from the
| larger hotel and cafe owners, who de-
clare that a bonded garbage contractor
| cannot be found who will agree to cart
garbage five miles from the city limits
before feeding 1t.
After a full investigation of the case,
the board of works requested the coun-
| ell to strike the fiVe-mile provision from
| the law and also asked to be allowed
| to advertise for bids, based on a five
mile limit and no limit. A storm of
protest was raised all over the city, re-
sulting in the calling of last nights
mass meeting.
Hog Rasers Represented
After hearing what residents of the
Sixth ward had to say about the ques-
tion, the Vernon hog raisers were al
lowed to state their side of the case.
| p. ]. Durbin acted as spokesman for
| the hog raisers and N. L. Blabon, pres
ident of the Sixth Ward Central I'M
provement club, w. H. McCiill, and A.
| T. Paul, led in the discussion for the
| Sixth warders.
Mr. Durbin declared that it would
be impossible to get a bonded garbage
collector to haul the refuse five miles
| from the city limits before 1t was
utilized He said it would mean a loss
to any collector to undertake this, and,
therefore cautioned the Sixth warders
and others to go slow in their demands.
His words had little weight, however,
| for no sooner had he sat down than
| Mr.. Blabon presented his resolution,
which was carried by a unanimous
| vote.
| The resolution condemns the board Of
public works for it's action and calls
upon the council to enforce the old law,
| which provides for the disposal of re-
fuse either by carting it five miles from
the city limits or by incinerating 1t.
Federated Clubs Interested
A. A. Bayley, president of the Fed
Grated Improvement clubs, was present
and was called upon TO state the po-
sition of his organization. He declared
that, at the meeting of the federation,
| which is to be held tonight in the
| chamber of commerce building, the
garbage question will be brought up.
! He believed that every Improvement
club should demand that garbage be
burned, and that no law allowing its
feeding to hogs should be counte-
nanced.
If the Sixth Ward Central Improve
ment club would present a resolution
demanding the incineration of all
refuse at the meeting tonight, said
! Mr. Bayley, it would be passed without
dissenting vote from a club in the
city. He pointed out that only a few
wears ago San Francisco sold it's gar
baee collection franchise to a private
| concern for something like $4,000. and
that it now is buying that same privi-
lege back for $780, 900. San Francisco,
he said, has determined to burn it's
refuse, as all other well-regulated cit
| les do
Mr. Bayley's words seemed to meet
with the approval of the meeting, and
| it is probable that a concerted effort
will be made to have garbage burned
! instead of sold and fed to hogs, as is
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