Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-04
FIX FIVE MILES
AS HOG LIMIT
COUNCIL PASSES GARBAGE
SPECIFICATIONS
THREE METHODS OF DISPOSAL
ARE PROVIDED
Women Appear Before Legislators in
Interests of Their Homes in
Sixth Ward-Want the
doors Eliminated

Woman, lovely woman, stuck her
pretty, tiptilted nose into the nasty
garbage mess yesterday, and whether
this was the influencing factor or the
council has become weary of its own
delay the garbage specifications pre-
sented by the board of public works
were adopted and the board authorized
to advertise for bids.
The women who appeared before the
council are all residents of the Sixth
ward, and they were there in the in
terests of their homes. They wanted
to keep their windows up this hot
weather without having their homes
filled with a conglomeration of odors
from the hogpens in Vernon. And the
women had their way. No more hogs
will be fed in Vernon, at least with
garbage gathered in Los Angeles, for
the council placed a clause in the
specifications that prohibits garbage
being used for hog feeding within hVe
miles of the city limits.
The specifications provide for three
ways of handling garbage-incinera-
ton, reduction and hog feeding. A
bidder may make proposals for han
ding the garbage in any one of these
three ways, or, if he is so disposed,
can handle it in all three ways COM
bined. One prospective bidder yester-
dav signified his intention of bidding on
all three ways.
To incinerate the garbage a con-
tractor must erect a suitable inciner-
ator, for the city's crematory will be
used for rubbish exclusively. The re-
ducing man must also provide his own
reduction plant. As these plants are
expensive the prices asked by the in
Generator and reduction bidders will
probably be high But the specitica--
tions provide two bids may be submit
ted-one for handling the contract five
years and the other for ten-year
limit. While the ten-year contract will
tie the city up for a much longer time
the prices asked will be much less.
As the reduction process gives the
reducer a profit in the by-products of
fertilizer and soap grease he makes
from the garbage, the bids on this plan
are expected to be lower than those for
incineration alone. But the hog feeding
process is expected to be much the
cheapest of the three. The hog feeder
gathers the garbage for food for his
hogs and poultry. Had the distance
not been fixed at five miles from the
city limits, 1t is probable the hog rails
ers would have agreed to gather gar
bage for nothing. The Denver Hog
Breeders association last winter Of
fered to collect all Los Angeles garbage
for 81 a year.
Long Haul Expensive
The five-mile limit will increase the
price, as the long haul will make an
extra expense. But unofficial bids will
he submitted for hauling only half a
fmile from the city limits, and this may
be considered by the council.
An objection to fixing any limit out
side the city where garbage might be
disposed of was raised on the ground
that the city had no control outside its
own Jurisdiction. But it has control
through its contract. If the contractor
violates the terms of his contract it
can be revoked.
Vernon, made a strong plea for the
hog raisers of that city. He said that
if a five-mile limit was fixed it would
drive the Vernon hog men out of bust
ness. He declared 100000 was invested
in the hog raising industry in Vernon.
and 700 people depended on it for their
livelihood.
Attorney John w. Carrigan for the
protesting Sixth warders, who get the
full benefit of the hog pens when the
wind is in the right direction, made
just as strong an argument for the
health and happiness of the citizens of
Los Angeles.
Councilman Dromgold made some of
the protesting Sixth warders gasp and
rise to their feet in establishment when
he moved that the limit for hog feeding
be made the city boundaries. These
Sixth warders had depended on Drom-
COLDS support on the fve-mile limit,
and when he showed a disposition to
stick it under their noses, where it is
now, they were surprised Yonkin, who
as the Sixth ward councilman has been
the most ardent advocate of the five
mile limit, quickly moved as a substi-
tute that it be made five miles, and
Healy hastened to second Yonkin's mo-
ton. Yonlxin's motion and Healy' S
quick second brought hearty applause
from the protestants, and eventually
carried