Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-09
GARBAGE RIDDLE
lSUP TO HEWITT
COUNCIL TAKES SUGGESTIONS
OF HUMPHREYS
SAN PEDRO AND TERMINAL
ISLAND TO BE CARED FOR :,
Would Let Contract for Five Years
for Collection of Incombustible
Material and Lease
lncinerator

Without word of discussion yes
terday the council referred all the lee
concentrations of the board of public
works concerning rubbish proposed by
w. NJ. Humphreys, inspector OF pub
lie works, TO the city attorney TO be
drafted into ordinances.
Mr.. Humphreys, although much
elated that the plans he has so care
fully thought out for the disposal of
the citys rubbish will be Incorporated
into ordinances, was also astonished
that the council did not demand SOME
further information on the subject II
was prepared for them if they had,
for these plans are among his pet pro
iects for such civic Improvement as
comes under his jurisdiction.
1t may have been that the council
was tired, after a hard political bat
tie Tuesday. and knowing that recon-
mendations from the inspector of public
works were pretty sure to be all right.
took a chance, or it may have been
that they realized the ordinances would
not likely be prepared until their sue
cessors are in office, and they pre-
ferred to let the next council Wrestle
with the matter
The recommendations presented by
Nj Humphreys are as follows:
Recommendations Submitted
q beg to submit for your considera
tion the following subjects:
"First--lncombustib waste from
residences, j. Co. ashes, broken crockery,
glassware, cans, eaC.
"Second-lnCOmbustib waste, ashes,
broken crockery. glassware, cans, etc,
from hotels, apartment houses, restaur-
ants and other places of business.
"Third-Lease of the incinerator.
Fourth Combustible merchants
and office waste, j. e.. paper straw,
packing, books, barrels. boxes, carpets,
rags and furniture.
"Fifth-MerChants' waste containing
a perceptibJe percentage of water or
that cannot easily be consumed by fire
T. e., decayed vegetables, spoiled mer-
chandise. fish, game, meats, etc.
"Sixth-Collection and disposal of
garbage and incombustibe residence
waste at San Pedro.
Standardization and disposal of
garbage and incombustible residence
waste at Terminal island.
"First-Incombustib waste from
residences, i. e., ashes, broken crock
cry, glassware, cans, etc.
Contract for Five Years
''I respectfully recommend that a con-
tract be let for the collection of such
material for a period of five years, the
contractor to furnish suitable equip
ment to collect in all territory within
the present corporate limits north of
Manchester avenue once every two
weeks under proper and regular super
vision. The contractor TO furnish his
own land on which to deposit the ma
terial either inside or outside of the
corporate limits.
"Second-Incombusti waste, i. g..
ashes, broken crockery, cans, etc, from
hotels, apartment houses. restaurants
and other places of business.
This material is waste from lines of
business conducted for profit, and there
fore il would seem should be disposed
of by the parties creating same, just
as many other lines of business are re
quired to dispose of their waste. The
sanitary reasons are not sufficient to
justify the city to collect or dispose of
same. However, that an eXtortionate
charge may not be made for a place
to deposit this material, l respectfully
recommend that the city purchase lands
for this purpose and charge a fair fee
for depOsiting material thereon.
Third. Lease of the inCinerator
q respectfully recommend that the
inCnerator be leased for a Jeriod which
shall expire at the same time as the
contract for the collection and disposal
of garbage recently awarded to Charles
Alexander with the further provision
that should the said garbage contract
terminate sooner than the time men
toned therein for any reason WhatsO-
ever, then the lease Of the incinerator
shall Immediately terminate. Further,
that the lessee shall keep the incincrat-
or i'm frSt-Class condition, making all
repairs or additions at his own expense
and that the lessee shall install on the
property suitable wagon scales, at his
own expense. That proper ordinances
be passed requiring the delivery of all
materials mentioned i'm paragraphs 4
and at the incincrator. That the
lessee be permitted to charge and re-
tain the following fees for material de
livered:
Charge for Waste Suggested
For material as mentioned in para
graph 4, combustble merchants and
office waste. @, paper, straw, pack
ing, boxes barrels, books, carpets, rags
and furnituro-15 cents for each one
horse wagon load and % cents for each
tWo-hOrse wagon lad,
FOR material as mentioned i'm para
graph 3, merchants waste containing
perCeptible percentage of water or
that cannot be easily consumed by fire
II. e., decaYed vegetables, spoiled mer-
chandise fish, game, meats, etc
cents for each 100 pounds, with a mini
mum charge Of % cents. That such
restrictions be imposed upon the lessee
as will insure fair treatment TO the
patrons of the incineratOr.
sixth respectfully recommend