The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-18
MAY BURN GARBAGE
Aldermen Are Enthusinstic About the
Propositlon, which VIII DO Away
with 135,0Oo Toms of Re-
fuse Annually. :

Montgomery supplies 1s5.4<s tons. or
40. sss,eo0 pounds Of garbage each
year. to be dumped along the river
banks at the outskirts Of the city,
there to decay and shoulder. to breed
disease and pests, according to the sta
tistics complied by the Sanitation Com
mittee Of the City Council. And to OBJ
viate this dangerous accumuiation--
dangerous, II was shown. to the health
and reputation of the city-the >Coun-
Gil cast its majority vote in favor of
the consideration of garbage destruc.
ton plant.
The Council. in adopting the report
OF Alderman Saul. Chairman ofsthe SAN
itation> Committee. will provide for an
expert. a Mr.. Featherstone. of New
Brighton. Staten Island, to visit the
city. to. look over conditions and sit
uations, and to pass his opinion upon
the cost OF construction OF a garbage
destruction plant.
The idea of the garbage consumption
has acquired greater impetus Since the
visit OF Aldermen Gunter. Virgin and
Saul to New York. upon which trip
they had occasionAto visit such a plant
at Ne wBrighton, q city on Staten Is
land.
II is here, they told. that Mr.. reath-
erstone, an English expert. put In his
first work in the United States A
plant Is In operation at New brighton.
by which the garbage of the, city. for
ty tons each day. Is consumed. burnt
to cinders. and in the burning. power 10
evolved by which the city Is lighted.
The product of the combustion Is an
odorless, pulverized ciHder. which can
be used. In quantity, in the making of
brick or, concrete. and In smaller bulk.
at various purposes-to NIL holes In
streets, as ballast. etc.
1t was shown. In argument. that the
garbage OF The City OF Montgomery, n
consumed in such plant as/New
Brighton uses. would produce i00fhorse
power, sufficient to light entire North
Montgomery.
Thus. It was shown by Aldermen
Saul and Gunter. who spoke as advo-
Gates. of the plant, that the garbage OF
Montgomery. instead Of remaining an
unsanitary incumbrance as 1t has In
years of yore. could be put to good use.
In being burned to develop horsepower.
The two Aldermen in speaking put In
q plea for better sanitation of the city.
as could be obtained. they said. by the
combustion of Montgomery's two mil
lion and odd pounds of garbage .
The Council. generally. agreed in the
proposal to bring the expert, Feather
stone. to the city to consider the cost
OF establishing such a plant, though
several of the Aldermen, Moritz and
Ruth as two. were cautious as to the
move. out of ideas OF discretion, they
said when told that the plant would be
expensive as to installation. and that
the price of the expert would be $sB
@ day with expenses.
President Gunter talked at leMgth In
favor of the garbage destruction plant.
being imbued with enthusiasm as to
the idea. He told that In New Bright
on the plant. which consumed 40 tons
OF garbage each day. was situated In
the residence district, but that no more
odor. nor danger of infection from the
Heterogeneous mass OF trash. resulted.
than occurred in the most cieanly
apartments.
He declared that the danger OF pests;
such as breed IN the garbage dump on
the Montgomery river bank, would be
eliminated. and that the perennial
stencil Of burning trash. such as ae-
companies the present trash pile would
be eliminated. and that. at the same
time, the combustion Of the garbage
would be otherwise valuable, as. when
used as fuel 1t would produce power to
light ABORTION of the city. -
So the expert. by the vote Of the
Council, will come to Montgomery. as
soon as summoned by approval OF the
Mayor. to look into the cost and advisr'
ability OF erecting the destruction plant
an Montgomery.