The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-22
CITIZENS WAR ON GARBAGE
 PLANT DOORS
Marsh Pleads Low Price at Which Garbage Is Re-
 duced in Defense

W.
 duced in Defense
 At the public hearing regarding the offensive odors arising from the plant of the Bridgeport By-Products com pany last night in the city hall the spectators benches in the common council chambers. where the hearing was held. were filled with citizens who wanted to register their kick against the smell which comes from that plant. Several spoke and the others applaud ed and when called upon stood up to show that they were against the all lowing of existing conditions at the plant to remain as they are. Hot shot was thrown into the company for not speakers put it up to the board of health saying that they had talked be- fore at public hearings regarding this matter but the board had done noth- the East Side got in late and started to speak after the hearing had been closed. The Mayor tried to shut him off, by telling him that the time for expression of opinion had come to a close but the German replied sI came to this city to live and not to die. like a dog" The Bridgeport By-Products company was represented by President Livingstone and Attorney Arthur Marsh. City Attorney Cullinan was health, while it did not promise any, thing definitely. promised that some action would be taken.
 Albert Layery opened the peoples case saying that conditions complain ed of in the petition had reached the taken. He said he was suffering per- sonally from the odors and that 1t was almost impossible to get fresh air in his vicinity. Speaking in behalf of the petitioners he said that they held that the contract between the Bridgeport By-Products company and the city re- quired that garbage be disposed of in a sanitary manner and they do not believe that the contract is being lived up to.
 Superintendent w W. Jones. of the Bridgeport hospital said it was use less to try to describe the fndescrib- able. He said the odors were detri- mental to the health of his patients the board. I. w. Burritt said the stench was a disgrace to the vicinity and to the city and ought to be wiped out.
 c. s. Flames said the smell in his neighborhood was continuous summer and winter and that the people had put up with it until their endurance had been taxed to it's utmost. He said it was "an internal curse and some thing ought to be done about it.''
 T. M. McNamara said it seemed to him like a loss of time to tell the old story of the odors from this plant. He said he had done it before but nothing had come from it.. There is no need of proof in this natter he said. ''the board of health knows that the nuisance exists. The only ques- tion is can it be removed and will it be?"
 Attorney William H. Conley. Jr. lives near Beardsley park and protest- b1e. He said there was no trouble when the wind was blowing from the northwest but as soon as the wind changed from that direction the smell became. intolerable. Attorney Con1ey said he had been enduring and kick ing for about four years. He said he had been told that the complaint was because of imaginary troubles! Now that there are such 8 large number of sensible men gathered together who able that excuse can no longer be given. he said. To say that is adding insult to injury. He also said it was not only a menace to health but that it must result in disease. He closed by saying that it was time for the members of the board of health to bend their energies toward protecting the members of the community trou- bled with the stench from the plant.
 Assistant City Clerk Larry Gill said health had suffered from the offensive 'odors.
 A. E. Gardner said that there were certainly brains enough in the city to remove the nuisance if they were put to work.
 Edward c. Spargo warned the board that if some action was not taken by it the members of the community would get an injunction. Frank Spar go also spoke.
 Another resident said that he had sick wife who needed the fresh air but could not enjoy it owing to the odors existing. She could not open a win dow or sit on the stoop. She had to were all day and all night and were something f1erce.'
 John M Otis and C. R. Ayres en. ldorsed the sentiments of the others.
 The defense was taken up by Attor- ney Marsh who said he was very that the garbage reduction company was the only source of the smell nuis- ance. He referred here to the com plaints made by one or two about the sewers. Continuing he said that the company had spent a great deal of money to meet the objections raised by the citizens, and had made efforts to secure a. proper location out of town where the city S garbage could be taken care of with. that of other places. He said he wanted it under stood that the company was not sit ting back and saying What are you going to do about it?"
 He also claimed that the amount of money appropriated for the reduction of the garbage was far too small to be adequate. He said this showed the parsimony in the city government. He claimed that S1 a ton at least was necessary for the proper reduction of the garbage and repair of the plant