Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
TIRED
OF FOUL DOORS
WANT FERTILIZER MOVED FIVE
MILES FROM CITY
COMMITTEE WILL APPEAR AT
COUNCIL MEETING
Men of Sixth Ward Will object tc
Awarding Dead Animal Contract
to United Phosphate
Company

As a matter of habit the dead ami
mai contract will come before the coun-
I'll for action at it's meeting Tuesday,
and when it sticks its noisome head
out of the minute clerks pigeon hole 1t
win be pounded on by a committee OF
citizens from the Sixth ward, who are
tired of being sickened daily by 1oul
stenches.
This dead animal contract has been
vetoed and is before the council to pass
over the mayors negative. But there
are members of the council who do not
want the contract passed, and as 1t
requires six votes it has been post
poned from time to time until the sup
porters of the contract are certain OF
their six votes.
The most ardent supporter of the
contract is Councilman Yonkin. He
admitted in the council chamber last
week that he had induced the United
Phosphate company to submit bid
for taking care of the dead animals,
and he has fought hard to have the
council pass the contract. Because OF
his deep interest in the matter some
of his own constituents believe he is
interested financially in the company
which wants the contract
The United Phosphate company
maintains a fertilizer works in Yer
non, just over the line from the Los
Angeles city limits, and this fertilizer
factory is responsible for great depre-
citation in property and its immediate
vicinity, Not only is this the case,
but people who are forced to live in
the vicinity are afflicted with dis
tressed stomachs almost constantly
when the factory is in full blast. They
fear it will be responsible for an cpl
demic of disease unless something is
done to abate the nuisance. 1t is de-
clared the foul odor from this factory
has the Chicago stock yards smelling
like a Cecil Bruner rose by COMPARE
son.
The unfortunate citizens of the Sixth
ward who are compelled to smell this
fertilizer factory every day will insist
that if the contract for dead animals
is awarded a clause be inserted in the
contract demanding that the carcasses
be disposed of at least five miles from
the city limits. One proposal was made
to the council last Tuesday by an in
dependent applicant for the contract
that he would take the carcasses at
least five miles from the city.
In addition to the fertilizer factory
the citizens of the lover end of the
Sixth ward are daily offended by the
hog pens that are maintained just over
the city limits. These hogs are fed
with garbage collected in Los Angeles,
and this smell, added to the fertilizer
factory, is enough to drive them dis
tracted. The allegation is made that
the mortality among these garbage fed
hogs is about so per cent. The hog
feeders say the hogs are made into
soap grease when they die, but there is
a strong suspicion that they are trans
formed into lard and pork chops.
Because of these hog pens the same
persons who complain against the dead
animal contract want something done
quickly about the garbage. The gar
bage contract has been in the hands
of the committee of the whole of the
council since last December, and this
committee shows no disposition to take
action on the matter.