The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-10
Caused Considerable Discussion
During City Campaign, But
Is Forgotten Now.
MUCH GARBAGE BURNED
During JULY and AUG.
Shutting Down of the Plant Would
Have Caused Condition Which Could
Not Have Been Satisfactorily Hand
led by the City.

what has become of the city Gre
matory, that ten-thousand dollar piece
of municipal property which caused
so much discussion during the recent
campaign, and which great many
people contended was a nuisance and
menace to the public health?"
This question put to a News repre-
sentative this morning by a gentle
man who is usually "up to snuff on
matters pertaining to the city, caused
the news-gatherer to make an investi
cation into the exact state of affairs
in this connection, and it was learned
that, although the plant is being op-
Grated daily, and in the identical man
ner in which it was run before and
during the campaign, no further com
plants have been heard from citizens
who reside in its vicinity.
1t will be remembered that about
two months ago the attention of the
mayor and city council was called to
an alleged disagreeable state of af-
fairs existing at the crematory; it
was said that the odors arising from
the big smoke stack were so disa-
greeable that people living in the vi
cinity of the plant were compelled to
close their doors and windows and re-
main indoors in order to escape the
fumes which were disseminated into
the atmosphere.
The city council determined to make
a thorough investigation of the mat
ter, and for this purpose a committee
was appointed to see if conditions
were really such as they had been rep
resented to be. Mr.. A. M. Innerarity
local representative Of the contractors
the crematory during the five days
investigation, and promised the mayor
and council that if it should be found
unsatisfactory, he would help the city
recover damages from the builders
The committee went out and
"smelled." Some were positive that
the atmosphere in the vicinity of the
plant was offensive to the nostrils
while others contended that it was
odorless. In the meantime, the plant
continued to burn garbage, and the
city campaign progressed merrily and
nally the election was held and the
crematory was a thing of the past;
the people seemed to forget that there
had ever been such an institution.
But it is here, is still running, anG
, has been doing it's part in relieving
the city of an enormous amount o.
garbage which could not have beer
, satisfactorily disposed Of by any Other
method. During the months of July
: and August there were crematet
twenty-nine carcasses of COWS, horse!
and mules and untold quantities O
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possibly have been satisfactorily dis
posed of in any other manner.
Before the crematory was erected
the city's dumping grounds wer'
:. across Leaf river, and immense quan
titles were hauled there daily. By
4 and bye this practice was objected tt
l. by citizens living In that vicinity, AM
}. the city was compelled to make othe
i arrangements for the disposition of it
l. garbage. 1t was learned that tn
+ trash must be disposed of within tn
d city limits, and there was nothing t
l. do but to erect a crematory.
O The plant was accordingly erected
e since which time 1t has been a recoe
II nized fact that the sanitary and healt
6 conditions of Hattiesburg are hui
!. dred per cent better than before, an
" while the crematory may not wor
e entirely satisfactorily, 1t is general
+ conceded that conditions would b
many times worse without it.
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