The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-27

Mayor Buckingham and the Board of Health were greatly pleased today because at the meeting of the Board last night the garbage problem was brought to solution in a manner like ly to be satisfactory to the largest number of people
 The mayor, who had stood firm in his contention that the plant should not be located in the center of the selected, on Ash Creek, as remote as anything that can be found.
 Any garbage plant must be locat- ed somewhere within the city. Neigh boring towns would not permit Bridgeport to leave it's own borders to reclaim garbage.
 But the actual location, is as near ly outside of the city limits, as it can go, and is in a neighborhood that will never be residential.
 The health board and the mayor, a nuisance in any part of Bridge port, and in the contract drawn by City Attorney T. M. Cul1inan they have carefully provided against such that no nuisance shall be committed and that the plant and the<> process used shall be free from objectionable or offensive odors.
 The clause of the contract covering this point is very broad. If the plant does produce offensive and objection able odors it will be immediately shut down and the contract will be termi mated upon the mere order of the board of health.
 E But the city is yet further protected. The plant cannot be put into use un- til it has been run for A hours dn- der the supervision of the health board, boa that the ,, board 2lHt may be sure ire teed to be.
 In case the plant gives satisfactory service it is provided that the city may buy it at the end of five years upon a payment not exceeding $92;500 The contract Is regarded one of the best that the city has ever entered in to in point of the protection given to the public.
 When compared with the instrument with which the contract with the created the difference in favor of the new contract is apparent.
 The contract was executed at meeting of the Board of Health called last night.
 The price to be paid for the work was raised from $7,5o0 to $8,5o0 which the board considered fair in view of the increased expense of an outside site and in view of certain concessions made by the extractor company.
 MT. Wheelwright's advance in the price is due, he pointed out, to the additional conditions imposed by the Health board, but in consideration for the increase he will provide: he point properly graded and connected With the garbage reduction plant by sewer.
 The site of the proposed plant is on ASn Cfoek, near the ei1Q or SCdIe street extension. It met with the approval of the Health commissioners who left the meeting grinning like schoo1boys on a star holiday, delighted to know the solution of the problem had been reached
 MT. wheelwright explained the ad vantage of the site, and said there was no dwelling within 1000 feet, pointed out the saving in carriage es- timated at $726 per year by his propo sition to allow the city to build it's cs1raI1 rIa a%aT~ hn hi n succeeded in convincing the commits sioners that his $1, GOO increase in the contract price was justif1able.
 The contract occupies several type written pages. The American Extrac- tor Corporation is to receive for ten years all the garbage collected by the city and reduce il for $s,500 per an mum. But the city may buy the plant at the end of five years.
 A cement, and steel plant of attrac- tive appearance must be erected with in seven months on Ash Creek at Railroad avenue. Patterson and State streets, in Gilman Park. After the plarf is cOrnDIeted if is f0 he TIID for