Bisbee daily review., 1910-02-02
COUNCIL HEARS
GARBAGE: KICKS
FROM SEVERAL
Restaurant Men Complain That
Tax Imposed on Thief, Plus
Cost of Removal Ct Refuse,
Is Eating All Profits,

var hASt atOuoitb cdiit iulck Ald
fast at last nights council meeting.
The three leading restaurant men of
the town. John Caretto Thomas
Whitehead and George Stewart, vita |
Whitehead as their spokesman. were
tIere crying Tor protection in order
that they might make a livelihood. |
while Garbage Collector Bill Wolf
was there some himself with the state
ment that people refused 10 pay him
10 hauling garbage away and were
throwing it into the street.
Whiteheads kick was agatns, III.
numerous small boarding houses al-
lowed to do business for less licersa |
money than the restaurants were nav
ING His idea was that BOARDING
houses with twenty boarders or more
should pay The same tex as the re-.
-aurants had TO contribute 10 the civ.
something over $50 q quarter.
WITH the license TAX and r
Cndfse Tor garbage haul he said
IDS impossible for the restaurant n1aa
% make anythins above expense
Inc scavenger charge is opormogs
and since it has gone I'm force ,r.
restaurant men feel we are entitled
20 protection agains; high charges in
consequence Of paying license tax
Whlie the boarding houses. are eettfn. |
out OF u cheaply in both WAYS anu
some Of them are putting up more
lunch buckets than / do at the Edel- !
weiss"
Mayor Neale and the council con. |
suited the ordinances, but could 0pd |
no portion in which it stated that
boarding houses should be licensed /
as restaurants. The restaurant |
license tax, according to the ordi- |
nance was S52 a quarter. while that
governing boarding houses of over
twelve boarders is s. quarter. and
ior houses with Jess than twelve
hoarders, s. a year.
Then it was figured up at the rafs
Of $50 a day, the figures which san
itary Inspector Elliott gave as me
cost Of hauling away the garbage 81
the restaurant per day, and it W.
found thar while the restaurants paiJ
quarterly license Of S20S The earbaae
haul cost the city just $3.50 for the
same length Of time. After so7gs
further arguing the matter was refer
red TO the finance committee.
Whitehead idea was that boo-5.
ms houses should pay the same tar as
restaurants, while at the same time
ne took a crack at Garbage Colleotor
Woif for alleged high removal charges
Wolf himself. then came forward
with story of his own in regard to-
projection He stated that peouiI
who refused 10 pay him for hauIips
garbage were dumping II ON he
streets Or letting it lie upon the hill-
sides on Quality Hill. school HE.
Chihuahua hill and the upper end Of
Brewery Guleh. the redlight distric-
He demanded that the council see that
these parties were prosecuted for
maintaining a nuisance.
Why don't you swear out a com.
piaint?" ssid Mayor Neale.
Because. I'm no detective and In,
not getting paid for that sort ~
thing I'm simply hauling garbage
was his reply.
Sanitary Inspector Elliott statos
that ne had been over the territor
and that several people spoke TO him I
about burning their garbage.
! told them they had a perfect right
to. said Mr. Elliott. Then those /
who let their refuse stand I've toll |
them they must dispose of il. The 1
tell me they didn't put it there. This /
is especially true on chihuahua hin
and you cannot End out just who is
responsible so YOU can base a com
plant
The matter was discussed at Ienatb
by the council. Inspector Elliott ana
Collector Wolf. The only solutiop
seemed to be to get after Offenders
with complaints. and probably there 1
VIII be some business FORTHCOMING
in the police court in a day or two
as result sanitary Ofhcer Elliott
viii swear TO the complaints and Col
ieetor Wolf will be star witness
WI AiAN prosecution
In sveral places" said w,ls
TO the council. people keen this of
the stuff standing about their door.
Yards. vet claim not TO know who's
responsible for its being there. TBe-
refuse to pay me a cent so 7 don't
touch it. Either they must be ar
rested and forced to have it taken
away OF I'm going to throw I'D my
job. I've lost SIS on It already
The annual reports CT. the various
departments were read and approved.
and ordered placed on file. Cn.ef
Henkle was rendered a vote Of thanks
Tor his services as chief Of the vol
unteers. as his report last night WIS
his last. He recommended therein
an extra wagon for exercising the
horses with also an alarm system
Daniel Walsh was appointed alder
man OF the first ward 10 succeed Pat
rick Haynes. who recently moved 20
Lowell and was therefore not quail
fed to serve the city longer. Police
Judge Hogan swore IN Mr. Walsh and
he took his seat. He was appointed
to lie committees on which Former /
Alderman Haynes served; the street
fire and sewer committees, acting rs
chairman OF the fire committee