Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-06-23
PLACE FOR GARBAGE DISPOSAL.
RalIffs Leased Driveway Across Barrows
Lard Beside Rlver-Premlses Must Be
Kept Free from Refuse,

Provision has been made for place
for dumping garbage and refuse,
through action on the part of the viii
lage bailiffs, but the village action is
not comprehensive enough to relieve the
individual householder of the necessity
of paying for its removal or its dis
position by burial, burning or other
means. While the village provides a
dumping place it does not assume the
obligation of collecting the garbage or
refuse. That would be an expensive
proposition, but doubtless the problem
will become such a nuisance, in view
of the growing tendency among those
who raise hogs to give up feeding them
miscellaneous swill gathered from house
to house, that the village ultimately will
have to assume the burden of its dis
posal.
AS stated last week, q notice was
posted in the Central Vermont rail-
road yard prohibiting further crossing
of the railroad property to dump rub
blsh into the Connecticut river. A high
way runs through the yard, but at the
point used as a dumping ground the
teams have had to cross the railroad
land. Drivers had become careless and
had dumped refuse on the bank of the
river without taking pains, many times,
to shovel it into the water. The odor
of the debris and of decaying vegeta-
DleS became OBNOXIOUS, nenCe Lne pro-
hibitive order. Waste material began to
accumulate, the official attention of
Health officer Henry Tucker was called
to the situation and he was invited to
meet the beliiffs Friday night, which he
did.
At that time nobody had much of an
idea what the outcome of the problem
would be and there was some discus
sion as to the advisability of calling a
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plan of municipal handling Of the gar
bage question. 1t was thought that
some place might be secured where ref
use might be deposited and covered with
ashes to stihe the smell, but 1t was be-
leved that a house to-house collection
throughout the village would be more
of an expense than the village was
ready to bear at the present time.
1t was decided finally to inspect the
premises near the river and members of
the board went there at o'clock Sun
day mornings At length arrangements
were made with f. b. Barrows where
by Mr.. Barrows gave the village a lease
for one year of a driveway across his
land, north of the former dumping
sheds. The lease was drawn Monday
night and went into effect Tuesday 1t
is made out to the village, so the viii
lage has entire control of the driveway,
and the price was $50.
The bailiffs give anybody the privil-
eye of driving across the land for the
purpose of dumping refuse in the river,
but they insist that every person using
the premises for that purpose shah see
that every particle of refuse dumped
there is put into the water so 1t will
float off, using a shovel if necessary.
The bailiffs will have violations of the
conditions reported to them and any
person who does not live up to the re-
quirements will be denied the further
right of going upon the premises and
perhaps will be prosecuted for trespass.
The problem which now confronts the
householders is that of the disposal of
swill Experience has shown that hogs
reared on swill collected at random are
liable to have cholera, and few hog
raisers now make a house-t toulouse col
lection. Those who do so insist on
having rhubarb and certain other things
kept out of the swill buckets, and a
majority of houses are not visited at
ALL This makes it necessary for many
people to pay for it's disposal which in
many instances is a burden, or bury it,,
which is not a convenient or wholly
satisfactory method of putting 1t out
of the way, they often being delayed
until the accumulation becomes a me-
mace to the public health and{a breed
ing place for flies and worms.