The Detroit times., 1912-10-19
NO ACTION YET ON
GARBAGE BONDS
Estimators Committees to Take
Up Matter Again in Meet
ing On Monday

No action was taken in the joint
meeting or the committees on health
and garbage OF the board Of estimates
In considering the question of ap..
propriating 100000 for an incinerat-
Ing plant, Friday night. The COM
mfttees will meet, Monday At 4 p. m,
In the council chamber. and discuss
the ahhject A1Ain previous 70 tho
ImeetiuE or the board. "Wednesday
Rstimator Thomas @. Craig again
opbofed the plan to establish an In
celebrating plant. DR.. r. H. Stevens,
representing the sanitation commit
tee OF the Board OF Commerce, spoke
in favor OF the plant, and Craig said
Ito him that It was a crime TO burn
the Garbage and rob the soil OF the
fertilizer that should go back TO It."
DR.. Stevens responded that 1t was a
greater crime not to protect the
health OF the people, and that inciner.
alton is the best and safest method OF
disposing of the garbage in crowded
community like Detroit.
In this view he was supported By
Health Of1cer Kiefer, who declared
that the Detroit Reduction Co. was
unable TO handle the garbage. A let
ter from the company was read, stat.
ing that the plant can now dispose
of 500 tons of garbage a day, a
capacity greater than required by the
city, and that 1t is increasing It's
facilities.
DR.. Kiefer stated that the company
has 20 tanks of capacity Of about
lxa hra L.
downs, the tanks could be filed and
emptied In about eight hours. Thst
would give capacity Of 140 tons for
|one eighthour SHIFT, ESQ tons for two
eight-hour shifts and 420 tons for
three eight-hour shifts. DR.. Kefer
informed the committee. however,
that while the city was delivering
much less than 800 tons Of garbage
= day the company was unable to
dispose OF It, tons OF garbage piling
up about its plant.
Tho statement OF Corporation Law
son, printed in The Times, TO the ef-
feet that the reason given by the
board for adjourning last Wednesday.
without acting on the appropriation
was only subterfuge aroused the
ire OF Estimator Barnett. Lawson
said the board did not want to appro-
pirate the money for an incinerating
plant and that his position as 70 tho
legality OF the proposition was well
understood
"That 10 unjust said Barnett
only one man has spoken to me on
THE subject of an incinerating plant
and he IL a personal representative OF
Mayor Thompson. He said L ought
to vote against IT,"
Later he said the man he referred
to Was Attorney William Van Dyke,
friend of the mayor.
Barnett also referred to an opinion
said TO have been given years ago by
+. n. Tarsney. then corporation coun.
sci. TO the effect that the board could
not reinstate In special session an
item cut out at a regular session.
| "The corporation counsers ONCE 10
In such shape that one member OF
the stan came here and scoffed at ar
opinion from that department" said
Barnett. "Mr. Penniman came here
and denounced It az ridiculous"
! Barnett also said that Lawson was
inspired by the mayor when ne gave
out his interview.
In asking the committees to ad.
journ until Monday afternoon, Craig
rave az his reason that John B. Cor
Iiiss and M. II. Chamberlaii. who we're
formerly interested IN the garbage
reduction business In Detroit could
give the committee pointers on the
subject. He said that while they
might feel some delicacy about ap-
pearinG under the circumstances he
thought hey might be induced to do