Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21
Why Destroy the Old Gre
matory at All?
DIR T. Floyd Asks Some Rather Pointed and Pertinent CUES
ions Concerning the Disposal of the City's Garbage

flies during next summer? VIII,
should DR.. Gilbert and the hearr5
board frame an ordinance and have
the city council pass same to screa,
against the infected fly and taef.
conduct a campaign Of education
against this infected fly. and then
the following summer Dr. GfIper-
and the board of health make mans
and conditions ideal for the hataa.
ing of millions of these disease
carrying flies?
Barn Door" Clause.
Third. We are told that this new.
plant will be ready to operate nez,
May. Does any intelligent man
who has any conception of the un-
dertaking believe this? If the board
of health believes it, why did they
not name this date for completion
in the contract, instead of ALLOWING
a year of working days with
barn door" clause about freezing
and rainy days that will allow the
completion of this plant extended
Indefinitely? Is the CONTRACTING
company or any one else ready To
put up forfeiture guaranteeine
that the proposed plant will he in
operation by next May?
Fourth. Why destroy the old Gre
natory at all? Suppose the com
pany contracting for this new ere
matory should delay the completion
Of it for more than year. which
they can do under their contract
or suppose the new plant would nor
do the work that 1t is supposed To
do, or assume that it does work. but
some of the intricate machinery
breaks, would not the old crema-
tory, properly repaired be a god
send" to this city, with its noun
tains Of refuse, already piled up
about its vacant lots? While wait
ing for this new experiment to be
completed, or even if this new plant
should be a ''hoWling success" is
it not a good plan to have dupli-
cate or relief plants? We have
them for our lights, our water sery-
ice. etc, to prevent a total shut
down in case of an accident or nee
essary repairs, and why not fo
our disposal plant and our health"
Gentlemen, you are simply giving
US another dose of muddy water as
the water board did some time ago
in order to put on the city broken
pump. The citizens do not want
plant built or bought under this
kind of coercion.
The Joker" Power Plant.
| might say a great deal about
the amount of money TO be paid for
this new plant. and the JOKER
power plant that is to be attached
and how this council proposes to
spend our $4,000 bond money in
such a way that succeeding coun-
ellis viii be obliged to pay the bal
ance or get no disposal plant at
all or l could make some re-
marks about DR.. Gilbert and tine
board of health arbitrarily shutting
down the present crematory in the
midst Of its usefulness on the pre-
text that because it needs a few
repairs it is absolutely useless. bu,
/ am interested at present in PIE
venting its being destroyed and n
having il put back in commission
and l. believe that if the citizens
will wake up to what they are be-
ing led into and to their duty. thls
crematory will never be destroyed
and If they will make a little i'm
Vestigation into this matter they
will find that the old crematorv
is in the way Of the new one iii
more than one way. Yours very
truly, DIR. ]. T. FLOYD.
$40 Gambler Building.