The Detroit times., 1912-10-22
GARBAGE BOND
issue FAVORED
BY ESTIMATORS
Majority of Committee Members
to Sign Report Recommend
ing Incinerating Plant
PENNIMAN CALLED LIAR
TWICE IN MEETING
Barnett and Craig Resent State
ment That They're Interested
in Reduction Company

Two reports on the plan to appro
rriate 100000 for garbage inciner
ating plant will go to the board OF
estimates, Wednesday night. from the
boards committees on health and gar
bage. A majority of the COMMITTEES
but 1t Is opposed by William A.
Schneider, estimator Of the Seventh
WARD, who is acting as chairman oi
the joint committees and who will
sign the so-called majority report
The committees will meet Wednesday
Just prior TO the board meeting Ia
prepare their reports. The project
will then be fought out in the board
iaeeting.
John B. Corliss, ex-congressman
who is financially interested in gar
baee reduction plants. spoke against
the proposed plan In a meeting Of the
committees, Monday afternoon. He
said that the city OF Washington
spent 100000 for an incineratine
plant 10 years ago and abandoned II
after 1t had proven failure.
by Samuel A. Greeley, an expert san
itsIy engineer, employed by the city
OF Chicago. He said that washington
built the plant when the incarceration
Of garbage was practically in Its ex
pcrimentad stage. Since then, he In
formed the estimators, modern incin
orators have proven successful In
every way and are very desirable from
the standpoint OF a public's health
Among the cities he mentioned as
having installed or arranged to In
stall the latest system are Buffalo
Rochester, San Francisco, Havana
Atlanta, Newark, Boston, Albany and
Now York. He said that cities hav.
Ing reduction plants, where the by
products are saved, are showing
tendency to make them over into In
cinerating plants. The most success.
full plant he knew of is that In Zurich,
Switzerland, where they make the by.
products, mostly steam power, pay
all the expenses OF the plant.
Mr.. Greeley attended the meeting
at the request OF the sanitation com
rrittee of the Board OF Commerce.
| NJ. II. Chamberlain, who was for.
nerly conneced with the Detroit San
.tary Co., and was underbid six years
ago for the present garbage contract
spoke against the plan OF building al
ilcinerating plant at least, he said
unit! the present contract with the
Detroit Reduction Co. expires.
Presiden Alex l. Mcleod and Sec
retary Robert X. Davis, OF the De
tcolt Reduction Co., and Sanitary
Engineer Williamson, Of the Board OF
Health, also spoke, the former ex
/, rlaining the attitude Of the company
as stated In The Times by Mr.. Davis,
Monday afternoon, and the latter
speaking OF the desirability Of an In
GENERATING plant.
Estimators Barnett and Craig sup
LIED the fireworks" Of the meeting
Barnet said that Assistant Corpora
tion Counsel Penniman was quoted as
saying that Barnett's opposition to an
incinerating plant Is based on some
connection" with the Detroit Reduc-
ton Co. He said that II Penniman
were quoted correctly he was liar
Craig went Barnett one better He
stated that Penniman was quoted In
a morning ewspaper as saying Craig
opposed the plan because he was con-
nected with the reduction company.
IF Penniman said that he is just q
common gutter-snipe liar" shouted
Craig. Penniman wasn't present to
saw whether he was quoted correctly.