Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-01
HOW DEAD CAT AND
GARBAGE PROBLEM
is SOLVED
Government Collects Stats
tics on Refuse Disposal in
American Cities of Over
10000 Population.

Especial Correspondence 20 IIcrald.)
Washington. April 2s..--A prciim-
mary statement OF The collection and
disposal 81 refuse in cities OF over
go .0eO population for the year 1908
was issued today By Director Duurand
OF the bureau Of the census. depart
ment OF commerce. and labor. The
statistics We're prepared as a part 81
tho annual report on statistics Of
cities under the direction Of LeGrand
Powers. chief statistician for agri-
culture In the census bureau. and are
subject 20 revision.
or the ISIS cities covered by the
report ono or more classes we're COLI
locted at the expense Of the city Ia
i23 cities and we're either collected or
disposed OF at such expense In 1876
cities. Tho authority having charge
OF highways, usually a board Of pub-
nc works or board OF public service,
had exclusive control OF this service
IN SO cities; the hcaith department.
had exclusive control IN AZ cities and
Joint control. usually OF the coi'ec-
ton and disposal Of gnrbage only IN
AZ cities. the street cleaning or pnor
department had control In most Of the
other cities.
One or more classes % household
refuse we're collected at the expense
or under the direct supervision Of tho
city ia 1873 cities In other cities. all
household refuse was collected under
private arrangement and at the Ak
ponse OF the householder. Ia % eit-
les tT,S2T,516 cubic yards OF refuse
were collected. Of which amount ~
5T4. 1915 cubic yards. or 72.S per cent,
were coliccted by city employees. and
4.SbO.060 cubic yards by contractors
with the oity. The number OF cubic
yards collected per 1900 population
varied greatly among these cities, but
tho amount tends 90 Increase with the
size of cities.
Collection aud Disposal Of Garbage
Garbage was collected az the OK
ponse OF the city ia liS cities. II
was collected rs contractors with tbs
city. free OF cost to the city, for IA,
purpose Of utilizing a. in Denver
colo. and Newton and Fitchhurg
Mass. In Portland. ore. Oakland
CALI Camden, y. j.; Dallas, Tex.
wilkes Barre. Pa. JOhnstOwn. Pa.
Canton, O.. BinghamptOn. n. T., ans
Mol<eesport, Pa. the disposal was g.
the expense of the city. bus tho col
lection WAS az the expense and undc
tho private arrangement Of the house
holder
OF the total amount Of garbage col
lectod separately from other kinds o
refuse, l.fs4,sl7 cubic yards wer'
disposed Of By city employees, ant
2.7i3.08s cubic yards by contractor
with the city. This garbage was dis
posed OF IN various ways os follows
Reduction. gft8,03e cubic yards; Ia
Cinoration. 536,0O5 cubic yards; feed
ing TO swine. 4i7.o36 cubic yards
dumping on land. assess cubic yards
dumping On water 2G3,3fe cubl
yards, burial. iGQ,4l4 cubic yard'
and manner Of disposal not reported
3.sse cubic Yards
disposal % Garbage by RrduCtion,
Garbage collected in 20 cities wa
rendered or reduced for the grcas
fortilizer and other by-products thl
might be obtained. In only one I
these cities. Cleveland, o., was ~
reduction plant owned and operate
by the city, II resulted IA revenue
tho city OK tiO1,205 from sales
grease and t32.0so from saleh OF 81
tiilgor. These receipts went far q
wards offsotting the total costs az q
collection and disposal % garhag
which amounted 10 Siba,Sf9.
iHoinorution accompanies thu mo
complete destruction OF garbage so
aiblo. and Ia recent years many citl
have adopted this means of dlsp0sf
Ia 1909, 30 cities disposed Of gar
age hy inclncration, In 30 81 the
the plants were owned hy the eli
ana ln hy contractors. Steam pol
or generated hy the incarceration
garbage in Minneapolis was utiliz
for heating and lighting the ci
workhousc and tuberculosis hospiti
iu san Antonio. Texas garbage "
burned In the open air az the 81
dumps. together with other compu
tible refuse. hut the amount report
Tor that city has been iabuiated
Deiug disposed Of by dumping
land
Tho third inrgcst quantity of ga
hnre collected az the expense ~ q
elty was fed to swine. A total of
cities reported tho disposal of garDa
hy this method. and Tor 25 ciu
practically an garhago collected "
80 disposed or Ia 10 cities the 81
base was collected BY city ompioi