Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-01

Garbage was reported as dumped
on land In no less than 30 cities. In
i6 ~ these u was collected BY city
employees and in 9 by contractors.
A part or au OF the sarbage coli
ieeted separately from other refuse
In New Orleans, Oakland. Davenport,
g. Paul. Nashville, East ST. Louis.
La Crosse. Lynn. Kansas city. Mo.
md Quincy. H.. WAS dumped into
water In Nashville the garbage was
dumped into sewers and flushed into
the river.
Garbage was reported az having
been buried by city employees IN 8
cities and by contractors in Newport,
KY. and Troy n. Y.
Ashes were collected at the ex-
pense OF the city IN "a cities. They
were collected hy city employees Ia
81 cities and by contractors IN 10
cities. In all Of these cities they
were disposed OF By dumping on land
or into water. In 80 cities rubbish
WAS collected with the ashes I'm salt
I Lake City and Hoboken garbage was
mixed with the ashes. and IN New
port. KY, rubbish ana small dead ami
mala we're Included with the ashes.
Rubbish was collected at the eX-
pense Of the city IN ss cities. In SO
cities Il was collected separately from
other classes OF refuse; in 80 IL was
| collected with ashes; In - with gar
bnge ana ashes; Ia waste paper
was collected separated from other
refuse and all other rubbish was coli
lected with oshes: and IN Houston
and Galveston. Tex Il was collected
with garbage. City employees dis
l % lr Ia
contractors in z cities. Rubbish dis
posed OF by the city was collected by
city employees IN 81 cities; by house,
holders IN Seattle. wash. Scranton.
Pa: Albany. ". ": Youngstown. o.;
Duluth. Mimi; Blnghnmpton, ~ VI;
McKccsport. Pa; Butte. Mont
Woonaocket, II. D.. ana Quincy. H..
and by a contractor IN Buffalo. n. ".
The total amount reported as disposed
Of by city employees was i.iFS.70i
cubic yards and by contractors 3eS,-
3GS cubie yards. Rubbish was dis
posed OF by city employees BY incln-
GRAFTON IN ~ cities 20 the amount
OF 4B7.645 cubic yards; by dumping
on land or into water la 2 cities TO
the amount OF t72.029 cubic yards.
and by sale IN 6 cities 10 the amount
% 47.1e2 cubic yards Sorting %
refuse was reported by 3 cities. the
work being performed by city en-
ployes Ia Cleveland. Buffalo, Cam
bridge and Somerviiie. and by con-
tractors sn Hoston. Washington, pat-
erson. Hartford and West Hoboken.
The sorting Was done from convcyerf
| in Boston, Buffalo and Washington,
. and by hand from dumpa Ia the re.
naming cities. In West Hobokeu
an kinds OF refuse were sorted. Ia
Cleveland, o.. rubbish and ashes were
sorted. and in the remaining cities
. rubbish only was sorted After sort.
ing the discarded rubbish IN Buffalo
| was utilized as fuel for producing
I steam power Tor the operation OF 4
: sewage pnmpiAg station.
: COLLECTION aud Disposal Of Dead AMI
mails.
In IS cities dead animals wer,
. both collected and disposed Of by eiti
{ employees. and In ga cities they wer'
Q both collected and disposed OF b,
4 contractors. In other cities some 81
s an Of the dead animals collected wcr'
: eltber collected or disposed of bl
/. city employees. Where the disposa
p was hy city employees. 2,70i tons col
i iectod IN 20 cities were disposed Of b,
!; inclneration, 5li tons collected IN q
!: cities were disposed OF by burial 81
l. tons collected Ia Cleveland, o., AM
!. Milwaukee. Via. were disposed OF b.
/, reduction. and 2l3 tons collected Il
savannah, Ca, Lynn, Mass, am
Davenport, Ia, were disposed OF b
Is other methods, For savannah th
&. method OF disposal was not report
a ed, i6 tons collected Ia Lynn wor
~ dumped az sea. and tons coilocte
"a in Davenport were Dumped into th
"a Misaiasippi river with garbage.
10 Where the disposal was hy con
of tractors. S3,t43 tons collected In 8
p. cities were disposed Of by reduction
o. ass tons by burial, and i.t5f tons 2
" Inoineration.
=. In many cities the small dead AM
mails we're collected by city employees
"A while the large dead animals wei
b. removed free of cost 10 the city q
"a contractors. for tho privilege of uti
Al izing them. Ia several cities whet
s. tho garbage was lncinoratcd. smn
SO dead animals were collected with th
~. garhage ana lncinerated with a. Cor
A. tractors utilised dead onlmala 90
Of much greater extent than ala N
I'd city.
ty The cost OF the collection and al
M pneol oI doad animals varied Ereat
as between cities. in some cities o.
ty cost amounted 90 several thousen
s- fdoilarH, la other cities the HorVi'
ga was performed free by contracto
az with the city for the privilege OF ut
ln liking the dead animals. siiil uth'
cities received a large amOant fro
IT, contractors for the privilege OF q
ho moving these animals Nutub
az among these are Newark, n.
~ which received t2.97b; LOS Angelo
Ies Cal, tg,0o0. ana paWiuckes. Il.
.as gSOO.
ir- Incinoraliun Plants.
'es Plants Tor the incineraton Of refu