The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DIS
POSE OF CITY GARBAGE


se - 49, 80
+ be built within two. years, and II the
company were successful IN blocking
the efforts or the city to dispose OF
| its garbage by means OF incineration,
the plant would be idle until the con-
tract expired.
suit Now Pending. 81
The city now has suit pending
An the circuit court against the COM
pany. not to cancel the contract, hut
F TO collect $4,000 on its bond for fall
|ure to establish two more receiving
stations I'm Che city" said Davis. t.The
|corporation counsers ONCE hasn't
dared bring. that suit to trial. Do
CHANCES IS SIoiatinS Our Contract
with q $4,000 bond to forfeitf The
|situation is just this: In compliance
with the terms OF our contract we
| bought land and built q receiving sta
| ton, but were enjcined from using II.
I'VE were about to establish another
station when we were prevented. The
contract states that the city shall
| designate the locations for these sta
tons, and we still stand ready o.
carry out that part OF the contract.
The fact that the court Restraints US
|When we get location does not give
F the city the right to repudiate the
| contract on The grounds that we have
violated II. As matter Of fact, w. J.
F Springborn, direcor OF public service
| FOR Cleveland, one of the greatest ex-
re-ts on disposal. Of garbage In the
country. would say that one station
I Is more economical from the stand
rf,t - tha offwfo ft.fn fh.r
T three stations. The committees
/ or this matter.
Our company Is willing to do any
| thing reasonable to cooperate with
| the city to dispose OF its garbage. It
might be good thing to have q COM
mission OF fairminded men 90 over
sthis subject and suggest ways for
more cooperation on the part OF the
/ city and the ID. u. w. IL Ia certain
F that the city could not dispose OF Its
garbage more cheaply than by, this
method. After collecting the garbage
there Is no cost whatever TO the city.
while II the city had an incinerating
plant it would cost considerable for
/ alel 70 burn the garbage. When you
/ hear that Minneapolis IL getting pow
| err out OF it's incinerating plant sum
Client to light some OF its streets, con-
sIder now much coal they burn to
generate the power. The reports
I Sent abroad indicate that the incinera-
|tion OF garbage II very successful,
hut we have Investigated the matter
and We find that the item OF coal Is
n0s considered I'm the report and the
cost OF fuel TO burn the garbage and
generate the power r. enormous.
Raises Conservation Issue.
Then there Is the question OF de-
stroying garbage when 1t should be
saved. ut simmers down to the con-
servation OF our resources. Garbage
should not be incinerated and de-
|ftroyed utterly. II Is full Of oils used
"a the manufacture OF soap and mate
| rial for the manufacture OF fertilizer.
to 70 back and enrich the soil.
I'll Is true that we had trouble in
dIsposfne OF garbage this fall The
amount OF garbage produced iuctu-
ates with the seasons. When the sea
con Of vegetables comes Around the
amount OF garbage produced by city
increases enormously In Chicago
| the garbage almost doubled this fall,
and we have data from other cities
showing the same situation. The out
put rises and falls Ike a barometer.
Detroit. with its great Increase ~
regulation, produced an unusual
amount Of garbage for az TO dispose
III sAbout that time some Of our men
hook advantage OF the situation 70
STRIFE. But we went to extra ex-
rtnse TO right the situation as speed
Iiy as possible. We are now caught
up and are making improvements -
|onr plant which will increase rs CO
|-pecIty 80 per cent We are Just as
|Htxious to dispose Of the garbage
satisfactorily a. the city Il 20 have
as DO So
Says Company PIans 70 Quit.
II have heard on good authority
THAT the company plans to stop re-
moving the garbage the day the AZ
nrorriation for an fncinerating plant
il allowed said Commissioner Haar-
er They would probably force .
show down with The city and W 70