Evening star., 1912-01-19
Point. of Order Kills Garbage
Disposal Plant Plan.
DEBATING DISTRICT BILL
Virginia Member Objects to Proposed
Location at Occoquan.
TAYLOR SUPPORTS PARAGRAPH
Effort to Save Money in Removing
Waste Neutrality-suspicious. at
Columbus, Ohio, Described.

That paragraph in tho District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill which provides
for the preparation OF plans. at cost
of not more than $4,000. for a garbage
reduction plant, to be located on the
workhouse property at Occoquan, Va.
was taken up for consideration by the
House yesterday after The Stars report
of the proceedings closed. Representa-
tive Carlin Of Virginia, in whose district
the workhouse Is located. succeeded in
having the paragraph eliminated from
the measure on point Of order, on the
ground that it was new legislation no'
authorized by existing law. This is one
os the items that undoubtedly will bt
restored by the Senate.
There was a good deal of interesting
debate on the garbage plant paragraph
In addition to Mr.. Carlin, Chairman
johnson of the District committee and
Representative Fowler of Illinois reserved
points of order against the item.
Mr. johnson first wanted to know how
The SlI9.g1-which is the present cost o1
garbage collection and disposal-was be-
ing expended.
Cost Of Garbage Collection.
The hearings show replied Repre-.
sentative Cox of Ohio. that there was
raid out last year $6s. 400 for removing
arbaSe. s13,lJO for removing ashes,
700 for removing miscellaneous refuse,
$500 for removing night soil, $2.S55 for
moving dead animals, and the total for
be removal of this waste is approxi-
ately $1aS,OOO and the appropriation is
s;1g.94J''
And this includes the purchase of no.
t9r vehicles, commented Mr.. Johnson. Il
would like TO ask another question. Is it
Eot true that in the bids which have been
made for the removal of garbage, ETC., in
Guiding dead animals. they were offered
: each for the dead animals?'
Il have no information on that SUI
Ject, returned Mr.. Burleson, in charge
of the bill.
Il saw one of the bids" continued Mr..
Johnson. Il have not seen that for a
ear, but my recollection is quite distinct
That these contractors offered to take the
dead horses at S3 each and remove them.
Every one knows that a horsehide is
worth So on the animal, and vet we are
paying them s.. to remove that which,
according to the bids i have seen. we can
get removed for nothing"
Explaining the garbage plant para
graph, Mr.. Burleson said:
The committee will understand that
this provision carries no appropriation
Tor the construction Of an incinerating or
vides for the employment of experts to
prepare plans for inaugurating the most
economical method of disposing of the
city garbage. The gentleman from Ohio
tMr. Taylor) is more familiar with mat
ters of this kind than i am, and I ask
unanimous consent that he may be al
lowed to proceed for ten minutes in ex-
PLANTATION OF the reasons moving the COM
mittee on appropriations to embody this
item in the BILL
Mr.. Taylor took the floor
Experience at Columbus.
II have given.'' he said. "a considerable
amount of study to the question of the
proper disposal Of the waste of cities. As
was well stated by the chairman of the
subcommittee a few minutes ago. 1t has
been until only a very few years back
matter Of great concern to the growing
municipalities as to how to get rid Of
their waste which includes garbage.
ashes. night soil and other forms of ref
use. In sanitary and economical way.
1 am somewhat interested In the subject
and have the advantage over some other
members of the House in that respect bY
reason OF the fact that there has just
been completed within the past year in
ny home city-the city of Columbus
bhic-the first garbage-reducing plant
that has been built under the auspices Of
municipal officers, a plant built by the
municipality of Columbus under the di-
rection of its municipal officers and gar
iaSe experts The operation of that plant
las resulted in such satisfactory solu-
ton OF the garbage question that I feel
IL - no more than right that the House
in committee should be advised as to
what is going on in other municipalities
and as to what we are not doing i'm the
areat model city of the United States
the city OF Washington
As has been stated. we have for years
last been disposing of our waste here un-
der contract with "A private contractor.
We have paid that company S119,Op a
Year on hve-year contract to take care
OF the garbage. night soil. miscellaneous
refuse, and dead animals of the city. A
few years ago-and l remember IL very
distinctly this was true In my own city
IL used to cost any man whose horse. COW
other domestic animal died certain
amount of money to have IL hauled away
and disposed of. and men made their liv-
ing by hauling away and burying animals
in that manner. Under modern condi.
tions. my colleague from Kentucky
tMr Johnson has stated, there Is an alb
salute profit not only in the handling an6
disposal OF dead animals. but also In the
handling and disposal of garbage and
other forms of waste and refuse.
In my home city. the city of Colum
bus. We expended $685. 2-2s in the con
and about SIS. .4439 81 in the erection OF {
garbage-collection plant and in the pur
chase OF the necessary wagons and team!
TO collect the garbage and to haul 1t L
the collection plant. total irvestmen
IN round figures or about s295,C0O
Profit for Garbage Collector.
That plant has been in operation {
little over a year Final figures for
complete year are not as Vet available
but in order TO give YOU fair idea o
what Il useless waste of money is goin:
On in Washington as compared Will
other municipalities that have adopted
an up-to-date method OF disposing .
their garbage and other wastes. ii i
only incumbent on me to call your atten
tion TO the fact that in Washington W.
arc PAYING TO a private contractor 70
the annual disposition of our garba e
alone the sum of StS. 4el and get nothin
Lack. lie takes that garbage down III
river TO certain place I'm the distric
Of the gentleman from Virginia tair. Car