The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-09
MASS MEETING IS HELD IN WOODLAWN Sixty-Third Street Dump
 Matter Debated COMMITTEE IS NAMED Weatherly Says Woodiawn People Should Not Take Rash Action
 and That City Is Trying to
 Relieve Situation
COMMITTEE IS NAMED


 dence section as the one on Sixty-third street.
 As a result of the meeting a commit tee was selected to further investigate the matter of erecting U crematory for This committee consists of Chairman w. E Perryman, pr. John H, Killough Horace Wilkerson, Robert r. Lovelady. John H. Tehan and Prof. R. A. Clayton
 At the meeting last night City Engi- neer Kirkpatrick gave careful ex- planation of the workings of the pres cnt crematory on Avenue F and Assist ant City Attorney Uhlnran also gave Q talk. The committee will inspect the dump" and the proposed site for the crematory this morning and will make an engagement later with the city com missioners to discuss the matter thor oughly.
 As is proposed at present. the city will erect erematory at Sixty fourth street and Fourth avenue, only several blocks away from the principal resi- dence section of Woodlawn. What the people want, as laid out at last nights meeting. is to have the crematory erected farther out from the city. They maintain that the dump is very insan- itary and is unfit to be placed near the residence section The committee will go over the ground carefully this morn ing and will report to the city com missioners later.
 w F. Perryman presided over the meeting last night and Horace Wilker- son acted as secretary. The city hall was crowded and interest In the dump matter" was demonstrated to be at a high pitch. The general sense of tho meeting was that the committee ol seven should look into the matter thor oughly and be sure of their ground be- fore any definite action was taken. Considered as whole the speakers of the evening showed an inclination to look at the matter fairly apd dspas- and to take future action ac- cordingly.
 In reference to the agitation Tn Woodlawn against the Sixty-third street dumping" ground and the proposed crematory. Commissioner Weatherly is- red the following statement yester- day:
 Mir. Weatherly's Statement
 The agitation on the part of some Of the good people of Woodlawn over the proposed location of garbage crematory on the cty's property at SiNty-third street and Fourth avenue is quite needless. and I hope these good people will simply take time to sat- isfy themselves of what the city pro- poses to do before committing them selves to any rash action.
 Tn the first place they should re- member that the present dumping ground at Woodlawn is 10 be forever for dumping purposes and fe fo 1an ttf ft, dition and restored 10 the owner. This Is to be done in about six weeks the time it will take to build the ere matory
 This ought 10 satisfy those ladies whose resolutions were published in The Age-Herald a few days ago. Those resolutions were directed solely against the further continuation of the present dumping ground They made no com plaint or mention of the crematory. Since then the commission has been served with notice by some attorneys 10 tn effect that they propose to take legal steps to get rid or the dumping ground, and if the board attempts 10 get rid of the dump" by building a crematorY they propose to stop the building of the crematory.
 Must Go Somewhere
 "ln other words, 1t seems that they have been retained to prevent the city from disposing of Woodlawn's gar hage anywhere and by any of the pro- posed means in the limits of Wood lawn.
 "of course. do not question the right of the ~ople of Woodlawn, or any portion of them, to employ counsel to rrotect their rights in the courts. But 1t seems to me only fair and right For the people to ascertain first if the boards proposed remedy for Woodlawn garbage Is proper and reasonable be- fore employing lawyers 10 bring suits against the city.
 The proposed crematory burns up the garbage entirely-without smoke or pdors. It will thus burn up the gar bage of Woodlawn which has been heretofore for years deposited in the dump at Woodlawn a,.u this will he done in perfectly sanitary way, with out discomfort or inconvenience to- the citizens of Woodlawn.
 As I have repeatedly stated, such 2 crematory has been in use in Jack son. Miss. in the very heart of the town for the past flv. or six years and not single complaint has been registered against it. We have one already in operation in Birmingham and not single complaint has been reg lstered, though it is in sight of Idle wild. fashionable district of the south Highlands. It has been oper- ating for about six weeks.
 Explain Cremat0ry
 MT. Kirkpatrick. the engineer who devised and built the crematorv at Jackson. is now the chief engineer of and he offers to exhibit and explain the cremarory on Avenue r to all who wish to see it, and espe- ciaily will be glad to show it to the ladies of Woodlawn. would say. also. hat if, after the Woodlawn crematofy has been in operation d sufficient time To enable us to judge of its efficienc,r and suitableness, the county board of nealth should, after a thorough inspec- lion, decide that 1t Is unsuitable and nsanitary and that it should be dis I would recommend to the board its discontinuance.
 Remedy Present System
 But it might as well be understood now as a any other time. that the city Is building these crematories in an earnest desire to rid al the people or Greater Birmingham of the present ob- loxious system of garbage disposal by In open lots. The. board is well satisfied that these matories will prove a blessing to the people and not l burden. and. there.0re. will not be ieterred from it's purpose by nasty or III judged attempts in the courts to -hwart it's efforts to relieve the peo- pie. Now, I make this suggestion. Ii will take two weeks 10 assemble the to build the Woodlawn ere