The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-29
INSTITUTE OPENS
NEXT TUESDAY
COLLECTION OF
CITY GARBAGE
n FOR FARMERS is TO BE
HELD HERE FOUR DAYS OF
COMING WEEK
!" a QUESTION OF GREAT I'M.
PoRTANcE TO PEOPLE OF
BROOkINGS
GOOD ROADS PROGRAM TUESDAY
DR.. \. N. OERR GIVES SOME FACTS
w. perr Urges Need of a system of
carriage Disposal in Communj.
ties Like erookings

br. II. NJ. Derr Of the State collie
Ie faculty, has repar the foI,ow;,
IL article on garbage collection in Broo
ihsS' which is especially timely ar
interesting in view of the fact u.
i the question of the construction
d city incinerating plant will like,
4 De presented to the voters of Rroo,
insS at the coming spring election.
we are promised garbage colo,
tloh IN Brookings in the near futur,
Let every citizen who stands for
cie"h' healthful city and the preyen
'loh OF disease, back the hoard q
health and the city council in tbo -
"usuratlon of this most commendabI,
movement. There are those WIN will
DE inclined to scoff at the idea Inn,
=" " Ihe pam duty of every enlight.
ehed person OF this mum n
study this problem in ell of its serious
aspects, and help to influence pub,ic
sentiment in favor of CARRYING out
'nese wise measures to the fullest ex.
tent.
Let US nave a clean city, and nav
every good person help in the cd.
ucational campaign to bring II ,bor,
hheapo took up the work more
tnan 1--WE years ago, and has made
unparalleled success of it-so much
mat the city of New York has sent
representatives to make q studv ~
us methods. What man has done
man may do" and what Minneano,is
householder, a eel enuus"e aRRous
in the matter to make some
study of it, and knows hat the plan
is feasible and an unqualified sue
Let me explain how garbage is
collected, and to that end I will quote
from a paper read by DR.. p. M, Hall,
commissioner Of health, Minneapolis,
the American Association Of
Municipalities, st. Paul, August. 1910,
at which meeting the writer was pres
ent:
"The garbage receptacle, especially
when separation Of true garbage is
made, is usually one Of the common
forms of nuisance to be found.
garbage can, unless it is emp
tied daily and thoroughly washed
emptying (Which is practically
never done), is in hot weather sure
to be offensive. An annoyance from
can probably never be entirely
done away with, and it Is only with
great care and at some expense that
is can be reduced to a minimum"
when we consider that practically
all municipalities collect and dispose
Of garbage separately from other
forms Of refuse, we have exactly the
as defined-a separation OF
true garbage. In the majority OF
cities where garbage collection is in
force, it is specified by ordinance or
rule that the garbage receptacle shall
be water-tight: shall be covered;
shall have handles on the side of the
can or on the cover; the size is des-
ignated from two gallons to two bush
els; the materials from which the re-
ceptacle is to be made are specified;
that is shall be kept in a place remote
from dwellings or placed on walks
when the hours of collection are
known; that the collector shall neither
go upstairs nor down cellar for 1t,
but that the can must be placed on
the ground floor, etc"
"a very little analysis will show
that the sanitary condition Of the gar
bage can has been the principal fac
tor in determining the cost of the
collection of garbage. IT may be set
down as an axiom in the collection OF
garbage that the cost OF collection
increases with the frequency OF SER
vice. The ability OF a man and team
to collect is not the amount he col
lects, but the number Of stops, the
distance OF travel, and the number
OF cans he Is obliged to handle, so
that a daily collection would nee
essarily cost more than a collection
every other day, and a collection
twice a week more than a weekly
collection. The demand for frequent
collection has arisen from and be-
cause of the %unsanitary condition OF
the garbage receptacle; furthermore.
the unsanitary condition OF the gar
bage receptacle has had everything to