Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-05-11


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 A very little analysis will sh,u that the sanitary conditiono of IL. garbage can has been the prino,n., factor in determining the cost If H.. collection> of garbage. It may he col down as an axiom in the collection of garbage that the cost of co,,oo tion increases with the frequency If service. The ability of a man or, team 70 collect is not the amoun. he collects, but the number of ston, the distance of travel and the nuu Der of cans he is obliged 70 hand,o so that daily collection would noo. essarily cost more than collection every other day, and collection twice a week more than a weehv collection. The demand for freouent ColloOeioH Aoo diiooh HUH and hes cause of the sanitary condition of the garbage receptacle. Furiher more, undoubtedly, the sanitary con, dition of the garbage receptacle has had everything to do with makin, the mere mention of the word "gar. bage' an offense Immediately come i to our minds that same poisomo garbage can.
 Garbage is almos'; universally de. scr.bed in the rules or ordinances of cities as the animal and vegetabs waste from the kitchen, or as result. ing from or growing out of the prep. aration of food Garbage is sub, jeci to rapid decay, and this decay is hastensd by three thngs-heat moisture and flies, and yet what we call garbage is but an hour removed from our table-has been served to us as food. Fff5s#
 The first step in the dAposal of garbage is carrying it from the house and placing it in the can, and the question naturally arises, why should not this step be sanitary one, and be made in the direction of educat- ing the householder. Under existing conditions in almost every city, the | oop- ;c ac oroot if nof q orooror nuisance, than the garbage itself. In the primitive days, the 1ndians when the offense from the waste products of his housekeeping became too moi some, moved away, but in our day and generation, we remove the gar bage and keep the smell Take the frs step-the placing of. the garbage, the waste food or droppings from ous tables, into any kind of receptacle wood, galvanized iron or what-not and with the presence of heat, mois' ture and flies, you VII very soon have a foul, magepty, fly-breedins mess of putrefaction. k
 'iDrain garbage of all moisture, then wrap it in paper before putting it in the can and it will neither smell badly in hot weather, nor freeze and stick to the can in cold water. DO this and have clean can at all t'mes."
 Heat, moisture and flies are all eliminated. This rule was put Into practice in Minneapolis in February 1907, and is still in force. The cam paign of education was hard one, but we have won. As one Of the garbage collectors said to me wiln' in the week "the garbage cans Ill my district are clean enough to keep pies in.''
 The question of location of the can in determined largely by the method of collection. In general terms !" may be said that cans should Ut placed where they are most accessoie to the driver.
 The results of over three years oi experience with this method of hanu- ling garbage in our city have oeen entirely satisfactory. At first r. was laughed at as a fad of the depai'' ment We were asked when "7 would also require that the packages be tied with baby ribbon, "ut "' 7 persisted, and now the pubic IS III accord win us, for they nave So'N actual results in the shape or c'e@"' sanitary cans which are no ionse' m sance. Is it not pertinent qu,' ! tion that in the collection ana u'' posal of garbage the first step sliou'0 \ be a system of collection that s's, : to the citizens a garbage can "AN is no longer a nuisance?