The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-08
REGENERATION
 FOR GARBAGE IS PLANNED Commissioner SChWeFdtIe DIS- CGSSeS Methods Of Meet-
 ing Garbage Situation Present Refuse VIII Be Buried 0n Isolated Portion Of
 Town Farm

Bridgeport is undoub tedly to have municipal garbage tncinerating plant, to replace the present garbage reduc- -tfon and disposal plant, which will re- cefve no more garbage after midnight Thursday and the contract for which has been abrogated by the city. That the efforts Of Charles G. Fischer and his friends to secure reinstatement will prove fruitless became apparent on every hand today.
 Just what action he will take when the John T. King company upon in Structions from the city will discon- t1nue carting garbage to the Fischer plant on Asylum street, Friday, yet remains to be seen. It had been intf- mated that suit may be brought against the city, although no state ment could be secured today from either Fischer, or his attorney, David S. Day, today.
 That any effort on the part of the Charities Department or s1perin tend ent of the Lakeview Home to restrain temporary burial of the garbage on the city's farm would be opposed by the Board of Health and the mayor became known when statements were today issued by Commissioner Louis Schwerdt1e and Mayor Clifford B. Will son that arbitrary action would at
 
 disposal of this filth in the far north ern part, at a depth and distance from the city which would prevent odore of an. kind.
 The hEst gun unlimbered for nu-s nicipal reduction plant was fired sew eral days ago when Health Commits sioner Schwerdt1e preached the pro ject to his associates. When asked to- day if he would approve of such a, plan, Mayor Wilson said that he be- lieved this should be done and that the Board of Health would be ordered to investigate the best methods of such disposal at an early date and, to make recommendations to the Com mon Council, which would have to vote propriations to cover the initial expense. It was the belief of the mayor that with several small incinerators located in the various sections of the city, garbage hauling expense could be materially reduced and no smells would exist to the discomfort of near by residents.
 It is intimated that 8 special meet ing of the Board of Health will be called tonight to consider steps in the matter and the protest. entered by Su- perintendent Merle CowIes of Lake view Home to the" Charity Board, which has since been referred to the Iakeview Home committee will be taken up directly with that committee if possible.
 Should the Board of Health fail to reach an understanding with the Char ities Board whereby temporary burial of garbage in a sanitary manEee at the Farm can be accomplished, Mayor Wilson today intfmated that he would issue orders which would insure the rgarbage being placed there tempor- arily until other arrangements could be made.
 It became known that together with I7n nf 0F and Director of Public Works Courtade the Mayor had already personally in spected the Farm grounds and se- lected the burial spot upon a piece of untillable ground, as far removed as possible from the city. All are of the opinion that no possible odors can arise and road conditions making the haul an easy one for the contractor will be completed at once by the city.
 Health Commissioner SchwerdtIe, who has made a deep study of the problem presented by the cancelling of the Fischer contract today said that he believed the incinerator plan could be carried out effectively and to good advantage with the sale by adver- Using and bid to outside parties which would not only result in quick removal of the refuse but might bring the city a. profit rather than loss. He finds from investigations made that large fertilizer concerns and others often pay TOT gdTDaSS Wn1Ch they transport from the city in large tank cars to their plants. In Germany and other countries garbage is sold to material profit and while this has not hereto fore been the aim of the city which has paid for it's reduction, if such a saving could be made to the tax payer in the belief of the commission CT it should be practiced. The un- salable refuse could then be burned up in the municipal plant.
 Mayor Wilson said that destructive plants are in operation in other cities which if copied in Bridgeport would permit of such destruction in the heart of Main street without offensive odor