Evening journal., 1913-09-09
QUIZ INTO
The GARBAGE
SITUATION
Health Board Members Think
Many of the Complaints
Made Are UnWarranted
CONTRACTORS TOLD THEY
MUST DO THEIR DUTY

MUSk DU lnLlO WI
Two garbage contractors, Charles Col.
burn, collector of the Fourth district,
and John Woodland. collector of the
Second district, were before the Board OF
Health yesterday at It's weekly meeting
to explain why so many complaints were
being received from their districts. The
contractors got of by claiming that half
of the complaints were groundess and
promised 60 have one man follow the
wagons around town to see that the col
lections were made. The board accepted
their explanation and advised them to
also pay special attention TO collecting
from corner houses.
According to }. Austin Ellison. secre-
tary of the board, many of the com
plants of the failure to collect garbage
have been investigated by the inspectors
Of the board in the last few days and
have been found 60 he wholly unwar.
rlntcd. In several instances when COM
plants have been made to the board an
inspector has found when he went 20 in
yestigate the complaint that there was
no such house, and that the complaint
must have either been a careless person
on some one bent upon making trouble
! for the board.
The following are the number OF com
plants received in the last few days
First district August to September
! I. complaints; September ] 20 3. 3
complaints; September 4, complamtsi
September 5. complaints Second dis
trict. September 4 to g. 45 complaints
Yesterday there were 80 complaints
from this district alone. Fourth dis
trict. September s. 20 complaints. II
was not brought out how many COM
plants were received on the other days
of this month from the fourth district.
These complaints were investigated by
the health officers and many OF them
found to be groundless. Mr. Ellison said
He said that out of seventy complaints
i'm one day from this district, not more
than 25 could be blamed on the collec-
tors. Much of the trouble is due to
corner houses and places where the
drivers cannot get the garbage, such as
back yards with apparently no way OF
getting the garbage out. Another thing
that prevents the collections and gives
rise to a number OF complaints each day
is the presence OF bad dogs in many
wards which keep the collector from do.
ing his work
A young boy who has been employ
ed as a driver for Woodland also
appeared before the board to complain
that the contractor had docked him
Of nearly all that he had made while
driving on the cart According TO
the boy # he had worked for the con
tractor much longer he would have
owed the contractor money for LETTING
him drive his cart and collect the
garbage on one Of his districts. Th
boy made IS cents per day and wa
docked S2.43 for 8 days work. Tn
boy said that when he saw how thing
! were going and that he would sool
be working for nothing or owing tn
contractor. he quit work. WOODLAND
the contractor. said that he fined tn
drivers when they refused to ODE!
instructions. Some of the fines som
times run up as high as so cents 70
one offence The boy left the meet
ing to get a constable to collect hi
wages
d. Adair asked the collectors t
explain why so many complaints wer
. being made about the cursing an'
swearing of the collectors and the un
civil answers that they have been Civ
ing to persons along their routes. II
made il clear that he wanted thii
stopped. The collectors said the
cautioned their men not to use pro
fame language They said that the
were not responsible for the languag
of their men nor for their actions o.
, the wagons
2 The collectors stated that hereafte
they would remain at the dump TO Sc
T thatsthe collectors were bringing in fu
e loads of garbage and that they woul
have one man come, to the Office OF th
! board to get complaints and see tina
, the collectors We're doing their wor
d properly The members OF the boar
said that they thought this extra ma
would help matters and that they hope
that the collections would be better
? Before the meeting Dr. Briggs pr,
posed to have a light wagon and ma
employed bv the board and that ever
time a complaint came in 10 send th
J man afer the garbage; for collectin
such garbage the board would charg
the contractors 80 cents for each con
!, plant. This is provided for in the ol
a dinunce but has never been enforced
:, Mr. Ellison said that the idea was
y good one but that the board would hav
e to employ an inspector also. as man
of the complaints would be gronndles
d and the man would make many trir
for nothing for which the departmer
y would have TO pay him.
s AIR Ellison said that he believed ther
D. was an organized effort To dscredit tn
present contractors by the number q
grouniless complaints that have bee
= received.
Meat Inspector Samuel Ford repofte
r that he had made several examination
o Of n piekling establishment in Libert
IS street and found the place TO be in ba
II condition.
J. Mr. Loeher. the proprietor, was befor
the board and denied that there wa
lanvthing in the cellar except littl
water that came in after rains. TN
o board will personally inspect the place.
!. BEATEN on NOSE