Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
COUNCIL TALK OF
INCINERATI0N OF
GARBAGE IN 1915
commissioner Hart and Mayor
Endorse Plan of Erecting
Plant Before Spring.
EXHAUST ROOM WEST END
s-,sert Ground for 6uryins Refuse Is
Taxed TO Fullest Capacity and
Other Plans Must Be Adopted.

Commissioner Archie Hart said that
soek Island needed an incarceration
Ja,t TO dispose OF its garbage next
-...erdav afternoon. He stated this
rs necessary because the city had
a more room in the west end to bury
IS refuse
ge suggested the incarceration plant
I'D the manner in which the council
Escussed the matter would indicate
.sat the commissioners plan on get
,-r busy this winter with arrange
eats for the establishment of such a
THnt.
me commission will study up on
,lsrts in other cities Then it may
,svsrtise for bids. Commissioner
Es-t and Mayor Schriver both favored
and the other commissioners seem
a interested and did not talk against
=
Present Place Taxed.
Mr.. Harris strong point was that the
div needed II because the present
ulsce OF burying the refuse had been
:sxed 10 its fullest capacity He said:
This week We got through hauling
gsrbaze. We have been placing il in
sitches in the Manufacturers add
,jcn. digging one trench and covering
The one newly filed with its dirt. But
re have used up all the room.
We certainly have TO get a new
place next spring and I would suggest
A incineration plant It is the mod
en- method We could burn il
and We can get a first class plant for
some five or six thousand dollars.
II there is no smallpox epidemic
this coming season or no great preva-
lsnce Of other diseases here, We could
AFFORD to erect one. The non-appear-
snce OF disease would help us
greatly in defraying the expense OF
the project.
Z think that we could build just
vest Of the waterworks. Possibly we
could run the plant in conjunction
with the pump-that is il we needed
the steam But anyway we have got
70 co something about this, for If we
don't next spring we will find our
se,Ees without q place to dump
Ezrbage.-
Commissioner Hart stated later in
Al interview that the citymight have TO
burn its sewerage also. in case the
government a any time demands that
cities do not dump this refuse into
the rivers
To Cut Streets Through.
Henry Rettiker appeared before the
eozrciI and asked for permission TO
CIT through and grade Twelty-fOurth
street from Eighteenth 10 Twenty
f-st avenue and Nineteenth avenue
ron Twe-ty-fourth 10 Twenty-ffth
street fC- the dirt The council gave
lii the authority in a resolution which
Eas unanimously adopted.
The emergency appropriation Ordi-
lance providing for 5000 for which 10 .
pay for tire Henry Wo-thiugtOn pump .
70 Be installed al the vaterwor'ss and .
also 20 cove- other expenses incidental .
70 its installation. was passed by the .
commission.
On motion Of Commissioner RUDY
IA, Mayo Schrive- was authorized 20 .
advertise for coal for the use at the
t.ty nall. FIRE sta i0ns. waterworits and
tczle house. Charles Brady was
awarded the sale Of the copper and
lead. removed by the city. the pop
e-ty q the defunct Union Electric
eo@pany
The plant Of G. II. Laogman showing
ne division Of his property at the cor
nsr o. Fourteenth avenue and Four
tenth street into three lots. was
adopted and an ordinance for the es-
izblishneut Of sidewalks on N.nfI
street was passed. The walks are 10
d q concrete and On the west side
o. the street are TO extend from
Eleventh. 20 Michigan avenue and on
ne east side as far as Twentieth ave
Tue. The engineers estimate is si.972.
ne council on motion OF Commission
e Archie Hs-t accepted the new fire
-rck for station No. > and authorized
CITY Clerk Rudgren 10 draw an order
.or same payable 20 the American La
france company.