Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-23
DEFERS DECISION
IN CREERY CASE
Board Takes Matter Under Ad-
visement After Hearing of
More Than Four Hours.
TESTIMONY is CONFLICTING
Practice of Hauling Garbage to
Distant Points in County
Sharply Criticized.
TESTIMONY is CONFLICTING

afternoon the Administrative Board
took evidence bearing on the garbage
hauling operations Of the Street Clean
ing Department., in an effort to estab-
Iish Assistant Superintendent Il. L.
Creery's responsibility for the hauling
OF mixed loads OF garbage and manure
by cart and motor truck to the farm
owned Jointly by himself and his
brother-in-law II. T. Winston. about
eleven miles north Of the city.
Hetween $3.50 o'clock In the afternoon
and o'clock at night. when the hear
ing was concluded. city Attorney Pol
lard. for The board. and Attorney
Charles V Meredith for Mr.. Creery.
placed on the stand thirty-four wit
nesses. examining them under oath, a s
In a court Of law.
BOARD WILL DECIDE ON
COURSE OF ACTION TODAY
a, tho conclusion Of the testimony
OF Mr.. Crc.ry. who tho las, wit
ness, Chairman Whitt"t announced that
The board viii tax" tho case under con-
sideration. AIR. Whittct said after adj
Journment that IN board will prob
ably decide what action II viii take at
to-day's regular weekly conference
Almost from IN" beginning tn. in
vest!gatlon broadench into an inquiry
-. = 80 ''' 80 W '''' 80 go
Cleaning Department in the matter OF
The collection and disposal of garbage
and its disposition OF the manure pro-
duced at the East and West End
stables. II disclosed Il garbage dis
posal system which was sharply criti-
cized by several OF the Witnesses and
WIN Mhich IN" BOARD ltS"ii clearly IN
dicaied IT'S dissatisfaction.
LONG HAUL TO tHEEKN FARM
AUTHORIZED nr COM
on the question Of Mr.. Crcery's re-
sponsibt!ity for long garbage hauls 10
MS farm north OF the city. witnesses
were introduced 30 show that This dis
position or sarhag. collected in the
west t.nd was authorized hy Superin-
t.hdent Conn himself The inquiry
was dlrecied chiefly towards cstnblish-
ihg the relative amounts OF garbage
ana manure contained ~ the ship
inenis'
On 'his point the testimony was con-
i'c''hS ana Tar from clear John
l1'schoeie' "i the Administrative
board tesNhe" mat he mad" {" per
sonar examination OF truGkload on
'"e way 10 '"e 'le"tE iaiu last Mon
"iS' "Hu'hs' "S '"f "7 ne cou!d deter
'i.''e' '"a' 'ht 'ohd consisted entirely
~ manure. Numerous o'"tr witnesses
'hc!u"'hS Ch!et "i fo'Ir" Werner, told
oi seeing truck an" "aSohioads OF
what apr"afc" rom IN" surface to he
s'""'' "'"""'' "i '"e P's' HuahrE on
ame'F ""E 10 'h" same destination.
i"eSc' however, ha"" no personal "N-
ann "t'o''S.
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"''' !'Nh 'oNiN'NtD
nore"N'r' MI. ii'iSchb"rE testified
'"t ." '"e S'h' 90 'he motor truck.
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va n''"'. '"'' "' "hn carry ihS "
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