The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
MRS. ALLEN COLE SPEAKS
AS Chairman of Garbage Committee
She Presents the Views Of
Body She Represents on
Waste Disposal.

ting the common council understand
how they felt about the garbage ques-
ton, accompanied by number of hus-
bands and brothers who have been in
terested in the subject by the women
of the city, attended the common coun-
Gil meeting in the city hall Monday
night.
Every ward of the city was repre-.
sented by some woman of standing,
member of the City club.
The spokesman was Mrs. Allen Cole,
749 Durkee avenue, chairman of the
City club committee on municipal
waste.
The discussion of Conrad Shearer IS
ordinance touching upon the garbage
question was to come up last night,
and it was in support of this ordinance
that the women visited the council
chamber
After the meeting was called to or
der the mayor invited the women to
state their business, whereupon, Mrs.
Allen Cole, perfectly gowned in a
street suit of mulberry broadcloth with
sable furs and modish hat, went to
the front of the council hall and pre-
sented the facts she has collected in
regard to the garbage question.
Excerpts from her talk follow:
Garbage collection and disposal has
a direct bearing ON the home, it's
health and cleanliness, and is therefore.
peculiarly the women s interest, and
this delegation, composed of members
of the City club Of Kenosha and repre-
sentatives from every ward in the city
wishes at this time to bring certain
recommendations before the members
of the city council, in view of the
favorable report made by your commit
tee on Municipal Collection and Dis
posal of Garbage on August End, 1915.
First, the careful selection of dump
ing ground location which will in no
way be a public nuisance, and which
will take into consideration both the
factors of public health and economy
Of cost.
Second, strict supervision of this To-
cation until such time as it becomes
advisable to erect disposal plant.
Third, it is further recommended that
the direct responsibility for the proper
operation of municipal collection be
placed on the Commissioners of Health.
Fourth, further recommendation is
made that the collection be from the
rear doors, rather than from the front.
This suggestion is based upon the sue
cess of the rear door system and the
general dissatisfaction which has re-
suited where the front door method has
been used
1t is interesting to note in connec-
tion with the general consideration of
waste collection that the city Of Keno
sha is in a position to command the
services of an expert sanitary engineer
without charge. It is possible to do
this through the Extension Division of
the University of Wisconsin. George
E. Bascom, expert municipal and san
itary engineer, will come to Kenosha,
go over our particular problems, and
make recommendations without cost.
Furthermore, if desired, Ford H Nc
Gregor, chief of the municipal refer
ence bureau of the Extension Division
of the University, will draw up an or
dinance, based on an engineer IS survey
and adapted to Kenosha's needs also
without charge.
The unquestioned desirability of mu-
nicipal collection of waste is now so
generally admitted that there is no
need for presenting the points in its
favor other than to summarize them:
First, It is necessary from the health
point Of view Disease in many forms
has been traced to open garbage; flies
breed and thrive in it and then carry
germs into our homes. Open garbage
has been demonstrated time and time
again to be menace to the public
health. No community which does not
effectively dispose of its garbage is
ever safe from fatal epidemics.
Private collection of waste has prov
ed failure because the majority of
our families cannot afford to pay the
price demanded by private collectors.
Hence, the only solution of the prob
lem is collection by the city.
Other communities in the state and
elsewhere have long recognized the nee
essity for municipa7 collection of waste.
Our neighbor city, Racine, not only has
free back-door collection but also has
erected a complete incarceration plant.
This system has been in operation for
nearly two years and has worked out
to the general satisfaction of the peo-
pie.
Places like Monroe, sheboygan, Por-