New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
ASHES AND RUBBISH
 COLLECTION REPORT
Facts Showing How City Could
 Introduce New System

The committee on the collection of
 garbage. ashes and rubbish appointed
 several months by the Chamber of Commerce, has completed it's report
 which has been submitted to the di-
 rcctors of the Chambe for their
 approval The report shows careful
 inVestigation of the work as carried
 on m many cities, aud in the minds
 of the committee the project would l prove to he popular one in this
 city. Members of the committee are
 Charles Mueller. chairman; J. $.
 Bennett and pr. Reel<&
 As the recommendation for the
 collection of rubbish was turned
 down by the board of finance and a taxation last night the report will be
 used another year when another eG- fort of secure the adoption of tho recommendation will be made. The , report follows:
 On October 6, 1915, your com r1ittce appointed to investigate and rCpol't with recommendations on the subject of the collection of rubbish. ashes and garbage, made it's pre- ] i1mlnaTy report which covered the l average costs of operation of the 1 systems m vogue in from thirty to l forty clt1eS or similar size to New Britain, together With the conclusions CT the committee that the collection 1 of ashes and rubbish in addition to the collection of garbage. should be conducted in New Britain by, or under the direction of the City
 The preliminary report did not in i clude the result of the investigation 1 Of your committee covering the par l tlcular methods which should. in it's 1 opinion, be adopted in New Britain, and the detailed costs of the same, so this part of the Investigation had not ] heen completed at that time. In this second report your com l E1lttee, will attempt to cover this part of the question.
 l The preliminary report was ap l proved by the directors of the civic 1 bureau and received by the directors l of the Chamber who authorized your l committee to furnish all informatio l in it's possession for the use of. a l special committee of the city council | at the request of that committee. A l request for the information was re- 1 ceived, and a copy of the preliminary report, together with all tabulated 1 data was furnished.
 The first question which your com 1 1nittee had to determine in prepara- 1 ton for it's final report was the possible methods of disposal and the 1 subject was, therefore, first con- 1 sidered a whole, that is, the col lection and disposal of garbage rub hish and ashes. under some one de- l partment of the city government
 The result of the investigation shows the following plans most gen eralIv in use:
 Plan 1-Sale or burial Of garbage. l Dumping of rubbish and ashes. Plan 2-Reduction of rubbish and garbage. Dumping of ashes.
 Plan 3-Incineration of garbage and rubbish. Dumping of ashes 1 Under plan l. the sale of garbage would probably bring in revenue which would considerably reduce the net cost of the collection and dis ! posal of the garbage, although it 1 would be impossible to estimate this l am ount with any degree of accuracy. However, as the practice of feeding miscellaneous uncoOked garbage as collected from cities to hogs is today considered by the leading health au thorities and governmental experts detrimental to the health of those who eat the pork, and as this method has already been prohibited by law in some states, your committee feels that i it should not be considered by this city.
 ! The burial of garbage is successful
 " conducted in some cities, but there
 are some disa dvantage to this plan.
 It is necessary when the method Of
 burial is used to haul the material a
 considerably greater average distance
 than when a method of incineration
 i5 used, and considerable extra Ia Dor
 is necessary. It also becomes very
 difficult as time goes on to continue
 to secure suitable grounds for this
 method of disposal.
 The disposal of rubbish and ashes under plan 1 would consist of d
 system of collection and dumping
 in a number of available places within
 the city limits. The cost of this
 method which will be referred to
 later, combined with the other dis
 advantages 9 of the system in New
 Britain, is such that your committee
 does not feel that it would be to the
 advantage of New Britain to adopt it. Plan }. The plan of reduction which is in operation in a mum Der of cities of 150, 900 inha bitants or over, consists in delivering the garbage and rubbish to a disposal plant owned and operated by private individuals who usually contract to dispose of the ] same without cost to the city, de-