El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-14
GARBAGE
BRINGS $4,000
Columbus Has Something El
Paso Can Learn; Coun-
Gilman in Ohio Camp.
BY NoRMAN MALkER.


One OF the general managers Of q
city Of 230. geo is blowing a horn out
at the Fourth Ohio infantry camp. He
/ confines his horn blowing to guard
mount and dress parade and Ell Pas3
{ has just discovered that alderman Fred
Z ,. Zimpfer. of Columbus. Ohio Is top
/ sergeant and assistant band leader or
I the Fourth Ohio.
The Columbus papers have been
printing editorial slogans which read
Z send Zimpfer home and President
& Wilson does not need Zimpfer as badly
( as does Columbus
First SerEt. Zimpfer. judging hy
] these editorial paraErs phs, is not with
out honor IN his home town and the
city council of Cleveland is making
every effort to have him sent back 20
take charge OF the city's affairs as
one Of the aldermen There were seven
OF them before SerEt ZimDfer left for
I the border and there is vacancy on
I the aldermanic board there which feels
10 Columbus as big as the cavity does
10 a small boy after his front tooth
has been pulled.
Is Professional Musician
Zimpfer Is a professional musician
when he Is not busy earning his $1,000
per annum as councilman He spends
most OF the time looking after the
city's affairs and. just because of this.
there is movement started in Column
Eus to increase the pay Of each or tne
city fathers 10 $500 and let them put
in a full elEht-hour day working Tor
the city as Sergt. Fred has been doin-
$1,000
Columbus. TO quote Fred and para
phrase Paul. Is no mean city" She
owns her own street lighting plant
which supplies juice for 200 arc
lights. making it one Of the best
lighted cities in the country As a mC-
Elcipal houSekeeper. COlum bus saves
every scrap and makes SIZE. 900 a yea
from the grease and other wastes
from the cityS garbage cans She
passes the magic wand Of chemistry
over the H-2-O from the muddy SciOtp
river and distributes il to the homes
In Columbus as pure as the kind az
soap that floats She assesses her
citizens on a basis Of 100 percent val
Uation and limits the taxes to one
percent Of the total valuation. All
this does Columbus do in the name OF
civic service and Sergt- Zimpfer IS
one Of the seven men who have made
these things possible, Of which COlum
bus is proud.
Garbage j. Asset.
The handling of the garbage prob
lem is one OF the dragons which COL
umbUS has met and slain. Sergt. limp
Ter says Instead Of being a heavy
liability the garbage in that city has
almost become an asset and. from
-isNNN dlltl alAt A0L empty All- Al-F-
city's garbage can. the city has re-
cuced this bill 10 $685. by selling fo-
SI2e.e0O the grease. fertilizer and other
by-products Of the garbage plant
Plant il a Success.
This reduction plant has proved q
great success. councilman Zimpf+r
said Monday afternoon. The reduc-
tion plant gets all of the grease ont
OF the garbage and this is sold TO th-
SOAP factories at good profit The
reduction plant reduces the bones
which come into IL 20 a powder AMI
this powder is sold for fertilizer. W.
are now spending S275.0G0 10 enlarge
our septic tank system of haudlin-
the garbage and the plant is now
valued al $1,000. 600"
One Of the interesting experiments
" hich the city Of Columbus has made
has been in the field Of municipal
The 2100 arc lamps are SUP
piled with electricity from a central
plant which IS owned by the city In
the business district the lamps arr
clusters of five lights and the bust
ness district uses almost half OF the
total number Of lights. The day load
is sold 10 manufacturers. apartmer-
house owners and moving picture the
aters at q rate Of from one and one
eighth 70 three cents a kilowatt hour .
To Sell to Home Owners.
This experiment IS TO be- carried
further" the Columbus sOldier-alder-
man says We intend 20 enlarge the .
plant and sell TO private consumers &