The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-27

I THE BEST-~Cisv~isna Onto. In the
last year OF which We have full re
ports ws find the net cost Of collect
Ing ci~vsisnd's garbage tse.ooo. Her
an expense OF cents per capita for
collecting their garbage. and with
the enormous extension ofstheir sys-
TEN last year. shows cost OF only
Is cents per capita
The city OF Minneapolis. Mime
satA ta It's last r.porti. with a
greater population than Seattle. dts
poses % tts garbage for $4,000. or
IL cent, per capita. This 10 not al
lowing for heat, HIGHT and power
| furnished 20 Hopsweii hospital and
the workhous~. ard tho lighting Of
tire Tenth ward tby electricity gen
Grated At the tnetuerRtorl. This u
| figured as credit 81 $4,000.
Indianapolis with q population
oe 7To .ooo Just about the sire OF Sc
atfi.) hss disposal cost for gar
bsss by redvction-1s. GOO ton. for
tts1oo. ard a parallel disposal Of
ashes In fills at a cost % $4,000.
This 10 per capita cos, ~ "a cents.
chicago. with population OF
-foH. 600 feirht times a. great as
seattle, dispose. Of over iso.o 600
tons Thy reduetion1 at a cost OF
about $4,000. or ~ cents per
Cleveland. Ohio. 10 ~. modern
model Win on> years cost OF
sz7s.0oA We see Offset earnings u
$4,000 from her garbage depart
ment
Minneapolis gsrbsr. earns nearly
10 per cent OF the cost OF the de-
partment
rudianspoii. and c,hiesso are in,
Generator" cities. like Seattle. II
they and other cities like them oper-
ate for under ~ cents per capita
then one OF two things must be sd-
ruitted. Either our Seattle garbage
department. r. fiiisd with sraftsrs
or trnbecils- take your choice
what { emphasize and challenge
the peoples attention 70 is that we
pay from 800. 900 20 $3.50. 900 more
FOR this department than other cities
do for a superior department II IL
graft. g. q. something which grows
and which does not belong there
whether 70 IL caused by ignorance or
BY intention. the burden on the peo-
pie r. just the same.
Figures viii prove that IN 1918
Seattle spent $3.50. 7os.3s. or about
81 90 per capita. when tho Initiation
IL squeezed out OF our self claimed
census ~ 20 our population.
Remember that Indianapolis has a
population Of 40. 900 people and as
900 tons Of garbage. Chicago. with
400. 900 people, and eight times az
large as Seattle. has only lee. 900
tons OF garbage. In Seattle - is
claimed We had i3i.7so tons Of gar
haxe in 1915 This IL nearly four
times as much as Indianapolis had.
and only 1880 tons less than Chi
cago had. with population eight
times as great.
This sort OF thing could not be
perpetrated on the people Of Seattle
II the various departments we're
made conversant with what was
going on IN all other Departments
through a Department OF Efficiency
and Economy established to prevent
waste and graft
Some mon in public office consider
that our public Institutions are their
exclusive private business and con
Germ. disagree with them. think
the official acts and public life Of all
public officials belong 20 the people.
and when n public official tells peo-
pie that they should not Investigate
public institutions, IL II high time 10
Investigate both Institutions and Of
ficiaIa.
Next week I shall write on the
Billboard Monopoly and the street
EDWIN ). BROWN