South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-25
GARBAGE PLANT
BEING PROPOSED
Possibilities to he Looked Into
Following Discussion BY
Chamber of Commerce.

South Bend may realize more than
was expected from its garbage, un-
der the contract contemplated by
the city, if figures presented 10y Abe
Frank, manager of the oliver no.
tel. at the noon luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce. develop the
apparent possibilities. Frank threw
"a sort of monkey wrench into
the machinery. following a talk by
Mayor Fred W. Keller. and as a re-
suit there is 20 be further investi-
cation of the possibilities of create"
revenue for the city He viii meet
with the mayor and board of works
"Wednesday afternoon, with further
and more detailed information and
perhaps assisted by an expert from
Chicago. 10 back up his claims.
The proposed contract with j. II.
Meuett. mayor Of Anderson by
which he would obtain the citys
garbage for hoe-feed at the city's
incarceration plant at 81 per ton, was
to have been acted upon finally by
the council next Wednesday night,
but il was virtually agreed at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting that
If a reasonable showing could he
made that better terms might be
available. confirmation of the con-
tract might be deferred until few
days later.
Values i'm Chicago.
Mr. Frank pointed out that gar
base in Chicago contains a gross
value Of S11.4O per wet ton, and
$10.27 i'm ammonia. phosphate,
phosphorus and potash, after the
grease is extracted He admitted
that his figures were hurriedly gath
cred and not very definite. He as
serted that Evansville is clearing
STA per day from its reduction
plant which cost $4,000 to build.
and which is operated on a basis Of
So per ton for coal and 81 per day
for labor, with a dc. recitation of 25
per cent annually on the plant, COM
puted in the above figures.
Mr. Frank produced a communi-
cation from city official of Day
ton, O., showing that that city had
realized a gross income of $4,000
from 10000 tons of garbage since
the first of the present year. The
mayor in the course of his talk stat
ed that Investigations had been
made by city and that from all
the various city officials they had
communicated with from New York
to Denver but two cities operating
garbage disposal plants could show
profits. Those cities. he said, are
Dayton and Columbus. o.
Garbage is Valuable.
Since food has become so high
garbage has become more valuable,
stated the mayor. The expense to
the city in operating the incinerator
that was built Is or 16 years ago
a, an expense of $4,000, he explain
ed, is about $4,000 According to
| the contract made recently to sell
/ the city's garbage at 81 a ton, he
said the city would realize a revenue
I Of an average of $4,000 per year.
or 100000 for ten years the life
I of the contract. The new contract,
/ he said. requires the hauling by the
city of the garbage tc the incinerat-
/ iug plant where il is turned over to
/ the contractor, who is 20 remove il
/ TO a safe distance from the city for
/ distribution for hog feed. The agree
ment also specifies that the swine
/ the garbage is fed 70 shall be vac
/ cinated az least twice each year. and
\ that under those conditions. accord
ing 10 figures received from cities
/ where that plan is being used, the
health of the hogs is brought up TO
/ maximum. or TO a higher degree
than otherwise exists among hogs.
Morris Replies.
After Mr.. Frank had read the
statement from the Dayton official
\ f. NJ. Morris. president of the board
of works. replied by giving contro-
verting figures and statements from
various officials of cities where re-
duction plants are in use. He stateh
/ that the Dayton figures are based on
/ gross income and that if the net rev.
enue were shown that il probably
would be less than that which
should be realized by South Bend
under the new contract.
BIRTHS.