Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-19
SHERIFF CLARK
BLOCKS OMAHA
GARBAGE plan
Declares That City Cannot
Dump Its Refuse in Douglas
County Under Pol|ack
Contract.

The city of Omaha will not be
permitted to dump its garbage near
DeBolt station, in Douglas county,
as proposed by an agreement be-
tween the city commissioners and
Henry Pollock.
A legislative enactment which
went into effect yesterday provides
for county board of health in each
of the counties of this state, the
sheriff in each county being made
chairman of the board.
Sheriff Clark stated yesterday
that if Omaha's garbage is unfit to
dispose of within the limits of the
city, it is also unfit to unload out in
the county and he intends to exer-
else his new authority, as chairman
of the county board of health, to the
extent of protecting the people OF
the county against nuisance which
as been declared noxious in
Omaha,
Says Nothing Doing"
IF it is not good enough for the
city. it is not good enough for the
county. There will be nothing do
ing in the way of dumping garbage
at DeBolt station or any other place
in Douglas county," asserted the
sheriff.
The personnel of the new county
board of health has not been con-
firmed by the county board, but
the law provides that the sheriff
shall be chairman, and it is prob
able that the other members will
be DR.. Lee Van Camp, county ply
sician, and Mrs. Mabel Johnson,
county superintendent. The board
will have full power and authority
over matters of health within the
county outside of Omaha. The first
important work of the board will
be to prevent the city using farm
near DeBolt for a garbage dumping
ground where hogs are to be fed.
To Get S45,0oO a Year.
The city council Thursday morn
ing awarded to Henry Pollack a
iive-year garbage contract on the
basis that the city shall pay Mr..
Pollock $4,000 a year and he is to
collect and dispose of all garbage
under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the city. 1t was under
stood by the council that Pollock
would use ll0-acre farm at DeBolt
the city commissioners and the new
health commissioner having visited
the site with Mr. Pollack and giving
their approval of the location.
The chief concern of the city COM
missioners was to get the garbage
outside of the limits of the city, as
recent complaints from residents OF
the north side of Omaha have made
life anything but roseate for the city
officials.
In addition to the complaints reg
istered against the stencil which is
blown from hog-feeding yards on
the river bottom lands, there have
been numerous complaints of lax
methods in the system of collecting
garbage from homes. Under the
present system the city is doing the
collecting, and selling the garbage
to hog men on the bottoms. A
man paid by the city acts as gar.
bage superintendent" and is sup
posed to see that collections are
made with some degree of regu-
larity.,
The complaint of Mrs. J. W.
Childs, 1858 Newport avenue, is a
typical case. Again and again |
have called and protested against
the shameful condition" said Mrs
Childs, land | have been unable to
get any attention. The girl who
answers the telephone in the health
office has been impudent to me. She
was short-spoken this morning when
l complained. I told you once that
we would take care of that she
snapped, and that should be
enough 1t has been three weeks
since my garbage can has been emp
tied, and my neighbors say they
have been neglected in the same
manner.
II do not know what we are 60
ing to do about it," she added.
when l ask to speak to some one
in authority in the health office, in
variably the same girl answers the
telephone. On one occasion she