Evening journal., 1919-08-29
SANITARY COMPANY
ASKS BOOST IN PAY.
Price OF Grease Down, Asks
City to Give $500 More
Monthly
FIRE CHIFES SEE
NEED OF NEW AUTOS

Members OF City Council. who for
the past three weeks. have been try
ing to combat the high cost OF every
ining. by selling government canned
food, were sjvisod las. night that tho
price Of gresse had dropped. This was
interesting news a. one member Of
Council stated that his srOccg had
boosted the price Of soap. despite the
drop In The cost OF its ingrodlenls.
The statement thst grease had
dropped in price since the war oame
70 a close, was made by the Whining
ton Sanitary Company, which has q
contract with the city for The disposal
OF the oity garbage. This contract
was made for a period OF ten years, al
S625 a month, and viii expire In 1920,
but owing TO the decrease in the price
OF grease the company requests the
city 10 allow IL an additional 500 per
month. Tho communication, which
read as follows, was referred 10 Coun-
cil as a committee OF tae whole
Gentlemen: We are. present work
in< under a ten-year contract with the
city Of Wilmington for the disposal OF
garbage. THIS contract was entered
into during the year - 1914 expiring
1924.
"You ars well aware OF the tremen-
dous Increase in labor costs and main
tenanoe, due 10 the unforeseen war con-
ditions. It is also true that the great
est grease which we derive from gar
bage was in demand during this period,
therefore bringing higher prices. But
such increase OF price was not in pro
portion 20 the increase u cost Of pro
ductiOn.
since the war Is over. there not be
ing the same demand for This quality
Of grease. prices dropped considerably.
Up 20 the present time. we have done
everything possible 10 continue our
contract without asking any additional
appropriation. But az this time. wa
have reached the point where we are
compelled TO come TO YOU for assist
ance.
we are now receiving s625 per
month from the city which is, indeed,
a very low price, which amount VIII
Justify our request. AZ an illustration
Of increased cost Of which your body
has knowledge, we submit tho follow
ing example:
In 1914 we entered ih,O a contract
with the city OF Wilmington for the
collection OF garbage for a period OF
three years. at s22.OOO per year. fulfill
ing the requirements OF this contract at
a considerable loss. due TO the unfor-
seen war conditions. In 1917 the city
entered into a new contract with a dlf-
ferent contractor for period OF one
year at S7i,609 for the same work. In
1913, new contracts were again made
for two years at $4,000 per year. You
can readily see the tremendous increase
I'm garbage collection. During this same
period we were working under con-
tract which has been IN operation for
five years, at figures submitted I'm 1914
IN making this request. we do not
expect any such prOportionate increase
as has been made for garbage collec-
tion, but do feel in all sense OF fairness.
that we should receive an Increase OF
$500 per month. until such time when
business conditions return to normal.
III your honorable body decides 30
go into this further we would be glad
10 submit any additional information
requested.
Thanking you for your kind atten-
ton, we remain.
Very truly yours,
WILMINGTON SANITARY co"
Council also received and ordered
filed letter from Fire Chief Hyndman.
who stated that the three fire chiefs
auto apparatus are unsafe 10 ride in,
and he suggested that new machines
be secured. This matter was referred
10 the Fire Committee.
Chief Hyndman In his monthly re-
port showed that there were five box
alarms and three still alarms last
month, the fire loss amounting to but |
$3.50.
The amendment 70 the junk dealers
ordinance reducing the license from /
200 to $50 was given final reading and |
'eferred to the Mayor for his approval ]
The semi-annual appropriations OF the /
rarious fire companies was also or I
Tered paid.
Council accepted an invitation from
he Central Labor Union 10 participate
n the Labor Day exercises on Mon
iay morning, at 1890 o'clock.
The city's bank balance was re-
ported TO he sl,i92,32ii0; Councils
,ay roll amounted TO s295i7; miscel-
aneous. s3.390is; police, s6.93i5S;
public Building Commission. s69O99