Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-07
Plan GARBAGE
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Mayor HyIan Says BoroughS
Should Destroy Garbage
in That Manner
BIZ Special Correspondent.
~n~HIs%-HT II IL

TOTTENVILLE, Feb. 7.-Nayor
Uylan at a meeting of the finance
committee of the board of estimate
and appointment held on Wednesday,
declared it to be the policy Of the adj
ministration, that each borough should
take car of its garbage by i%ncinera-
ton. That is, destruction by fire, by
using the system which has been in
operation in the borough of Richmond
for years, and the sum of five million
dollars was set aside for the immedi-
ate conSs action of five incinerators in
the borough of Brooklyn. Borough
President Riegelmann of Brooklyn,
said that he was fully convinced that
it was the only way Of disposing of
the city's garbage.
A letter from DR.. Copeland of the
department of health addressed to the
board of estimate and apportionmenc
was read, recommending destruction
of garbage in his as the mod
ern II most approved method. and
the communication contains so many
vital facts that refer to Staten Island,
and is of much interest to Staten Is
landers.
DIR. Copeland in his letter tells of
the many complaints during the past
summer regarding the disposition of
the city garbage. For a long time the
Warren Island plant was an annoy
ance to the citizens of Brooklyn and
during the past summer there was al
most q riot in Staten Island over the
nuisance created by the reduction
plant of the Metropolitan by~-products
in the Freshkill creek neal Green
ridge in the fifth ward. Repeated
complaints came to h Board OF
Health calling attention to the suffer-
ings of the people and to the impair
ment. of the health of thousands of
-.Asuz. FtL Ctnka. T~1nv nj ctfryofinn
became so serious that the board of
health held repeated hearings in Rich
mond to determine upon some method
Of relief.
After this the board of health decid-
ed the Staten Island plant constituted
q public nuisance and an order was is
sued demanding that the Metropolitan
company correct its methods of garo-
az reduction. Temporary arrange
ments were made with the Barren Is
land plant and Immediately upon its
resumption of activity, a storm of pro-
test came to the board of health re-
garding conditions in Brooklyn. Since
that time, the mayor, commissioner
of health and street cleaning have
studied the question of garbage dis
posal with the result that it is the
plan of the mayor to erect incinerating
plants in each of the boroughs of the
greater city. Richmond and Queens
have been disposing OF Its garbage IL
this name for the past several years,
There are two plants on the north and
east shore of the island n they have
given general satisfaction.
II incinerators were built In IN,
borough OF Manhattan. Brooklyn and
the Bronx and the rubbish. and gar
bage burned there would be a grea'
saving to the city in the disposition
of ibis refuse, the a has stated
In a letter TO the board of health. The
mayo has said that he has promised
the people Of Brooklyn that on o.
about April l the city will discontinue
sending garbage to Barren Island
and the only other method we have o.
disposal of garbage is to take 1t OUT 8.
sea. unless these in~cinerating 10 -
which can be constructed in three o.
four months are ready for use. Witt
this announcement there Is no e o
the city opening the plant on Slater
Island again.