Evening journal., 1920-06-03
HEALTH BOARD
AFTER BAD ODOR
lConLInued From FIrsL Page.l

liOuLluutu FROM ilIot Idtt'l
were at the garbage plant yesterday,
Howard Rash, the superintendent, inti-
mated there was some sort Of an
agreement between the sanitary COM
pany and the old Board OF Health,
whereby the present plant would be
continued In service all summer. Rash
then referred all questions 20 Colonel
J. Austin Ellison, president OF the
Wilmington Sanitary Company, which
is a subsidiary Of The ID. B. Martin
Company. beef and pork packers,
Thirtieth and Market Streets Phila-
delphia. The Colonel devOies most or
his time at the office OF The Martin
company. When reached by long
distance telephone this afternoon and
asked about the reputed agreement,
ne promptly replied. Il know Moth
ing about It,"
"Wm The present garbage plant be
continued all summer was asked.
81 suppose So" he answered.
IT was understood that The Sani-
tary Company intended rebuilding the
plant which was destroyed by fire
last January. Is that truel"
~ don't know about that"
The burned plant. like the one now
in use. is owned by the city, but was
used by The Sanitary Company under
contract which has four years yet
TO run When 10 was destroyed by
FIRE, 10 was said there was consider
able insurance on the building.
"Wil the insurance money be
used 10 rebuild The burned plant or
build a new one2" was asked Of Col
what has that got TO do with bad
odors 2" he asked In return.
Colonel Ellison then verified Stale
ment THAT the company itself had paid
for the insurance premiums, and the
damage award therefore rightfully be-
lOnged 20 it lie declined however,
any intimation Of the company's plans
for abating the odors complained Of.
Fortunately for the city a west WIND
was blowing today The smell which
has sharply assailed the nostrils Of
the public all through the Eleventh
and Twelfth wards, and has been
plainly noticeable In the central sec
lions and other parts OF the munich
pality was absent. But given another
southeast breeze and the nuisance Will
be strong as ever,
Down at the Harlan Shipbuhding
Plant the WOrkmen are almost up IN
arms OF the smell. The garbage Gre
mat0ry now In use lies only about a
good city block from the plant and
the workers get heavy doses Of the
Odors.
"The sun on a hot day makes It
sufficiently difficult TO work on the
decks Of a steel vessel" said G.. o.
Maconachie. head OF the Harlan wei
| fare and service bureau, this morn
ing" without having to breathe In all
/ A. 4 NNIn nrI.n MA nj
In discussing the situation thl:
morning, Dr.. Handy, president OF th'
health board, remarked that from
what ne had learned, as long as thl
crematory. which was burned, wa.
IN operation. and no animals werl
| rendered. there was no od0r and M
complaint This cremat0ry worked
by what Is known as the dry meth
Cd The old crematory, which WA
( pressed into service after the tlr,
utnizes the 'W'et" method.
Residents OF the Tenth and Eley
enlh wards have been In favor {
Immediately taking steps 10 secur
an Injunction against the sanitar
company Al the solicitation, how
ever, OF p. Beinkowski. who conduct
drug store al Maple and Van Bure
streets. and was a member OF the las
Board OF Health. they have decide
10 take the matter up with the ne'
Board OF Health. In the event moth
ing is done by tho board 10 sto
the stencil. they will go to court.
People in our part OF the cit,
including many influential bushes
men, says Mr.. BeinkoWski, feel
is a crime 10 permit this thing 20 8
on and endanger the health OF th
citizens Of these wards for the SAX
OF getting a few pounds Of greas
out or old meat The residents fel
they are Just as respectable as thos
! In other sections. and 10 is wrong I
submit little children to the annoy
ance and dangers OF the foul odoI
Manufactured at the crematory."
, John petuszka, editor of "pOlonia
Polish paper. and John BOguck
who owns a haberdashery on Mar,
, land avenue. are prominent member
+ OF a committee Of residents orgal
lied 10 fight the nuisance.
Everything was perfectly satisfa,
r tory" said Mr.. Bienk0wSki toda
i while the crematory people wya
: using what is known as the DIR
y | process Of reducing the garbage; bl
: the odors coming from there IN
d week are not the ordinary ones con
r ing from garbage. but have the di
tinct and unmistakable smell
burnt meat, which at times Is
3 nauseating people who breathe 10 a
. unable TO retain their food in the
n stOmachs"