Evening journal., 1920-09-23
COUNCIL
into HOLD-UP
OVER GARBAGE
lConLInued From Flrst Page.l


$4,000 TO guarantee performance Of |
Us contract by the Wilmington san
itary Company that the city would /
expect payment of the amount il
event the company fails 10 continue
operations tomorrow. This action was
taken on advice OF City solicitor HuX-
ley and marked the first step by thei
city authorities in a contest with IN
corporation. Just what can be done
toward recovery Of the $4,000 in
surance on the City Garbage Crema-
tory which was burned last January
Is problematlcal.
II was apparent when Council as
sembled last night that something
out of the ordinary was in the air.
Nine members out of i3 were prasen..
Mayor Taylor was on hand. also Ciiy
Solicitor Huxley. Then the entire
Board Of Health, headed by DR..
Charles ~ Handy, appeared. The
board assembled in lis own rooms in
! the Public Building, at I.1J o'clock
land proceeded TO The Council sitting
I in a body. Several interested citizens
and neWspaperm completed the
asscmblagc which crowded the COM
m ttee room.
! Homer c. simmons. clerk OF Council,
read a communication from The Board
]
! the Sanitary Company announcing th9l
unless II Was given $4,000 a year ad-
ditional ID would cease operations to-
morrow. Mr. Mearns promptly moved
| that the communication be lald over
and read in Council at regular session
tonight. Mr.. Kane seconded hls mo-
ton
/ Mr.. Mulvena Immediately queried as
10 the terms Of the garbage contract
D 4. 4 d.. ! ltsaI hnnn
signed Pres dent Lyon replied mat
the contract had been made in 1918
and was signed by the then mayor
of the city and attesled TO by the
lclerk OF Council. although 10 was
drawn up by the Board of Health OF
that year.
City solicitor Huxley explained that
Ian contracts are signed by the mayor
and altosled by The Council CLERK, all
though the city departments have fun
authority to make them such con
tracts do not go before Council. ne
said, and i'm event mayor should re-
| fuse 10 sign one. he could be man
damused and compelled to sign, Mr..
Huxley added.
Here Mayor TAYLOR urged that inn
mediate steps be taken 20 provide the
city with some sort of garbage 1re-
nation facilities TO continue the work
of the Sanitary Company. Messrs
( Mearns, Kane and Lyon disagreed
q with him, saying Council Would have
, time enough tonight TO take such dc
, tiOn. City Solicitor Huxley noed ina
I until the sanitary Company actually
quit work the city could do nothn'
q as the contract with the compan'
stood "untl broken
y Renewing his attack, Mr. Mulve2
l declared with VigOr: Now Is ~
To- time TO take full action. When th"
- can stick $4,000 into their jeans am
forfeit only $4,000, it's high time Tn
y law department of the city acts
Mayor Taylor interlecied me re-
r. mark mat 10 was "quitesevident ln
e cgly ought to own and operate IL
own crematOry'
IN "The company is supposed to r'
n duce garbage continued Dr. Hanb'
IN but Mr. Healy states that There on
IL 1000 tons OF garbage at the crem1 1toi
lc untouched" The doctor referred
rs sylvester Healy, who has the col
e tract for collecting garbage fro
IN household sand delivering it TO u
d. Yes" chimed in a COUNCILMAN
el Mr. Healey told me there We're 2Ol
le tons untouched. and he can't eve
turn his wagons around for the PIE
et Of garbage in the fields at the err
r. matory.'
s. In ITS ultimalum a. the Board
Ia Health. the sanitary Company one
ld Ito lrt lho city Use The Ola cremaloi
a near .hr HARLAN shiTNaius ii has bee
lc operating since the new one WI
y. burned last January.
th Question vas ra.scd as to who oWi
ld ri thc nll Cremal0ry. and the city s.
C. letter replied that 1t belonged TO 70
H. city as much G. 20 any one. Ihe Tar
ny is lWncd by the Harlan company an
10 leased 90 the city. ne continued, an
the buildings were used years ago J
s- a reduction company which former
r. held the garbage contract and viii,
gh had defaulted. Then HE Sanital
e- Company certainly has a nerve
hc ofier l0 let the city use its own plant
Us eNcllmcn q city father.
no D 81 would sak6cst that furthe pa
menis by the city TO the Santa