Evening journal., 1920-06-10
WOULD BLOW
UP CREMATORY
TO END ODORS
conlInued dom FIrstI parr.

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short session OF the comAdlteo orathe
whole when the snoulharlng nre
broke out. For ar hour denmciation
rtgod.
Ellis Preston. city building dnspcc-
for had Qucricd whether he had. ava
! thorliy 10 order down pigeon cnops
/ nlaint has been made nr Charles NJ
4 Handy, president OF the Health BluTd
had replied that II the coops Wrro
declared a nuisance by ncighhprs and
We're found 90 be so. the board
would act
''Weil. II smells from pigeon .co,ps
are a nuisance. what about ihc odurs
from the garbage crcmatory f' as Red
Councilman. President Lyon in,me-
diAtcly answered.
~rhe cremaiory nuisance mue be
rcmodicd 40 once" he said "rht city
cinnot iolrate 10 any longer NJ an Is
q bsoluicly necessary. nm tell YOU
Gentlemen that about July 4 Mayor
faylor usually goes on his va c1tlon
N / am acting mayor then / know
] VIII certainly counicnance dynamite
tf it is used on the present plant 20
frid the city % It's Witness"
| Good, good" responded a number
or other cOurcilmcn. while several
| appeared incrcdulous.
"Thls thing lhas got 10 stop. ifsdy-
namio is needed 10 stop IT, hesrc-
paied. I'm ten the worldw
"lhe sanitary company got the in
surance on the burned plant spoke
up Albert Hay man, "a member OF The
BOARD of Health
Yes. and let's have the figures"
cried a counci Imam
Howard r. .Franiz. seer tary of The
I u D. a..
oillco on thetsccond floor of the Pub
ne Building 10 get them. While hc
was gone, 'nr. Handy voiced The
opinion that the company had no in
tcniion OF rebuilding iha burned
plant "lts my understanding that
10 was allowed the use Of the old
cromaiory only until 20 rebuilt the
burned one" he added "isnt that
corroct?-
Yes" came a,chorus OF answers.
"They ,gere given time 20 get The
ice on the machinery, said Council.
man Ahranams. who IL chairman OF
The comm ltiec on health.
Councilman Murray recalled that The
company representatives. had said u
would require three months to re-
build.
"Then they're stln taking the Ice
on the ma rhinrry. / guess" remarked
another M rmber. sarcasticaly.
Councilman. Forwood, chairman OF
the ilnancci committee. said he was In
formed The company was removing tho
incineraiirg machinery from the plant
and transi PORTING 10 90 Philadelphia
The Wilm tnglOn Sanitary Company !.
suhsidia ~ OF d. b Martin and Com
pany OF hat city.
"Weli. 10 is ready 10 throw mp IN,
contract and quit town" said DR.
Handy. NNc have been told that b,
the conn inny's. representatives"
Here a'retary Franlz returned viii
the insui anco figures and read them a
follows: Building. si7,90i; machlnerl
IS2iS19: Sock. 5000. Total. sU.s1i.
10 was explained that tho compan
had cole ricd the Si1Sli in fun froI
the insur ance company after The Ore
also that the sanitary company ha
paid the premiums on The insuranc
/ In also " ~ explained ih1i City ~llic
Tor Huxley lfa toll the insuranf
company not 10 nN The Insurance
but that one day while Mr.. huNle
was In Dover, payment had BEE
made.
Handy. '-ihat II me company quit
am the 'cl5y will get is the amount
rs bond nnd the ruined building .
"How mflch is The bond cried .
eral
"Ten M lusand dollars replietctl
doctor.
And M e company can qul'S wi
s31. 900 Gle an. ihen.' exclaimed q COu
Gilman Murray. wraihfully. .Nl
drew tho contract by which SUI
terms art imposed uron us,?'
There twas some discussion. Will
resulted lin the information that n
contract lad been made inNgil hv n
Board OF Health OF that time, al