Evening journal., 1920-08-05
SANITARY CO.
DEFIES CITY
If Insurance Money is Coun-
ellis, Why Don't They Get
1t, Ellison Asks
COMPANY WOULD
DODGE CONTRACT

An open challenge 10 the city to re-
cover, by legal means, the $4,000 in
surance money paid to the Whining
ton Sanitary Company FOR the damage
done by fire last January TO the mii-
nicipal garbage orematOry Is made by
Colonel j. Austin Ellison, an Official
or ple sanitary concern.
III The Board OF Health or any of
lis members believe 10 Is possible Ia
get The Insurance on the crematory
or believe they are Justly entitled Ia
10, why don't they attempt to get ID
ana stop talking about it?' asked
Colonel Ellison last night. lie added
mat the city has nothing whatso-
ever to do with the Insurance money
inasmuch as II did not carry any in
surance on the buildings or machln-
The ground. Colonel Ellison said
belonged TO the city, as did likewise
one building, the main one. Other
than that the city did not own any
part OF The plant. The machinery
ana other buildings were the prop
erty or the sanitary company.
we had TO take out the insur-
snce' ne said, TO protect ourselves.
y. Wy Nbulu HOi 40 lt.
When asked what the sanitary
company was going 10 do and what
ne was going TO do personally he
replied. Nothing. We offered he
best plan for the disposal OF the gar
bage. that Is, feeding II 10 pigs ID
Is used by several OF the largest
oities in The United States. They
nearly laughed in our faces. The
whole Thing evolves around an in
cident when we were asked 10 take
the contract when one company fail
ed.
The garbage was old, smelled and
by the process which we used, which
explained 10 the Board OF Health.
an odor could not be prevented. II
could not be helped and they knew
u at The time. ! am done with 10 al
together We don't want the con-
tract We offered 70 10 them and
they wouldn't take 70. 7 believe they
Will find rho COSTS VIII be something
around $4,000 instead Of what they
are paying now.
AS far as the profits on The whole
business Is concerned" Colonel FL
ls0n continued, "we are not making
3ny What advantage would 10 be for
us 10 build a cremaiory outside OF
tllt NltN AT fNnA VI perhaps FANNfNW
Why doesn't the city do ihat2 We
will be glad 10 operate II for the
I don't know OF a city
anywhere which has its crcmatory in
the heart Of the business section or
even within its limits. At least, no
city OF any consequence has.
I'VE put the plant In repair for
the city" Colonel Ellison declared.
1--WE have a contract with The city
which expires June 20, 1924. l Can
not see any reason why the Board OF
Health should get excited as 10
whether the clause In our contract.
which requires us TO return the
building In its former shape, viii be
complied with As this property can
not be used except by ourselves until
the expiration OF our contract, there
Is every reason 10 believe the plant
Will be returned as required Prices
for building may be cheaper at that
time than they are now, and IL may
be advisable for us 20 walt before
turning 1t back and thereby save
money"
In speaking Of the letters which
Or. Handy declared had not been
answered, Colonel Ellison said: 'Our
personal business was absolutely
none Of their business. There was
no reason 30 answer the letters"
He further said, In speaking OF the
matter las a whole" the sanitary com.
pany had refralned up 20 this time
from saying anything regarding IL
They now believed 10 was time fol
them TO SAY something" believing
they had been "unduly prosecuted. !
We have nothing 30 cover up" n,
said, "and are trying our best 90 live
up TO a very undesirable contract
not only from a financial standpoint
but from constant antagonism on The
part of some city officials"
Colonel Ellison Is still OF the opin.
ion some place should be eslablishe,
about five or six miles outside OF the
city. He said he had been anllatec
with the government In dlsposlng ID
garbage IN the cantonments OF the
United States army, and therefore be
lieved he was better qualified tC
spak about the matter than certain
city officials" who knew nothine
about Il 4"