Evening journal., 1921-08-11
INCINERATOR
MAY BE PAID
FOR TONIGHT
Continued From First Pags-

celNe HldJorlty vote, Whlcn rs all
that is required.
The right of council to disregard
the Board of Health report and pay
the bill, according to an opinion
given by City Solicitor Satterthwaite,
is unquestioned, and members of
council today seem inclined to pay
the bill and thus stop any further
interest charges to the city.
One member of Council, who pre-
ferred that his name not be used
prior to the action Of Council to-
night, said this morning:
''The contract with the Nye peo-
pie was properly signed after being
carefully read and approved by the
Mayor, City Council, City Solicitor
and the Board of Health. II there
is flaw in the contract it Is too late
to change it.
"The contract specifies that the
plant shall burn certain quantity
of garbage refuse and dead ami
mails There is nothing in the con
tract to specify what proportion of
the stipulated amount Shall be gar
bage.
IF only one ton Of garbage rs
placed in the incinerator a day and
the balance of the stipulated ton
mage shall consist Of two dead ami
mails and refuse, the terms of the
contract have been complied with II
the plant shall consume it within
"a hours and no one disputes that il
will
1T Is not a question OF whether We
are getting all that we expected, but
solely one of whether or not the
plant has met the terms of the con-
! tract, and it now appears that it has
ITO refuse to accept the plant sim
} ply because we expected something
/. more than VIC are apparently getting
: would mean that the Nye people
would bring suit for their money.
and get il. Wilmington would have
to pay the bill and costs Of the court
action.
} Just what Council will decide
upon tonight can not be predicted in
} advance of that meeting. but a prop
osition will be made that 1 think will
not only meet with the approval Of
! the public, but will go a long way
toward solving the present difficulty.
I'VE have the plant and I believa
it is a good one It is now up TO City
{ Council and the people of this city D..
to so cooperate that the incineratins
plant will handle the garbage satis-
: factorily and I believe they will" .
! Council will not ask the public to
wrap the garbage. as suggested last
/ Thursday night but probably will 1.
suggest that all garbage be drained.
The general sentiment expressed
at the Public Building this morning
/ was that the action taken by City So
licitor Satterthwaite in rejecting the
, incinerating plant was due to a mis-.
understanding.
4 Those in attendance upon the con-
= ference held in the Mayors office.
who will talk say that the action
9 was not authorized
e City Councilman ]. Edward Nc
Z Nabb held a conference with Mayor
Harvey this morning. Both have
expressed themselves as favoring the
: rejection of the plant.
|. Mayor Harvey this morning de-
clined to make any statement on the
garbage situation.
. Mr.. McNabb this morning freely
3 discussed the situation. reiterated
his statement that he approved the
stand taken by the Mayor and the
Board of Health and declared that
he will not vote for the payment
OF the Nye bill until the Board OF
, Health reports that the plant is sat-
, isfactory to them.
Il shall not secure the injunction
to prevent the city paying the bill"
q said Mr.. McNabb, "but II an at
tempt is made to pay it the injunc-
! ton will be asked for"
CITY Councilman McManus said at
noon that an amendment to the
: garbage ordinance has been drawn
up and will be presented to Council
tonight. The amendment will speci-
fy that all garbage shall be drained
' but not wrapped. The change will
] also permit the mixing with gar
bage, paper or other infammable
materials.
A special meeting Of the Board OF
! Health has been called for this af-
. ternoon for the purpose Of formulat-
ing a detailed report on the opera
tions of the incinerating plant and
suggestions as to its meeting the re-
= quirements of the city.
e The Board of Health has kept
health officers on the job both day
5 and night since the plant was again
b, kput in operation this week, and
5 their report will probably contain a
- statement of the amount OF garbage
Y actually burned, the coal necessarily
. consumed, and the odor from the
"odorless plant"
s Dr. Handy received a report from
r health officers this morning that
@ there is a noticeable odor from the
}, plant. Regarding this feature, he
5 stated that while there is an odor
no one has as yet reported to the
q Board of Health that it is an objec-
- tionable odor.
;, IF we shut down all plants,s safd
4 DR.. Handy simply because of odors,
r. we would have to close many OF our
J, manufacturing plants. There is an
odor from passing trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. but we do not
think Of stopping trains on that &C
count, and unless there is an objec-,
tionable odor from the plant, this
= feature should not be considered.
1--WE shall make our report to City.
Council tonight, and they may do
i1 as they see fit as to accepting or 70
n jecting the plant"
d The operation Of the plant this
z week has not proved entirely satis-
: factory to the Nye people or Coun-i