Evening journal., 1921-09-23
GARBAGE in
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one member of the party. why
everything was as fine and clean as il
garbage was the last thing to be
thought Of"
After the truck load had been
dumped. It was noticed that the in
terror OF the vehicle itself was as
dry as the most ardent prohibition
ist could ask. Trenton's house,
wives simply drain any garbage they
may have. wrap It in paper, and tie
it with a bit of string. Then on
specified days they lay the packages
on the curbing, where they are col
lected
Even the most ardent opponent
to wrapping garbage was convinced
Of the effectiveness OF the metbod
by what they saw yesterday. said a
third member of the party. 1t should
be mentioned, incidentally, that
those who made the trip do not dare
to discuss its results publicly before
formal report is presented to City
Council. "The load OF garbage
which we saw unloaded we were told
came from one OF the poorer dis
tricts of the city" continued this
member. From the standpoint Of
sanitation and udiness It was an eye
opener. Then there was no smells,
such as have choked Wilmington
ians from time to time and caused
bitter denunciation of the authori-
ties.
While motoring through Trenton.
the party had an opportunity also to
see how the housewives placed the
garbage at the curb. II was "collec-
tion day in one section. All along.
at the edge of the sidewalk. were
piled neat packages. These were
gathered up and tossed into a mo-
tortruck by collectors with rapidity
that was astonishing. There was no
spilling Of offal nor any Of the stencil
which so often emanates from gar
bage carts in this city.
Directly as a result of what the
members of the Board of Health
and Council, who made the trip saw,
it is probable an ordinance to wrap
garbage will be introduced in Coun-
ell and passed. Those who were in
the party were: Mayor Harvey.
President Of Council Ward, Council
men McManus. Evans. Henry, Vim
cent, Murray, Abrahams. johnson,
Faulkner and McNabb; Leon Ryan.
of the Health Board. and Howard
r. Frantz, secretary of the board.
While in Trenton the party called
ou Mayor Frederick w. Donnelly.
who gave some interesting figures
concerning Trenton's municipal af-
fairs. He explained that Trenton has
tax rate OF $500 on 500 valua-
tion for city purposes alone; that
the city is entering upon a program
of large municipal improvements
approximating $4,000. 900. to be ex-
pended on schools. etc. This will
necessitate increasing the realty as
sessment at least s50.000.OO0
At the Trenton inclnerating plant,
the Wilmington delegation found
that Il was operating day and night
and was disposing OF so tons of gar
bage daily. This amount, It was said
was the peak" of the collections In
city of l25.oOO. compared to sc
tons capacity for Wilmington's in.
einerator and population Of no.
Oo0.
The Wilmington party also was
informed that the Trenton authori.
ties contemplate increasing capacity
of their garbage incinerating equip.
ment by building a new incineratoI
for the purpose of doing away with
night work. feeling that all garbag,
should be disposed of during th'
day on which Il is collected. Thil
plan is believed to make their gar
bage disposal more sanitary. A. th'
present time the Trenton plant il
operating "a hours a day in tw'
shifts of FIVE men each.
The method OF wrapping gar
bage has been in practic
! in Trenton for eight years. At tina
time. Mayor Donnelly explained
: there was a biz protest from tn
citizens. The system had only bee
! in operation two or three days,
! was explained. however, before tn
3 advantage OF the method was recog
! nized and received universal ap
i proval. Collections are made thre
. times a week.
I'VE merely announced that o
: such and such a day everybod
would have 10 wrap their garbage.
the mayor explained, "and that W
: would refuse to accept any package
e where the garbage was exposed.
: Police were instructed to notify gar
r. bage owners when there were in
r fractions OF the order, and war
?. them they would be prosecuted ur
5 less they complied with the city
u orders. Trenton is now very we
II satisfied with the innovation.
No Disagreeable Odors.
n The Trenton incinerator n on
o six city blocks from the bushes
y center Of the city, within ten mir
: utes' walk from the Stacy-Trei
= Hotel, the State House and the Gil
Hall, yet the city never has al
, complaints of disagreeable odors.
/ The city uses an average of on
,r seventh OF a ton of gas coal 10
} con Of garbage, about 245 tons
s. coal being consumed each year Wi
y mington is using six tons a day
: its plant. The Trenton plant W,
d not made by the Nye Incinerat,
Company. but the method OF incl
H. Grafton is similar.
v The members Of the party we
10 not so well-impressed with the W,
p they do things in New Brunswic
In There, with a population OF $500
people, the tax rate Is sass for ci
n and county purposes There, ais
III the garbage Is wrapped, but collie
m tions are only made twice a wee
ed No commercial fuel is used. The CO
at sumption Of garbage is shout
We tons a day. The plant only requir
OF one shift OF two men, working Gig
vi hours a day. Tho plant was bu