Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
COUNCIL ASKS THAT
GARBAGE Be WRAPPED.
Not Satisfied With New Crema-
tory, But Will Give it a
Try Out.

In open meeting and in the COM
mittce of the whole. members OF CITY
Council last night struggled for nearly
three hours with the garbage disposal
question and the new incinerating
plant which has been constructed 10
replace the old crematory destroyed by
fire. The final result of the long and
sometimes heated debate was motion
adopted by Council, requesting the
residents OF the city TO wrap the
garbage at their homes and to see that
the receptacles are properly covered
tn prevent rain water getting into the
cans. H. was further decided to start
the incinerating plant on Monday
morning next for the purpose of de-
tcrmining what il will consume daily
when the garbage is wrapped. Counch
asks the cooperation of the people of
Wilmington in this matter and points
e. the sanitary and healthful results
obtained in other cities where garbage
~ wrapped for disposal. The members
believe that once the people of this
city have started 10 wrap the garbage
they will be quick TO realize its adj
vantage and that they will give their
hearty support TO the new plan.
In letter to Council the Board of
Health produced figures compiled dur
ing the recent test of the incinerator
and stated that the board does not
feel that this plant meets the require
mcnts of the contract specifications
and the needs of the city" That de-
partment's figures indicated that the
plant had not measured up To eN-
peCtations I'm the consumption of ma
terial and that the cost of destroying
the garbage was regarded as excessive.
COuncilmen. however, were free in
their criticism Of the health board for
not coming out with a fiat rccommen-
dation one way on the other regarding
the new plant and its acceptance or
rejeC ton Several of them declared
they believed the health board was
trying 10 pass the buck" 10 Council,
believing that great public howl
would b. made over the matter and
that Council would have TO shoulder
an the responsibility. They said the
health board was equally responsible
with GounCil, for the members had
approved the contract and IN fact had
urged the construction Of the plant.
Following the health boards report
Council went into a meeting Of the
committee ~ the whole, where City
Engineer. Harry l.. Maier. explained
that the new incinerator is one Of the
, host constructed buildings Of the kind
in the country He said the crack
that has developed in the building was
caused by dumping so much water
upon the furnaces with the garbage in
us wet form He said he believed
II the city garbage is wrapped the
plant will consume at least 80 tons a
day. together with Is tons of waste
additional and that this will be done in
& n say of u hours lie said the plant
will noe now burn 80 tons wet. He
said the plant is absolutely odorless.
l4e supervised its construction on be-
hair of the city.
Successful In Norfolk
Councilman McManus read a letter
he had received from Norfolk, Va,
where three such units are in opera
tion and Il showed the success of the
plants there The letter set forth
that 80 tons Of garbage have been
burned there in 10 hours. They wrap
~! garbage there and do not have to
use any fuel as a consequence. Some
al the Councilmen thought the gar
hage could be drained. but MIR MaieI
did not think this feasible Mr.. Nc
NlanuS said he favored wrapping thC
garbage because il is the most sani-
tary way and he felt sure if the people
81 this city once started to do it they
would never return TO the present
system.
Councilman McNabb said il is the
most obnoxious method ever adopted
20 wrap the garbage and he had many
objections from the people of the city
against the proposed method. Council.
man Murray said he had complaints
too. but when he explained what wrap
ping meant, those TO whom he spoke
appeared satisfied 10 follow the prac-
ticc
Mr.. McManus thought it best 10 ash
the citizens TO wrap the garbage and
give them a chance TO do it volun-
iarily but II they fail then Council car
pass an ordinance compelling the
wrapping Of the garbage. He mad,
some references 10 the failure 10 col
ioct the garbage as often as should b,
done under the contract the city ha.
with the collector and Councilman
Henry said he has lived in I'll.
Eleventh Ward fourteen years and h,
has never yet seen a garbage collects
about his home.
M. McManus said they will guar
arifee TO the people of this city tina
the garbage will be collected accord
ing 20 contract; that is three times
week. with one day intervening be
tween each day. up TO October. an
twice a week thereafter during tn
winter months. He said he felt sur
the new plant will burn all the garbag
collected il il is wrapped and if it
found the plant is too small then tn
city can provide for another unit.
Mayor Seeks Information.
Mayor Harvey who at the meetin
asked if the plant would take care Q
all the garbage collected in the cit
II il were wrapped and he was told
would. He declared the garbage ques
ton is one of the most vexatious an,
city has TO contend with and he toll
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