Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-12
COUNCIL DECIDES. BY
VOTE OF 10 TO 5, TO
PAY FOR CREMAT0RY
Though Board of Health Says
il Doesn't Measure Up to
Expectations.
BITTER FIGHT OVER BILL

city Council at it's meeting last
night by a vote OF 10 20 ), authorized
payment of the Nye Odorless Gre
matory Co.'S bill. amounting 10 s4o,-
nOa. which is the company's claim in
fun for the construction Of the new
incinerating plant at the foot of Mad
iSon rreet. In addition there is a
sum OF nearly $500 in accrued inter-
est. which has been piling up at the
rate Of per cent since June %, the
date on which the plant was reported
completed and when the bill should
have been raid. according TO the terms
of the contract.
The new incinerating plant viii be
the property Of the city as soon as the
money is paid and under the provis-
ions OF an act of the Legislature the
Board OF Health is given full control
over IL for the purpose of operating
and maintaining the plant.
Plant VIII be Operated.
DIR. c. NJ Handy. president of the
Board Of Health. this morning took
exception to statements in the City
Council meeting last night TO the ef-
feet that all the garbage burned in
He stated that OH the first test all
the garbage was weighed, but not the
rubbish. He emphasized his assertion
that the garbage has all been weighed
on ALI the tests made. On the second
test he said he gave specific instruc-
tons 20 the superintendent in charge
of the plant TO carefully weigh every
thing .bHrped in the incinerator- On
Tuesday last two or three loads OF rub
hssh were put in that were not weigh
cd but DIR. Handy said this morning
he did not know this had not been
weighed until last night. when he
learned OF this fact for the first time
The explanation given him, he said.
hy the Superintendent, was that he
was not at the plant when the rub
bish was delivered, so he and the
Nye representa- Tive estimated its
weight. This, he explained, was con-
trary 10 his instructions.
DR. Handy announced that the new
incinerating plant viii be operated be-
ginning next Monday morning. The
Street and Sewer Department does
not collect rubbish or ashes on Friday
or Saturday and consequently there
could be no delivery of waste at the
plant on these two days, In the future
he said they viii try TO have enough
waste material at the plant 10 last over
these two days. He said they viii
burn all the garbage they can at the
plant and viii dump what they cannot
burn into the hole now being used
President FELTON, of the Nye Co. this
morning received from the city duly
a. .F.-N
amount OF his bill. He Immediately
took il to local bank.
Decision to pay the Nye Co.'S bill
was not reached until after one OF the
longest and most bitter fights wit
messed in the floor Of Council for
many years. Scenes in the room were
exciting at times and the hattie was
waged in the presence of more
than 100 interested citizens, who had
gathered in anticipation of witness
ing something of the kind when the
garbage question and payment of the
bill came up. During the hot debate
the members several times got close
10. the short and llgly'' word in their
determinations and on two different
occasions officials 5of the Board of
Health were openly accused by Coun- !
cilmen of not having played fair in /
their dealings with Council with re-
gard to the incinerator.
A. c. FELTON, Jr.. president of the /
Nye Company of Macon, Ga, was in /
the room during ali the debate and
after the meeting he explained that I
his company does not intend 10 lose +
interest in the new plant here, for he /
claims it is one of the best they have 1
ever built and they intend to use il as I
al advertisement for their business. /
Regarding the tests made at the plant |
on "Wednesday ano yesterday. ne said /
the health boards report, in his /
opinion, was unfair.
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