The New York herald., 1921-10-19

for these preliminary plans and specifi-
cations was adopted by the board.
This was the plan: 1t was proposed
to load garbage disposal plant on
ship and sail with 1t around the harbor,
taking on garbage at the various dumps
and reducing it as the vessel steamed
from dump to dump. For example, the
good ship Garbage would call. say. at
the dump at 130th street and the Hud-
son River. There an odoriferous load
would be taken on and the ship would
sail majestically down the Hudson.
adding variety to the fumes waited
from the shores Of Jersey.
"At Seventy-ninth street and River
side Drive another load would be taken
on. The ship would then proceed. by
easy stages, down to the Battery and
up the East River until the air Of the
whole Island OF Manhattan had been
impregnated with its garbage odors.
Then The Bronx turn would come. There
were no limits to the sailings of these
Argonauts OF the garbage can. Flush
ing and Flatbush, Bay Ridge and st.
George. Tottenville and the Roclaways---
all were to get their turn at the gar
bage smell. Even the Staten Island ferry
boats were not immune. for the plan
provided for enough garbage boats to
give a convoy to every ferryboat that
left the Battery.
Staten Island was to be 'stung' again,
only this time the nuisance was to come
over with water instead of over land.
The only merit in the plan was that 1t
played absolutely no favorites. Every
borough was to get its daily whiff of
garbage. Every citizen was guaranteed
free smell. Could anything be more
delightful?
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had been consumed by the Board Of
Estimates serious consideration of this
proposition. the matter came before the
Finance and Budget Committee. after
had become member Of the board. l
challenged 1t at once and pointed out
Its utter absurdity. Mr.. Hylan finally
agreed with me, and, even though his
Board Of Estimate had appropriated
$4,000, he decided that he could not
go through with 1t.
Finally Forced to Act.
"In the meanwhile the people of
the city were getting madder and mad
der about the way their garbage was
being left around. and so great was
the clamor, Mr.. Hylan did what ne
should have done in the beginning. He
appointed a committee in July, 1920,
two and a half years after Mr.. Hylan
took office. Since then the committee
has made an exhaustive report, including
number Of recommendations, that the
Board Of Estimate has adopted as the
"city's policy OF garbage disposal" And
that Is where we are to-day. when Mayor
Hylan is going before the voters Of
New York asking that they reflect him.
We have policy typewriter re-
port. That is all. Contractors tugs
are still towing garbage scows out to
sea at so much per scow. ] ask Mayor
Hylan, does he consider a towing con-
tract of greater Importance than maxi
ing good on campaign?
II am going to be fair about this thing
as I am about every think else I shall
discuss in this campaign. The garbage
committee eventually gave the city re-
lief from the present extravagant hap
hazard method of getting rid of our
waste There are good men on that
committee. They were here long before
Mr.. Hylan became Mayor, and they will
be here long after he Is gone. They are
the regulars of the city service and
they get results when they have proper
leadership.
Some day New York city will have
to adopt up to date methods of garbage
disposal. This must be done without
polluting the air. No borough should be
asked to dispose Of another borough's
garbage. / am dead against that. But
with that promise. something has got to
he done. Mr.. Hylan has done nothing.
He has broken his word once again and
there we have an end Of the whole
matter.
IT want to take up one more pledge
made by Candidate Hylan and deal with
It briefly before I close tonight. In
the same paper four years ago he said
My fight is to construct publicly owned
wholesale terminal markets. storehouses
and refrigerating plants to help reduce
the cost Of living
after Mr.. Hylan became Mayor his
Commissioner of Markets. DR.. Day. in
terested himself for a while trying to
draw up some plans for terminal mar