Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-23
CITY OFFICIALS SEE
N. J. INC|NERATORS
Impressed by Garbage Disposal
Methods in Trenton; New
Brunswick Not So Modern.

Much fatigued after day of stren-
uvus activity and covered with the
dust from the highways of three states
Mayor Leroy Harvey. members of
City Council and OF the Board of
Health arrived in Wilmington last
night about $40 o'clock after a day
spent in visiting Trenton and New
Brunswick, n. j.. where they had
gone to investigate the methods in
vogue in those cities for the collec-
ton and disposal of city garbage. They
obtained fund OF information and re-
turned home feeling that the trip had
been a very profitable one.
The officials left this city yesterday
morning at Z o'clock in automobiles.
Due TO the thick fog which obscured
the roads during the early morning
hours they were unable TO make very
good time and it was about 10 o'clock
before they reached Trenton. There
they met ]. II. Gregory, the sanitary
engineer who has been engaged to
make an investigation of conditions
here and recommendations as to what
this city should do. He accompanied
the party throughout the day and last
night returned TO Baltimore.
The delegation proceeded TO the city
hall where they met Mayor Frederick
w ponnelly He chided the Officials
because they had not notiefid him of
their visit and because he had done
nothing in the way of preparations to
receive them. Had he known they
were to visit Trenton he assured them
he would have seen TO il that they
were properly received and entertain
ec during their stay there. He was
busy with a number of engagements
Yesterday and could not accompany
chem.
Mayor Donnelly gave them a brief
hut interesting talk on Trenton af-
fairs. He showed the local officials
where Trenton pays $3.50 per Sloo
of assessment for city purposes and
they now have on hand campaign fo'
municipal improvements that will
cost 1000. 900 or more, this money to
be expended for new schools and
similar improvements. Should this
campaign be carried through the may
or said IL will necessitate an increase
In the ASSESSED valuation of real es-
tate in Trenton of at least S5o,oo0,000
Harry Kemler. secretary to George
&. LaBarr, director Of public safety
who was away, acted as escort fol
the party from Wilmington. Aftel
lunch at the Stacey Trent hotel which
has just been completed and openet
the visitors were taken to the TrentoI
incinerating plant. This they founs
within six city blocks of the hear
~.
walk OF the new ss,5oo. 900 hotel which
has just been thrown open to th'
public. But there is absolutely n'
odor from the plant.
Ii is an incinerator but of a diff
ferent type from the one in servic
here. The plant has a capacity of 8
! tons of city run garbage every 2
hours and is operated day and night
Gas coal is used for fuel in addition
TO the paper and refuse and the rat
of coal consumption is 1t of tor
for every ton of garbage. The cit,
IS now planning to build a second uni
80 the incinerating process can b
carried on during the day time and I
eliminate the night work, the official
there believing all garbage should b
consumed the day it is collected fo
sanitary and health reasons.
The city does its own collecting an
the garbage is wrapped and tied u
with string. IT is placed on the cur
and the collections are made thre
times a week. The hotels and res
taurants do not have to wrap tn
garbage but they have to deliver
to the incinerator themselves becaus
II is not wrapped. The officials fror
this city were somewhat at a loss I
understand how Trenton with its 125