Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-12
QUESTION RAISED
AS TO THE GARBAGE
COLLECTORS WORK
Whether He is Complying With
Requirement For Frequent
Collections.
MOVE TO EXCLUDE LIQUID

city Council by the unanimous vote
OF all the members present at last
nights meeting, adopted a motion Of
fered by MIR. McManus. directing Clerk
/ simmons to communicate with the
/ Board of Health and request that
| body TO furnish the Council with a
written statement on or before the
/ irrst Thursday of each month as 10
| whether the garbage is being collect
ed according to contract. This was
| put through without discussion or de-
bate, but the intent is understood to
be to put the Board Of Health on
record before the City Council as to
whether the garbage collections are
being made properly. In this same
connection II was intimated there
may be further developments. the
exact character of which were not
revealed.
Council gave two readings TO an
ordinance amending an ordinance en-
titled an ordinance to provide for the
collection and removal OF garbage
which was approved April 2e. 1906.
This amendment reads as follows:
Section l. That section be amend
cd by striking out all of section and
inserting III iiSu tHSfeti iNe ttHHNiuE
new section.
The word garbage shall include all
dry kitchen and table waste of an ami
NAL or vegetable nature, offal. vege-
tables. fruits, meats, fish, bones, fat.
carrion. market refuse, dead cats and
dogs and all dry decayed material
both animal and vegetable,
"All ordinances inconsistent with
this amendment are repealed"
The proposed amendment was re-
ferred to the law comnattee. Its
purpose. as explained by the Council
men is to eliminate all water from
the garbage II does not require
that garbage shall be wrapped in pa
per.
Collection of Garbage.
In connection with the requested
report from she Health Board, not
only the Councilmen, but many citi-
zens in general have expressed inter
est in the contract the city has for
the collection of garbage. The con-
tractor at present is sylvester Healy.
The contract between him and the
city was signed May %, 1921. on be-
half Of Wilmington, Mayor William
@. Taylor. then chief executive at
tached his signature and the contract
is approved by John W. Huxley, then
city solicitor. and il Is aftested by
Homer c. Simmons, clerk of City
Council. Mr.. Healy attached his sig
nature for himself. The contract
does not show the name of any official
of the Board of Health, which, how
ever, is not necessary. as all contracts
are made between the mayor and
Council and the contractor. This con-
tract was awarded by the Health
Board. however. Mr. Healy's bid was
far below all others, it was said to-
day. The Health Board is a Republi-
can body. while MIR. Heaiy is affiliated
with the Democratic party.
The present contract became effec-
tive June I, 1921, and continues for
period of three years or up TO and in
cluding May 81, 1924. Mr.. Healy is
bonded in the sum of sec, 900 with the
New Amsterdam Casualty Co. of New
York for the faithful performance of
his contract. The total price at which
the contract was awarded him is sl46,-
$40 for the three-year period.
Must Collect Thrice Week.
Section IL of the contract specifies
that from June to October Is in each
year ali garbage shall be collected at
east three times a week and from Oc-I
tcber is 10 June collections shall be
made at least twice week. During the
period when collections are made
three times a week such collections
shall be made on alternate week days
and during the period in which collec-I
tions are made but twice a week at
least two days must intervene between
All garbage collected from proper
LES along Market street shall be col
lected before 10 O'Clock in the morning
The contract specifies that the col
lector must have closed carts Of metal
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