The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-26
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GIIK[ 4 !.
fiscal! YEAR.
Irseport Shows "a, 435,4 400
Pound: sofs Garbage Hand
led Tasty Year

Eslf&S0BLS1neSClLyES 1U,S Io.SG " olS-
ppse fits garbage during the fis-
cal ysaT3justs ended, and only So
4zWas collected from subscrib-
GERS: who pay the city rs cents
their garbage collect
led This leaves asdeficit of $4,915.50
EtosbeamadesupSf from taxation.
$Ehe@disposa1o of garbage has al
sWayss&beena al problem for the city
and I'M the past has proved to be
anSexpensfyeSftem in the city bud
get During the past year, the col
iactionso garbage'was about Go
per cent self supporting. and the
than in any pre-
yfoIsSyear,Sdespit the fact that al
most twice the amount of garbage
asSbeen handle led
Some4ide gof the amount OF gar
$bageNWhichsth the city must dispose OF
thescourseSofSa agar is shown in
fheN nnnua1srep su omitted by
John AIenifield ), sup erintendent at
fheFcityscremator to Mayor W. w.
*Eonaway Mr.: Merrifield keeps a
record ofleyeryswagony1 load or truck
load garbage that is taken TO
the crematorya and at the end of
eachEWeekS he sends azreport to the
Eofdce4of Mayor Conaway. under
Whpsegdepartmentth he collection OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~.
Garbage collected.
puTings the asst year exactly 81
of garbage We're
dnmpedgatS he, city crematory To
hHSn1ore8exact,ge every time that the
minute hand sofE John Merrifield's
clock travels eightsminutes a truck
loadA; garbage weighing 1,40o
pounds is dumped at the city Gre
matory is fleSduty of Mr.. Mer-
sriHeld ,sEsuperintendent at the Gre
$nsatorysSto Sseeg that this garbage is
EpFopsrly disposed Of and it does
not takeamor than minutes re-
ctfon&tossee that Mr.. Merrifield
it'll e time to- loaf on his job
The dispo sition OF three pounds of
garbage; every second in the day
rhat ssthe amount of garbage be-
ing handled Sinathe city is rapidly
increasing is best Indicated by the
number loads that were hauled to
thsscEematoryiin June 1921. as com
sparsd%tos the same month the year
ptsYions.s In June ,a192O. less than
~ s000 sslOads sof garbage were taken
heHcTemat0ry.whi lin June,
s1a21%aStota1sofs1,9 $40 loads We're dis
pnIysa very small portion OF the
Egarbagesis taken to the crema tory
the8city garbage trucks. most of
being hauled to the crematoryi
the public.
Disposal.
persons are Informed as to
ssthemannerSin which Fairmont.s
&gaEbages disposed of. Some are
$of the opinion that sto handle this
grsatsgamountfs Of refuge the city
generates sa first class incinerator.
not the case.Lnstead of
dump ing the garbage into an in
zcinerator,at the entire amount of gar
dumped into large RAJ
might match is set to
the%garbage,a and as much OF it is
SburnedSas possible. Only the dead
iRcineIatorstoS be burned
IA tSfeWsye sagofa movem ent was
Sstartsdst to provide the city with a +!
class incinerator. and there
some agitation for the saving
and proftable sale of tin cans
w 1ehSsWereT taken to the crema-
tory For&some reason the aeita- |
t1onS1naeachs casewas discontinued.
andthe8 city is today disposing of |
s1tsggarbage as it has been disposing
OFT for several years, namely. |.
raV1ne at the
scEsMatory
Collections.
ssThesmethods used by the city To-;
garbage for private fam !:
cents a week have been /
spEoyang entirely satisfactory to pa.
irons irons and is helping to defray the
sexpensegwhich the city would 9th. i
wiseSbea compelled to meet.
amount charged each sub |
Just bout what it costs |
to operate the trucks. and
IslfEl sshoped that a great many other}
q lbscr1beEs may be secured so that
Inc Inesgcht1arge TO each family can be-
educed.
collect garbage the city uses
stsy true Ks, and collections ar |,
Slnads each subscribers home
once SWeek ,orS oftener if desired |