Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-10
DECLARE GARBAGE DUMP
MENACES C|TY'S HEALTH
Overrun by Rats and Dogs and
Decomposition Rapid
Under Hot Sun.

With thousands o, big rats oy-e-
running il. hundreds az dogs clar,ng
their way through it and the not
rays Of the sun causing rand de-
composition the garbage dump AZ the
FOOT OF Liberty street Se said 10 have
become a potential possibility Cor the
spread Of serious disease II not an
epidemic and the residents Of all the
southern and south western ss-rt,on
o: the city, especially those living in
the Eleventh ward. ara up in arms
because the city authorities have Gre
ated this situation and are apparently
doing nothing 20 relieve conditions.
With the advent OF the warm
weather decomposition and fer-nen.
= t1on has set IL and as a consequence
The stencil from the garbage pile IS
said 10 be sickenlnC and nauseatlng
and x IS 80 strong tha: IL can he de-
lected 4 mile from the site. In fact q
man reported today that while coming
along the causeway this morning the
odor was almost enough TO knock
you down" FOR it was carried along by
a wind from the west.
John Henry. ~ Councilman from
the Eleventh ward sta, led this morn r.
Ing that ne has been deluged with
complaints abou; the place and be IS
going 70 bring me matter before the
Council Thursday night N an en-
cCavor 10 have something done 20
eliminate the pes. hole Ofri als on the
board OF Health when spoken 10 about
the situation today refused 20 have
any comment 20 make about the sub
, Ject. DIR. & " Handy. Vhe president
/ or the board. stated several days ago
the accumulated garbage would be
( burned when the ,ncinerating plants
are IN commission but tho question
now arises as 20 how this mountain
q Stop Is going 20 be disposed of when
the inctnerating plants vii! have all
I they can 90 70 take care OF the reg+I
lar collections.
Mr.. Henry said II Is not fair 10 the
people living IN that part Of town 70
pile UP a mountain OF garbage right
al their front doors He thinks the
health board should send men there
and dig trenches and bury the garbs g
or else if il has 20 be piled up II
should be covered with a liberal coat
ing Of quick lime He said the thou
I
packages and stirred up the mess and
this condition has been made worse
by the droves Of dogs that runmagt
through the pile for food.
The stencil from the garbage pile ID
said 10 be something awful through
the Eleventh ward. The people Their,
are afraid serious illness will result
and they also claim somekind Of AT
: epidemic might result from this ex
. posture Of the refuse gathered from
, all parts Of the city, il was not 8,
2 bad while the weather was cool bu
. now that the pile has been PRACTICAL,
laid open by the rats and dogs an,
the hot rays OF the sun are causinJ
rapid decomposition IL is said thu
Odors emanating from IL are almos
unbearable and that they caus
. nausea to all those who detect them
J 1t was stated at the health board
Offices this morning that the Nye in
, GENERATING plant, which has been on
OF service for weeks, will be in com
mission the latter part of this week
A missing casting necessary to max
: the repairs arrived this morning. This
b however, will not make It possible {
E dispose of the garbage heap for tn
plant cannot burn more than so ton
a day il 1t can do that and the aver
age daily collections amount TO NOR
than that.
The new Davis plant cannot be. 4
, operation before May l If then so tina
! in the meantime the collections ar
3 being made and the garbage heap
= growing every day. There is no wa
I il can be burned and just what tn
b result Is going to be seems Difficult
to predict.