Evening star., 1928-03-08
LISTS THREE SITES /
FOR TRASHPLANTS
Bureau OF Efficiency Loca.
tions in City Bring Civic
Protests.

The Bureau OF Efficiency favors es-
tablishment of new garbage reduction
plant and three trash. incinerators
within the District OF Columbia. and
has recommended the following loca-
tions:
The garbage plant and one Of the in
Generators, on land to be acquired near
Ninth street and Brentwood road north
east: the second incinerator, on the Po-
tomac River in the vicinity Of the
mouth of Rock Creek, and the third In
cinerator. on the north bank of the
Anacostia River near Thirteenth and
Water streets southeast.
The recommendations of the bureau
were contained In lengthy report on
the present facilities of the City Refuse
Division. filed with the subcommittee
on health of the Senate District COM
mittee in the course of hearing yes.
terday evening.
Difference Of Opinion.
The hearing developed wide differ
onces Of opinion among the citizens
present as to whether such plants
should be placed within the city or at
remote points outside Senator Cope
land OF New York, who conducted the
hearing. promised that the subcommit-
ttt NOulu kttt GdlCiui tIloikIl III all
The viewpoints expressed before taking
action
Evan H. Tucker. president of the North
cast Washington Citizens Association
declared garbage disposal Is being salts.
factorily handled at the city's plant al
Cherry Hill. Va 80 miles from Wash.
ington and that the only urgent prob.
lem Is to provide a substitute for the ex-
isting trash plant at Mount Olivet roac
and Montello avenue, the removal ol
which long has bean advocated by resi-.
dents OF the Northeast. Mr.. Tucker fav-
ored bill to establish the trash plant
Mt Occoquan workhouSe. but the hear.
ing developed that 1t would be difficult
! to transport such bulky and infiamma
, BILE material to the workhouse
Senator Copeland questioned witness.
es as to the advisability OF establishing
| combination garbage-reduction plant
and high-tcmpcrature trash incinera.
| .or at Oxon Run. about 4 miles from thu
city. beyond Anacostia. The waste ma
| t"rial could be taken to that point BY
truck.
Plan Is Approved.
John G. Crane, superintendent OF
| The Districts present garbage reduction
plant at Cherry Hill. told Senator
Copeland that is the logical location
| He testified that In the past 10 year,
the District has paid for the plant from
| the revenue derived from the sale o
grease. and that only last year Congress,
| acquired the land on which the plant
| Is located He explained that the
| garbage collected in the city each day
| is on the railroad cars at New Jersey
avenue and K street southeast ey night
| and Is transported TO Cherry Hill al
| cost OF only IL cents per ton pei
mile He declared the Districts plant
| would compare favorably with any In
! the United States. and that in some
years II has shown an operating profit
| OF 100000
! Establishment OF the three incinera.
| tors within the District was favored BY
| the Federation OF Citizens Associations
| through David Babp and j @. Hefty
| by Or. Harrison E. Howe OF the Cathe.
dral Heights Citizens Association. and
! ny J.. c. l.. Ritter a resident OF south.
east. who presented a petition bearine
| several thousand signatures
While advocates Of the plan for three
inc!nerators within the city emphasized
| the point that modern high-temperaturs
| incinerators are not Objectionable Mr.
Tucker and DR. Percival Hall OF tho
Columbia Institution for the Deaf. tool
issue. !,
Ran on City Site.
Mr.. Tucker said people of the North.
cast would not advocate moving tht
trash plant from that section into some
other local neighborhood. but wanted
1t taken outside of the city.
Herbert Wilson OF the Manor Park
Citizens Association. said the people