Show PARLEY ARLEY P CALLED TO STUDY DATA ON CITY'S DITTO DUMP Report on Survey to toBe toBe toBe Be Prepared for Commission John B. B Matheson commissioner of city streets and public improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments Monday invited Chief City Sanitarian Ariel C. C Miller and City Health Commissioner T T. J. J Howells to a conference at p. p m. m Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- to begin the study of data on municipal dump conditions gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered in a day 30 survey by official inspectors The meeting will mark the start of preparation of a report to the city commission which authorized the survey early in March after complaints had been received that the dump was malodorous an eyesore eyesore eyesore eye eye- sore and perhaps unsanitary To ro 0 Show how Volume Accountants were expected to complete a down break Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day of Jf the inspectors' inspectors daily reports showing volume volume- and nature of refuse hauled to the dump and its various methods of disposal there Dec Decaying ying matter is buried at present present present pres pres- ent under loads of trash from building building building build build- ing operations and inflammable material is burned nightly Protestants against the system urge either an n incinerator or steam shovel burial Commissioner Matheson said L. L A. A Putnam head of the Associated Scavenger company which leases the dumo dumn from the for salvage rights h had beer been g granted nt d- d a request to appear at the confer confer- ence Mr Jr Putnam said he would drop in into inJo to see what is going to be done At present he added the company is losing money on the lease Wouldn't Bother Him It wouldn't bother me a bit if the he city terminated it he declared We think we have the right to charge licensed scavengers outside the he association for the privilege of dumping but none has ever paid us and what salable junk remains after they have delivered their loads oads is hardly sufficient to pay the two caretakers on duty at the dump But if the city does terminate the he lease in making any improvements improvements improve- improve ments that may be decided we hope lope we will be reimbursed for our losses during the time we have operated operated op op- op- op crated there The dump covers 80 O 0 acres in an angle formed roughly by Fifth South and Twenty-first Twenty West streets Commissioner Matheson ventured no prediction pred as to the time re required required required re- re in preparing a report and nd conclusions from the survey data and thus he said could not name even an en approximate date when the summary can be placed before the city commission |