RUBBISH AND THE DESTRUCTOR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 5

RUBBISH AND THE DESTRUCTOR.

. Sir,—There is '. one ' item :in Inspector : Doyle's annual report in which' I-heartily ogreo, viz. : • ('That-.-if''the .-city is to havo full advantago of the destructor it shonld.be accessible- ;tof'the. householders in the way • of disposing of rubbish. After .myexpen--1 enco lean i quite,-understand .why rubbish, is deported,:. in the early 1 morning. or. late .at night, in any .vacant spot . or; right-of-way, * to, annoyance/ or the owners. One day last weekj. taking advantage of a holiday from businessj' I did a little clearing up in' my flower garden, the result. of -which ; .was a ■ barrow-load ■ or two of. garden.'rubbish.. As, I reside, in a very congested neighbourhood,. I did noti on 1 ac? count .of the risk; of . fire; apply for a permit to. "burn "in the. open, but decided to send it to the , destructor, some hundred yards away: -.That rubbish had. al long journoy, and oost ihe- something in the :'wity of cartage. Thoy rcfuaed to talfe it. at UiodeBtructor/. also at- the . Harbour Uo.vrd tip at Pipitea, and',at'Jpiri Tin Gully." Back to the Town Hall, .the carter, evontually getting a permit' from the.lnspoctor.to filially' deposit it . in Jam Till Gully. -'' As' I- our new destructor- would '■ copevwith > a •.city; iof much- larger Bize .tliaii Wellington, and-.was designed with; that .object/;I ; fail to see ..why they should-refuso to .bum rubbish iwhen .it is'-taken there;' I,think-every facility should begiven.tb- housoholders to dispose of their rubbish if-it is taken, to the destructor,'and thereby enoourago, citizon« to keep , the ckan.—l am, etc., ' RATEPAYER, v. [When .seen on the matters '* referred. to/in the letter—which 'has. been dolayed iiri' publication—Mr. W. H-. Morton, • City! Engineer, stated. that there had never ■ been, .ally regulations as to-.the refuse to be destroy<jd in the- new •: destructor or the old one: . Some people .had ail idea that,every; dp6<!ripticril of rubbish 'should ' go there,® and be< destroyed' straight away, without any.: charge. ,He iriairitaind..,'that. •! the' only -responsibility, 'devolviiig on the.councir vvaa .the- destruction of household ': refuse'; -. .-tiedestructor .was not in- ■ tended to deal with young trees. If the kind of material ;to be destroyed ' is extended to include almost all kinds of rubbish a; very much largor' stafE will be required.-]' 1 . ;■=