Approving a Contract for the Collection and Disposal of Garbage Calendar Year 1945

Home Browse Search

The contractor agrees to furnish all trucks and equipment and man -power which may be necessary for the proper, prompt and complete collection, removal and disposal of said garbage; the beds or truckbodies in which said garbage shall be collected and conveyed shall be of metal and rater -tight and shall be so constructed as to be completely covered with metal covering at all times, except during the actual depositing of garbage therein, and shall be either a bed known as the "refuse-getter" made by the Elgin Corporation, or a type similar thereto and must be approved by the Board of Public "corks and Safety of said City. Said trucks and bodies and all equipment used in the collection of garbage shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected daily and kept as free from objectionable odors as possible considering the use to which they are put. the city, through its authorized agents, shall at all times have the right to inspect all equipment used by the contractor in the collection of garbage and the contractor shall be required to perform any reasonable acts reggaired by said agents or employees to ; °ake said equipment sanitary and efficient in the perfor;nance of the contractor's duties under this contract. The contractor shall keep the place r:here he disposes of said garbage outside of said city limits in as neat and sanitary condition as possible, considering the use to which said premises are put, and the city and its authorized agents and employees shall have free access to such property for inspection purposes at all reasonable hours and shall have the ri,;ht to require the contractor to perform any reasonable acts to make said pre:;Lises as sanitary as possible and to remove from them any objectionable or unsanitary condition vrnich might, in any way, impair the health of the surrounding co :,Imunity or interfere with the comfortable enjoyment and use of the surrounding property. For the purpose of collecting garbage, as herein provided, the contractor shall divide the city into six (6) districts and shall collect all of the garbage from each district on the sane day of each reek during the year. For example: All of the garbage from District No. 1 shall be collected on i.`onday of each week during the year 1945. each district shall be divided into routes, so that as nearly as may be possible each route will be covered at -2-