National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-30
First Week.
First Week. Second Week.
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This table shows the tub has been removed III
some cases and not In others; T. .. No. 8 was not
attended to In the nrst week, aud No. was not
attended to In the second week.
An inquiry Ia then made Into the cause OF the
apparent neglect and the neglect Is remedied at
once. II complaint Is mads that o tub has not
been exchanged during the week, and the book
shows that II has been reported IS attended TO
by the scavenger, the discovery Is male that the
scavcnger has not only neglected his daty but
has made false entry 10 his report, and Is there
fore dismissed.
The garbage and ashes are removed o, often
as necessary, having In consideration the f,ct
that no early decomposition OF the garbage eau
take place on account OF the antiseptic property
u the ashes that are mixed with H..
THE SANITARY MANURE pErOr AND PROCESS.
This depot need not be In very remote POSI-
tion from tbs city, as u creates no nuisance In
cient; little room for the ONCE Is divided on;
set OF scales are placed In front OF the ofilje.
Every load OF excreta or ashes that arrives Is
weighed and LIS weight entered into book kept
for that purpose. The ashes aud garbage are
tipped from the cart on drying Moor, and when
dry are passed through ridlling michine
worked BY steam power. The sieve u long
one, aud divided In three sections. The frst
section riddles out the nc ashes; the second the
cnlers or unbnrnt coal; the third the refuse,
such as paper, shells, vegetable and anim Al gar
bage.
fne nae ash IL carried forward 10 spacious
foom. waere IL IA deposited ready for use; the
finders aud nnournt coal are kept apart anu
aud steam power. The quantity OF ciniers re-
,ultlng from the ridiling Ia greater than can be
used on the premises Tor al tue neat anu steam
power required, and Is sold 70 brickmakers for
burning bricks, and 20 other msnulactuters
using furnaces. Not ton OF coal not cord OF
Wool Is therefore needed Tor tue engines on Tue
premises.
Al salAhie refuse, su,h as irol anu glass, o..
tanned by me r,dillng, !, soli snh the Vegetaole
mi animal refuse = burnt ~ an oven, aaa the
The focal matter upon It's arrival y emptled
into trench formed by banking Of ash, COW
eren AMI mixed WIN u IVY ASH ae a,a,n St ~
/ gases. While IN tue trench tue contents are
/ treated with suphuric acld, the cnemlcal com
onation Oh when with the saiss cpnta,ned ~ tne
mass, Il Is said, VIII cause sufficient heat TO dry
| me matter In lew days without tne assistance
| o. nre' After tnis tfeatneht tne Inatter Is a.
lowed to stand three week :, stirring , and turning
| saty 70 prevent charrlng. Al the end OF that
period the mass mas become Dry powiery ma
nure, free from smell, and ready for the market.
| rne strength OF the manure can be doubly In
| creased ny exposngi u again 10 another treat
| ment OF focal matter aud sulPhnric acid as he.
tore. THIS manure Is essentially OF excellent
| character as " contains all the elements OF
focal matter, OF the urine, OF the ashes OF the
| 'egetaole anu anlmal matter OF Tue mouse ouai
the tubs, Immediately after being emptied
| are nrst thoroughly cleaned ny subJecling them
| TO powerful stream from hose Ut hand, then
| supplied with the dsinfeutant, replaced In the
van with their covers, ani sent out to exchange
| with the full ones.
| The gross material siftei from the ashes.such
as bones, oyster-shes, coraNtllks, rinds OF fruit
| oaal-ls burnt In an oven built on the premises
This oven serves also for the publication of the
| atmosphere OF the manure-room. The oven Ia
external to that room, aud Is not allowed to
iraw air except through IN ar-condult leading
from the upper part OF wall OF the manure.
me heat OF the nre IN the oven causing a
vacuum, the air PUSHES In from the foul room,
| which must go through nery furnace before
getting access TO the atmosphere outside.
Three years OF experience o. tuo system 10
| has shown that two men, one horse and q van
will remove and replace At least six hundred
tubs per week. each tub containing an average
ter. AZ this rate, twenty-five tons OF excreta per
week Is removed by the aforementioned force.
Paying q the rate Of $50 Per day fos each
. would cost t2l per week to remove twenty
dive tons Of excrela. OF course In Q city Ike
| space, aud live IN small houses, In small mum
Ders, instead OF being huddled to yether as they
are In the old cities OF England, the boxes do
| not give the same average amount OF matter,
4 Tor one prlvy Il used by fewer people. Mr.. orion
/ and Mr.. Nicholson, who have superintended
the work OF our scavengers for long time, stat
that the amount Of matter taken from box is
| on an average Of 800 pounds. The amount OF
Il matter Is therefore comparatively much less 10
1 American priyies than ID English ones, but the
number Of privles is greater Just In the Inverse
| proportion, AMI the scavenger Ii paid, not f0r
| the amount he removes, but for each individual
| box.
Allowing, therefore, three hundred pounds OF
matter TO the box Of legal size, seven boxe.
| would give ton, and as tue scavenger or the
l jump contractor would be paid at the granted
rate Of 81 per box, they would get 81 for each tor
l or tlI6 for twenty-five tons, Instead OF S2l, the
| cost proven above for the removal by the tue
| system.
This Is q startling difference. II Is true that
the people would not pay slT5 per week to each
,cavenger, as they empty these boxes only once
10 two months, but the fact remains unaiterec
| that the scayengers or the pump Jntractor woul,
get tiJ5 from the people for reno Ting twenty
dive tons OF excrement. Each scAvenger woult
not get siTb per week, but the number OF scay
engers Is larger because the number OF privies Il
greater, aud the total cost Is the same. The
amount OF excrement accumulated by our p0pu
| IatiOn Is the same as the amount accumulated ID
English cities OF the same size; hence the only
difference Is that we pay at the rat, OF sIa ton
| while they pay at the rate OF elghty-thres cent
per ton. -
OF course the number OF tubs under the same
| circumstances would be larger here than In Eng
| and, for the same reason that we have create
, | number OF priyies, according to population, an,
this fact would in some measure reduce the i'm
, mense difference; hut the great cause OF the an
| ference Ia not that; 1t IL because by the nova
ble tub-system the men can work ten hours |
, day At q. 80 per day, causing one hundred tub
| to be removed In one day for s. IS, includlnI
two men and one horse, which, according 10 IN,
! would clean out forty boxes or more at inc rat,
, OF 81 q piece, receiving slO or more for on,
day's labor Besides the enormous price maid I,
the scayenQer there IL great oss OF tIms in IN,