The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-11
CHARMING GARBAGE.
SCIENCE AND MECHANICS TO DISPOSE
KITCHEN BETUsE-ALDERMAN SIMON
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KITCHEN BETUsE-ALDERMAN sINoN1
FAB-sERrHo RESOLUTION.
The disposition OF garbage ana other refuse Il
OF those dincuit questions with which tho 81
Aldermen, the Board OF Health and the Polics
graphic IN vain. II Is not long since all the ~
garbage and street sweeppgs Of this metropoiS g.
carried TO tho low lands known Al the Harlem y
and there deposited TO breed foul odors, postsno -
death. u abuse which sstonishsd sverybo(
most Of all those who created II How the nuisn
came about nobody could tell exactly, and for . ~
time IL seemed impossible TO have IL abo1G
Finally. however. the Board of Health interpose1
authority and the deposit OF unhealthy matter II ~
part of the city ceased. Then the experiment al 81
rying the onal tried. and we had W
III The bay in consequence OF the opposition Of
Brooklyn authorities, ana found, besides, thpt "a
plan was SO expensive to be well nigh Impress
bic A more feasible method felt to be necses/
and for or more the City Fathers have
casting about for place they deposit ~ wA1
injury TO the public health aud at a cost : inux
short OF ruinous
THE SELECTION LITTLE HILL GATE
a, lag, the channel between wards and RandaiV
islands, gnown Little He'll Gate biz upon, and
the Aldermen have given their sanction and app
rrovai TO the scheme. With q singular unan,mity Al
the officials to DO IN favor OF II. General New
ton who represents the interests Of tho general gov
ernment IN the waters round New York, not only di
oppose II, but his opinion OF It's feasibility prac
caIly gave II powerful support rho Board OF AlJl<
men considered ii with q wisdom that only "
called adermanic. and then gave their Endorsement
The Police Commissioners were xtous Tor IT, uccaus1
II would propnbIv solve inc 0cult question tour,n
the disposition of ofal Even the Board Of Heah~
was acquesccnt. and now Il seems to be dctcrminsdv
that Lutte He'll Gate shall DO tho future dumping
ground of the metropolis
There Is back OF this determination, however. II
practical question: which may not receive It's solut4
until u Is TOO latc-whethcr Little He'll Gate, like
Harlem Flats 10 to become pest bed
Professor Chandler, tie President OF tho BoartI
Health, was Intercepted by HERALD reporter IL IN
gard TO this yesterday, ana said that tho He'd
Board would intcrpose no obstacles TO tho deposit
any kind Of refuse In the Little He'll Cato channel
less u should prove 10 be dangerous 10 the puI |
health. He further said that even garbage would
be detrimental to the public health so long
was under water. and not aitcrward u COW
with fresh earth. II there should be uny danger.
ever, he declared that the Board OF Health woli
once intcrpose its authority TO stop the work. NJ.
tins 1t Is plain that ashes, street sweepipss pn1N
OF every Kind are TO be deposited in Little Hell "a
Indeed Professor Chandler says that all cfortA
separate them have iaiicd, and tha. for all pracl
purposes the plan OF keeping separate vessels Tor az
and tor garbage II out OF the question. EverythngB
TO DO dumped indiscrimlnateiy into the new dumpiH
ground. and nobody expected 10 compain until PC
tcDce rises out OF tho water.
Al the time the Board of Health giving som
attention to the question OF charring garbage aud oA
as sugse stcd by Alderman Smousou resolution bme
yet there defined idea either ~ to the cost oe
feasibility OF this method Professor Chandler held
little stance on the subject yesterday IN the Presidents
room OF the Health Department and for half hopp,
or more he discoursed on garbage icarnediy AMI
nucntly ns II thus question was mis- specially. Tine
most important matter in regard 10 charming gsrbas
primarily was its cost Can II DO burned M chsapI}
as carried out TO sea or otherwise disposed orr
cHARRgD CRxMArED.
Should It turn out that the charr,ng proccss--ProI
lessor Chandler distinctly objects 10 rs being called
tho crematng process-~ill cost more money 10 tn
city than the present cumbersome system, III
believes nat us adoption would not he satisfactory %
question ought to be fairly aud honestly tested
order TO DO TINS an appropriation OF $4,000 $50
would he necessary. and he Is IN favor OF snch au ID
preparation that the preliminary experiment may il
made. Even II cost as much 10 char the Ssr1
oage as 10 carry II out 10 sea, he thiik
the charrn g process preferable, because Of M
greater certainty in all seasons and az the bhe
hts that would accrue from II. Charrcd IA
bage AMI asheslor he that all city
ami not garbage only, should have the benefit OF nh
charrlng process-could be used for filling on botn
the Harlem RIVER and the increased value OF pro,X
crty, especially OF city property the bu khcad ind
no thinks, would more than repay the outlay BY thu
method IL II is practicable and mt too cxncpsye IN
believes that all difficulty "a regard to a dumping
ground tor onal would be overcome and much low and
swamp lana greatly increased In value by being 70.
claimed from the water. From this II will DO scch {,
that even garbage has its economic aspects anL
straneest oil All, the garbage question about TO bx}
ingenuity -
Professor Chandler says that prcscn, thcrc are I'd
furnaces in use which could be ut,lized IN chasrn&
garbage, new furnace not unIike IN principle ID
many now IN use. but more simple ION aud
economical IN application he believes necessary TO No
settlement OF TINS question: such "a furnace he sayO
wonld Involve Doth tho laws OF chemistry and ouril
nccrng, ana as he Is a chemist, whi0 tho PrcstdcuG
oi tho Board OF Police Is an engineer *
looks emiDenily proper TO nm that Professor
Chandler and General Smith should be apron, I'd
committee OF from each OF tho vii NJ
snug little Appropriation for experimental purposes
invent inst the kind Of furnace metropolis need
TO burn It's garbage m On this part OF the subject th
Pro cssor President talks Iearnedy
garbage in general. He would have furnace VIII
clpticai tubes, the IRE below them tho hot an
playing all round them, through which the garbsx3
would pass TO innocuousness. There Is something ~
most poetic In Professor Chandeliers doa tho ire AZ
ment Of garbage. HIS =
Go In gammon. "a
Come out salmon
process, and 1t Is perfectly charming to hear him tsIt
about H. Ob tho top OF the elipiical charring tubes
Of the Professors imagination would DO placed The
ordinary wet, Shiny refuse OF the and the srul.
icrics little further down, as The hot AIR PLAYED
about them and Kissed them, the influence of
the drying process would begin be icit, and
the heat would continue to Increase until OLA
hats and boots, potato parings orange
lemon peel and all the queer things
the cook refuses bad become con elomerale m q.
charcoal Then the cool ny process begins so thEh
the time the substance which went garbage resih
the bottom OF the tube II comes out nice ashes 49,
clean dlling for the Harlem lais. IL must be confei
that Il is very pretty idea, and Just now II Is dStr
tho heads OF the members Of the Health aud M
Boards to an extent That IS surprising and as sun
tive, perhaps. as Alderman summons resolution.