St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-11
SANITARY REFORM.
Proposed Establishment of Steam Plant Tor
the Disposal of Garbage--The
Process.


Proposed Establishment Of Steam Plant 1or
the Disposal of Garbage--The
Process.
It is generally conceded that in many re-
spects the sanitary conditions regulating
and governing the health of st. Paul are sur
passed by no city of its size in the country,
the only weak point apparent in the health
department. consisting in the inadequate
arrangements for disposing of garbage and
night soil. The question of how to best dis
pose of manure, garbage and the. unwhole-
some accretlons that gather in a large city
has occupied the attention of the health de-
partment for a long while, and until recently
no practicable solution of the important
problem has been offered.
\ Proposals for bids for the removal OF garb-
age and soil will be opened by the city
authorities in few days. and among others
bid will be submitted by st. Paul parties
interested in a new and important discovery
which it is thought effectually disposes OF
the dirt and garbage question in all Oh lis
phases.
The new improvement consists of steam
plant to cost from S25, 600 to $50, 600 and to
be constructed in connection with the cleo
trio light company plant in the vicinity OF
the present dumping grounds at the loot OF
Eagle street.
INTERVIEW WITH DIR. HOYT.
The president Of the board of health, DR..
Hovt. was interviewed by GLOBE reporter
Yesterday with reference to the proposed
scheme He described the plant as follows !:
The garbage plant will consist Of five or
six cylindricaI-shaped sealed tanks, of a
capacity Of 200 cubic feet each, containing
revolving iron cutters inside, one large tank
with hydraulic press, one smaller tank for
disinfectants, boiler, furnace and smoke
stack 200 feet high. Material is received in
the sealed tanks together with a proper
amount Of disinfectant, which is put in at
the same time. The tanks are then closed,
the mass thoroughly mixed by the revolving
cutter and then heated to 250o T.
by steam, which enters the tank by pipes from
the boilers This heating thoroughly disin-
fects and renders the mass inert as far as
, disease germs are concerned. The odorous
gases that are created in the tanks pass into
the furnace through pipe and are con-
sumed. After being subjected to this pro-
cess the now odorless contents Of the tanks
are emptied into the receptacal and sub
Elected to pressure. The solids become pre-
cipitated and the liquid, which is now harm
lee, is drained off. The residue, after being
pressed is conveyed into the furnace and
burned. just above the entrance of the
odor pipe, into the furnace is funnel-shaped
aperture admitting air. When this and the
odorous gases come together in the intense
heat
A COMBUSTION TAKES PLACE
that destroys all odor. Horse manure is
L,;x
necessary TO subject il to any other process
Precipitation and disinfection by chemicals
is recommended now as the very best method
of disposing of the material by emf
nent authorities, and in the above
described process we have the addditiona
advantage of heat, which absolutely anC
perfectly destroys tacteria and all forms o
poisonous microscopic spores or disease
germs. There is no germicide superior t.
heat, and | know of no system in this coun-
try in which it is utilized in connection witt
the disposition OF excrementtious matter.
In ST. Paul the question Of disposition Of
offal has resolved itself into two factors-frt
and water. While the fire method may be
tri6e more expensive, its immense advan-
tages over the water method are apparent to
NIL. The fire Is in operation all the year
round is not offensive and the dangerous
constituents of the materials are thoroughly
destroyed.
The water method provides for only seven
months in the year. Material is dumped
into open boats and carried down and
emptied into the river, simply treasuring VI
wrath.
Proposals for bids viii be advertised for In
few days and it is to be hoped that no short
sighted economical policy will be INDUCED in
when we come to disposing of the matter.