San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-26
ALDERMAN KALTEYER's REPORT.
The Results of His Extensive lnves-
LEGATIONS Of the Garbage
Furnaces.

esting conversation yesterday evening
with Alderman Geo. Kalteyer, regard.
ing the results of one of the objects OF
his recent trip to Ohio and others OF
the northern states, /. o. the looking
up of the different systems of garbage
cremating by furnace. He was
compelled to go, on private bust
ness, to Bellefontaine, Ohio, and
was asked by the mayor to look into
this matter for the benefit of the city,
and make reportof his observations,
with the ultimate idea of adopting for
the city, some such plan of dis
posing of this city's garbage and
rendering the health of our citizens
above danger. Mr.. Kalteyer began
detailing his trip in very interest
Cleveland, Ohio, but found they had
Louis, whittier he went, they had no
garbage furnace, but are thinking of
building one. Next he went to Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, and saw and
thoroughly examined the Rider
garbage furnace. They had two
in operation, one controlled and
used by the city, the other by pri-
waite enterprise for burning tan bark.
A new one is being built in Allie
gheny City. This furnace of the city
was built and operated for three
months by the patentee, on trial, and
was then delivered to the city. The
cost of this furnace, exclusive of the
$4,000, demanded by the pat
entee, is between $4,000 and $1,000, yet
it is good one. 1t uses a great deal
of coal, but destroys 80 or 40 tons of
garbage per day. The principal cost
in full would be in heating it at first.
Then, if kept going steadily, the gar
bage fed to it will be sufficient for fuel.
In Pittsburg they have the furnace
in the heart of the city, not more than
400 yards removed from the new court
house. No offensive odors arise
from it and several citizens
he inquired to direct him to it
did not know it's location. The Rider
furnace consumes its own gases in
the incandescent heat required to
burn the garbage, which is composed
Of everything, old cans, bottles, glass
and iron, along with the rest; moth
ing is separated. The proposition has
pctH hIttuC UllO Guy ny blo pdltHltt W
put into operation in this city one fur
mace, the city to pay for material and
labor, and pay the royalty of s., 900 on
the patent.
This will cost, Mr.. Kalteyer figures,
the sum of SO, 995 total. Any further
1umber of these will then be put in
by the patentee without further charge
If royalty. If it proves imperative |
5he patentee will reimburse the city
'or all expense incurred.
He went next to Milwaukee where |
hey have a garbage furnOce. This, |
mike the Rider furnace, which |
burns and destroys it's own gases, is |
Upon the principle of burning from |
below, drying out the garbage and |
Irving all the offensive gases out of |
he chimney. This you can smell for
20 blocks. 1t is a failure. The citi-
.ens are complaining of it.
Next he went to Chicago. OF this
,ity's sanitary regulations he speaks
n the highest terms. A force of 40 |
sanitary inspectors are employed. The
art regulations are perfect almost,
he inspectors are well supported by
he recorders court, and they are not |
Flowed, under any circumstances, to
ecommend any special sanitary scav-
myers to residents for doing the clean
ng of premises. The health officer
courtesy and kept him busy for
hree days in showing him the
of the health depart
nent, including the furnace, of
which Chicago has one of the finest in
he country and decidedly the largest
II use in the United States. 1t is the
Mann system, and was in active
'peration. 1t acts on the principle of
below and above the garbage
md destroying the gases that escape
Is well as the garbage itself. Gar
)age is better classified in Chicago
han in Pittsburg, however, the Ordi-
lances compelling the inhabitants to
separate all ashes from the other
,inds of garbage. The Mann furnace
will burn $50 tons of garbage per day,
he capacity of the one at Chicago. 1t
las greatly reduced the cost of sani-
airy work to the city. They have a
inc site for it, in an old rock quarry,
o feet from the surface. The garbage
S dumped into the receiver from the
CD, and that is the last of it. The
,atentee wants $500 royalty for his
,atent. and estimates the cost of con-
tructing the furnace to be $4,000 or
5 900 more. This has not been veri-
led by Chicago's experience, their
urnace costing S11 ,2S7, but they say
With the experience they have gained,
low, one could be built for $4,000.
Three or four men are required to run
t, and from two to three tons of coal
,er day is required for fuel at first.
After looking at the Mann furnace,
!, Al manila told him Of 70,