, 1889-03-28
THE GARBAGE CKEMATORY.
work Progressing satisfactorily - The
Merz system.

| THE GARBAGE CREM ATORS.
work Progressing satisfactorily - The
| Merz system.
| The crematory plant adopted by the
| city council, for the disposal of the city
garbage, is receiving the attention of the
committee having the matter In charge
and will be pushed to com pietion at once.
The REVIEW "a few weeks ago gave II de-
tailed description of the system adopted
by the council for the disposal of the
garbage. The dump has already been
built on the opposite side of the island on
which the new water works are being
built, the refuse matter going into another
| channel, however, ard below the water
works. This system as adopted will ac-
commodate population OF 10000 people.
As soon as the city IL in II condition to
bear the expense OF larger and better
system, the Merz system for the consump-
tion Of garbage and offdi will receive more
serious attention Below is appended an
article from the st. Paul Pioneer Press,
which gives "a detailed account of the
workings Of the MeTz system:
The Metz system for the consumption of
garbage and offal, which the council com
mittee on health and hospitals is going to
Chicago TO investigate, ii 1t does all that
is clai med for u, il one of the great inveu.
tions of the age Dr. kilvinRton is very
enthusiastic over 1T. ANA thinks that the
committee will see DIT to have introduced
into the city. 1t will be understood that the
Merz people utilize all the material they re-
celve, and they will operate their works
without expense TO the city Consequently If
they viii do the work a. desired that will
be great saving for the city. A descrip-
tion OF the system, as furnished 10y Dr.
klvingstop, nlay be interesting at this
point. The refuse Is hrst put into large
oblong tank, inside of which Is II hollow
shaft, out from which shaft run arms, also
hollow. The refuse is put in at the top OF
the tank when the latter is cold and the
opening is closed up tight. Hot steam is
then introduced into the hollow shaft, and
that with its many arms is set in motion
The effect of this is not only to COOK the
material inside the tank. but to reduce it
to fine pulp, melting the rat OF course
and puiverizlDe the hard substances. Now
at each end of the tank is a pipe connect
ing with the sewer, and the steam and
moistury passing into the pipes, is con-
densed, and escapes into the sewer When
the material is worked sufficiently the steam
Is turned off and the stuff is treated with
petroleum. This separates the fats from
the other substance. rhis fat, being liqui-
fed, is then turned off into another recep-
tacIe, where by IL gentle heat the petro-
leum Is evaporated and then condensed by
running through pipe surrounded 10y IL
water jacket This process leaves the
residum In the first tank. the fats in the
middle vessel and the condensed naptha
or petroleum in the third ready for use
again. All sorts of merchautable articles
are developed in this way. For one thing
"a valuable fertilizer Is produced. All sorts
of oil, form the coarse axle grease 10 line
olive Oil" are also made Every sort of
refuse is used-bdck yard rubbish, otfil,
the viest kitchen refuse, dead animals,
butcher shop refuse. etc Much of this
matter is in liquid state when taken into
the tanks The tanks accom- nodate fifty
tons OF matter at one time. OF course, a5
many tanks could be used in the establish
ment as the amount OF material neCessl-
tatrs
The time is coming" said Dr.Kilviog-
ton, "when this city will have to pay $50
600 "a year for the disposal of its otfal
Chicago pays $3.50, 900 now. Now, by this
plan, it will cost the city nothing. The
council has appropriated 5000 to enable
members OF the health committee to 90 to
Buffalo and investigate this system, but
they will save $4,000 by it. Tie burn.
ing of the rendering works has made
butcher shop refuse pile up on us at ter
riola rate. We are not prepared to burn
it all at the crematory. and so tons and
The 800 butcher shops OF the city do not
know what to do with the matter that ac'
! cumuates on them
DR.. kiivington also subjected the coun
ell to roast for the stand they had
| taken with reference TO the rendering
| works. He maintained tnat the company
| has been disposinR OF a large amount OF
! refuse material without expense to the
| city that would otherwise have fallen on
the tax payers. They have land out large
amount of money and ought not to be
driven off In this summary fashion He
also stated that the rendering people are
willing to put in the Merz apparatus,
which will mean an expense OF 100000,
! and 30 the works can be carried on with
out Objectionable odors. la that way the
establishment would work right in with
the refuse consuming system of the city.
The doctor was convinced that the Merz
system is the coming one for the
disposal OF refuse OF all sorts and the great
ADVANTAGES of it are that il Ia done with
out expJnse to the city. and that as the re-
fuse Is worked up into merchautabe arti-
cIes it Ia Il savino to the whole community.
ID also form0 another industry giving em-
p|oyment to mlor wOrSuien and in that
way io OpGrhe to the city. The doctor
muiu inined that the plant is not an ohjec-
tionabe affair at all. There is no often.
sive odor, aud the works that hp inspected
in Buffalo are kept very neat The patent
comes from Vienna. Boston is the onl
city OF the United States where the sys
tenn is established. but by June it will b,
in operation in Milwaukee and Chicago.
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