The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-26

] rSaephsns Service -ssress Dsaxsrs--
u KxtsnA f1ns Gov Isimsts -Otzser
Matters 81 1sserest.
The garbage problem Is not ref set,
fied although the council has decides
thsf dumping refuse into the sound
"a do for the present.. and has Or.
11red the building Of q scow for thal
purpose- There is . certain class thai
a0usiders the pan adopted By fIs<
rounciI as inadyisabie and q make.
shiff Il the best Among this class
nav be mentioned the medical frater.
uity Of the city. WHO have taken a
rreat deal Of interest In the matter,
nd whose opinions are entitled 10
eonsideration. The King county nned.
!sai society discussed the matter 81
ienzfh and in al its phases at meet
II held two weeks ago last Monday.
md came 20 the conclusion that the
only system applicable 70 Seattle wxs
that known as the ercmatory or des-
fruct0ry system I1r. Minor was ap-
uojnted ~ a committee to lay the
views Of the society upon the subject
before the council. which he did on
tbe following Friday night. The conn
Ell had. however, fully decided that
he most feasible scheme for tie pres
mt was the carthage scox. and the
contrzct for constructing Il vas
awarded at the same meeting.
DR.. Minor stated to o. reporter, yes
frYlay, that the greatest objection 10
he plan Of dumping garbage into the
hay IS that the process Of oxidation In
eff water Is very slow. that the
poisons contained in garbage and OLA!
would not be destroyed, and that Il
vouId be washed back onto the beach
6piy 70 poison ths air and create
disease.
aThe constant tendancy, said the
doctor, would be to deposit the cargo
a tia scow too near To the shore. In
case OF rough weather the scow could
mt brave the waves and wind OF the
Round. and the result would be that
gefhage would be dumped into the
karbor, ard then be washed back
mon the tide fats. and work an injury
q the city Sooner or later. Another
stroug objection is to be found i'm the
fscf hat the scow will have to iay nj
IL dumping wharf for hours AZ 4
sine While is load IL collecting, 70 the
Krsxf annoyance 81 surrounding prop
erty owners and the danger OF the
r.
expesse Of operating the scow. hiring
steamss 70 tow Il, and the force OF
mn 70 work It. VII prove grieyous
burim b the city.
sNox, With crematory on the tide
natx, ID tie noxfous elements of garb-
r. cou!d be DESTROYED as fast as col.
Iected, and the residue used IN filling
up the tide fats. :
or refuse cfematories, or Instructors
Is thsy are generally called to distin-
guish them from ieincraria) there are
already many varieties. In the most
successful ~ claimed that little or no
fuel II used except to start the fires !:
but that, on the other hand the heat
from the burning refuse Is In several
places used In destroying night soil.
furnishing motive power, yentilating
sewers, etc.
While there II no doubt rs to the
success Of garbage cremssion. the
various forms OF furnace may be said TO
b. still on trial. DIR. Minor has plans
tor several OF these crematories, and
among them has selected the one used
Il Montreal, Quebec, as most appi1-
cable to Seattle. At Montreal gar
hege and night soil are cremated in q
furnace Of very simple construction.
and the result IL said to be very salts
lnctory. This furnace can be made by
home labor, and at very small out
lay. The CRATE Is little over sixteen
let long and nine wide, extending by
agantle upward incline from the fire.
place at one end, where the lire Is
started. to the fiue at the other end.
The combustion chamber Is quadri-
lateral. little over sixteen feet long,
nine broad and ten high
On each side of il are nine doors !;
three at its upper portion open out
upon stage on TO which carts are
driven. the refuse being put into the
furnace through these doors. The
next lower doors open Just above the
iine OF the grhte, and are used for
stirring the fire. The three lowest are
at the bottom of the furnace, and are
used for removing the ashes. Under
the CRATE Is a receptacle for water. the
object being tn prevent ovcrheating
and destruction of the crate. The
latter consists Of iron bars. their ends
being laid on the brick, the inter
spaces between them being two inches.
The tlue u about - inches long and
Is wide, inside measurement. The
chimney is 90 feet high.
1t is estimated tina; the cost OF a
furnace built upon the above plan
would not exceed that OF a garbage
scow, while the cost OF running il, IL
Is claimed, would be much less.
The question will doubtless be
brought before the council a number
Of times before the summer IL over,
and the members OF the Medical So
ciety are confident that the crematory
system viii he adopted after the scow
has proven itself 10 be q failure.
Ii will be remembered that at the
first council meeting held this month,
councilman Jones introduced reso-
luton, which was adopted, that the
city clerk should notify the Sunset
Acknowledgment Company, that
unless il furnished better system OF
telephone service. the council would
take such action in the premises as Is
authorized by the provisions OF ordi-
nance 81. granting the franchise.
City Cle:k Ferris thereupen sent q
copy of the resolution 20 John /.
Sabin, the vice president and general
manager OF the company. explaining
INST the council had power Go revoke
the conspany's franchise If il did not
furnish proper and satisfactory SER
vice.
Mr.. sabi:a replied to the notification
With the following letter:
san FRANCISCO. April 4.
-. W. Ferris. City Clerk. seattlc-Tsear
nf Referring to yoar favor OF Apris 10.
neg leave 10 say that the circumstances
anteF which we have been obliged 10 work
N Seattle have made il exceedingly Diff
sals 10 give the drst-clsss service we en-
sesfo- 20 furnish ali stations. bat upon
ny visit 20 Pnge. sound last week | gave
Mrh instructions for changes Ia mschsn-
s % wires aud operating department As. l
saihk, vii satisfy the city council and eur
patrons
ana Just IN receipt OF 9 letter from seat.
te saying that the changes | ordered made
aw or VIII be maize before you -cceive this
,sltef. The wonderful Increase OF ell
1nlsat business in seattle has more than
eease1 the nuE1hSs of subxcrsh beers We ex-
tfssrd 70 and the plant ire thoaghi
&NhHcltnf has moved antirafT tnafs,ssfl atsa