The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-22
GARBAGE cRRMATORIRs
The Subject OF an Address Delivered
Dnytun by Health officer Garrison,


The Subject OF an Address Delivered ut
Dayton by Health officer Garrison,
Following are extracts from and a
,ynopsis OF an address on Garbage and
Night Soil Crematories, from a Practical
and Financial Standpoint" delivered by
Health Officer Garrison, Of this city, be-
lore the Ohio State Sanitary Convention
in session at Dayton this week:
"The time has passed when it was
necessary to prove by argument the
necessity fer prompt aud thorough re-
lnoyal OF all waste materials which are
the result OF aggregation Of people into
committees, to insure the greatest amount
Of health and comfort to the inhabitants
thereof. The precise relations OF cause
and effect, as between filth and infeC-
tious or contagious diseases, are now
known to the meIest tyro In sanitary
science, Until within q few years Il
was thought sufficient for the disposal OF
city waste, to discharge 1t into the water
courses; and that system has been prac-
tiCed 80 long and universally that our
rivers arc little less than vast sewers for
conveying 10 the SEQ all Olal OF whatever
character, from the cities and township
line their shores, From these fillh bur.
Clened sources must a supply OF water
for domestic purposes be drawn, The
nollutiOn OF atreanR Is becoming more
serious question every year, and while
some governments OF Europe have uIv
dertaken Its solution and many States
in our own country have enacted more
or less stringent laws for the protection
OF rivers and streams, there has been
comparatively little accomplished in thu
way OF relief. So great has been tho
nutsauCe IN recent years that great but
natural aud perfectly justllable oQtCry
has been raised. As a result Of this out-
cry other mcaus Tor tho disposal Of such
substances have been sought.
at has been attempted to got rid Of
sewage by irrigation and chemical pro-
Cesses. The effort has been made to dis
pose OF night soil lD manner other than
throwing It into streams, by removing II
In barrels or tanks to fields for manurial
purposes, where II becomes almost II not
quite as great nuisance us when thrown
into the water. 1t has also been treated
chemically and in various ways 10 re.
move It's offensive odor, that 1t might be
transported 10 remote distances for III e
uses. But, when We consider that the
average Of such substances from each
person in a community isthree poundsin
twenty.four hours,'o 1000 pounds In a
year, In addition to the enormous guam
titles OF garbage and other nnwholesOme
materials aCCumulating in the same time,
We must conclude that either Of tho
above plans is impracticable, or ut least
very Unsatisfactory for large cities. Ex'
periments have been made aud at sew
cral points furnaces have been construct
ed for the purpose Of destroying such
substances by heal"
DR.. Garrison then gavo the history
Of the erection and operation Of the
crematory here, commencing away back
at the time when tho people Of Bellaire
became clamorous for relief from tho
evils they suffered by reason Of the
dumping OF garbage and night.aoil, par
ticularly the latter, into the river at the
lower end OF this city. DR.. Garrison de-
pcribed at length tho mode OF Construc.
ton OF tho Wheeling furnaces named
the substances destroyed and gave the
plan OF operation; he also briefly sum.
married. the provisions OF the ordinance
regulating the manner Of collection and
removal Of nightsoil ind other sub.
stances to be Cremated.
"Carciul examination and study Of
the Operati0n'Ol the system, based upon
the test OF more than two Yeas trial,
demonstrates that the following sub.
stances can be disposed OF in the space
OF one month; viz: 1884 barrels oil
night soil; ISL loads Of garbagei -
horses or other large animals, ind II
dogs, besides other materials which are
occasionally brought to II Tor consump.
ton. A barrel contains 40 gallons, and
six represent ton in weight; 3S4 loads
OF garbage represent about $50 tons; Is
horses probably represent seven tons;
dogs and other materials 5 tons more, Il
total OF 4S0 tons, at a cost OF about twenty
cents per ton. Before the present syS.
TEN was established in Wheeling, the
cost OF removing contents Of cess pools
was 81 per barrel OF 10 gallons OF con.
tents removed. Now tho cost is 70 cents
for like service. There should DO re.
moved annually, from u city Of the size
Of Wheeling (3j,000 inhabltants) 10000
barrels Of night soil. During the months
OF March, April, May, June, July aud
August, 1889, there were removed S,Gll
barrels
1.-THE following statement will repre-.
sent the amount saved 10 the citizens OF
Wheeling by the new HystCm, and the
amount which can DO saved to tho peo.
pie Of any community In like cirCum-
stanCeP. This, however, will represent
the saving 10 cost OF removing night.soil
only, as there is as yet no apparent say.
Ing from "dollars aud cents" view, ia
the cost Of removing garbage. Let us
suppose then, for the purpose OF illus.
trati0n, that 10000 barrels are removed
annually, for che period Of ten years,
and compare tho cost OF tho new with |
that OF the old saystem, leaving the
question OF interest out Of the Colcula.
ton. Then we have something like the
following:
Old Syslcn,-lsOOOO bis at 75cN.
per bbl g."..,,. ,..,...'......, .""... $4,000 |
ECW-l2O, coo Obls. al 70 cts. 500 900
For salaries ndd.".a.. ..."" l2GOO 10000 |
Tho amount saved, not count
Ing cost VI iltOaCG.. ,....... ....... (l7i0O |
Tho iurnRCGC0St originally. $3.50
I'frAnt builltnR, COSL.."... 100
Necessary repairs for ten yrs. 1900 $3.50
which deducted still iCavCSa
margin Oi"""..".".t'"".....n Sl2,520
NJ Hoeeiunn ,lnaneihn1 a. pnt,o in,.lI, |