Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-23
THE FIRST TEST.

Tse Moline Crematsry Does Net
Work sa,i-fsstersly q. Yet----
Changes 60 he Made.
OF the test Of the new Moline crema-
tory lsst Friday the DisPateh says:
The test was not satisfactory one even
to the contractors. although Mr.. Engle,
the inventor. said il did better than he
expected under the circumstances. He
and Mr.. Thompson, tie company's ex-
pert, both say that the garbage here Is
better 10 work than in some other places,
and when they have changed the CRATES
the cremstory will work all right. The
amount Of night soil taken 10 the crema-
tory was forty-one scavengers barrels, or
iweaty-and.one half barrels actual. But
tots was not all put in. The amount the
small furnace is contracted TO consume in
t~entV-four hours Is twenty barrels
Besides the night soil. there were two
loads Of rubbish gathered from alleys and
five loads Of Stops.
II must be understood that all this WAS
brought between the hours at 10 q. m /.
and .. m. Here is where the crems-
difficulty. II the garbage gatherings
could be taken IN the furnaces during the
whole twenty,four hours instead OF being
ali rushed IN during the middle OF the
day. the crematory could work IL of at q
better advantage. The furnaces were hot
at 10 q. m. Between that time and p.
N. five half barrels Of night soil. two
loads Of slops and one load of rubbish
vent m the large furnace. About
3 p. m. = load Of night soil con-
'aining considerable liquid arrived.
and two Of the barrels were dumped
into the large furnace. when il ran
over the CRATE upon the fire. and on
more could be dumped in. All were Al
loss To tell the cause until Mr.. Englt
explained that the builders had put III,
crate bars one and half inches apart
when they ought TO be four and five
inches apart The consuming mas:
makes bed 81 live Goals on the CRATES
then when liquids are throsn on they
naturally run OF upon the fire. lie said
" the bars are TAR enough part the II.
guilds will run through to the proper re
ceptacle-the pan helow-and be rapidly
evapCrated. II the bed Of Goals is toe
dense for the liquids 10 run through. the
stOker can break a hole through IL the
bars are far enough apart TO allow the
poker 10 60 between them. and thus can
let the liquid escape To aplsce where the
IRE can play on IL instead Of II playing
on the IRE. The CRATES will be changed
To hr. Engle's idea. The small furnace
~ defective in that there Is not enough
CRATE surface, or that the pan is toe
small. or both. II is sure that when Ii.
guilds run over the CRATES they run upon
the fire instead Of into the pan. There
don't seem 10 be anyone here ex-
cept Mr.. Engle who thoroughly un.
derstands the crematory. and he don't
claim - much for il ~ either Of the
OTHERS. although he says the crematory
ought To consume all the garbage Of Mo,
line and part Of Rock Islands.
The inventor claims that when the
crematOry j. enclosed. there will be no
offensive Odor, as all the draft IL TO the
nres, and gases are consumed as fast al
they reach the FIRE. To demonstrate the
draft. Mr.. Thompson dropped piece Of
paper. about foot square, into one OF
the manboles. In about FIVE seconds II
came out Al the top Of the smokestack
without being charred.
Marshal Kittilsen estimates that sixty
bushel Of corn has been required for each
day Of sctual service thus far. Mr. Englt
thinks when the defect in the placing OF
the bars has been remedied it will not re.
quire halt that quantity Of fuel. Mar.
shall kittilsen says that the total quantity
OF night soil put into the small burner
hFnF La - M
gallons. or trifie over ten barrels. Thi,
being the case, the capacity Of the small
furnace would be not half what the con
tract calls for.
The result OF the test on the whole. i,
not satisfactory. As il was the com
psny's test, il will probably be giver
again before the cremstory is turned owe
for the city 10 test.