New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
Do,-BLE FIRE CREMATORY.

o,ber cities have found means for disposng OF their
waste which are safe and economical. Ne"'io'N
must devise a system which Will meet her pe.uh'i
conditions The city is situated on an island. Every
na q, matter which Is useless. offensive. or cannot
no used for filling purposes must be taken OH the
island either by by cartng II acros" 'e liaen
River bridges into the country. There Is no roo vi
Manhattan Island for anything which Is eoou ior HUI"
ing but TO "cumber the earth New-iWh mas
srstem OF collecting refuse which would not De
tolerated IN any other large city on 'he coh'ie"'
The Street Cleaning Department mixes ashes earoaee
.rd s,reot sweepings In the same carts. The Cream
asbes and the street sweepngs are Kept separate '
other cities from the offensive carnage Ill Do''o'
the authorities have the garbage collected IN separate
carts convert 1t into fertilizers and sell IL a, soon
n,ices 10 the farmers In BrooKiyn' hhi'i"'o'c'
Washington Philadelphia. 81. Louis Buhaio anu o.'.f
c,t,e. the garbage Is kept In special barrels ana Is
coectcd by ITSELF The first condition 10 the soi"on
~ the prollem in New-YOrk Is to enforce secno '''
n, the Consolidation act which PROVIDES lnat 'e
poord NJ Health shall cause TO be ehiorceo INV pi'
visions OF their sanitary code, requiring lha' spa'e
,oceptocles be provided for ashes ana rupoish anu ~
~.rho 70 and LIQUID substances" etc.
rh number OF loads OF refuse disposed OF by the
c.r.o, Cleaning Department in 1892 was LIZ
n, this amount ,s2G,253 loads were cafreo ou' ~
scovcs and dumped at and ooi3o were "seu AZ.
6,,,nc in lots This refuse consisted OF " pr WV
=, c,ean ashes "a per cent OF street sweepne'' IL
n -
The part Of this material which gives 10 'ne cry w,
noe, serious concern is the garbage. 1t Is 'he 1.
nor cent OF garbage which filters the DeacheS a'o
New York with filth and endangers the h''''i VI
usn,ons OF people The ashes are clean anu na"'.,H
Tbev can be used for filling in lots, dumping oemhu
hu,kbcads and in making land Ihey are "o''" ~
cents load as a dry filler. There Is an ehof'ho.'
ouount Of land about New-York which has been haue
ortiaclally and there will always be good oc"''""
for filing material which contains no opnoAou'
,,a,,er 10 impcril the health OF the people VINO h'e
o tho Mace II Is deposited. II Rikers Island Is 10
no filed out filler should be used "mch uoes "o'
contain large per cent OF matter when can decay.
r, s,r.ot sweepincs contain per cent OF water IS
49, cont n, organic and volatile matter consisting
mainly OF manure. 60 per cent OF saha' "hch "oIAs
I'm through the iners,ices between the paving poc'
and 800 per cent OF nitrogen owing 10 the small
-.o,,, ~ heterogeneous matter which they contain the
sweepines OF the streets are not offensive reiuse'
,rhov viii not be source OF serious danger as long
as the ordinances against throwing rubbish into the
put,ic thoroughfares are properly enforced Inc $40"
and ice may be dumped from the ends OF PIERS where
the latent heat Of the water gradually disposes OF IT,
is the garbage which Is the great source OF danger
Tho finding OF a safe and efficient manner OF dis
nosinr OF this o4O 900 tons OF reekng and filthy
matter Is practically to solve the problem OF the final
dispositon OF the city's refuse. The only slie anu
efcient way OF getting rid OF garbage is TO barn H.
Cremation been the recognized method OF destroy
ing impurities since the world began. The Jews cast
the oal and garbage OF Jerusalem into the burning pit
Of Gehenna and cremaed the victims OF the plague In
the vale OF Tophet Burning Is the means cmraoyed
for disposing OF garbage nearly everywhere but IN
.Nev.York. over fifty cities In England have burned
their garbage for years twenty-five cities In the
United States and Canada have garbage cremaoree and
the Government has burned the refuse at military posts
for nany years. Underline walls OF old Castle Williams
IN Governors Island there Is q garbage crpmatory
which has been successful operation since 1850 The
cremation OF garbage has passed the experimental
stage There Is no doubt that garbage can be- Gre
mated without endangering the health OF the COM
munity,. said Professor Charles +. Chandler. the
. eminent chemist. the other day.
There are several systems OF garbage cremation"
remarked Dr. Cyrus Edison recently any one Of which
I'm 40 estcient work. 1t Is only question Of expe