The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-25
nEAIrn OF THE CITY.

rhe Board Of Health nma Csanrnu,f N
Dannenbcrg Go To .Rsston, Where
They Inspected n Garbage Crep,a-
tory.
Last Monday evening, April II, DR..
e. g. Shortiidge. President OF the
Board OF Health OF this city, w. G. Il.
Colquhoun, secretary OF the same and
Councilman M. +. Dannenberg, chair
man OF special committee Of tie
City Council on establishing q cream
atory, left In q Pullman sleAper of the
b. d o. X. R., for Boston, to see the
workings of Brown crematory with
a view to recommending 1t for the
city Of Wilmington, II it appeared to
do its work right and did not cost toe
much.
The Wilmington Committee was &c
tary Of the United States Santa. >
Company Of Washington. u. c., who
Joined them at the Delaware depot
Mr.. Bailey has had an extensive ex
perience In sanitary matters, which
made his company all the more vel
come to the Wilmington Committee
The foute OF the Committee was en-
urely inland, crossing the Hudson
river ut Poughkeepsie. N. Y, cutting
through corner of Connecticut anc
from thence direct to Boston, whert
they should have arrived at $50 a. m.
Tuesday morning, but owing to de
tention on account Of an accident OIL
the road 1t was 1880 when they reach
ed Boston.
Here they were taken in charge o
by the health authorities. and tn,
handsome thing was done by them
n a mn - t..Ir .,
SEQ the workings OF the Brown crema
tory. a small one built for experiment
tai purposes. but with q capacity te
make away with o vast amount o
garbage. Secretary ColQuhoun, VIII,
had seen all the crematories In thi
country In operation, was immodiatel,
slruck with the completeness of tn,
Brown cremntory and pronounced
the most complete and economical o
all he had seen.
This crematoIy was as Its name i'm
plies, the invention OF Mr.. Brown, who
Is an experienced and practical chem
list, and has spent much time and ex
pence in experimenting upon the b0st
plan for cremating the garbage anc
offal Of large cities with the least ex
pense and the least offensiyeness to
| citizens. The Brown crematory Is the
I
Ia q regenerative furnace using crude
| petroleum as fuel.
Through the medium OF O combus
tion chamber he gets more perfec
| combustion and intense heat. i
| throws out q long tongue OF fam,
| which consumes the garbage, and th,
| tongue returning underneath the mas
consumes the gases and sweeps then
| up the chimney.
Though the furnace was but small
affair 1t had the capacity OF destroyin,
three tons OF garbage per hour. At
recent test given in Boston, this fur
mace destroyed a5 tons of garbage ii
IS hours and left Only 1876 pounds o
ashes or refuse matter, which find
ready sale ut $24 per ton, for fertillz
ing purposes. This furnace is said t.
be the cheapest in cost Of destruction
can be destroyed In 1t at the very 10y
rate of so cents per ton which, in re
gard to cost, completely knocks GU
the garbage cart and piggery system
OF Wilmington or any other city.
The Brown furnace operates with
out throwing cut a particle OF offer
sive odors, and an additional CON
mendation is that the money receives
for the residuum or ashes, goes
great ways towards, IL 1t does not eli
tirely meet the cost Of operation.
From Boston the committee wa
takon to Lowell, where they saw a
"EnRle" furnace In operation. Thi
furnace Is well built, but the commit
tee was still not tavorably impressed
with 1t, as tho cost OF operating it wa
o.. IS per ton, which is far away fron
so cents ton for the Brown furnace
The cost of Brown furnace erectet
In Wilmington that would destroy 5
tons OF garbage per day, would b
S10,0 600. As already shown the pric
per ton received for the ashes NOR
than bears the expense OF operating
1t. In tho garbage destroyed Is includ
ed all dead animals. 1t takes abou
one hour to cremate dead horse.
The committee returned home O.
Wednesday morning, except Mr.. Col
quhoun and MIR. Bailey, who stoppe,
over In New York and stopped also Il
Philadelphia. but In none OF thes
large cities did they see a cremator
that did Its work as we'll, nor with an.
thing like the small cost OF the BostU
Brown crematory.
The committee Ia thoroughly q uni
IN the opinion that ir would be on tn
line OF economy and good govern
ment for the city Of Wilmington T.
have Brown orematory constructed
even IL the cost Is $4,000. An urgen
reason for the construction OF one l
the threatened approach of the chol
era the coming summer. The healt
OF the city demands cleanliness an
a prompt removal OF all nuisance stha
would in any way engender or bree,
diseases. and this cannot better i
done than by the Introduction of tn
crematory system of CONSUMING
garbage. The committee is prepare
to urge the adoption OF this syster
upon the City Council.