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

n 81 i'm starting the fire, but when the furnace Is ~
worns order not n noeH IA I large enough TO
provide for the combustion OF NJ least s'A! ~
Tier are seores Of crema,ors in use In EnsanG
ard in the different countries III EuIoPc, cc.o. and
them have been operated with much ,uc'' hecamS.
they were not CONSTRUCTED a fn a" Of the
PROVIDED r.ma,orn for The destruction Of refuse are
used in London, Brmingham Leeds; Glasgow, , rdprld
Isr' Do,"s an" Of rariage desiccaton. designed
10y Vienna engineer ard INTRODUCED W. Mah rrhace is
dried in cylinder, and then treated with naph'ha anu
Chemicals to extract the TAT; Inc sre' i yauobe
fertilizer which Is known to the trade as eaFp'se
Tie cremation Of garbage Is unqnes'ionnapg p xiw
cable and cxpcdicn from sanitary point OF VIA ,t
The Only thing which now remains Is TO ' v"ar dis
cost The srect-tlcanins Department last year "is -
posed Of 0al 39l carload, Of garbage at cost OF
s33a23 90 This would be- Il 3 cents 'I" v c n.
taking ont the 95l3. loads taken away ny co.." .
tractors and used for filling. and which were no r
pcse to the city for carriage. The price "'o , m
n" refuse leaves The tail OF The cart at the dumping
boards until II Is finally deposited III the a,ory
for garbage depends upon the quality and price o, oil
the fuel II properly managed r rrrm" WITH Ir u.s..
." "fp -, in"Icnacont amount OF coal wood New,
York CITY could obtain enough COKE anu n,i,,
coal by screening the ashes praG,ray 10 with Hpp fuel
Under ordinary conditions cubic yard OF eaIo'Se n
A tet recently made at the garbage crsmatory al al
savannah Ga showed that 5000 cubic feet 1i
feet Of pine wood In Other words. great Pile o,
refuse two ifths Of mile long three feet high ana
three feet wide was burned in week ana II cost
no civ the price Of seven cords Of wood and the
wages Of few laborcrs TODD 1t. Taking an avernge
Of The cost Of gar%s" cremation c at ynrd or about
30 ton. 10 convert The refuse mo n cno cuc
Ansn isp ol, o. Ri Ia e rrnis yard The
report Of Superintendent Clcary Tor Nay. ~, s"mM
that the garbage Of the city OF SAVANNAH "a 10
cd month ut the low cost III " !i'
cents cubic yard He estimates The cost OF luz, oa 4.
ibc cost Of labor. including the hauling away oi u'
If "a cents leaving slight margin for incidental
"xncnses. Experiment, made with variou. fuels
show the cost cubic yard TO he aN follows hnn"
II CENTS and common rdwood. from to l., cents.
Bitumncns coal and petroleum arr also ",' ,r,og.
crcmaiion I'm Ncw-Nork. Under proper conditions II
,hould be done AT cost OF from 10 TO ~ an,,nInr
en-" ""sG aS Sdra Or ha cubic nj yarGs " firm
has offered dispose Of all the city refuse iltIr"S
garbage and other offensive matter and hallv 10 u
pose of n 1 T R S fSF 10
profit from the sale Of bones bottles metal and other
material which has n commercial value Thc ciiy
now gets $4,000 year from an Italian coh'.'r ,
for hc priycgs Of trimmnF the ,or rcE To, pv Iy
was less than 300 week The garbage 81 INC rlN,
with its pntreNcillc matter contains o,h"r ,m,pI,
and which alone should almost pay the cost Of cr"mai
ing The WORTH. portion In" hn omanies Of
valuable fcrtlizng material ana und'r i, ~, ,
conditions may be- sold TO such adynn'ngr - I" r m,
n large part Of the "Xpcns" Of operating 'hr c,'na
tory Carriage Is rich I'm n" organic ana amman i''
tcrials which 60 10 make mp hrs,casS ,hc nrnr,
critics Of thee materials In such way tha, ''N MY
be readily assimilatcd y plant ne III" uI
be- thc commercial vauc Of the ash obtained from rs
combustion idea Of IA" amonni 81 "rran'c MAJ.
-, rntlt nr,I
of tie Superintendent Of thc savannah cr"niaory Tor
one month. Tie rcfnsc inclnnr, phr'' H.
BOARD OF Health The list T. IL follow: 'nrhasr
from honScs. f253 cubic yards goats. ~ car, -"
dogs 600 hams and sansaccS, II barrels :" onions,
4 loads 81 orgncc, I load ~ bananas. barrels "f
meat Il loads Of peanuts. load Of pointo's ana
on,ysIs Of thc ashes Obtained from hurnlnr
hacc which recently made a' III" Conn't cnl Mt
phosphorc acid matter equivalent to bon" phosphate
OG per cent potash. ..i% per c'n' 'ar"h '''i,
acId - . per cent. Tho average Canada wood nSh.
according 10 an nnays, mad" by me- .an" ";
nhnsnhorlc acid The presence ~ the large per cent
81 inSolulc matter Is accounted Tor hy ~" pr'- end
THIS fertilizer has been sold In Iacksonvl" ana "'h'r
southern cities at from 20 70 = cent ,arrc
the bodies Of animals burned with III" enrimg' u
exceptionally rich In rh"spln'"s ana potash, ~, nn
M"Inos where considerable animal matter Is con.
mined. l. given h"rcwi'h rs prepare, ny ,r"1,, "r
lnsoIuhlc IN IICl 1Gp-G per cent cnlcinm 'hr'"hh
3oO7 per cent magnesnm phosphate. boio per c'n'
colcum hosphae. 60 - per cent. calcium Nhirn'"'
| 900 ucr cent free carbon. .o12 per cent sodium
chloride o'-7 per cent: calcium huor'd" LILO per
cont ferric oxide 90 per cont potassium. irnr"
What usefulness ashes obtained from Now \ "rk
-or,ore would hnv" fertilizer can hc learned ov
Tx experiment. III" produci obtained from ~" i'H
Neinos cr"ma'orv T. much richer. according tn me
ANALYSIS Of Professor cell than The patent f"r,"rS
which sold at hieh prices Canadn Woo ISh.,
which sell ri S2O q ton. haN" from . 10 . per
con, q, forfill7lng constituents. Garlag" Yields from
IN IN 10 nor cent 81 residue rf'or burning. Nfh On
economically managed system ~ sorting the c'N'S
rnfnsc and selling the products Of Tie cr"ma'or"S IN"
COS, 81 tho fnn disposition should be much loss man
the present clumsy and unscicn'inc method OF dump
ing M sea With the constant Improvements being
made in cronatorlcs ID" cost OF operation IS Dlhs
reduced The time may come when IN" CITY NAV
derive enough from is vast" products 7" pay
for n sanitary and economical way 81 diSposing ~
Them. The practical application ~ n system o'
rofnso destruction to the needs ~ Workers can
ho reached ONLY bv series 81 welldircctcd eIp"ri
mcnts The cost Of erecting crcmatori"s is only -
fcw hundred dollars ench and nnmi"r ~ them conld
he built near the present dumping boards without
largo expenditure for real estate. II would u" neceS
sory 10 have crcmaoreS situated In dIlc nj parts o
the city in to the expense of earring me
garbage over long distances. Cremation VIII work
The only question l.. Is N"w-fork ready Tor itf