Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-03

Inc discrepancy Is appalling. Mr.. Brain
ard, however, who operates the stationary
crematory, laughs at Mr.. Welles' calcula-
tions, and the bitterness OF the two parties
which seems to have become a sort of Do
litical faction fight in Chicago, is very
amusing. The exact processes by which
Mr. Brainard manipulates the gases for the
generation of heat In his retort are his own
secret, and he refuses to disclose IL. The
general construction of his crematory-the
only one OF Its kind in existence-is open
for inspection. and he takes quite as much
pride in its efficiency as Mr.. Welles does
in the incontrovertible merits of his Mr.
Welles, who was at the head of the bureau
when the stationary burner was first tried
boasts that he stopped IL. or choked it in
two weeks, Mr.. Brainard, on the other
hand. laughs at Mr.. Welles, and bitingly
ridicules his efforts to choke my con-
sumer," as he puts it himself
The stationary man genially invited the
portable man to bring his travelling burner
down to the stationary burner. the purpose
OF the invitation being, on the part of MIR.
Brainard, to throw the traveller into the
retort and melt il away into a harmless
lump of scrap iron. Mr.. Welles retorted
by Offering TO bet Mr.. Brainard 81 600 that
ashes In ten days. OF course neither propo-
sition was accepted, and out of this pictur-
esque rivalry grew a startlingly clean con-
dition of alley in the city.
The city has accepted the stationary ere
matory, having considered the tests to
winch IL was submitted as satisfactory Ii
Is withal rather pretty little building,
when its purpose is taken into considera-
tion 1t is situated at the river and Super
ior street on the North Side, Surrounded
by shipping and warehouses and factories
In principle and construction IL is a wide
departure from others that have been used
in this country. The retort is circular in
form, and eight feet in diameter, It Is
built OF brick, the house of the same ma
terial, and all is painted white At one
SIDE or the house is a runway for teams
hn r1rl.n
to a semicircular platform, on which the
garbage is dumped. Here IL is taken nv
laborers and thrown into three onenIngs
to be carried down as many chutes into the
retort below, where IL is consumed The
chutes are built at an inclining angle 81
about forty-five degrees; their orifices omen
ing on the dumping platform are closed
win sndlng doors From each chute near
the outside mouth, is a fiue that connects
with the chimney. and through these fines
pass the products of the combustion The
heat in the chutes, even I'D to the very
openings, is so intense that the matter
passing into them is almost consumed te-
fore ii reaches the retort This IS esnec-
tally true of vegetable matters. The refuse
Is received in the retort on a bed of ,.rars
bars, and is constantly raked over by a
man who stands at the large opening. The
residue is thrown out through two openings
at the side. Heat is made by constant
sprays of petroleum into the furnace ana
It's generation is facilitated by the injection
pipe that encircles the retort The oil Is
blown into the furnace with a steam let
so that the combustion is especially fierce
the flame strikes the garbage from above
and as the vegetable matter burns various
gases produced in the retort by the com
bustion flicker and flare in greens. blues
yellows and almost all the spectroscopic
colors.
In the reduction Of the garbage by This
crematory no distinction is made as 70
kind Ashes. bottles, tin, scrap iron. are
alike flung into its flaming NAV, are swsl-
lowed up, raked over, burned, raked over
again, and thrown out reduced to fine ashes
These ashes make a solid firm filling
readily disposed of in a city which IKE
Chicago, has large need of material like
that. So confident is Mr.. Brainard of the
serviceable qualities of his crematory thai
he says he will undertake to clean with n
not only the city's. alleys, but the streets
as well, and that for $3.50 600 less than the
last appropriation for the purpose made Inv
the common council.
OF the portable burners the CITY uses bu,
two Of the larger kind, for the burning 81
garbage and refuse. A third travelling Gre
matory is utilized for the reduction OF psr-
bage only. This is smaller than the two
others, but constructed on the same p-ln-
ciples There are about a score of st.Il
smaller travelling burners that are used for
the consumption of waste paper in TIE
streets. This is an excellent idea and
saves not a little expense in the way OF
carriage. Paper is light and bulky.
The city will build half a dozen of the
Brainard crematories for use next summer
The travelling crematories will also be used.