Evening journal., 1894-01-05
TIE CREMATORY A SUCCESS.

IL Was Tested Yesterday Afternoon ne-
fore Hundreds Of wiIminRton's People.
lis Capacity Seven Tons an Hour.
The new crematory on East Liberty
street was tested yesterday afternoon.
and the 800 people who saw It were
unanimous in saying that it is an un>
qualified success. The building was
opened to the public, aud the test shut
the mouths of many narrow minded
people, who insisted that garbage could
not be burned without disagreeable
odors. There was not a suspicion Of q
smell inside the building OF out during
the whole afternoon, and even the noses
that sniffed most industriously were
doomed TO bitter disappointment.
The garbage carts are run In directly
over the furnace and the garbage
dumped into them through a funnel.
The heat Is made by crude petroleum,
which Is very cheap fuel. This is in
jected into the combustion chamber, and
subjected to different currents of air By
blower. The flames are blown over
and under the garbage and IN this way
both sides are burned at once.
The capacity Of the furnace Il akout
seven tons an hour and yesterday about
thirty tons were burned The furnaces
are incased In water jackets. which con-
tain o. 600 gallons OF water, half on the
back and half on the front OF them.
This keeps them from contracting OF sx-
panding
Garbage 70 the amount Of .. 2A0 pounds
when burned will make thirty pounds Of
ashes. A pile Of ashes IA one part OF
the building attracted much attention
from the visitors The pile, n loaded on
carts, would hll about two, and great
was the surprise OF the visitors when told
that II represented what was once sixty
tons Of garbage. This is the first pras-
tioal test, and when the furnaces onss
become thoroughly heated they will burn
much more and in less time than At pres.
ent The upper hoor over the furnaces.
where the carts drive in. is made OF iron
and covered with concrete. The build.
ing and some OF the inside arrangements
are not Jet completed A record will be
kept Of everything that goes into the
/ furnaces.
Beside garbage, dead horses. COWS.
dogs and chickens and other animals
| will be burned The ashes will be sold az
fertilizer. SO far what money has been
derived from the sale Of tle ashes has
paid the expenses for fuel.
The successful test wreathed the facs
Of Secretary Colquhoun IN smiles all the
afternoon. Every one is familiar with
bis untifing efforts to have a crematory
built here, and he deserves great deal
Of credit FOR his work. He said that he
had seen them I'm many cities, but that
the one here was the finest In the
country. Il was built under the super
vision Of the Crematory COMMITTEES Of
City Council, consisting Of Messrs.
Dannenberg, Ratledge. Maguigan,
] O'Neil and Meaney.
The following councilmen were present
Dannenberg Kirby, Staats and Vain
wright. Mr. Dannenberg, when asked
1y reporter what he thought OF thI
cumatory, said II am well satls6e,
md think It is a perfect success. havl
seen four or FIVE. and this beats then
} an
The crematory was built by the Ameri
can Crematory Company OF Boston
Mass. Of which H. S. Brown is th'
president He Is also the inventor of thl
apparatus
An ordinance will be passed prohibit.
ing people from using moro water thar
Is necessary In the garbage, as the les'
water there is in IL the more readily Il
burns.