The morning times., 1895-07-17
Health Officer WoOdWard's In
Vestigation of Garbage Plants.
POINTS IN PIS REPORTS
Site Purchased For New School
Building PolicemenA cquitted
Amendment TO Building Regula-
tions-Ventilating and Heating APP
paratus Recommended.

III w y. woodward, VINO recently re-
turned from Pittsburg, Allegheny, Cincin-
hatl and st. Louis, whittier he had been TO
inspect the garbage systems in use in each
OF the cities, submitted TO the Commissions
erS yesterday the result of his observations
He investigated the mode of operating
the Ryder furnace in Pittsburg and Ale
gheny, the American reduction process, a
plant now being constructed in Piusbure:
the Simonin reduction system in Cncin-
natl, and the Merz reduction method em-
ployed in st. Louis
Dr. Woodward's conclusions as TO the
lasttwo systems named are brieflystated as
follows
II am unable TO find that either OF
these methods has any sanitary advantage
over the other, except that possibly there is
a llttle more handling of the raw garbage
by the SimuHin process.
"of the two establishments. the Mertz,
at st st. Louis, was iar superior to the
Slmonin, at Cincinnati. 1t should be re-
membcred that this is the very best Mertz
plant, while the best Simonin plant tat New
orleans) was not visited. The superiority
was secured by the liberal expenditure of
money TO secure a good building. aud the
best appliances OF ali sorts. Under similar
circumStancesl lelieve the simoniu process
would show equally good sanitary resultS.
NEITHER AVAILA BILE HERE
Neither OF these processes could be
operated in the city without means for
condensing or decomposing all offensive
gases, including those arising from the
garbage itself while being dumped from
the carts, and from its products wherever
exposed 10 the atmosphere l would rec
onmend that in any such establishment all
ventilation be secured by ilues for that
purpose ana not 10y the windows or doors
ana that all air from the foul air ducts De
exposed to fUmc cTemators Of some sort.
With these precautions | think that
either TIE SimonIn or Mertz process could
be operated IN this city without nuisance.
lf under rigid supervision OF a competent
superintendent
The American reduction process, Dr.
woodward, says, has up 10 this time been
operated only upon an experimental basis
The Rider system, lie says, has been in Op-
GRAFTON about six years, and inquiry a the
Health Department elected the iufOrma
tion that its operation during that period,
has been satisfactory, both as 10 the char
aCter aud cost of the work done
PittSburg IuauguUated a public garbage
collection, several weeks ago, uuCer
which, as far as possible, nothing hut pure
garbage was obtaiHed The disposal is by
furnace iu which natural gas is used as
fuel The furnaces worked constantly. ana
is unable 10 CoUS umc the entire collection
as accumulated. \ small residue remains
each day, aud the week accumulation is
disposed OF on Sunday absolutely moth
ing good, " remarks DIR. Wood ward, can be
said Of the sanitary features of this estab-
lishment -
Dr. Woodward viii leave this morning
for New York, Coney Island Brooklyn ana
I F.r,,F LID g..
New Jersey, for further inspections He
willeXaminc the EngIesystemin in New York,
the Halthans, IN Brooklyn, a modification
of the MerZ process on Long Island, ana at
Camden will witness a test OF the Dixon
plant iu the consumption OF pure garbage
PUBLIC WORKS ORDERS.
Orders were issued yesterday for the
erection of 4 public hydrant at the corner
Of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast; for a catch basin at the corner
of Thirty-seventh and y streets; for the
paving with asphalt of Ninth street north
west, east side, from Pennsylvania avenue
70 F street, the Metropolitan Railroad
Company to pay for the two feet adjacent
over the cuts made 10y it in prosecuting its
recent work of constructing new under
ground system.
Reports of deaths were made to the health
office yesterday up to / O'Clock as follows
White-EliZa Jane Shaw age At years:
Susie T. Aidlip, aged 24; Arthur E. Wells,
aged IS; Maria Anenan, aged 3; Herman
Palmer, aged 10 months; Annie a Wood,
aged months
Colored -MaryBrown, aged 70 years;
Stephen Russell, aged 80 years; Jane Smith,
aged 40; Francis Sunmerville, aged 40;
Lucinda Webster, aged 40; John Laney,
aged 81 Jennie Taylor, aged 8 months;
IL, T. 4
Pratt, aged . months; Percy +. Brown
aged 2 months; Clifton Curtis, aged i day
As a result of the investigation made by
the committee appointed by the Commits
sioners into the methods OF heating and ven
tilating, with view of obtaining the best
system for the new public buildings, q con
tract was recommended TO be made with
II. /. Gregory for hot air heating and me-
chanical ventilating at 50 600 per building
The Commissioners yesterday ordered
the dismissal of the charges respectively
against Private c. j. CarleSon, tried May
8 for intOXicatiOn, and Sergt John Ken
ney, tried June Is for conduct unbecoming
an officer.
FOR LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
An order was entered by the Commits
sioners yesterday amending the order of
May II, 1894, prescribing the space to
be reserved in locating dwellings for Sc
curing proper light and ventilation. AS
the order now reads, mo dwelling shall
be erected within ten feet of the rear of
any lot, except where the rear abuts upon
a public alley at least ten feet in width,
a street or other public space, or where
one side is on a public alley, or where there
is reserved a side lot of at least $50 square
feet area, TO be determined in each case
by the inspector of buildings"
Building Inspector Brady has been au-
thoriZed by the Commissioners to provide
facilities for blue printing in the cock-loft
and on the roof of the municipal building
for the convenience of craftsmen and others
connected with the District Government.
The appa ratus will be procured as soon
as the arrangements are perfected, and
the District will thereafter do a great
deal of its own photographing.
Two lots have been purchased by the
District at cost of $40 800, upon which
to erect a new school building. The lots
are numbered 50 aud 20, in square 502.
They have a frontage of fifty feet on
Four-and-a-half street, and runs back $50
TO thirty-foot alley. Mr.. SmithsOn re-
serves the right to remove the present build
ings from the premises.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits We're issued yesterday as
follows: National Capital Brewing Com
pany for store and dwelling, No. 733 North
Capitol street, ST 800. Henry Schneider,
dwelling, No. 1919 New Jersey avenue,
$4,000. Grace Church, rector's dwelling,
No. 1861 Thirty ty-second street, $500.
Margaret S. Lane, dwelling and store, No.
906 Delaware avenue northeast, So 900.
The placing or planks or bridges in or
across cutters or paved streets, to facili-
tate the passage of wagons or other We
hicles from the carriageway to the side
walk has been prohibited by the Commits
sioners.
The proposal of Alexander B. Burns to