Evening star., 1896-02-21
remain. The ashes thus collected are very
fine. and ere eventually dumped into the

remain. The ashes thus collected are very
fine. and ere eventualiy dumped into the
bay.
Costs but % Day.
There are two engines. one to work tbs
trough and the other to operate the fan
The boiler is stituated between the furnace
and the smokestack and has a condenser
on top. The cost of running plant wat
stated to be 81 per day. OF this $1.75 goes te
the engineer and the balance for incident
ais.
The material thus saved from the FUR
mace Is arranged along one side of the in
closure In stalls One Of the stalls con.
tains brown paper tied up In bales; another
contains white paper: another, beer bottles
another. wine bottles; another. mtscel
laneous bottles; another, boots and shoes
the entire product of the dump being classi-
fled and thus disposed of to purchasers
who buy of the contractor.
Selling the Refuse.
All Of this stuff is, of course, made profit
able. The bottles are cleaned and used
over again. Those containing distinctive
stamp or trade mark are returned to the
factories by which they were originally
issued. The iron from the wire. caster
etc. is sold to manufacturer Of window
sashes and melted into weights used In
balancing windows i'll their frames.
The paper Is sold to wholesale paper
manufacturers who mash it into pulp and
make 1t into paper again. The old shoes
are. sold to enterprising Baxter street mer-
chants. who lick them into some appear
ance of respectability and sell them at ar
enormous profit. Some of these shoes even
the Baxter street merchants will not take
These. it may hardly be said. are tiisrepu.
table in the extreme. and arc finally cast
into the furnace. The woodwork of the
lounges. beds and other articles of furni.
ture is also burned after every adjunct OF
any possible value has been stripped off.
1t has been estimated that every man
woman and child throws away at leasl
:" cents in debris during the year II
lnis IS so, the value OF the stuff annually
cast Off is about $j'D.OOO. The present
scheme possesses three points of economy
which may be summarized as follows:
1t lessons the amount of material to be
transported to scows and dumped in the
ocean: 1t turns into an actual Irofit 10 the
city lot of stuff which would otherwise
be cast away; 1t generates steam power
which. if properly employed, could afford
the city considerable revenue.
The Steam Power Is Valuable.
1t is this steam power which will probabl,
prove the most important feature of the
new cremating process Since the furnace
Is kept from morning to night at a Yer,
high temperature, it is evident that the
heat is sufficient to generate a large
amount of steam. The steam gauge of the
boiler blows off at sixty-f1ve pounds, anG
as 1. is blowing off all day long ii may be
calculated just what value in power is be-
ing disspated. 1t is estimated that tn.
available energy thus wasted by this ere
Hatory IS worth about $1,000 a year. Com
missioner Waring. in referring to this point
said that this steam power could he trans
mitted and rented. and thus be turned tt
practical account.
The crematory is not employed for burn
frg UP vegetable and animal matter. which
constitutes but 4.G per cent of all the re.