The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-17
AHIW oREfAToRY

Diiou1Ied ~ tht Hsalth Commtttes--A
New Process f6r the DiSposal 0f Car
baEo.
At meeting ot the council COMMITTEES
on health yesterday afternoon the ever
present and important question Of .
new crematory came up. Or. 8. L. Jep-
SON brought to the eemmittee's atten-
tion the fact that Il has only been slnes
the present warm spell set in that there
has been enough pressure OF gas to
serve for the ipclneratlon ot the city's
garbage. Not 1ong ago q lot Of It ac-
c,inuI6ted and drainsd on on the hill
because there was not enough gas %
heat the furnaces. One thing was set
tied as the unanimous opinion o. the
committee, and that was that the city
would have to provide for q new cre-
matory, and that very soon. Anooher
fact was stated, hafneiy that gas could
not be relied on and that coal would
have to be the fuel used.
At this point DR.. Jeps0n SAID that Mr.
N. B .Powter, Of New York, repfesent-
ing the Consolidated Reduction Com
pany, was present and would like to ad-
dress the committee on the subject
Before calling the gentleman into the
room DR.. Jepson read three letters he
had received from the health authorities
in New York, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh
In which they only gave partial en-
dorsement to the process Of reducing
Earbage and obtaining fertilizers rep
resented by Mr., Pewter. The writera,
howeyer. made the reservation that
they only knew Of the process IN Its
experimental form, with the exception
OF the Pittsburgh correspondent, who
stated that the process was In success
full operation In that city.
Mr.. Pewter In addressing the COM
mittee said he only came before 1t II
the suggestion of the Butchers ABNoei-
alton, with whom he Is negotiating Tor
the erection OF plant TO reduce their
offal and garbage into fertilizers. The
Butchers Association thought that the
city might want to make arrangements
to have its garbage and night sou ta-
ken care Of by them. and with q view
to that probable arrangement he eI-
planned at length the process, which
was quite intricate. The process In the
main reduces the garbage to chemical
clements, and by further treatment 3
per cent OF grease a shade lower than
the tallow Of commerce, and 70 per cent
of fertilizer was obtained. The grease
sold q little lower than tRlIoW, and the
fertilizer brought from SO ton up
wards. He said that the cost Of plant
was about $500 ton capacity, and that
the plant contemplated by the Butchers
Association would cost about $4,000.
The profit per ton from garbage was
from 81 50 to s. 90 per Son.
There was sore desultorS comment
on the subject. wl,Fln II was suggested
that the ButcheTB Association otsht
to be conferred with to see just what
they expected Of the city. and what ar
rangement, II any, could be made with
them. The committee finally resolved
TO ask council to send committee OF
three to accompany Q. committee OF the
butchers TO Pittsburgh next Norway 70
inspect the plant In such successful
operation there.
The committee suggested is composed
OF Health Officer Sepson, Chairman
stathers and W. +. McKelvey. OF the
health committee. The committee au-
dIted bills amounting to SIC so and rec
spmenaGA tbGlEs aylnent by. council