New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-05
WEDNESDAY,,
AUGUST 5, 1895.
CREMATING GARBAGE.
HOW THE PLANT IN THE NEW WARDS
WORKS.
FORTY TONS OF STUFF CONSUMED ~ DAT.
LEAVING A RESIDUE OF ABOUT FIVE
WIZ RRON. LOADS.

FORTY ToSs OF STUFF CONSUMED ~ DAr'
LEAVING A RESIDUE OF ABOUT FIVE
wHEsLDARRow LOADS.
The question OF the disposition OF the city's gar.
bage f. far from being settled yet. The oConneu
contract does not run out until December ana
nothing so far appears 10 have been cone toward
solving the problem Of what 10 do with the mi'iions
Of tons OF garbage that hitherto have been dumped
into the Atlantic Ocean. and which the Govern
rnent Of the United States says must be otnef~'ss
disposed Of In New-York the cremation system
does not appear 70 be success
In this city the contractors for the new wards.
Norton a German. have erected "A small crema'ory
plant in Eighy-sixth-st. near the crossing o, tho
Sea Beach Railroad To get idea Of the work.
Ing of the system In a, Graves'nd Tribune
reporter visited the plant yesterday after receiving
an order or permit for that purpose from MT "or'
man. whose dosntowr Office H. 1T No Soi Dous'ass-
Tn. plant is no, A pretentious ore. ha; its tall
steel smokestack Il already landmark. III Is IN
closed by a high board fence. with cottage In the
front for the accom- rnoda ton Of the men who look
after the business. Close b. this structure Is
large gate which admits the garbage wagons Inc
stuff Is shoveed out of these into "A box twenty OF
thirty feet long and abou, fifteen feet wide covered
with A ucnt house roof TO keep OF the rain IN
from. Of this t. a brick u feet By - feet
and perhaps . ~ feet In height From the gar
bage receptacle rl0ping conveycr runs 10 the top
OF the furnace In tins Is sort of elevator. or
chain pump rather. the fiat buckets OF which
catch the garbage AT the lower end and 50 carry II
up 10 the top the brick furnace There BALANCED
tran door admits the stuff when 1t reaches GER
tain weight and then closes automatically, until an
other equal quantity again operates the trsp-ioor.
Four furnaces supply the initial heat THESE ars
fed with coal until the green and wet garbage
sufficiently dries cut 20 burn. after which little
k... m
becomes So strong that on one occasion. through
an oversight, tn tall stecl stack became rec hot
for half its height before the darnp.r put on.
although the fires had been banked win ashes anu
a brick tunnel yards long int"rvehes pc
tween the furnaces and the smokcsiack; This
serves 10 show the intense heat gererateh ny '"o
stun itself when it dries out , ..,,,.r
The gases pass through "A combustion chaniper'
where they are completely consumed no sns.l -
ing apparent. either from the residue or the s"o""
stack. 49,, . As ,h., "a.
man in charge said II dd not an1unr 70 four
hours burning. The quantity consumed AZ P.cse s
is about forty tons daily and Is run c OF wTp
ton Of about two tons OF large coal daily In
GLIDING the donkey boiler. which furnishes sfea am
for the small upright engine used To oper"'e ''s
A pipe leads from the garbage receptacle: which
leads To IT,. same place from the pit In when
the driving wheel Of the elevator works Inc "a o
sumed lust as those from the burning garbage are
Whether the plant is an economical one Is an
involves considerable labor II requires from nve
to seven double trucks 70 haul the stun TO me
man attends 10 the engine and elevator for twelve
hours at n stretch. being relieved then ny a hent
small compared with the huge bulk consumed; In
wi, n. much dr,er and more easily consumed hav-
Ing less fluid and green vegetable matter In H.