The morning times., 1896-06-23
.lM BDRIIle elR4lGE
Crematory Fires Up After
Three Weeks Idleness.
PROBLEM or THE SUMMER
It Is Expected That 200 Tons . Day
VIII he Collected. While the Gre
niatory' = Capacity II but Half That.
Fair Test to BE Given the Sys-
tenn Now.


The garbage cre1natory at the foot oI
South Capitol street began again, sester
day afternoon; tilel destruction OF garbage
which good work has been suspended for
about three weeks. The renewal Of opera
tons is for thr second test of the cresna-
tary, ihe first having failed, it is alleged
By reason of the burning out OF tie CRATES
OF the plant. f
There Is NOW stsbe hope that the sogne-
what ancient method 1f deportipg rottine
vegetables, dead animals. and all that
kind OF upspeakable thing by scows ant
rafts down The Potomac. will cease at tie
close Of this season.
The crcmafdry trr this city has had a
rough road since II was suggested as a
departure. TIE idea, or rather the Pc
sition Of the thing, was fought in certain
localities Just as was that for the hospita
for Contagious Diseases. The Commission
ers, however, made some investigation
ana agreed that the Brown plant waf
probapIy the test. and Messrs. Warfield d
Go. got the contract for putting up cretna
tories that would lie acceptable To the
Commissioners. The choice Of plants for
experiment was reserved by The Cournds-
sioiitrs or Construed as their right.
FAVORED BY TRUEsDELL.
Mr.. TruesdeiI, it is undentood, saw tie
wilmington, Dei., plant at work, and ctdn-
iBendea the brown system very highly and
therefore the first experiment was made
with the Brown ,anuihiiator.
The plant at the end or South fapitol
street, US stated, went into the business
about three weeks ago, ana II is ;s'tid was
doing well until the srs'es barnt out. A
crenatory that can burn iron bars all TO
pieces ought to be a good ching.
1t was said that the contractors had
furnished TOO much garbage for the capa-
city OF the Plant, which capacity is esti-
mated at from fifty to sixty tons every
twelve hours These details are, how
ever. unimportant. The special need az
pears TO have. been that the crenatory
shoutd be supplied with Crates that
wouldn't burn, and these have been sup
piled.
The main point, however, in the intro
ductioh or the system on practical basis,
is that the Brown plant be acceptable to
Mr.. warfield and also 70 theCommisssoners.
'Inasinuch as the present plant is now
equipped With thc s;A q kind of machinery
and devices as. that at wilmington, which
has been approved by Mr. Trucsdeii. the
question may be assumed TO be solved.
WILL TAX THE PLANT
Mr. s. Bai;y, the manager for warfie;d,
visited the plant yesterday afternoon. He
said later tnat he thought IL would now
operaie sfully.
There Is, however. another question.
Fifty or sixty tons day de5troyedas as only
a comparatively small part OF the garbage
which Mr.. Warfieidiis under contracts 10
remove. Mr.. Baily said that in the late
summcs a daily average would be as high
as ane hundred and sixty or seventy tons
withoat taking into consideration emerg-
e,,cies such as the decay OF melons, etc.
an dragged market THts would possibly
increase The work on some da IS al least to
nearly two hundred tons, 1t is proposed.
OF course. 70 Increase the A1mber of plants
when one or more systems ave been found
acceptable. Sc1is : MO
When the Brown plant began operations
about the fitst OF the present month 1t
was tn have three mourhs test. 1t viii
have Usrees Ittuntsss' -dests Won yesterday
,ut u is iikely aaat the 'ef5idency " the
system will hssge been EAbwn before the
expiration OF the uinetS y da US ~ that Mr..
warfield may go ibn with the building OF
other Rluuts. ss9
Two sites fori additional plants have al
ready been putoiased but It is not known
where the crematdtiee will eventually be
,rected 1iJa3 Ss-t
Mr. warfieiI sappiied the plant with all
the material &c aAeded yesterday after
noon and it BegaH operations at about 3
O'Clock o. m. % nn