The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-07
Towering Feature of the
New Crematory for
Garbage.
1t Will Be $50 Feet High and
Visible All Over This City
and Oakland.
Largest Incinerator Plant in the
World to Be Erected at Cost
of 100000.

The garbage crematory which will soon
be built in this City is the same as that
W hich has been in successful operation in
the city OF Montreal for the past four
years. 1t will be built under the superin-
tendency of the inventor of the Montreal
plant, Charles Thackeray.
The building will be of brick and iron,
two stories high. 1t has frontage of 262
feet by depth of 120 feet. The chimney
is the remarkable feature of the works.
1t will be $50 feet high and will be seen
from all parts of the City and Oakland.
It's base is 40 feet and the fiue is IA feet
diameter inside measurement. There will
be thirty-two furnaces, which will permit
thirty-two scavenger's carts driving into
the building ana dumping the garbage
into the furnaces at one time. The
furnaces are so arranged that they may
be all in operation at the same time or
only portion OF them, as the quantity of
the garbage delivered may require.
The block of land just purchased by the
corporation will be inclosed with nigh
fence. No odors whatever will emanate
from the burning of the garbage, as the
com bustion and temperature of the fur
naces is sufficient to overcome all such
difficulties and one other feature being
especially adapted Tor this purpose, that
is. the down draught with the powerful
SECTION of the chimney causes all the
odors, etc.. TO be drawn down into the
furnaces and passed over the hottest
place of the furnace. The temperature,
ranging from 1900 to 1000 degrees, is suffi-
Gent to consume and purify ali and any
odors that may arise. The garbage burns
itself, no fuel whatever being required.
There are also arranged in this plant
four very large boilers, which will give
sufficient steam power for the conpany's
own private uses for electric light and Tor
other incidental uses such as the manu-
facture of freproot material for the fire.
PROBING of our modern buildings and the
production of fertilizer and several other
such things which the company has the
intention of taking up in the near future.
After the buildings have been completed
and are in operation the company intends
to so improve its own estate that it will
be great benefit to the surrounding dis
trict and also credit to the City of San
Francisco.
This will be the largest incinerator plant
in the world, as all other plants in Amer
lea and Europe have a capacity from 30 to
$50 tons per day and this plant has total
capacity of 400 tons in the same time.
At meeting OF the board OF directors
held yesterday, President L. r. Ellert
"
Secretary A. Sbarboro read the following
list OF successful bidders, TO whom were
awarded the contracts for the erection of
the building: Brick work, Owen E. Brady
& Son; carpenter work, Maccono & Rosso;
iron work, including four California made
boilers, ]. Hendy Machine Works; roofing,
ConIin & Roberts.
The bids aggregate nearly 500, 900. The
building will be erected on block of land
near the present dumps: Fist, for the
reason that it is easy of access to the
scavengers, and second, for the further
reason that although the plant will be
worked with such neatness that it will
not be more detrimental than the United
States mint, still the board of directors,
desiring to avoid any possible cause of
complaint, have selected a place in the
future manufacturing district, SO that
they can furnish facilities with their sur
plus steam power to the factories in their
vicinity.
1T is understood that meeting of the
scavengers will soon be called, at which
it is expected that satisfactory arrange
ments Will be made by which the scaven-
gers will all retain their present position
and their present condition be anchor
ated.
The burning of garbage has been found
to be the best and most economical dis
posal of cities refuse. The works at Los
Angeles have been in successful opera
ton for some time, and lately Portla nd,
Or, and San Diego, CAL, have also con-
Guided to burn their garbage.
When the works will be in successful
operation they will give employment to
large number OF laborers and be credit
to the City of San Francisco.