New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-13
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
BADODORA AND DIRTY WATER
BOTH TO BE ABOLISHED AT THE BARREN
ISLAND WORKS.
AN IMPROVEMENT WHICH WILL BE OF GENERAL
BENEFIT ADOPTED By THE GARbAeE coN-
TRACTORS BECAUSE 1T WILL INCREASE
THEIR PRorITs-THE NUISANCE
ov wCODrN WAGONS.

TRACTORS BECAUSE 1T WILL INCREASE
THEIR PRoFITs-THE NUISANCE
OF WOODEN WAGONS.
when the contract with the Brooklyn HYGIENE
company for reducing the garbage Of the CITY
was under consideration, Health Commissioner
Emery hesitated about approving the c"h'rac'
owing to the odors that the Barren lsiaho re-
ducing nlanf would produce and the pad wafer
II would discharge into the bay There mas peeh
some complaint about the smells that hoa' iion'
the reducer but not so much comp'a''' d. was
,rsa,c,ed There has been no particular com
plant OF the 10000 odd gallons day OF oa'iN
water that Is discharged into the bay In fact
the fishermen of that piece OF water caush' 'o'"-
cod for the first time in many years TINS season
but whether or not the hsh "eie
this refuse Is another story.
In order however to avoid the slightest pos
s,h,ljtv Of a conflict with the Health Department.
Crawford Bros who are the HYGIENE COMPANY
have decided to abolish these odors and TINS ais
charge Of soiled water altogether This can DE
aore NV some additional inventions mace ny MI.
Arnold the inventor Of the general system vi
reduction. 49,.
The garbage of Brooklyn is still reduced IN 'he
nIant Of the New-York Garbage COMPANY, Tie
stock of which is mostly owned by the Ian
fords who control the Brooklyn company - -
the New-York company which mas JUS Gu
into a contract for condenser OF i'oooo e"'
,ons conacitv. TO cost $4,000. This condenser
consists of a series of inclosed evapora'ors VIM"
will turn the Juice that is squeezed OUT Vi TIC
garbage into a liquid Of about the CONSISTENCY
Of molasses. which is called stick water. eoi'ie-
thing like so or 90 per cent of garbage IS i'quiu
and this LIQUID is now discharged into the Day
and is washed TO sea- GOO 900
The motive OF the company in spending Foo'ooo
IN a condenser is not altogether. ma'.ei "a
nub,ic sn,rit The CranfordsS have learned una ..
~. S,,nk water has s per cent of ammonia III IT,
"a that when added TO the dry reouOeu $40
bage it makes the product sen III ~ The
instead Of 81 a ton. The presenl ~ III, a small
reducer is so powdery or funny that ol'iy s1 :,
teout t'o 81 fertilizer manufacturers can use IL.
Rut with the addition Of stick water anu ,,,otsd
further drying the product becomes e.
like sand. oa IN abolishing odors
o. a much cheaper and simpler thlne ne SIN.
ts noticed when the steam is ploMn ~. - hot
ducng tanks just previous Sot 20 ms steam in
tic The evaporators VIII ca,cn lhie -. Nd
staad Of letting it watt over the county,, ca
reduce il to water. which Will DE o's'""e
nea i,SongS nearly six months have passed since
,bev hogan work under a contract when ano us
ol,ired them to substitute metai peT 80 The
Tor the old wooden wagons used ny Oul , o e,
C ~. have thus far put in use only one
1
metal wagon for city collection and Two si yss
ones for suburban collection. When asKeu 60 80
ones no ne ~ the cause of the delay w. " Gram
forJ secretary of the company, said: r,,,>o,,
"The first wagons made for US py ntract
e. Co to whom we have given lne 49, nrtain
&C. TOO heavy. We had figured on certain
canacity. but steel tank at this capacrs o Ma
found to be so heavy that three hoIscs oroi
moi draw it, Since then we nave 'rleu s s',,,nl
shapes and finally have adopted rear uds Of
Ing wagon that will hold five cuplc !Aius 1,h U
carriage 1t can be drawn by two horses , ,
first one of these made for us is NOW snd III there
Another will be ready in ten days anu NJ :,
af,ar We shuuId be furnished with one weeH'
Al this rate ii win be seysra nI the wooden,
Ia MAI means that the people Of i5rooklyh
have got to put UP for that length OF rn abe old
the nausenting doors that come from '"' ~
rne ~" :. they sicp along the streets.
The plant Of the BROOKLYN COMPANY rs n .n ~
finished The New-York plant IS cro"ue eS,s ~ oT
utmost capacity in disposing or Inc reluse ~
two cities. Night and day shifts do the wT har
several hotels in the city are haN,ls -. In The
Arms dfsnose Of their garbage. o"lnr 20 'he
Inability OF the city contractors to nanoie /"