Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13
A WAY TO TREAT GARBAGE.

Cleveland is trying to treat the gar
bage question in an intelligent way,
and Is greatly to be praised therefor.
Still 1t Is merely in the infancy OF the
question, and it could learn much II
1t were to turn its eyes in the direction
of Shoreditch in England where new
system for the utilization OF such
month or so. Yet short as the time
has been. the immense value Of the
method has already been successfully
shown The system was established
by Lord Kelvin, an inventor OF the in
genuity OF our Edison, but with far
greater basis OF sound knowledge; one
Of the greatest scientists. in fact, In
all the world. Last week | told of
system that was in operation near New
York, and | deem the matter Of such
vital Importance that | give up space
today to AN account OF the English
method which is much superior.
The refuse matter of that municipal
ity is collected and brought to dust
destructor, where it is burned to pro-
duce steam, and this steam is utilized
to generate electricity There are in
/, the apparatus twelve destructor cells,
or furnaces, with a heating area of
twenty-five square feet each, and six
vater-tube boilers at the side, each
with three hundred square feet OF
heating surface. The garbage is
/ IN lie nllnn6
electric lifts, by which it is automatic
ally raised to the tipping platform.
Here it is run along tracks until it
is above the furnaces, and then dump
ed in. Between fifty and sixty tons of
refuse are thus consumed daily.
In order TO secure perfect combus-
ton, forced draught is used, the air
being drawn by motor driven fans
from neighboring sewer thus venti-
lating the sewer The dust destruc
ton continues day and night, twelve
men stocking in three shifts of eight
hours each, and. as the greatest de-
mand for the electric light and power
is during the night, a system OF steam
storage has been inaugurated.
The steam is used to drive great
| high-tension engine, producing eleven
| hundred volts from each of three gen
| orators, and there are besides three
! low-tension dynamos, each producing
! one hundred and sixty-five volts. The
electric-light station supplies the arc
lamps for lighting the streets until
1 i oh Cd or
and incandescent lamps are used m
| til daylight. The station also lights
| the town hall lights and heats the
public baths and the technical school,
! and supplies electric motor power to
/ cabinet makers. The workmen's
dwellings are being fitted with penny
| in-the-slot meters, by which an eight
/ candle-power light can be obtained for
/ six hours at a cost OF one penny
The waste product of the garbage,
| which is reduced to about thirty per
cent. of its original bulk, is given
away at present but It can be ground
! down to make a good sand for arti-
! fetal paving stone, concrete, or NOR
| tar
From the financial point Of view the
/ system Is eminently successful, For
merlv the garbage was removed 70 the
sea by barges at a cost of seyenty-six
| cents ton. or about forty dollars a
day This expense has been complete
| " eliminated. and there is an annual
| saving Of FIVE thousand dollars for
heating the baths and further saw
| ng OF the same amount for yentilat-
l ing the sewers. The price Of the cleo
| trio current has been fixed at four