Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-07

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The New Device Of M. Ginan, Of Msristta.
Inspected bv : Party Of wheeling Peo-
pie.
| Special to the Register.
Marietta, O., December 6.-The Gift
fin patent system. OF disposing of garb-
age was given it's first thorough test
here to-day, in the presence OF dele
cation of Wheeling gentlemen, who
! had come down on the morning train
| for the purpose of inspecting Mr.. Gift
fms temporary plant at the works OF
the Marietta Fertilizer company. In
! the party were Mayor ]. r. Butts. City
| Engineer White and Health Officer
| Jepson.
The plant put up by Mr.. Gifin for the
test was, of course, rough one, but
answered all purposes. A few days ago
several tons of the genuine odorifer-
GUS article of Wheeling garbage was
| sent down on a small scow, and the test
was made with this material.
When the party of officials arrived
this morning, the big cylinder which is
the most prominent feature of the sys-
tenn, had been cooking garbage for
about four hours, and the stuff was
ready for the second part OF the pro-
cess-that of extracting the oil and
drying the then germless contents of
the cylinder. The results of the test
were satisfactory to those who watched
it, and all agreed that the system is
first-class in principle. Whether they
will recommend its adoption for the
city of Wheeling will depend upon the
relative cost, as compared with the
system now in use.
In its operation, Mr.. Giff1n's plant is
as simple as it is complete.
THE PLANT
consists of a steam boiler, a wooden tank,
small vat, and a large cylinder, or bar
rel shaped much like a boiler, but hung
by pivots at the ends SO as to revolve
horizontally. small steam engine,
geared by cog-wheels to the pivot of the
cylinder keeps the climber turning
small steam pipe running through the
pivot carries steam into a set of pipes
within the cylinder and into the main
portion of the cylinder itself. This keeps
the cylinder very hot and as the steam is
maintained at pressure of about eighty
pounds, cooks the contents of the cylin-
der very thoroughly and separates the
gases from the solids A few valves on
the cylinder are so arranged that when
the engine is stopped and the cylinder
turuned to the proper point the valves
connect with system of pipes.
In order to fill the cylinder with gar
bage, the man hole is uncovered and the
matter to be reduced is poured in from
above a wagon load at a time. The
cylinder at the test plant here is about
six feet in diameter and twelve feet long,
and holds about four tons. After about
four hours cooking, the setam in the
cylinder is allowed to blow off, then the
pipes and valves are connected and
stream of salt brine, from the wooden
tank before mentioned, is run or forced
into the cylinder. This completes the
separation of the matter within, and the
oil rises to the surface. This oil is
drawn off through a pipe, and at each
working of the process about three bar
rels of the very finest of machine oil is
drawn off This is salable in open mar
ket. Then the cylinder is emptied of all
the fluid contents, through a sieve, and
the fluid is allowed to settle in a vat.
The upper portion of the contents of the
vat are drawn off and run into a tank
to use later in making fertilizer. Then
the cylinder is again set turning, with
steam in the pipes, and the great heat
soon dries the contents SO they can be
empted into a wagon and carried to the
| storing room The four tons of original
| matter have been reduced by loss in oil,
| fluid and gas, to about one-fifth the orig
| inal weight This product is taken to
another building and by the addition of a
| few other substances is made into fertil-
| izer and is then marketable