The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-18
MUNlclPAL SANITATION.
Scv Scs,enses For Preservation OF
publfc Health.

puDlfc Hcc'fh.
A plant for par,fyiag refuse water
has been established at Wiesbadcn.
Germany. 1t comprises n channe!
through which the water flows
Screens are located at several points
to Intercept particles of refuse mat.
ter. and provision is made for raising
the screens and removing the accumn
lated rcfGse,
Paris ls to have electric fire engines.
the government having found salts
factory type. \ new electric engine
capable of seating dozen persons ana
travelling nt the average rate of Ia
miles an hour and ascending hills easl
ly and stopping quickly has been btih
and viii be in use from juno l.
The Glasgow corporation has accept
cd proposition from the motor car
syndicate to furnish an electrically op-
Grated van for the collection of refase.
Hamburg Is said to have an Ideal
system for the cremation of garbage.
The works consls, of 36 Horsiall fur
naces The material TO be burned Is
delivered In scaled metallic recepta-
clcs. Combustion is promoted by fore
ing warm. dry air into the furnaces.
This Ia found to be superior 10 the
English practice Of employing steam
Except for kindling purposes no ad-
ventI;ious fuel Is required. The com
bustion Is complete. The heat general,
ed is turned to account 10 operating
electrical machines for supplying cur
rent 10 the street lamps.
The street cleaning branch of the
Sheffield (i.ngIandj government Is
working on an electrical street sweep
ing apparatus. The sweeper will run
on the electric railway lines and re-
ceive Its power from the t!cy wire.
The front brush, which will he fixed in
an oblique position. viii project from
the track 20 the channel on one side OF
the road. 1t viii leave TIE refuse
swept up In a ridge near the middle of
the road. \ second brush in the rear,
which will he just wide enough to
cover the track. will then drive its own
refuse ard that left by the front brush
into a receiver. From this the refuse
win be carried into a large bin by
means OF az elevator. The front brush
will be made to swing In order that II
can be adjusted TO the varying width
of the road mud also drawn on one side
to enable vehicles to be passed. The
practicahility of the scheme viii be
largely determined by TIE width Of the
street to he cleaned and the period of
the day chosen for sweeping. The
practice of American cities to sweep Mt
night would prove advantageous.
Professor Tyndall, when experiment.
ing upon dust in its relation to disease.
showed that one OF the best ways of
rendering the atmosphere in his cx-
periipental box free from germs was
by inclnsins in 1t naked platinum
wire, Which was Kept at n red heat by
an electric current. Every particle of
air was mus In turn brought into con-
tact with the lncanAcscont wire and
the dust II carried was consumed. and
In just the same way our gas flames
and oil lamps. although tliey use up
some oxygen in the process, act as
germ dcstroyers. If the Nernst electric
light should turn out n success, its na-
Eed incG nlcscent rod woul1 no doubt
give US back again the sanitary advan-
tage Of-wiich we have been deprived
while using the inclosed light The
air purifying properties of the are light
are believed 10 he still more marked,
depending. as they do. not on hea,
alone. but on the constant evolution OF
czone which goes on: but here. too
the inclosed lamp is gradually forcing
the old form out.