The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-06
suMP AND CREMATORY.
SEWER COMMITTEE OF THE
TRUSTEES MEETS.
Listens to Opinions Of William
Muir on Combination
System.

The Sewer Committee of the Board
of Trustees met last night to hear
William Muir explain his plans for a
combination of garbage crematory, sew
er stump and system of ventilation to
relieve the sewers of noxious gases.
Mr.. Muir was on hand and his state
ment was read to the committee, but
City Clerk Desmond had not been noti-
fed OF the meeting, and the drawings
were locked up in the innermost re-
eesses of his archives and could not be
got at, so the meeting was adjourned
to a time not set for further consider
alton.
The plan of Mr.. Muir has features
that differ from any hitherto suggested,
as will be seen from his statement,
which was as follows, the references
being to the drawings made by him:
To the Honorable Mayor and Hon
orable Board of City Trustees OF Sac
ramento: submit the following state
ment and plans for your consideration:
Explanation of plan of cremating gar
bage and obnoxious gases and other
matter from city, as shown on Fig. l.
III is two settling tanks. The sew
age flows in from sewer co. through
gate CD into No. 1 tank CID. When
it is filled the gate O) is opened to fill
tank No. 2. When the matter in tank
No. is properly settled by chemicals
the heavy matter settles to the bot
tom. The water is drawn off by pumps
through pipe (FF), sucked through by
pumps (EED, and discharged through
pipe CG) to river.
When the water is all drawn off gate
LIZ is opened, and one of the endless
chain belts is started with scrapers and
brushes, marked ]. and rotated by
shaft p. Each chain Cd is thrown in
gear by clutches on shaft P, thus
sweeping the settled material on to
endless rotating chain belt (Ek), where
1t is dumped in stump M and endless
chain buckets (B), which carry the ma
terial through hot draft furnaces CAY.
When dried it is taken and sold for
fertilizing purposes or burned, as de-
sired.
All the garbage or refuse matter is
burned in furnace (A). When the tank
No. is cleaned, then gate L is opened
and opposite gate Cd is closed, and also
gate L2 is closed, stump M holding ma
terial enough for furnace evaporation
until tank No. is properly settled.
Then gate L2 is opened, and the same
process is gone through as above stated
in tank No. /.
To draw foul fumes from the city
through the sewers by means of a
blower connected to pipe CO.. and draw
ing FOUL air above the sewage matter
through sewer (O), thence through foul
gas passage flue %, through pipe co
into furnace (A): thence around evap-
Grafton OBJ, and up smoke chimney
CD, by this means taking all foul
fumes from city. See Fig. 3 on vertical
section on line Xxx of Fig. /. See Fig.
2 between line WV for working scraper
and broom on endless chain belts J
and X, and pump ''E," suction "F'"
and discharge pipe &C." See Fig. on
line Zz of Fig. i for gates and water
line. See Fig on line w Of Fig. /,
stump NJ. gates Id, endless chain buck
cts XXX and tanks H-H.
Having thus described the cremating
and sewer ventilating plant the city
of Sacramento will supply about five
cubic feet slum material per minute.
To evaporate and dry the above would
require a pan four feet long; the pans
SO distributed to carry SIC cubic inches
in fifteen inches of belt, the belt trav-
cling $50 feet in nine minutes. we have
an evaporatfng capacity Of five cubic
feet per minute with one furnace, hav-
ing three furnaces If required, thus
giving capacity of fifteen cubic feet
per minute by increasing the heat in
furnaces and speed of belt.
The above is figured on the basis of
the combustion of one pound of carbon
making carbonic-oxide, which will
evaporate only 4.61 pounds of water
per minute At this we have loss by
incomplete combustion of nearly 70 per
cent, leaving a large margin.
The water and electric power plant
should be owned by the city. There are
five water projects to select from. The
one that is found to be the best, after
impartial tests and careful selection,
should be adopted. A word of warn
ing regarding we'll water:
We have a valley underlying Sacla-