Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-09-08
a. A. Pomeroy.

A plaui for Purifying refuse water
has been established at Wiesbadcn,
Germany. 1t comprises Il channel
through which the water flows.
Screens are located at several points
to intercept particles Of refuse mat
ter AMI provision is made FOR raising
the screens and removing the accumu.
lated refuse.
Paris IS TO have electric fire engines,
the government having found salts
factory type. \ new electric engine
capable of seating dozen persons and
travelling at the average rate OF 10
miles an hour and ascending hills east.
ly and stopping quickly has been built
and will be in use from June l.
The Glasgow corporation has accept
ed a proposition from the motor car
syndicate to furnish an electrically OPP
Grated van for the collection of refuse.
Hamburg is said to have an ideal
system for the cremation of garbage.
The works consist Of 80 HOrsfall fur
naces. The material to be burned IS
delivered in sealed metallic receptn-
Giles. Combustion is promoted by fore
ing warm, dry air into the furnaces.
This is found to be superior to the
English practice of employing steam.
Except for kindling purposes no ad.
ventitious fuel is required. The com
bustion is complete. The heat generat'
ed is turned to account in operating
electrical machines for supplying cur.
rent to the street lamps.
The street cleaning branch Of the
Sheffield England government Is
working on an electrical street sweep
ing apparatus. The sweeper will run
on the electric railway lines and re-
ccive its power from the trtley wire.
The front brush, which will be fixed In
an oblQue position, will project from
the track to the channel on one side of
the road 1t will leave the 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 and that left-hy the front brush
into a receiver From this the refuse
Will he carried into large bin by
means of an elevator. The front brush
will he made to swing in order that 1t
can be adjusted to the varying width
| Of the road and also drawn on one side
to enable vehicles to be passed. The
/ praCtiCahility of the scheme will be
| largely determined by the width Of the
street to be cleaned and the period of
the day chosen for sweeping. The
practice Of American cities to sweep at
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 ex
/ detrimental box free from germs was
1 by inclosing in it a naked platinum
wire. which was kept ut red heat by
an electric current Every particle OF
air was thus in turn brought into con
| tact with the incandesCent wire, ant
| the dust ii carried was consumed, anC
| in Just the same way our gas flames
and oil lamps. although they use VI
some oxygen in the process, act a
germ destr0yers If the NernSt electric
light SHOULD turn out success. its ma
kcd incandcsccnt rod would no doub
give us back again the sanitary adyan
tage of which we have been deprived
while using the inclosed light, The
air purifying properties Of the arc ligh
are believed TO be still more marked
depending, as they do, not on hea
alone, but on the constant evolution o
ozone which goes on, but here too
the inclosed lamp is gradually forcin!
the old form out.