Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-22
|HON MOLINE DIES N'
A System Of Garbage Disposal That
is Attracting Wide At.
tention.
Refuse Matter is Screened and is
Not Allowed to Contamjnate
the River.
Plan is One That Might Be Adopted
In the Disposal Of Ordinary
Sewage.

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| The disposal. of garbage is a problem
| that MANY cities of the country have
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~ -harshiiitoWi .ie supJeel ms peen
discussed by both the city officials and
/ by the club women. bilt as Vet no salts
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q garbage neap pecoihes 50 offensive
ithal the owner is ashamed u the health /!
lofficers find ii. ii is carried away to some
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'i'ss iiss oet5'i ips'o'ps'' 10y 'lie elsl''s''Vs
ana the earth. Crematories are sXpen-a 4
4 save to build and operate, and are not
always satisfactory
In Moline. lii., town across the river
from paNenport a system has peen
i perfected mat Is attracting VIDE atteh-
4 lloE, anu Is one ttlat mlghl be maae 70
4 lnciuoe poth CARNAGE ana sewage, the
dlsposal OF me latter being OF more mn
4 poTtalce JUST now IMAM the lorineer. Inc
Il system Keeps the river clean aha does
: me work az small cost. ~ Is ,he inven-
& tloh OF Mafshai i>itteiseh on 1hat place.
Tie Is also the health commissioner of
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man, There Is no patent on his process
and so lar from trying TO Keep II con
cealed from the knowledge of other cit-
les Mr. kittelsen presented the whole
matter in a paper which he read before
the recent annual convention OF the II
!inois Society OF Engineers and Survey
ors. The New York Engineering News,
the foremost paper of its Kind on TINS
n continent, published the paper i'll fun,
and the substance is herewith given. 1T
ought to be of interest on this side of
the river:
For many years in the early history
of the city, and up to 1882. all garbage
and refuse matter vas taken to the riv-
er front at the most convenient point
or taken to the outskirts of the city,
!, and dumped on any vacant ground.
Z People got rid of Kitchen refuse as best
J, they could. In 1882 signs We're put up,
5 prohibiting dumping along the river
front, and regular dumping places We're
: established by the city authorities. un-
g der the board of health. in lSS2. the SAN
D itary work in reference to the care and
disposal of garbage was started. j was
lordered that kitchen garbage be aepos-
. Lifted in tight receptacles with cover.
: lane the property owners were directed
. TO remove the same al their own eN-
: pense. The order was never complied
i with. In 1883 the mayor ordered the
j city marshal to have the garbage and
), filth removed from the alleys at the ex-
pense of the city Water-tight boxes.
or tanks with light covers, We're made
and placed on common farm wagons.
In. this way the garbage was gathered
and hauled three miles into the country
land buried. q
This system was carried on for sew
eral years. Garbage collected IN as
tricts having no sewers contained 90 to
W % per cent OF water, and TINS was en-
pensiVes TO bury, especially IN sou COM
+ posed or yellow clay In 1894, tor the
purpose OF getting RID OF the water, 1
tired an experiment when proved a
success.
constructed tank similar 70 that
used by masohs IN STACKING lilfs. pu'
on larger scale ana IN one END We're
put two sets OF one-haif inch screens
rms was connected with the sewer, and
a two and cne-half inch hose With an
inch and half nozzle was connected
TO G fire hydrant The wagons dumI
the garbage into TINS tank, where II Is
thoroughly washed, each load requiring
ten to flfteen minutes. Inc putiid watel
. is washed out aua the Sarpaet becomes
almost odorless. me garbage IS ther
sprlnkled with llmes or other dlsi1l1ect-
ants After the water mas GRAINED on
the garbage Is reduced IN ouik anc
weight, so mat Wnat remains OF elgh'
TO hfteen loads can be removed by ons
D team. ana Two teams no" 10 'he worf
formerly requiring hNe Teams peslae:
whlch there IS no water 70 pury-
In the spring OF 1879 the oia Carnage
boxes S1or correcting saIpase) WERE
worn out and II was Impossible TO Keel
them odorless ps scfupplhe MIN alsln
y fectants after each load ihey nave
been replaced pS Tour onorless uunlp
carts, manufactured py the Ghltes
"a States Sanitary company, OIL Washlng
III ton, D. g, whluh can De Kept cream
= very small expense. me carts hoi'
from n1ty-four 10 SILKY -FOUR fupic lee
OF garbage eacn ana are very eXcellen
vehicles Tor the purpose. Dry retuss
asnes ana rupplsn are gathefed IN com
mon dump-carts ana removed TO IN
city dump which Is covered aaiiy VIII
earth Garbage is taken only IRON
d private residences by the city All busl
- ness houses hotels and restaurants re