Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-04
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An omcial souvenir booklet, iasuo0
b. the urban district council Of shel,s
ness. England, contains detailed In.
formation respecting the recent instls.
lation Of a waste disposal station, the
operation Of which 10 20 satisfactory
and the results obtained % conclusits :.
that q brief summary Of the STAFF
ment Of the council will be Of interest
to all American towns confronted in 4
similar manner with the problem OF
garbage disposal, says the Municipal
Journal and Engineer.
Before this installation was made
the towns refuse" the English term
for mixed city waste. consisting Of sar
bage. ashes and combustible rubbish
was collected BY . scavenger company
and deposited on dumps . mile and .
half out Of town at Z cost Of 1925 pes
ton. Some time ago the urban council
OF 6heerness began an examination Of
other methods Of disposal, and q com.
mittes submitted the reports Of visits
made to several Of the well know
destructor plants In England, recon-
mending simplex" Instructor 40 be
ing best adapted to the requirements
Of the council.
The plant has been operating seven
months, and all that was expected Of
1t has been realized In practice. The
cost Of the Instructor and buildings
was $17,675. The location selected for
the destructor was Immediately adjoin
ing schoolh0use and dwellings and con.
nected with the city waterworks. II
was an unusual location, demanding
the display Of the utmost skin In the
arrangement Of the buildings designed
to receive the waste and exacting alb
solute immunity from offense in its
disposal.
The INSTRUCTOR II ! patent simplex
front feed type, with two nber CRATES
having an area Of nifty square feet.
The boiler il Of the Lancashire. type,
26 by Z feet. working at 40 pounds
pressure. In the downtake q 4 steam
separator and beyond this, patent re-
generator. or air heater, which utflisss
the hot gases for heating the air sup
piled for combustion BY forced draft
under the ire bars. This air supply 4
raised to $50 degrees F.. and - the cir
10 taken from the building It provides
q very emcient ventilattng system.
The main steam supply y carried d.
rect from the superheater to the en-
CINE room Of the waterworks pumping
station and supplied to either engine a
desired.
The practical results Of the first six
months Of operation, % reported b.
the city surveyor and wltsrwurks e.
gineer, Mr.. T. F. Berry. are @ follows
.'Ths total daily collection ID thirty
ave tons Of towns REFUSE, which Do
velops 226 horsepower Of steam. ap'
piled 20 auxiliary 70 the regular equip
ment Of the pumping station. The
power obtained from the destruction
Of the refuse has IN stx months raised
! total Of $1,000. 900 gallons Of water
The saving In coal for nix months wal
$702. IL. which, II 10 anticipated. will b
increased $500 during the next III
months. The saving In transportation
Of refuse was 1900 for nix months
The total saving per year will amount
to $500. Added to this saving are thu
profits from the sale and use Of the
clinkers. One Of the good results Of
this system 10 the reduction Of two
pence in the pound Of the council tai
rates"
There are three chief points in thi,
report for the Information Of the gov
eminent Of American cities and towns
First.-The cost of the whole installa
ton Is aboiE one-half as much more a
would be required for disposal plan
developing no power.
Second.-The location Of the plant |.
in the middle Of the town, which ct
fects a saving in transportation and
provides for the utilization Of the hea
in municipal work to the fullest extent
Third.-No fuel other than the ma
terial to be destroyed Is required fol
the operation Of the destructor. ant
the high temperature obtained by thu
use Of the apparatus effectually de
| stroys all nOxious odOr. This installa
ton Is striking object lesson to othe'
communities. proving conclusiveiy tina
b first class destruct0r contained with
In suitable buildings may be erectet
IN the most central sites and be op
Grated with entire freedom from nui
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