Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-10
CABBAGE REDUCTION.
A Proposition From a Concern in Jackson
VILE TIa Sant 10 the civ rnnnrn

A Proposition From Concern IN Jackson
Vile, Fla. Sent to the City Council.
Following is a copy of a letter in relation
10 garbage collection that has been sent
TO the City Council.
Mr. President and Members of the City
Council Wilmington. Del:
Gentlemen. Ny company would like to
put in a bid for the disposal Of your city's
garbage. including dead animals, kitchen
waste, swill night soil, &c, and suggest
that in the specifications you issue one
be prepared covering our prospective bid
] learn that night soil is a great burden to
dispose of IN your city We have a ma
chine that converts 1t into fertilizer by
using a weak solution about per cent
OF sulphuric acid. This machine docs its
work perfectly. and has done 10 for years,
as see the enclosed testimonials. We can
make this machine yield a return to your
city on the output.
We also have a machine that con-
verts all greasy garbage. animal matter,
&c. into fertilizers and oils, and this ma
chine will pay a handsome return to your
city.
Your city would doubtless be glad to
install a plant that will dispose OF these
two elements OF filth viz: night soil and
putrid, greasy garbage and dead animals,
in an odorless. sanitary and profitable
manner If you will send a representa-
tive here and see the machine in operation
you win learn that these two elements
can be made 10 pay instead Of as now
being q menace to health and a burden TO
your taxpayers.
We have already submitted a tentative
bid to dispose of the garbage Of your city,
I mean its kitchen waste. dead animals,
&c, that contain grease, for $4,000 a
/ year and the output of our process, We
are willing TO stand by that offer, but It
would be far better for your city to own
/ its own garbage plant, and receive all the
revenue that the by-pToducis OF our plant
viii yield, and thus to some extent make
| the garbage department seli-sustaimng
/ II we owned 1t We would expect TO make
| a very handsome thing out OF 1t every
year. We put this at $50 OOO,t the eXac
sum to be determined on the quality ans
! quantity of the output. A city Of VA
mington's population ought to yield TIN
/ sum. But suppose that its yields onl,
| $4,000 a year, the plant would pay 10
| itself IN three years. at the maximum COS
we named you for installing 1t, VIZ
100000.
If YOU own the Crematory, we can max
that do for a building, and thus ma
teriallv lessen the sum TO be named in on
bid. ] Judge that six units should do IN
entire business. say four for garbage
properly so called. and two for night sol
If these he found inadequate we coul
readily insert additional units at th
same price. Exclusive of boilers an
engines these units are worth abou
$4,000 each, installed and IN CON
plete running order.
One great advantage possessed by on
system over others is its simplicity. lheI
Is no complicated machinery TO get on
of order. The vacuum pump and steal
heat do the work in disposing OF garbag
and the same. with the addition OF pt
, cent solution of sulphuric acid, disposes
the night soil There are no conveyo
stirring up the filthy mass.
I When once the garbage or night soil,
i brought to our works and emptled I'M
> the tank. al odors disappear for 1t IS
once sealed up. steam heat turned on, an
the vacuum pump also, and in about toi
s hours what was filthy garbage becom
J. fertilizer. almost devoid OF moisture, al
ready TO be shipped.
= We have other machines that dlspo
$ Of other stuff usually handled by eiu'
known as garbage. ! allude TO our a
y machine. our solder renderer, our n
bricoiiet machine. and others, which Y
! might need We do not mention the
i usually. because, while they cost We
little 10 install. and do their work a
Ia lniraljlv well, We use up our custome
patience in descanting upon our more D
" portant machines.
u The best way for us to get together
our proposition is Tor you TO send rep
sentative here to investigate our prese
plant. let him probe its capacity TO
utmost even its powers Of endurance,
We have them now in operation bullt
GO wears ago. Let him arm himself VI
an necessary facts. and on hls retu
re having reported, You will be IN mu
ed better condition to deal intelligently vi
go us than now.
y, One embarrassment we labor under
lr. the novelty and iar-reaching scope OF {
as system. Few men grasp II until N
as have personally investigated lt. =
as understanding it they don't believe It.
mt am confident that if you will honor us
rs sendinR a representative here, all TINS
nd be understood. and we will get the C
ne tract.
ID. The Wilmington boiler compaI
ere would have the chance to make all
lc- machinery for the plant, including
rt, special machines, and the entire cost
j. vour crematory will serve, need not
ms over $4,000 for plant that should
your city at least $4,000 year net.
win you kindly have a speeiiica'
covering these points added to the sche'
and permit us to bid on It Kindly
mt, wise me in the matter. Awaiting ac
m bv your honorable body, and hoping
ers 10 hear from you, remain, yours resp
6,llv A. O.. Wright,
. Southern Manage
Jacksonville. Fla, Feb. 9TH, 1906.