Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-01


according TO Edward J.. Baeder, the SUI
perintendent-that is, up to the time the
fertilizer idea w, put into eifect--the
onls hiproduct OF the garbage, as a re-
suit OF the disposal. was grease, which is
sold TO soap manufacturers. Mr.. Baeder
could not ten just how many barrels
were sold in year, from the Atlantic
CITY plant, but he thought it was prob
ably l,500. lie declined TO give the mar
Ret value of Tie grease, as that would be
giving niorma ton as 70 the company's
profits.
lha greaseis produced in this manner;
Wy hen the garbage after being boiled, is
placed under the presses, the liquid is
pressed out. 10 runs through D conduit
10 rats in another part of the building,
Where It Is allowed To stand q short time.
Aa che grease soon comes to the top, it is
readily skinned of by men employed
Tor That purpose, and placed in barrels,
ihe water running OIL through a sewer.
The grease is taken 90 another part of
the plant. where 10 is placed in watts,
where IS is purified by the settling proc
oss IN order 20 get all of the liquid
out of theseqrbage after it has been de-
posiied if6m a retort il is under the
press for about half an hour, the press
moving down gradually.
The presses are operated by hydraulic
pressure. In one section of the main.
building is the pump house, in which are
high and low pressure pumps, the low
pressure pumps producing a pressure of
lOOl pounds and the high pressure
pumps $50 tons.
The boiling Is done in 20 retorts, but
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being held in reserve at an times. The
battery IS divided into five sections, with
four rct0rts TO a section, and there is
one compress for each section. Each
compress is q large affair. I'm some re-
spccts 10 resembles q large steam ham
mer. All are of the same size and strength,
standing about 20 feet high and being
strongly built
Steam is furnished 10y a battery Of six
boilers. The boiler house adioins the en-
eino and pump room and the reduction
house. AS stated above. the solid refuse
is burned in the boilers. but a great deal
of coal is also required. the quantity used
being 40 90 so carloads year. The com
pany uses valley smokeless coal.
The company endeavors to keep the
place as clean as possible. As soon as
iicicut TO get an of the deposit out of the
receiving house. the latter is flushed with
hot water from the boilers, this flushing
being done from TO TO 20 times a day,
and a similar flushing process takes place
in the retort house each afternoon be-
tween 4 and s o'clock, when the work
for the day is finished in that depart
ment. AS 20 result of this system, the
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of accumulation.
The reporter could detect an odor in
the rotori house, which, however, was
not very pronounced, but outside there
WAS absolutely no odor One of the att
taches of The plant said there had been
times when there was a slight odor of
coffee, the result of burning the solid ref
use in the boilers, but this could seldom
be detected, and If there should be n
trace of coffee az any time it is usually
consumed entirely before it gets out of
the stack. which produces a splendid
draught IL is 100 feet high above the
mason work and six feet In diameter
The rcpo ter asked several people in At
lantic City about this matter and all
said they had detected no odor at all
since this company has been doing the
work, hut several admitted that such
was not the ease under the old system.
Everybody spoken TO appeared to be
pleased with the change.
The plant cost about 100000 II in
cludcs the equipment mentioned above
and also 40 carts and 80 horses. I'm sum-
mer 30 carts are in regular use, but at
the present time half that number do the
work. The company always holds some
carts in reserve. II is required, under its
contract, 10 keep the carts watertight-
They have 20 be covered at all times. If
a cart shows any leaks it must be put
out of commission, under penalty of a
fine, and a good one substituted. The
specifications are characterized by thor
ouQhness. The contract price for the
current year is sl3,300, and the company
is required TO do everything. IL must
make daily collections in April (because
of the Easter crowds in that month";
June, July, August and September, and
must collect three times n week during
the other months. II must provide each
householder, hotelkoeper, &C., with a
card, showing the days and hours of col
lection. tn the section of the city be-
tween Pacific avenue and the Atlantic
Oeoan. where nearly of the large hotels
are located tine collections have to be
made before 10 o'clock in the morning
Originally 10 was proposed TO make these
collections at night, but this idea was
abandoned because of annoyance to hotel
guests. A heavy penalty is provided for
non collection, n fine of So being deduct
ed from the contract bills for each house
overlooked For each overloaded or leaky
cart a fine Of 81 is imposed. If an em-
ploye becomes negligent, discourteous or
abusive, the Board of Health or City
Council can order him discharged, and if
company does not comply it is liable
to fine of s. for each violation of such
notification. If a dead animal is not re-
moved promptly the company is liable to
q fine of S.. Dead animals are included
in the category of garbage, and, like the
garbage, they 90 into the retorts and are
burned. The reporter saw n dog in the
garbage disposed of yesterday afternoon.
The company is required to have spe-
cial wagons 90 take the garbage from
houses where contagious diseases exist,
and 90 take special care Of them. Non
compliance with this provision renders
the company liable 20 a fine of $40 for
each violation.
lt Is specified in the contract that the
plant must De at least 1000 feet from
amy dwelling. aso that the plant must
have capacity for disposing of 400 tons
of garbage daily
The specifications make it imperative
that an g7rhage must be in the retorts
by o'clock %. M. of the day following
The collection, but % was found on in.
vcstigatou that the company makes il q
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