The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
Cetters tc tl,e Gditor
THE GARBAGE pRoBLEM.
Judge Wright, Formerly of this City, Writes on This Important Subject.


 Writes on This Important Subject. Editor The Advertiser:
 As a former resident of Montgomery, feel deeply interested in her welfare, and in the following letter propose to submit something to her citizens that means much to her.
 What shall be done with the garbage of the cities?" Is one of the most urgent se, About 100 cities have tried burning IL, but today no garbage bur9ing plant can be found five years old that mas done its work continually in an odoT- has tried two, and the first one ~As abolished by the courts as nuisance; and the second IS now oeing succeeae1a1 garbage, including dead animals, swtil, filthy leavings from the kitchen taple; etc., will be converted into commerclaI y-products in an odorless and sanitary manner. The new process burns noth- ing of the garbage except the smell It is led away as a gas and made to feed the furnace mace ana 6Sor DSedng gwSatever ea The new process of garbage reduc- tion is known as the Wiselogel sys- tenn. and involves the gathering, trans portation and reduction of the garpage into such by-products in an odorless manner, so that no smell is observer from the time it is taken from the kitchen carried to the works. and con- verted into fertilizers and oils of com merce In fact, one of these plants | might be alongside a residence, and so l far as the odor is concerned. no one 1 need know 1t was there. As there can | be no odor without moisture, by elim- mating all moisture from this garbage by means of the vacuum vacuum & pump5i &n5oI aided d,s | appears with the moisture,
 The machine consists Of a douoIe l tank. one within the other, the inner | one holding about five tons when full. l When charged, steam is turned on for an hour, and steam also occupies the space between the tank and its jacket: The filthiest of garbage Is thus cooked | Steam Is then shut off from the inner | tank. and the vacuum pump turned on. i This works for about four hours, after which the contents of that tank is | thoroughly changed. About 75 per cent | of 1t passed off as water or nearly four tons; one ton of dry tankage and half | off as a harmless effiuent into the sew CT. after having been sterilized by the steaming. process The tankage IS %Grfs o h SES worptS psr s0H cents per pound % 5oo | pounds of oil is worth $15. Here we | have an output of $35 from each charge of the tank, of stuff that today Mont $. 900 to 1000 to destroy The tank | will dispose of three charges per day. Why not stop that waste. and convert | it into wealth? At any rate, why not use that stuff to pay the expense of its l reduction, and leave a good balance in | the city treasury at the end or the
 The plant in this city is almost ready | for work, and l write this letter to the l good people of Montgomery to ask | them, especially the city authorities, | the health department, etc. to send | delegation to Jacksonville to see what | it actually does. l know that talk is | cheap, but if I can demonstrate the | truth of the above assertions to the l satisfaction of your authorities after a thorough investigation personally, I know that Montgomery will make pro- vision for plant of this kind before the end of the year.
 As the General Southern Manager of | this system of garbage reduction, l feel that I am doing your city a service 1 if l can induce its authorities to inVes- l tigate our system. It is fully protected | by patents so we have nothing to con | ceai as to it's workings.
 Naturally, one of the first things ask | ed after your authorities have satisfied l Themselves that 1t will do it's work | Thoroughly, in an odorless and sanitary l manner, is, what will such a plant cost Montgomery? Probably about S15,000, more or less. according to what the buildings. etc, water and severe con- nections. etc, will cost, and just how much and what class of garbage will
 Yours truly,
 A. O. Wright.
 8 East Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla,
 Jan. 12, 1906.