The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-21
CLEANING THE TOWN.
Garbage Can Furnaces For the
Disposal .cf Refuse. -
WASTE BURNED ON STREET.
lnnovation Made by Street Cleaning
Department Of New York City hss
Proved Worth Whils--Refuss De-
stroyed Quickly.

etroyed Quickly.
The plan recently adopted In the city
Of New York for the disposal of refuse
on'thc streets by burning It I'm cans is
proving highly successful. So well did
one Of the portable refuse incincrators
that were given a trial do its work that
twenty-five more were purchased, and
1t is likely that hundreds Of these trav-
cling furnaces Will be In use through
out the city. This plan might be adopt.
cd in any progressive town or village
to advantage, as nothing spoils the
beauty Of place like rubbish scat
tered on sidewalks and streets. Not
only Is trouble saved for the mon
whose work II Is to keep the streets
swept, but the street cleaning commits
sloncr feels that an important step IL,
the sanitary handling of town waste
has been taken.
Nothing could be more simple than
the new incincrators and nothing
cheaper siucc they are merely worn.
out street cans. making furnace. one
can superlmposed, bottom up, upon the
other. says the New York Evening
Post. The lower can has CRATE above
at a height sufficient to form an ash
pit Tho sides OF the lower can are
perforated for the admission of air
necessary for combustion. while tho
upper can. inverted and fitting into the
lower receptacle, forms q dome, which
prevents the escape OF burning mate
rial. In this upper dome is door
through which fuel or waste Is sup
piled 10 the lower can.
Tho furnace, placed on the ordinary
can carrier IL thus wheeled through
the streets, the cleaner feeding with
waste as he patrols his beat This
continuous method Of garbage disposal
goes on all day, and when the work Is
ended 1t but remains to deposit the
zine ashes in the pit into one Of the
street cans. When It Is not desired to
use the refuse Instructors. they are
simply unshipped from the carriers and
left IN the section houses.
Many advantages of the innovation
must suggest themselves cv0l to the
incxpert municipal student. In the
first place, rubbish Is disposed OF that
otherwise would bc mixed with sweep.
lngs and ashes. Litter OF the street
surface. Instead Of being gathered into
n pile and carried TO Barren island, is
consumed as soon as 1t IL picked up.
Reports from district supcrintcnd.
cnts, section fOremcn and the men who
handle the furnaces are entirely "a
vorable. The heads Of the street clean
ing department are now inclined 10 re-,
gard the scheme as reasonable prop
osltion and one that will save consid.
cradle trouble In the work OF the de.
partment
Cans that are used measure eighteen
inches across the tops and are from
sixteen inches 10 twenty-one inches
high. The pcrforations arc in three
rows around the cun and above the
crate, the top hole being ten inches
above the crate. The feed door Is 8
by 10 inches. The capacity of the
furnace is about two cart loads Of
rubbish day and the ashes resulting
therefrom about pailful. Eight of
these furnaces are being added each
day, and soon tho city from the Battery
TO Harlem will be filed with them.
The cost of making Is estimated at
about 81 for a furnace.