The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-22
UTILIZE THE HEAT.
Mayor Green Would EcOnOmiZe
With Garbage Plant.
Place a Boiler Over CrematOry
Trash Burner.
Use HARRISON PLANT.
USE HARRISON PLANT.
Pumps Could Supply North To-
peka With Water.
"At Any Rate Heat Should Be
Retained for Use."

In addition to the many advantages
offered to the city Of Topeka by the
erection of a municipal garbage Gre
matory, Mayor William Green has
given out as suggestion another
scheme that would. in case it proved
successful save and make the city
thousands of dollars every year.
To connect with the massive ere
matory furnace a boiler. to connect
this boiler with the Harrison street
pumping station, to construct in con-
nection with this pumping station III
ter and then to relieve the main city
waterworks plant of its large amount
of work by supplying the people OF
North Topeka with the water for do
nestle and fire purposes is the plan
that comes informally and without test
and investigation from the mayor to-
day
1t is a well known fact that to keep
the garbage plant in operation 1t IS
necessary to burn an immense amount
OF coal or gas during the course of
wear. Furthermore, all of the gar
bag" burned at one OF these planus
makes excellent fuel in itself
The question comes up at once, why
waste all of this fire and heat when
with a little more money 1t would be
possible to construct a boiler over the
furnace and make enough steam to
run big pumps or dynamos
If the plans of Mayor Green are
practical and can be carried out with
but a small additional expense to the
city it is very likely that he will rec
ommend them to the council when the
plans for the crematory are up before
this body.
The fire in a garbage plant burner is
the hottest imaginable. For instance,
when a dead horse is thrown into the
furnace it is but a space of a few sec
onds when every particle. from the hair
to the horse shoe, is burned and turned
to ashes.
This heat concentrated and applied to
a surface for steam purposes would be
a great saving to the city. 1t IS
planned to place boiler over the plant
furnace, and with the steam from this
boiler run the Harrison street pumping
station pumps for water purposes.
1t the present time the water is not
used on account of the alleged impurity
of the river water. Filters are so con-
can be used over again for domestic
purposes and there is no danger to the
health. With fresh river water it
would be very small matter to get the
supply for these pumps in good condi-
ton.
used for many purposes. 1t could be
used as an emergency station in case
of a big fire. 1t could be applied on
the water mains as an additional
pump to the pumps now In use at the
big plant west of the city, or it could
be connected with the water supply of
North Topeka altogether and operated
for this purpose alone.
1t is estimated by garbage plant ex-
perts that enough heat could be OBJ
tanned from crematory capable OF
handling the garbage Of Topeka to
make steam that would operate a
dynamo that would handle at least
100 arc lamps in this city.
This fact alone would almost pay
the cost of operating the plant in this
city.
All of these ideas are simply sug-
gested by the mayor while the plans
and specifications for a municipal
garbage plant are being drawn up by
City Engineer Fulton. The city en-
gineer together with the mayor are
now studying the garbage situation in
this country in preparation for the
erection of a plant in this city.
Il think that the people of Topeka
should feel indebted to Councilman
Fraser for the energy and the work
proposition" said Mayor Green. MIR.
Fraser has touched upon a problem
that means much to Topeka and to
the future health of the city,