Evening star., 1912-01-19

turn. such as is given by a properly
l equipped and modern garbage-reduction
plant
| No Offensive 0dors.
I'm Columbus, Ohio. we have in the
heart Of the city the city stables. where
| the wagons and teams that haul the
| garbage are looked after; and next to
| that is a brick building to which the
| garbage is hauled in steel tank wagons.
| covered with tarpaulin in order to mini
| mize the disagreeable odors of the con-
| tents as the wagons pass through the
| city. Those wagons are hauled through
| the city and the contents are dumped
| into tank cars at the collection station
| and those cars when filled are then hauled
about three miles from the collection
house to the garbage-disposal plant.
which is located a mile or SO beyond the
| city limits on property owned by the city.
on which property is also located the
sewage-disposal plant. This is hauled
there and dumped from the cars into the
equivalent of an elevator. an endless
chain-bucket arrangement, and then goes
into great tanks where it Is cooked. The
grease and water are extracted by pres
sure, and there are processes for the ex-
traction OF the grease.
'The balance of the product, after being
cooked, is ground up and dried and 1t
comes out in the form of fertilizer. |
asked to have some of the product sent
on to me. This substance which have in
this glass jar is the product known as
fertilizer. l have heard gentlemen say
that these plants are a nuisance because
of the nauSeous odor l shall state, after
having gone completely through the plant.
that l defy any person living a quarter OF
a mile away from the plant to find any
Objectionable edor. There is a faint odor.
like burnt sugar, which you can smell in
the product. and that is noticeable In the
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by no means offensive. For that product
an average of S1O.15 ton is received, and
there is a demand for all that can posi-
bly, be manufactured. The grease, after
final extraction. Is of dark color, and 1t
sells for $1,000 a tom
Mr.. Taylor remarked that ''the garbage
of the city of Washington is richer in the
percentage of grease than any other city
in the United States. 1t Is richer than
in New York. i get this from an expert,
for / know nothing about it myself. 1t is
richer for this reason: There are more
hotels, more apartment houses, and less
of the tenement element, which in the
great cities is SO poor that they eat
mighty close down to the garbage That
is a strong statement, but fact"
Representative Sims of Tennessee sus-
gested that unless an effort Is made in
time, in order to have this matter investi-
gated and an appropriation made and the
plant erected by the time the contract
expires, there will be another five-year
contract that will be upon us"
Carlin Objects to Occoquan Site.
Mr.. Carlin asked if the location of the
plant had ever been considered by the
committee.
mot by the committee replied Mr..
Taylor. 1T has been talked of. l have
heard people say that it ought to be built
at Occoquan. and l would say to the
gentleman frankly that that is where l
want it to be placed"
placed" declared Mr.. Carlin. IF it is an
undesirable thing. we do not want 1t In
Virginia, and II 1t is a desirable thing,
then the people of the District of Colum-
bia ought not to be deprived of its benefit
and it ought to be located in the District
of Columbia
The reason l suggest Occoquan,' ex-
planned Mr.. Taylor. sis that the. gov
ernment of the United States has title to
1,JOO acres of land. useless land except
for certain purposes. on Occoquan creek.
There We have built a workhouse where
some 900 or 600 negro and white work
house prisoners are confined. Employ
ment must be found for these men.
I'VE have built a brick plant there. We
have started a stone quarr- there. We are
running farm and truck garden. We
are running sawmill there and building
structures in which the prisoners are
kept and l, for one, believe 1t to be one
of the greatest model prison-raform inst.
tutions in the country and l want to see
as many proper municipal functions per-
formed by these men on the site of 1,JOO
acres of land as can be performed"
Mr. Fowler expressed the opinion that
$4,000 was too much to pay for prelim-
mary work. preparing plans and specifi-
cations.
Mr. Taylor contended the sum was
reasonable.