Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-03
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AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. Ito the Bdltor
of The Bee: Garbage. trash and waste
Of a city contains according TO the analy-
sis Of best chemists. much more pure
carbon and volatile matter than do the
average Goals, and when reduced and
manufactured into desirable shapes. so
that the full energy can be obtained
while burning on the CRATES, as is now
being done in a small way at San An
tonic. Tex, producing fuel In many
respects far superior TO the best of Goals.
For large cities several plants of this
kind should be conveniently located so
that the gathering wagons will have a
short haul. and a proporionately short
haul for the delivery OF fuel to the con-
sumer. II a municipal plant, and only
steam fuel is made, the plant should
be located close by so the fuel could
, be delivered to the power plant by con-
veyors. These plants are 30 built that
cranes can be used for the unloading
of cars, Of garbage is received this way),
and dump wagons can unload on the
second floor OF the manufacturing plant,
the garbage is dumped on a sorting plat
form and sprayed with creosote as a
the sorters to work In comfort; openings
are made in this platform we're the diff
ferent parts OF garbage are dropped onto
conveyors and conveyed as follows: The
pieces of iron are conveyed to a storage;
the bottles to a washing tank. where they
are sterilized before being stored; rags,
df a separation Is made), to a washing
machine, where they are sterilized in
being washed the ashes, stone brick
etc, conveyed TO a storage and used
for fill; the tin cans. to a systemat
ically devised incinerator, where sufficient
heat is applied to remove the remaining
tin pieces, pressed into balls and con-
veyed to a storage.
All of the residue Of this waste, which
is the carbon parts. is conveyed to a
circular drum pulper where hot water
and live steam is applied together with
a certain percentage of tar, which acts
in conjunction with the hot water and
steam as a thorough disinfectant of the
product. and also as a deodorizer OF the
smoke OF the fuel while being consumed
as well as a deodorizer of the fuel itself,
the mass is thoroughly mixed by this
machine and In the process reduced 10
a pulp. From this machine the mass is
conveyed to a mixing machine. where
ground coal dust is added In proper pro-
portions and 60 a moulding machine,
where 1t Is moulded into bricks.
1t Is very interesting, to watch the pro-
cess of manufacturing this fuel, for. one
will see old shoes. hats, paper. rags,
straw, manure. house garbage. night soil.
small dead animals. etc. thrown into
one machine and come out another with
out being handled. perfect black bricks.
without odor or any resemblance to its
original materials DR.. William B. Phil
lips of the University OF Texas. and q
mineralogist known throughout the United
States, after making several laboratory
tests of this fuel, made from garbage
and cheap ignite coal waste. as well
a. testing 1t in open CRATES and other.
wise at his home in the city OF Austin,
states that he was well pleased with the
results, and II he were able to procure
this fuel at price comparable with that
of bituminous coal. viz. $3.50 per ton,
that he would use this fuel at his home
In preference to any other.
E. L. CULVER.