Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-21
PREFERS GERMAN
GARBAGE BURNER
Fnxinssr States Reasons for Alleged
wanf 81 sseeess Of Ameri-
can Devices
SAYS soT ESoreH HEAT rs rsrD
Declares Eoek Island Waste should
Fire is0-rorsepo~er Boiler
10 Hours q Day.

Editor TIE Argus notice tAai
ths commissioners % che city have
been visiting Monroe. Wis. 90 exam
ins = type % American garbage inein-
orator with n. view % deciding upon
an fneinsrat0F for this city.
There are certain veii established
principles underlying the destruction
% garbage and municipal wastes %
low caiorffe value. These principles
have been worked out by European
principally GERMANY engineers. and
are embodied IN the construction %
every European furnace. whether % be
designed 90 burn tanbarks. sawdust.
garbage or higher grade combustiblss.
In this country. however. the de-
siErsFs and builders Of furnaces seem
% have overlooked these principles
completely. and consequently the
American designers and engineers do
no. attain tho results. either IN eff
cheney or economy. that are tho COM
mon practice to continental Europe.
The selection % the garbage incin-
orator Il a matter requiring a great
deal % consideration. and your COM
unissioncrs should examine carefully
the specifications % every bidder.
Requires leo Degrees.
Experimentation 20 Europe has
demonstrated that % - necessary 10
maintain. To the inciuerator. tempera-
lures above 900 degrees. Fahrenheit.
20 order 90 destroy all malignant hac-
eiili during their rapid passage
through ths furnace. Even this tenn
prraturc is not sufficiently hiEh 90
destroy the adnra. hut temperatures
% 1900 degrees Fahrruhrit must be
produced 90 attain oi1rissa cumhus-
ton % garbage
70 oud@avorilE % obtain sanitary
destruction % garbage and az the same
time siiminafT f1c od0Ta European en-
Einecrs discovered that hy subiertiuE
garbage gases Co 500 degrees Fahr-
~aheif Or shove. large quantities 90
CO. Ia fuel FasI we're produced bat
Ga their formation they robbed thv
fnruace % considerable heat There
fore. the necessary quantity % pre-
heated air Was introduced into the
fow % FasSs % c1uv~rt the Coz Co
cog which chemical change tom
bus,ioui gave OF more heat than had
been absorbed in the formation 90
ths Co The result vas a Fiso Ia
furnace t~up~TaFErrs Co between 1900
degrees asd $500 degrees Fahrcn-
belt
These high temperature fuse al
cans. tile. glass. ash. etc. iuto q ho-
maEeueous eiins~r which. fu Europe. .
ss crashed ard used for crushed stone .
purposes ard also is made into paving
bricks les commercial value is about .
81 Per t8n "a marks.
FurthernnTc. she Tremendous heat I
developed 70 utilized 90 run power
boilers. replacing coal or other fuel .
II fact thr garbage inciusrator. utii- .
ming ere city wastes % Rock Island .
sholid operate a boiler % $50 horse .
power Tor 20 hours Per day without /
.he use % any coal except perhaps I.
600 90 600 pounds necessary 90 start /
ths iacinsrator. In addition 90 this /
heat byprodEet. which e. worth a.
least g %. che European ineineFatoTs I
produce about 1000 pounds % elinkeT 4
per day worth IN Europe $500.
Based on 5000 Population.
These figures are based upon the /
writer's belief that the population %
Rock Island - 200 and these figures i
arc about what the commissioners 4
should expect from the plant they buy /
Furthermore. the writer would suE-
E-st ineinsrator capacity great enough I
90 take care % more than the present ]
zt-tou garbage product IN - hours 20 /
provide for increase IN population
To summarize. the important points 4
90 BE- considered IN the selection OF an 1
fncinsrator are
l. Temperature above 1900 degrees
Fahrenheit
? Secondary air 20 burn CO. 90 I
coz
T. Makers guarantee % definite !
amount % steam 90 be generated per
pound 90 garbage
9. Abiiity % furnace 90 fuse all 1
metal and ash into ciinkcr.
8 No coal 90 be required after fur
race 10 started.
q Cost % operation and upk@sp.
7 size % plant necessary.
8 Cost
Trusting that these points may Be % /
wafvfa 80 yaasr~ r=ffe 4 am