The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-03

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" cities ana towns. In No
vembcr of last year the first
experimental plant of the new garbage
disposal process was established in San
\ Antonio, Tex. II proved so successful
that the city of Austin decided to order
the construction of Il plant, and the
factory, which was opened a few weeks
ago, Is now running to full capacity,
taking care of all refuse in Il sanitary
manner and converting it into bricks
of fuel which tests have proved to be
the equal Of bitumiuouS coal. The in
ventur of the new fuel is Mr.. E. l.. Cul-
Yer of Chicago who began inyestigat-
ing the possibility and practicability
OF commcrcialiZing municipal garbage
about five years ago. As result of
Il long series Of experiments he proved
the udaptublity of method for max
ing fuel bricks out of the refuse. In
addition to the plant at Austin. Regina,
Canada, has entered into contract for
the erection Of municipal plant
The process of manufacturing
OakoaI, name given to the new fuel
because Of its similarity to oak wood in
burning, is similar to the making Of
stiff mud bricks, practically the same
machinery being used. although much
less power is used and less care is re-
quired to produce perfect bricks Of
fuel. The combination producing the
best results for domestic purposes is
mixture Of equal parts Of coal dust
the waste dust from coal mines-and
garbage, with the addition Of about
Z per cent Of coal tar For steam pur-
poses no coal dust is required. Each
brick weighs, when dry, two pounds,
so that 1000 bricks make ton. For
convenience in handling, as well as the
protection Of the public against short
weights, the fuel is sold on a schedule
OF prices for 1000 or 100 bricks.
One stilf mud brick machine of the
type used at the Austin plant turns
out in eight hours run, 2J0O0 bricks,
or % tons Of Oakoal, and in erecting
plants this is termed a one-unit plant,
which has Il full capacity Of IS tons
daily. In erecting municipal plants,
other units can be installed to suit the
capacity Of the city, or until all Of the
available binding material Of the city
is consumed. 1t is estimated that a
city will produce for each one thou
sand people approximately a ton of
garbage a day or for domestic pur
poses over two tons Of brick fuel.
The manufacture of the new fuel is
extremely interesting inasmuCh as 1t
is made up entirely Of waste material
handled by common labor. The waste
which the city formerly had to burn
In an inCineratOr at a considerable eX-
Dpnse is now taken by carts direct to
the factory, where 1t is dumped on
sorting platform and sprayed with
creosote as a sanitary precaution, as
well as to allow the sorters to work
I'm comfort Openings are provided in
these platforms where the different
parts of the garbage are dropped into
conveyors and conveyed as follows
the pieces of iron to a storage; the
bottles TO a washing tank, where they
ARE sterllized before being stored; the
rags to a washing machine, where they
are sterllized by being washed in boil
ing water; ; the ashes, stone, brick, etc,
to storage and used for fills, and the
tin cans to a press where they are
baled and conveyed to storage.
That which is left and of a combust-
able nature is placed on large 4O-foot