The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-10-27

Yin ises to solve the problem of
ESNl dispOsing Of the waste of
" cities and towns. In No
vember Of last year the first
experimental plant of the new garbage
disposal process was established in San
antonio. Tex. 1t proved so successful
that the city OF Austin decided to order
the construction of plant. and the
factory, which was opened few weeks
ago, Is now running to full capacity,
taxing care Of all refuse In a sanitary
manner and converting 1t into bricks
OF 1uei which tests have proved to be
the equal or bttuminOus coal. The in
ventor Of the new fuel Is Mr.. z. L. Gull
yer Of Chicago, who began investigat-
Ing the possibility and practicability
OF commercializing municipal garbage
about five years ago. AS a result of
long series of experiments he proved
the adaptability of a method for max
Ing fuel bricks out of the refuse. In
addition to the plant ut Austin, Regina,
Canada, has entered into contract for
the erection of municipal plant.
The process Of manufacturing
Oakoal, a name given to the new fuel
because of its similarity to oak wood In
burning, Is similar to the making of
stif mud bricks, practically the same
machinery being used, although much
less power Is used, and less care Is re-
CURED to produce perfect bricks of
fuel. The combination producing the
best results for domestic purposes Is a
mixture of equal parts of coal dust
the waste dust from coal mines-and
garbage, with the addition of about
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 a 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 ntiff mud brick machine Of the
type used ut the Austin plant turns
out In eight hours run, 25,OOO bricks,
or % tons of Oakoal. and in erecting
plants this Is termed a one-unit plant,
which has full capacity of rs tons
daily. In erecting municipal plants,
capacity of the city. or until all of the
available binding material of the city
is consumed. 1t Is estimated that
=. city will produce for each one thou
sand people approximately ton Of
garbage day. or for domestic pur-
poses over two tons of brick fuel.
The manufacture Of the new fuel is
extremely interesting innsmuch as 1t
Is made up entirely of waste material
handled by common labor. The waste
which the city formerly had to burn
in an incinerntOr ut II considerable eX-
pense Is now taken by carts direct to
the factory. where 1t Is dumped on n
sorting platform and sprayed with
creosote us sanitary precnution. as
we'll as to allow the sorteTS 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 storage; the
bottles to a washing tank, where they
are sterilized before being stored; the
rags to a washing machine, where they
are sterilized by being washed In boil
Ing water; the ashes, stone, brick. ETC..
to a 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 conbust-
lble nature is placed on large 4O-foot