Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-28
CITY OFFICIALS
INSPECT CREMATORY
See Plant Put to Test and Find
Il Absolutely Odorless
and Fireproof.

W1lmin H on's new incinerating
plant which Is nearing completion and
Will. In . short time. be turned over
60 the city BY the contractor who
built IL was inspected yesterday af-
ses~cen by a number of city officials
who found IL all that the builder
claims for IL and who after going over
the structure from top to bottom, ex-
pressed the opinion that II IL the best
crcmatory Wilmington has ever had
AT IL disposal. IL is absolutely hre-
proof and odorless. the latter quality
bong put to very thorough test IN
the presence Of the inspecting ofnciais'
The new building is located on the
ate OF the old crematory, which was
burned down, at the foot of Liberty
street. IL is a two-story building con-
structed throughout of brick, concratH
and steel and there is not piece OF
wood about the place so that II is
utterly impossible for the plant IL
self to burn. IL was constructed py
the Nye Odorless Crematory COM
many. OF Macon, Ga. and was put up
hy them in 45 working days at a cost
TO the city of S45,00o. The company
has given the city a bond OF sio,VoV
u guarantee the workmanship on the
bufldlns and that IL will accomplish
All that the builders claim for 1t IN
the way of operation.
IL Is A two unit plant with the fur
nacss on the ground floor. A unique
feature about the new crematory Is
tha; instead Of coal or oil for fuei the
s,yeepsngs and scraps from the streets
of the city are burned for fuel. Inc
Council plans 10 arrange with the
street and Sewer Department TO nave
delivered at the plant all the paper,
boxes. old rags and other infiammaole
material gathered up by the ash col
lcctors from the city streets with the
ashes to be used TO keep the fires go
lnr and in this way a double saving
il made for the city because this
refuse now is tossed on the public
dumps and is wasted.
Yesterday the members OF the IN
spcctinx party found the fires going
AT berrifc heat and fed only by piles
OF street refuse. The furnaces are
loaded from the second fioor where
the fuel is tossed into one opening
and the garbage dumped into another.
Tn. consumption is by combustion
proco~s in which the fires eat uo
everything thrown into them and the
tlues are so arranged that by the time
the gases get into the smoke stack
everything has been consumed and
consequently there is no odor left.
While the officials were there they
were told there was 10 be a test and
they were taken 20 the first floor. a
man rolled big steel wheelbarrow in
20 the room and the party found it
pulled high with dead cats and dogs.
These were tossed into the furnace
one at a time as If they were so many
sticks OF wood for additional fuel but
all the time the furnace door was
open and after the last carcass had
been thrown into the fire there was
not the slightest seublsnce of an odor
ot any kind. The inspecting party
was then taken 10 the second floor
where the garbage is loaded into the
fires.
A double driveway leads 70 this
floor 50 carts may drive up and into
the building from one side. unload,
and continue on through the build
ing and out the other side. A truck
loaded with three tons of wet garbage
was brought in and the contents un-
loaded. The material was pushed in
% a chute and down into the furnaces
and although there Was much water
in II the fires did not seem 10 be
affected and tho refuse was quickly in
flames. This process was carried out
without a trace OF an odor and the
officials were satisfied the incinerator
il all that the contractors claim for il
sn this respect.
The plant has a capacity Of 80 tons
a day. The garbage and other refuse
burned Is reduced 70 a fine ash which
ie thrown away as il is useless after
removal from the fire boxes. No at
tempt Is made 70 salvage anything
in the way Of fats. oils or greases.
The fires are cleaned out every day
and started afresh. The floors are
concrete and are kept washed down
al the time and yesterday they were
as clean as could be immediately after
the lcad os garbage had been tossed
into the furnaces.
The only question about the whole
project is the size OF the plant. This
city In summer time produces from
so 20 20 tons Of garbage a day and
in winter time on an average of 40
tons. The new plant can handle |