Evening star., 1950-09-28
Arlington lncinerator
To Cut 10 Trucks Of
Trash 10 One Of Ashes

Arlington residents won't be
getting out of their new $750, 900
incinerator. what they put into it.
Furnaces operating at a tenn
perature Of 1,400 degrees will re-
duce each 10 truckloads of trash
and garbage to one truckload of
ash.
The three-Story brick incinera-
tor building is nearing completion
at South Eads street and Glebe
road, near jefferson Davis high
way. A change-over from use of
the present dump is expected to
begin about November /.
Bond Issue Voted.
Funds for the installation were
provided by a bond issue approved
by the voters.
The present county dump,
across South Glebe road from the
incinerator, will be abandoned
and filled.
Garbage now is taken to the
county property yard. where it is
hauled to a Fairfax County hog
farm.
When the incinerator goes into
operation, the present schedule of
picking up trash and garbage once
a week will be continued. House.
wives will be asked however, to
wrap garbage in newspapers to
assist in burning.
To Weigh Trucks.
Trucks arriving at the incinera-
tor will be weighed to help the
sanitation department determine
whether two or three shifts will
be required to handle the daily
volume. Also. the weight figures
will be used to determine efficiency
of the operation from time to
time.
Trucks will back up to q huge
concrete bin and dump their loads.
A clam shovel then will pick up
the material and deposit it in a
hopper above one Of the two
furnaces.
Each furnace has q capacity of
$50 tons and no source of fuel
except the trash dropped into it.
The furnaces. II feet high and
IA feet in diameter. have 2-foot
lining OF insulating brick and
steel.
Forced Air Used.
Inside the furnace. forced air
and the stirring action of me-
chanical stoker reduce the trash
and garbage to ashes.
Tin cans are not melted but
are burned enough so that they
easily are compressed later.
Smoke and gases from the furn-
aces flow into combustion cham
bers about Is feet in diameter and
20 feet high. There the escape OF
the smoke is retarted until the
gases virtually burn themselves
out.
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Ashes from the furnaces are
dumped into trucks below after
being cooled by a spray system.
Some property owners already
have asked for loads of the mate
rial to fill land. The county plans
to provide buldozer to compact
ash on the fill site.
Only a light gray smoke will
emerge from the 175-foot CHM
ney. Construction of the chimney,
painted orange and white, re-
quired approval of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration because of
the nearness of National Airport.
Space has been provided for a
sewage sludge incinerator to be
installed when the adjoining sew
age treatment plant is enlarged.
s Men on Shift.
Employees on each shift will be
q weighmaster. two firemen. an
ashman and a crane operator.
The county is studying the DOS
sibility of burning garbage and
trash from apartments. At pres
ent, each apartment development
is required to have its own incin-
orator.
Another proposal being consid-
cred by r. M. Writ, county direc-
tor Of public service, and F. H.
Doe. jr.. sanitary engineer, would
provide for treatment of refuse
from Federal buildings in the
county. There would be a CHARGE
by the county for this service. If |
this policy were put into effect,
the incinerator would be serving
the Pentagon. Navy Annex. Ar
lington Hall and other Federal in
stallations. l