REFUSE OF TOWNS.

Patea Mail, 19 April 1882, Page 3

REFUSE OF TOWNS.

' : A systeni of. the noxious properties df ; refuseunnd /cob'yeftirig it fiVtffmorcTrif’leSri had a fairly extended,, trial:: at several towns in Euglandjaiotably Leedsi BlackbiVrn, Warrington, and. .Derby, and has .been found fairly suecessfnlrv ’Leedshas led the’ tVay iif thefee improvements, and the municipal authorities are satisfied with-; flic A result/ : fni-hlufesj arid other appliances were designed by u Mr Tryef,' of Notfirighani, and Their, first practical;trial was,made, at Bur.mantdfts, • - Town Hall !o,f

,hy the’, ejection of a isix-.cglled destructor ;andl a carbonizer.i Tho’fde-

stfiictbr';consists/ (if' six (o‘f' V>iore) com-, pnrtmenls or cells built in brick, lined with , firebrick,> and tied together, with iron rods. ,It space of|2ft,, and ;is . 12 ft in. height. An inclined roaid leads4b : a‘ platform 1 over ! the top, and another incline 'leads'from' the level of the fidng.flpor Jo,,the adjoining road. Each cell is .capable; of ; destroying; or carbonising; seven 1 -tbnS of refuse’ in twenty-four hours, and to secure the greatest, economy,:thc ;wprjs goes/onuninterruptedly v ; Thea cells consist pfia sloping*;furnace, 'with 'hearth and firegrate cbveipd by a ibverboratory arch |of firebrick, with one: .opening for the admission of refuse, 'another: for the'escape of the gases, and a furnace door for the removal- ob .clinkers. .-The, .refuse is, emptied bn- the^pjatforni,., and shovelled, infoi the cell, falling,, first on the: incline, thCiice 'reaching the' 'sloping' health,' whence, when sufficiently dryis pushed on to the fire, where,’ owing to; the.radiant heat of- the firebrick arch,-it' burns fiercely,:the. products. :of combustions ' being gasesi Va' fine ashy atnE clinkers. Every other cell, is provided with an opening large enough to take in infected" belldirig/ iuattresses, ‘&ci, ;as .well, as .diseased meat.. ..The gaseous, products of. combustion; pass through a. flue'to a'hofier,' which supplies Steam'to . a horizontal engine, .driying lwo . mortar millsb l lirdhese mills the clinkers are mixed with., lime, aiidground, into an excellent mortar, which bells readily ;at 5s a*load ; the,tin bangb'and irbn are sold for Pldmet'al, ' No'fuel of any, kind the .cinders and othler‘cbmbnstibles found;in the refuse supplying' all-that needed.' ;! During the year* 1879 the fol lowing is.,, an accountof tlie work performed by theBurra an toft’s destructor.: .14,000 tons of rubbish ; 190 beds and rnatfresses ; 264 carcases of pigs attacked by same fever ; T ;cbw,; TO-ishebp andjambsjj 28; quarters and 13cwt. of bad meat. ‘ The staff required for each “shift”,comprises a foreman,i who acts as, engino^driver, four funacenieib' and due' laborer.. Bj3; ■ sides,.the! destructor,: thpre, is,,also ;a, ciirboniser,' ‘Which is necessarily built in adifferent m/ipnbr, ; 'as-’it is used to convert street refuse and vegetable matter into a charcoal, which sells at the rate of .BOs a'ton,Tbe qarbpniser. consists of a group : of: brick cells, each, 1 having ! a separate furnace.' It is 26 feet long, 12 feet wide, . and 15. feet 6, .inches, high. The “ shoot”, is fitted with- i slbping plates, winch project froni its sides, and form a. kind ,of;, spiral .cave or'.ledge, which; near the bottom of the cell, takes the form of’a fire block, resting bn a .wall which, divides the contents.. of .the .cell : from. ; the... gases of.. the fire. r The

vegetable and other refuse, to. be converted into charcoal is filled into this chute or.well in a; solid mass, the eaves or ledges forming on their under aide a flue, so that the matter is gradually heated as it slips down the well, until; at the bottom, it is surrounded by nearly, red-hot fire brick. The charcoal is withdrawn at the bottom, and is placed ! in -a -cooler worked by thd- steam’ engine,: and each cell is capable,.of treating tons of vegetable and street refuse in 24 hours. The cost of a complete establish'ment,'’with% i: destructor, an eight-celled carboniser, boiler, engine- 5 mortar ’ mi-ilk/ buildings,'' &c., is J £4500. No .nuisgnce of _any kind is experiohced iu The yicihity of the depots, ,snd. the refuse which might, under other Circumstances,, be : deposited .-in places where it T would; become * the ‘hotbed l ;of disease, is effectually dcstr6yed :<> jor utilised. |