The final disposition of city refuse by mixed refuse destruction, and the final disposition of refuse in Great Britain

✍ Scribed by Fetherston, J. T.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1908
• Weight: 371 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000270810

✦ Synopsis

Tlicn? is tit Iircsciit no city in thc United Stiitcs wlicrc all tlie city rcfuse is mixed nnd properly iiicincrcitcd. Tlicrc is onc incincrcrtor nt work nt \'cstiiioiint. Ciiniidii, und onc Iiiis just kiccn coniplctcd lit \Vest Hrighton, Iloroiigli dcstroyiirg it. IIH inorc liriid Iiiis Iiecii ~i ~~i ~i l i r l ~l o for duinpiiig. E'iirt.lier, tlic Iiirgcr qiiniitities of grciisc found iu Aiiicricliii gwbitge liirs dcvclopcd iin iiidiistry wliicli wirs iiot 1iriit:tic. af Ricliniond, wlicrc mixcd rcfurio will I>c iiiciiicriitcd. Tlicre liris not cxistctl in Aincricii the siinic necessity for FINAL DISPOSAL OF REFUSE IN AMERICAN CITIES. ny ~U D O L P I I IIERISC. Tlic liiirning of gnrbngc tins h c n ~irnctisctl i n Xrnrricn for tionic 20 vcnrN, tlic first fiirnacc k i n g crcctctl on Goiivernors Islnnd, &cw York, in 1885, by Licut. Riley. 111 1887 tlie fimt miinici nl fiirnncc \vns built in Dcs Jloincs, In., nnd HIIS cnllcd tgc Englc cmnintory. It h i d n Inrgc Iiorisonlnl grnte lipon wliicli tlic prbngc iviis dclircrcd from the top, t o IJC Iimt dried, tlicn piirtinlly burned 1iy n con1 or oil fin? kept going iit onc end, nnd finnlly conililctcly biirnctl togctlicr with tlic fumes nt the otlicr cnd of tlic fiirnncc nnd tlicn disclinrgcd iip fltc chinincy. About ten siicli