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In making this selection I would point out that I have drawn my conclusions only from those
destructors that I have seen at Hornsey, St. Luke's, Leyton, Southampton, Portswood,
Cambridge, and Sheffield, as I was unable to visit Devonport, Torquay, and Bath, and the data in
the table I have appended, relating to the three latter towns, have been obtained from information
supplied by the Chairman of the Committee.
In conjunction with the destructor, water tube boilers should be installed, and the steam
generated used for driving crushing and mixing mills, for the working of clinker for paving, and
for generating electricity for lighting the buildings; the provision of a battery of accumulators
would provide a supply of current on Sundays and at other times when refuse was not being
burnt.
The surplus clinker and fine ash could be sold, as there is demand for such in the neighbourhood,
or the clinker could be stored for use in the making up of filter beds, which will probably
be required at some future date.
J. E. EDGCOME, M.I.M.E.
June, 1899. Advising Engineer to the Sanitary and Drainage Committee.