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I recently had a waggon load of dust weighed at Devonshire
Street weigh bridge, and the weight was returned as follows:—
Ton.
Cwt.
Qr.
Lb.
3
8
0
0 gross
1
3
0
0 tare
2
5
0
0 nett
So that the cost of disposing of an ordinary waggon load of house
refuse would amount to 4s., exclusive of the cost of loading into
trucks.
I have also had an offer of a piece of land at Rainham for a
shoot; but I do not think it would be of any service, by reason of
the expense. Parishes situate near the river and having wharf
accommodation at the river side may dispose of refuse by barging,
but the cost of canal dues and lighterage would make this a very
expensive means in Bethnal Green. I am informed that the
Shoreditch Vestry have recently advertised for tenders to supply
barges and take away and dispose of the refuse from their new
depot at Kingsland, and have accepted a tender at 3s. 3d. per
load. The cost of barging from the Vestry's wharf at Old Ford,
would no doubt be as high.
"The Destructor," for disposing of house refuse, is used in some
parishes, and in some provincial towns. Full particulars of the
manner in which the various London parishes dispose of the house
refuse, and the cost of constructing and working destructors, will
be found in the Appendix.
Very full particulars upon this subject, both with regard to
London and to all the large Provincial Towns have just been
collected and published by Mr. II. Mair, the Surveyor to the
Hammersmith Vestry, and I am indebted to him for the particulars
published herewith.
One other means of disposal is the "Refuse Disposal Company's
Process," as carried out at their works, Salopian Wharf, Lot's
Road, Chelsea. The process is thus described:—
"The refuse is dropped through an air blast, which blows out