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"EPITOME OF SURVEYOR'S REPORTS.
" October 8th, 1884.
Richmond Vestry
Has erected Two Bee-hive Destructors and
Chimney Shaft, 80 feet high, to burn Soft and Green Core.
Collection about 20 Loads per day—Soft Core, ⅓ of this
quantity. Does not attempt to burn Street Refuse.
Your Surveyor had doubts as to the sanitary effect on
the neighbourhood; also referred to the small quantity
dealt with in comparison with Camberwell.
Cost of each Destructor, £120=£240, Chimney
Shaft, £420.
"June 1st, 1836.
Richmond Vestry (2nd Report).
Your Surveyor found that from the legal
proceedings of adjacent owners, this Destructor Apparatus
has been wholly abandoned. Dust is now carted away as
before.
"June 29th, 1886.
Your Surveyor reported further re the "Beehive
Destructor," giving details of cost of erection, from
the Patentees, Messrs. Clapton & Co., of Burnley,
Lancashire, as follows:—
To destroy 10,000 Loads per annum, £750
13,000 „ £1,000
„ 16,500 „ £1,250
„ 20,000 „ £1,500
Cost of burning 6d. to 1s. per Load.
No reference as to Chimney Shafts, Foundations, &c.