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" I also pointed out that there should be space for at leapt thiee'
barges alongside at a time, or a. river frontage of over 200 feet, and ”
" submitted plans of six suitable sites. Again, on the 18th July, 1888,
" I stated that a destructor must be situated at the river side in order "
'' to facilitate the disposal of the clinkers. I may also point out to the
" members of the Vestry that water-carriage is always the cheapest.
" Comparative cost per annum of various schemes for the disposal of "
" dust. The costs of collection, &c., will be the same in all cases.
"L Barging at Mr. Covington's last price— £ s. d. "
12,000 loads at 2s. 3d. a load 1350 0 0
” 2. Destructor, (See my report of September 26th,
founded on cost at Wliitechapel) 1120 0 0 "
" 3. Shoot at Mr. Walden's—
12,000 loads at Is. lid. 1150 0 0 "
'' 4. Mr. Lucas' scheme ; or Mr. Keep's offer to barge—
12,000 loads at Is. 9d. - 1050 0 0 "
" 5. Shoot at Mi'- Neave's, Margravine Eoad—
12,COO loads at 9£d. 487 0 0 "
" 6. Mr. Bagley's price for tipping—
12,000 loads at Is. 8d. 1000 0 0 "
" 7. Eose & Co.'s price for tipping—
12,000 loads at Is. Gd. 900 0 0
" The method of dealing with the dust adopted by Mr. Lucas seems to "
" me to be sanitary and preventive of waste, and is but a development of "
processes existing at Paddington and eluewhere. "
" My impression is that the most economical and final method of "
" dealing with the dust in London will be a combination of a sorting "
'' machine for the valuable products, similar to Paddington, and a "
" destructor for the useless and unsanitary products. The process will "
" have to be carried out at the river side in order to allow the different "
" products to be separately barged away.
" In conclusion I beg to remind the members of this Committee that "
" many such things, as ashes, breeze, old iron, glass, rags, cork, &c., found "
" in dust have a marketable value, that the wholesale destruction of these "
" things, either by tipping or by burning in a destructor, amounts to waste. "
" I, therefore, should strongly favour a scheme that made use of these "
" products. With reference to the subject of tipping the dust in shoots, "
" this method is cheaper per load than perhaps any other scheme. It "
further saves a considerable amount of cartage, and I mvself cannot "
" see any sanitary objection to tipping, provided that the sshes are "
covered over with clean soil, and the site is permanontl retained as an "
" open space or garden. "
Since writing the reports, portions of which are set forth above, I
have thought of a scheme that would, in my opinion,leave a profit to
the \estiy, besides saving the present considerable annual outlay for
shoots, &c., viz : to buy several acres of land near the river, available for
wharves. The sand and ballast can be excavated and sold, leaving
about twenty feet in depth to be filled in with dust and slop. One acre,
which ought to be bought for £1.500, will, after the removal of the
sand, &c., tack one year' s dust and slop to till up to the level required by
the lhames Conservators, the increase in the value of the land ough
to pay the interest on the original cost of the land, during the time it
is held by the Vestry.