Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — Public Furnaces. [ARTICLE]

Public Furnaces.

■ A splendid way to keep the streets free from waste paper, rubbish, etc., has been established in Glendale, near Los Angeles, Cal. The city has built public incinerators or catch-all furnaces in the alleys back of its business blocks. Four of .these, paid for by an assessment levied on the merchants, have not only solved the rubbish problem, but have reduced the danger of fire from promiscuous bonfires. The furnaces are built of brick and do not need watching while a fire is burning inside. They are four feet high with a chimney portion extending one foot above the main furnace Rubbish to be burned Is dumped into the furnace through a 27-inch hole, covered with a two-inch wire screen, ini the'top. A good draft is secured by a draft hole at the bottom, and the chiminey flue is covered with a wire screen. The chief advantages of the furnaces are that they are always ready for use aud are perfectly safe.