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5at CLEANSING CONFERENCE THE 38th Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing is being held at Portsmouth this week, ending to-night. The chief feature of Thursday's proceedings was an exhibition and demonstration of public-cleansing vehicles and appliances.
Below we outline the various exhibits, and in this connection it should be noted that the information given is based on particulars supplied in advance by the manufacturers of the machines. Elsewhere in this issue précis of the various papers are given. The last two of these will be read by Mr. Fox and Mr. Wheelhouse at the Guildhall to-day, commencing at 10 a.m. • One of the products demonstrated by Messrs. William Bunce and Son, Ashbury, Swindon, a patent squeegee attachment, was shown attached to the front of a Vauxhall car. In addition, the firm exhibited an Ashbury roadgritting machine hauled by a lorry, and an all-steel snow-plough attachment mounted on the front of a similar type of vehicle.
An example of its 3-ton refuse collector, of 7 cubic yds. capacity, was chosen for exhibition by Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton. This is a workmanlikelooking product in which the body is enclosed by steel sliding covers, in three sections, on each side. The tailboard, ititwo parts is hinged from the Corners and 'folds back against the sides when the load is being tipped, an operation which is performed by n313 the aid of a 13rornilow and Edwards hydraulic gear.
A most comprehensive display of vehicles was arranged by Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, which had three gullyemptiers on view, as well as a machine designed specifically for cesspool emptying, and six refuse collectors of different types and capacities.
Ten Dennis Products on View.
The smallest gully-emptier was the 600-gallon model on a 9-ft. 6-in, wheel base forward-control chassis. With this particular outfit an interchangeable body is supplied, whilst it is equipped not only for gully emptying, but for cesspool emptying and sewer flushing. In order of capacity the next gullyemptier was a 750-gallon model on an 11-ft.-wheelbase chassis, its equipment rendering it suitable also for street washing and cesspool emptying. ' In the case of the 1,000-gallon gully narrow lanes and sharp corners abound, and for this reason the equipment is carried on a 7-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase chas sis. This machine is fitted with an attachment for night-soil emptying.
The smallest of the refuse collectors was a 7-cubic-yd. side-loading machine. There were 10-cubic-yd. machines demonstrated, one being a side loader with a tipping body operated by twin telescopic rams, and the other a rearloading machine incorporating the Dennis moving floor. Next in order of capacity came the 12-cubic-yd. sideloading collector, followed by a 15cubic-yd. rear-loading machine with a Dennis moving floor, the exhibit being completed by a 17-cubic-yd. outfit with a barrier-type body. All the collectors were based on the 9-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase forward-control chassis.
One of the latest products of -the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick, a Pactum 1S-cubic-yd. rear-loading 10-cubic-yd. side loader having a Karrier chassis as its base. This has three automatic covers on each side and a ram plate for compressing the load. An independent reference to this outfit appears elsewhere in this issue. The company also staged a Bedford 550gallon machine to draw attention to its gully and cesspool-emptying equipment.
Electricars, Ltd., Birmingham, provided an opportunity for three new refuse collectors to be inspected, one being a 4-ton six-wheeler of 12 cubic yds, capacity, another a 3-ton four:. wheeler of the same capacity, and the third a 5-6-ton tractor with a refusecollection trailer unit.
The 3-tonner has a metal-slat moving-floor body, and although when filled to the loading line the body accommodates 12 cubic yds., the refuse can be heaped so that 15 cubic yds. are carried. Loading is effected from , the rear, a sheet-metal barrier moving with the floor. This machine has been built for Leyton Borough Council, whilst the tractor-trailer outfit is for Kensington Borough Council_
Electric Vans, Ltd., 14-16, The Colonnade, London, W.C.1, showed examples of its electric street-orderly truck, which is a handy little appliance with a 12-volt totally enclosed motor, two 6-volt tractor-type batteries, and internal-expanding brakes. It is handcontrolled and the steel body has two detachable bins with dustproof
Some New Ford Products.
Several new types were prominent amongst the exhibits of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham. There were two refuse collectors, one a 7-cubic-yd. model having the Fordson 2-ton forward-control chassis as its basis. The all-steel body is of the low-loading type and has patent dustless covers opened by footoperated mechanism and closing. automatically when the pressure is released. The other refuse collector was a 10-11cubic-yd. rear-loading outfit, for which
the 3-ton chassis is employed ; the moving floor is hand operated. The Fordson Tug three-wheeler was shown coupled up to a two-wheeled trailer having a hand-operated moving floor. The Tug has a high degree of manceuvrability, and is designed to operate with trailers of approximately 2-ton pay-load capacity. Guy Motors, Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, had two refuse collectors on view, one being based on a Wolf 10-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase forward-control chassis and having an Eagle all-metal 7-cubic-yd. body, and the other a 12.cubic-yd. rear-loading outfit incorporating the Principality moving floor ; for the latter the Vixen 12-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase forward-control chassis is used. The former is a side loader with pneumatically operated dust covers, but in the other outfit the refuse is compressed on the barrier principle, and particular attention has been paid to the method of attaching the barrier to the floor, which might otherwise cause the belt to stretch,
Hygienic Refuse Containers, Ltd., 39, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, exhibited an all-steel body with patented loading shutters on a Morris-Commercial chassis the vehicle being one of three built for the Northampton authorities. The H.R.C. system provides for the refuse, as collected, being conveyed in hinged-lid containers or bins mounted. on light, pneumatic.tyred trucks, for its transfer to the transport vehicle.
An example of its mobile sweeper and collector was demonstrated by Johnston Brothers (Contractors), Ltd., 35, Crutched Friars, London, E.C.3. This is a three-wheeled outfit, propelled by a four-cylindered engine, the sweeping and collecting mechanism consisting of a main brush, a collecting scoop, a refuse bin and a channel brush.
Having for many years specialized in the production of municipal outfits, it was only to be expected that Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, would display a good range of machines for
local government service. Actually, there were six vehicles available for inspection at Portsmouth, three of them being refuse collectors and another a sweeper-collector, the exhibit being completed by two gully-emptiers, one also being suitable for street watering.
The smallest of the refuse collectors was a 7-cubic-yd. outfit, based on the Bantam chassis, the vehicle having been built for the
Dukinfield Corporation. The other refuse collectors were each of 15 cubic yds. capacity, both of them being of the van type and incorporating the CK3 chassis; they had moving floors, one being of Principality make and the other of Transport construction.
The RSC sweeper-collector which was demonstrated is of a type which has proved most successful in the municipal field. It is a unique appliance, which sprinkles, sweeps and collects in a simple sequence of operations.
The C-K3 chassis was also used as the basis of a 750-gallon gully-emptier, being one of four built for Sheffield Cor
poration. The equipment is by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co.. n38 and includes a system of concentrical tanks for sludge and clean water, which gives better balanced loading. For the other gully-emptier—a 500-gallon outfit —a Bantam chassis was 'employed, the equipment being of Tuke and Bell manufacture.
Both the Lewin-type VSC and Universal outfits were displayed by Lewin Road Sweepers, Ltd., Jack Lane, Leeds, the former being a sprinkles-sweepercollector, possessing several novel features, whilst the latter is a hand-controlled appliance, propelled by a Villiers two-stroke engine.
A modified Bedford 2-ton. shortwheelbase chassis is used for the VSC sweeper-collector. To meet abnormally dry conditions the machine is equipped with sprinklers in front of the brush, which is set square across the vehicle and sweeps to a width of 7 ft., the heavy sweepings being delivered into a conveyer and thence into the enclosed container. Suction plant collects the rarefied dust and delivers it into two side compartments, and is used only under dry conditions. The body is divided into four separate sections.
The vehicle that Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Birmingham, had on view was a 13-15-cubic-yd. refuse collector, built for the salvage department of Birmingham Corporation. The chassis used is the well-known Leader 4-tonner, with a 13-ft. 13-in. wheelbase, and the Principality body incorporates a floor of the same make. The capacious driver's cab provides accommodation for loaders and there is a
separate compartment constructed ahead of the main body.
Apart from examples of its moving floor displayed on municipal units exhibited by chassis makers, the Principality Wagon Co., Ltd., Cardiff, showed, independently, a Rather CK3 15-cubic-yd, rear-loading barrier-type refuse collector, this being one of three for Norwich.
Several of the well-known products of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., 52-54, High Holborn, London, W.C.1, which are specially designed for public-cleansing operations, were to the fore at yesterday's demonstration, a mechanical horse being used as the basis of four distinct appliances.
One of them was an 18-cubic-yd. refuse collector with a moving floor manually operated from either side at the front. The forward part has a consolidating partition, which runs on rails and moves with the floor.
The standard 3-ton municipal-type motive unit was shown coupled up to this semi-trailer unit, which was also used for a 1,200-gallon street washer.
A. third Scammell exhibit consisted of a 780-gallon gully-emptier with Fowler equipment.
A standard 3-ton mechanical horse, with a 6-cubic-yd. body for house refuse, was also available for inspection_ This company's exhibit was completed by a machine designed for the loading and unloading, transporting and tipping of special bins, of which it Can carry six at a time.
The municipal products of Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, have achieved a distinct vogue in localgovernment circles and the company took the opportunity of _displaying four of its products, one being a Chelsea-type refuse collector of 8 cubic yds. capacity, another a roller-floor refuse collector and a third a 700gallon gully emptier.
Messrs. John Sherwood, 51, Cornwall Road, London, W.11, had an Ideal refuse-collector on view. The body consists of a main and a rear container, and, when the latter is filled, the whole body is elevated to an angle of 110 degrees. Packing is effected by gravity and no moving parts come into contact with the refuse. In addition, a small Ideal appliance for the collection of street sweepings In a dustless way from street orderly bins of the Es-Em type was also shown. Two vehicles were shown by john I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Basingstoke, one being a 15-cubic-yd _ all-steel end-loading refuse collector and the other an 800-gallon combined gully and cesspool emptier. The former is one of three built for Torquay Corporation, and has the maker's AA Forward lowloading chassis as its basis. The Eagle bodywork incorporates a Principality hand-operated moving floor.
The total capacity of the gullyemptier is made up of a compartment for 250 gallons of clean water and a section for 550 gallons of sludge. 'The maker's 4i-ton petrol-engined chassis, with a 13-ft. 4-in, wheelbase, is used for this outfit. The tank and fittings are of Eagle make. • • •
A Dennis chassis was used to draw attention to the outstanding-features of,
the Transport 12-15-cubic-yd. 'refuse collector exhibited by Transport Engineeriag, Ltd., 561, Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1. Amongst the chief features of this outfit are a five-seater cab and hand-operated metal moving floor. The company also had on view a trailer refuse collector With a Transport moving floor, this having a capacity of 20-23 cubic yds. and being coupled up to a Morris-Commercial prime-mover.
Two refuse collectors and a combined gully and cesspool emptier formed the exhibits of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, one of the former having an Eagle 'body of 10 cubic yds. capacity. and the other a Spurling body of 7 cubic yds. capacity. The larger machine is based on the 3-ton long-wheelbase chassis, and the smaller • on the 2-ton long-wheelbase model.
The body of the gully and cesspool emptier is of Eagle manufacture and has a capacity of approximately 550 gallons. The foundation of this model is a Bedford 3-ton short chassis.
Two vehicles were selected for exhibition from the range of the products of
the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (1906), Ltd., Crossens, Southport, one a 10-12-cubic-yd. refuse collector— being based on the 3-ton forward-control chassis, and the other—a combined gully and cesspit •emptier—employing the 2-ton forward-control low-loading chassis. The refuse collector has three sliding metal covers on each side and is equipped with Bromilow and Edwards twin-ram underslung hydraulically operated end-tipping gear. The equipment of the gully emptier is by the Carrimore concern, and the tank has a capacity of 600 gallons.
The well-established Pagefield sys-, tern of refuse collection was demon-. strated by Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., Wigan, through the medium of a Pagefield lorry equipped with a Gardner 4LW oil engine and an inside loading container The Pagefield Prodigy was also on view, this being built for carrying special containers for house refuse or street sweepings.