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Show "Bug Wagon" peah to Germs. 8an Francisco's "bug wagon," tho Board of Health's latest enterprise aiming toward tho extinction of nil forms of germs 'and dangerous bacilli, had a practical test Itt-n. w'orkahoh at j 223 Folsom street. Tho various varieties varie-ties of germs wero placed on cards and burled In tho center of pillows and mattresses, whlc'h'Wcrtf placed in tho oven or sterilizing box. Steanr to tho amount of thirty pounds pressuro j was turned on, and nftor twenty minutes min-utes It was withdrawn .and ,a formation forma-tion of chomlcal gases was allowed to ontcr tho vacuum. Whether tho gorms met Instant death cannot bo determined de-termined until after a post mortem, which Is now' In progress at tho city laboratory. Tho sterlllzor, tho first ot Its kind to bo built, is self-propell- 1 lng and has a speed of about five miles an hour. Tho machine resomblea a i steam road grader somowhat in appearance, ap-pearance, and weighs nearly four tons. San Francisco Chronicle |