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Show WHAT UECOMES OP CAN87 M.,telnl.. (M.I.Lr, Inn-Iron n, Hlotlnw- sssssss! Kaili vt eights. stflssssl What becomes of alt tbo old tin EHbS cnnsT Is a question asked about ns VtUv often as what becomes of all the pine LnstsssM The end of the millions of pins has EsTHl nccr been answered, but the first nbfiH question ran be, ns far as New York jjH Is concerned Briefly, 300,000 discard- IB ed tin cans, exclusive of wash boilers, rtssfll basins, cups and other divers sorts ot SK tinware, nro collected In this city each ! week, and ns rapidly ns gathered aro H transformed Into solder, cnn-lrcn nnd 9?H window sash weights Everything SPB about the can Is utilized, even to the oBsssB paper. This, It Is vouched for, pro- IMR ldes n light and delectable dessert for MUBH omnivorous billy goats At tho works Bffsssssl there Is n urltablu mountain nf tin SlH cans, wh;ro the recipient ot delicate HPt Trench pens frnternltes with the vessel bMBsb which contained marrowfats, and HUM where the can once rontnlnlng nrlsto- HMSj crntlc brnndlcd peaches lies In helpless jMCl proximity to one once the home ot LRi plebeian beans They nro brought there H9 by thousands, not only by n dozen or tssssssssl so hucksters, but by teams constantly jH In use. They nre gathered from prl- H vato places, ash barrels nnd dumps all H over tho city Fifty tons a week nre H brought In, and ns the average Is three FH cans to the pound, one may easily sco H ikat there are tremendous numbers of H them The factory pays tbo hucksters H IS a ton, though they get them tree. H The first work ot the day Is taking H theso cans to nn auxiliary stack ot the H furnnco by means ot n conveyer, con- H slstlng of moving buckets, which scoop H them up nnd bear them Into tho rccep- H tncle They aro exposed to n heat ol H from 100 to 500 degrees. At this tern- H peraturo tho solder Is melted off, nnd H by n rolnry screen sifted Into n sepa- H rate channel, to bo nfterward purified H Tho cans nre left to go down nnothcr H wny Then the cans are sorted. Thoso H with sides Intact nro picked out for H what la called "ran Iron," About one- H fifth ot n can's cntlro weight can be H used for this purpose, while solder Is B ) Icldcd to tho extent ot forty pounds jl to the ton. An employe went Into tbe H building and pointed out something H which looked llko n clothes wringer. H "Through this," he said, "tbo still use- H ful sides ot the cans are passed, so H that they may be straightened out H They are put Into bundles of fifty jJ pounds each and sold to manufacturers M of trunks snd other articles whero M their uio It required. They nverago H 350 or less plates to tbe bundle, ac- M cording to whether they are pint, H quart or gallon stto. Here Is where the M refuse tin, amounting to about forty H out of the fifty tons' weight ot cant IH each week, la melted after It Is sorted M from tho solder and the ran Iron. H New York Exchange. M |
