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CAMP SANITATION AND HOUSING. 



The estimated cost of this rock pile incinerator is as follows : 



22 yards excavation $22 00 



Placing rock in place 15 00 



Gathering and hauling stone 9 00 



Cement _ 4 00 



Total $50 00 



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Plan 



F/G. 19 



A pit incinerator suitable for a camp of two hundred and fifty people. 



Figure 19 shows a pit incinerator suitable for a camp of 250 people, 

 which is estimated at the following cost : 



Excavation _ n $1 00 



Placing field stone 1 50 



Incidentals _. 50 



Total $3 00 



Construct as follows : Dig a pit 5 feet long, 2-J feet wide, 6 inches deep 

 at one end and 12 inches dee*p at the other. Bank the excavated earth 

 around the pit and fill it with stones on which to build the fire. When 

 the stones have become heated, liquid refuse is poured into the pit at 

 the shallow end where it gradually evaporates. Solid garbage is burned 

 on the fire. 



