New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-21
NEW-YURK TRIBUNE.
The Economy OF Fuel.

which az least Ten Millions more are annually paid
for transportation from the mines to- the consumers
Atlease Thirty Millions worth OF Railroads Ca
nsls, Boats Cars, and other property have been
constructed with special reference TO the demands
of the Coal Trade and derive al their value there
from. Every new Canal or Railroad, whether in
tending IL or not gives a new impetus and a wider
market to the production OF Coal. The forests
ard woods are rapidly disappearing from the set
lied portions of our country, and their loss is &C.
yerely felt in the scarcity Of timber and expense
Of fuel All the rugged sides of mountains and
other rough, hard, sterile land, should be perma-
nently covered with woods, which serve to modify
the heats Of summer, TO break the force OF winds
and to graduate the descent Of W aters, diminishing
the feshes after rains or thaws, and the drying up
OF springs and streams consequent on the
drouth and heat Of summer. The use OF
Coal with the continual cheapening Of its
production and diffusion, is becoming every
year more extensive, 10 spite of the depression
and paralysis Of many branches Of Manufacture.
There are driven more and mcre, under the spur of
Necessity, to study and adopt Economizng pro
ceases, with reference to Labor, to Materials and
to Power. The Steam Eng ne, though potent is
yet a most expensive servitor. It's incessant and
vast consumption of Fuel and the practicability Of
sustaining its vital action at cheaper and still
cheaper rates have become subject of universal
concern. Even the Coal interest, contrary to what
might be supposed, requires improvement in this
direction Many branches of Manufacture, which
cannot be established or maintained among be-
cause Of the cost of Power, might live and thrive
n Steam were made with onehaf the present
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economy in the production or use Of steam-gene.
Ming fuel is in effect benefactor to the entire
Nation al Industry By enabling thousands to find
work in factories, mills and foundries who would
she be driven out upon the soil, he benefits not
1sse merely but the whole body Of laborers, as
well Agricultural as Manufacturing.
We paid a visit on Wednesday TO the Print
4 Works of Mr.. D. Brigham, w est Bloomfield, N.
mainly to examine the working therein Of Messrs.
ID Gnfin h Co.'S FueLSaving Apparatus, espe-
lcisly as applied to the drying OF fabrics when
: printed Mr. Brighams works, though unpretend-
ing in appearance, are extensive, consisting Of two
spacious stone mills, each propelled by large and
pow erful stesmengine with three boilers, and
. Giving evidence of a rare combination OF economy
with efficiency throughout. We doubt that more
: goods are printed any where by the same forcs or
Z in mill of no greater capacity than his largest
His dryiperooms are of limited area but Of almos
boundless capacity, being kept at e uniform tenn
psrature of POO 10 230 degrees by currents Of hot
air which contain all the caoric OF the coal con-
sumed to produce them. There is no red-hot
metal of any knd-nothng from which hire could
be taken-the cir flowing directly from the far
mace in which it is generated. The manager
assured us that he would thank no one to in.
sure the concern against fire from the drying
apparatus, since its occurrence was impossible. Fer
driving one thousand pieces Of medium Prints per
:. v the cons umption of fuel was regularly 900
pounds of chestnut. sized Coal, at $50 per tun, in
place Of tsro tnRs OF large Coal hitherto re-
quired at SAL per tun. The saving made by adop-
ting Griffin h Co.'S apparatus in the drying process
only is about $4,000 per amman or reduction Of
cost from over So 900 per annum TO s525. And the
new apparatus is far less expensive, less compl-
Gated, less liable to arrangement than the old, be-
side the great advantage Of safety from Gre IL
II possible that any will persist in constructing
drying apparatus hereafter without at least ex-
aiming Mr.. Brigham'sl
Of the more general applications Of Griffin X
Co.'S Apparatus we have hitherto spoken fully
though, we are satisfied to cautiously. Mr.. Brig
ham, his manager, ard his chemist all were posi-
tive their conviction that the cost Of fuel for driv
ing their extensive machinery had been diminished
@~e than bali by the adoption Of this apparatus
And q principal care is, while their engineers
and tremen are unused TO this and rooted In their
old notions, 10 keep them from making and carry.
ing too much steam. Trey viii burn too much coal
and raise even dangerous head Of steam tf1se |
they cant see how half a tun will effect t..
pose that formerly required a tun over.
Dor of fremen. we need hardly say, is gree
minished by this invention, if they willo al.
ize its power and virtue.
One great advantage a this apparatus IA
readering aaythiHg not absolutely incombmnbie
available for fuel. Thus two extensive manuiac.
les Of Dyes or Extracts from Logwoo5. &c.
winch formerly paid large sums annually for coa
snd Kept each its man busy carting away its
steamed chiPs or refuse wood now make fuel Of
these and almost rely upon them. ST Armstrong.
President Of the Brooklyn Gutts Perchs Company,
ysin note, after two months trial of this in- |
sent'oa. "Onr Engineer is delighted with the |
can barn anything ior fuel = aud that. a.as from
the great saving Of fuel the convenience If kasn;,
ap and managing steam renders il vastly .aosr;or
10 the old process. The simple fact that ma ~
the works which have adopted griffin 4 { in.
vept'on shut OF ct night and start again =,
Sernns without having yet tipdlsa ,hes n