The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-11
Water Meters and Fire TeIegranbs.

In this mornings Crescent find an extract from the New
York Courier and Enquirer, relating the of water in
Croon works of that city, and the great necessity of
Meter to correct the wanon negligence of who use the
hydranis The editor has been kind aude to an in
venon OF mime intended supply this demand But as his
noce leaves the reader fairly to infer that the invention had
little merit, as those who manage the city de-
clined TO purchase it, therefore ask leave to expan
was the arbitrary and enormous rates. regarded Them
charged by the waerwoks Of this city, and the reasons
by the president that large portion the water was wasted
py negligence that turned attention the in yenton of
waer-guage was assured by that officer tn sbopld
be well paid for such invention successful lie
pcaon enabled me to invent four different forms of the
waerguage all of which consider practicable and patent
aoe and have covered these four forms by careat for
PATENT
On completing model for one of these forms had i,
hoonghy tested in var ious and most salts
iactoniy 1t was put up at the office of the water works
and committee of men of science tested it, and reported il
completely successful for the intended 1t was then
offered to the water works for onehaf of the water saved IN
lars. The offer declined.
The instrument simple and cheap costing less than
oneha the price of the gas.meter and had been
and tested elsewhere might have with different fate
here.
have made arrangements with the water works of Gin
cinnat to introduce it, but have recently learned how
they progress.
Mr. Richard H. Bull has arranged mode of te]ssrapbic
communication. BY means of which fire will De in
spontaneously and simultaneously conveyed 70 all the fire
and at The Common Council have consented to ry
eHlclency OF teegrdphlng,
to ringing the Alarms the bells strike same in
slant, each evening the hour OF nine clock This will he
correct time In the evening"
1t will be seen, too, by the accompanying slip from las,
evenings Delta that the fire telegraph az a new
INVENTION in the city of New York. BY reference pa
'ers OF city, and the proceedings of the Municipal
ills and Board of Underwriters, of June, 1SiS will be
hat made this invention, and proposed build time and
telegraph for New Orleans which should accomplish all
hat is herein proposed, and much more.
proposed to ring all the bells at the instant fire broke out
and to telegraph each fire the locality of
the fire. 1t further proposed ring the time of day and
night all the public clocks and bells several corpora
tons at the Instant and by easy extension to run
or all the private clocks in the Cities striking the hour on all
and giving simultaneous time to every citizen.
The several corporations compmned my inventions but
complained of their embarrassed finances preventing them
putting the matter to the public use.
At same tme devised mode of applying the electro
magnet and telegraph to lighting and exiting uishng stimuli
'aneously, all the city lamps whether of gas or OIL
This last has since been done at least two cities IN Europe
and the Others will be done long, even here for vaua
Bile idea once suggested to the public. will not be very long
AT the risk of being charged with egosm make these
emarks by way OF reclamation for the only COMPENSATION
ever expect from these other invention is the credit
If having been the first, among the first TO devise them
~, 49, CALEB G. FoRsHEY.