New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-15
fAassr..seusnt
THE SMOKE BURNING FURNACE" AGAIN.
To IA. Ei,,o- ef TIE N l. Tribsns

ihb hlOht-Dt
To the Eii,o- ef The N l. Trib-ns
SIR: The vast importance of fuei+a'ing lesas Us 70
believe tha, few words more the subject VIII DC
Of in;srest 10 the business community and In scieh'
ifc point Of view to ,hs general rrsder while at the
same time. shah make ourselves understood by
and concerning the Nessrs. Adriage of Hudson, y. j.
Fir, of all then, we hereby notify business men gen
ersly, and particularly those who employ steam that
We hold the only pasent Of this Aner"an smoke con-
su1ng furnace.
And secondly We say that the furnace used by the
Nessrs. Aldridce is an imperfect application of our
principes being on al abas4ouei method OF our
own model Of which may BE- seen in the Patent
Office. They return the smoke HHdrr the tfr. while
xe now blow il dorm fbc 6aBes; therei,s'- they
say their furnace is dfi, ren, thing. We SAY they
use our mechanism 10 handle the smoke, and appiy
il mper;ectly, because not more than halt the smoke
can be burned by blowing Il Mp through the hre IN
the natural method. They have dams,r in their
chimney which must be opened every time fresh coal
j. fed ill., and kept open Wii the best of the gas es-
cap,s Ii the MeSsrs Asiridse will close that CHM
ney enfinlV los do. in order 10 save aD the heat
aud blow al the smoke up through the h'd OF their
fire. without destroying it in thirty inmates, aye or IN
three minutes they will even thousand dollars
from us All know that their chimney smokes contin
ually. They receive the benefits of bot blast and
small portion of ihe smoke BY closing their chimney
they will also learn what il the OF those little tD
pipes which might cost. in the aggregate 81
But they AK US if the two furnaces are the same IN
principle why did they not receive notice Of an inter
ference, they having filed cayest in November 1886
before our patent issued Simply because ne had
fled cayeat wonfh Prcri0sS crcn ~ mat carly dafc
We have studied this thing for years.
A. to that imperfcctun which we mentioned IN
previous article viz: returning the hot air to the hre
through iue outside OF the boiler instead of through
the boiler itself it il too prep">tc"us to dwell on
The gentlemen tacitly acknowledge the nterioriiy OF
their method and claim cheaper though poorer
plan.
covered gas which makes carhonic acid gas combus-
tible. Thi- may sound leauedly 10 persons who do
not know the meaning Of scientific terms but IL -
,nerely laughabe piece of highfau'in in reality and
reminds H. pleasantly of the lofty phraSeology oi our
burlcsquing negro minstrels. The Messrs. Aldridge
know right well whether they admit 1t or not, that
there is drain of rubble-stones under their appa'
ratus through which the foul and heavy gas settles
away ,
A.; to the application of our principles to new boil
ers ar old ones there is little no difference. Any
boiler. whether it has one fue through IT or many
flues can be- supplied with our attachment Tor from
$50 10 800. Locomotives seem 10 have been con-
-tructed expressly for application. No more Ia
necessary but to set the blowers in and beside the
smoke-box divide the fiues, and fire up. In building
new boilers we hope to materially cheaper the pres
cnt expense Boilers may be built short and high,
occupying less ground and wasting less heat by radia-
ton than they now do.
In regard to the percentage ot fuel saved by our mp
plicuton we do not like to commit ourselves rushly,
nor advertise more than can perform l|c 'orc Wt
bcrc S 10 bc SarCd to the best of Cr knowledge but
NJ 10 saving we save than half the fuel and that
if a man bought two of our furnaces he would have
fuel to SELL il will take two three years to deter
mine.
Now. finally. to the point which induced this COM
muncaiion. We wish il distinctly understood by the
public and r1acmJcrcd by Messrs. Aldridge, that we
never made them any offer for any supposed right to
the mechanism which they using. We offered
them the right to what they are using M certain
price and the right to that State at certain price
which proposition was declined. We then said there
was no other method than to fight it out, and were de-
parting when Messrs. Aldridge recalled US and re-
duested liz to defer any injunction until fair under
Standing could be obtaned-maybe we might settle,
&C. TTe~ are the facts, and facts that will abide.
We entertain no i-will To the Messrs. Aldridge. II
they devised the method which they are using with
out knowledge of ours. yield to none in respect
10 their mechanical capacity. and feel, with Others
some regret that j. in which few months
of delay may disappoin the expectations OF sangulne
and ingenious men, Yet justice tn ourselves and to
thuse who look to for bread, impels us to seli-de
fense Through thick darkness and inpinging dith-
cuties we have slowly dragged this useful idea up
into the consciousness of the world, and II Il ours.
We are Americans, bred and born, and We look with
confidence to the laws of country for their stern
protection of our rights.
Respectfully CASE 4 SOCLt
h~,terdom \. Y. April 10, 1857.