The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-19
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tFor the Gazc,te.l
| MEssRs EptroRs In 4 late number Of
your paper We lind an article insaituiing a
comparison between Water ard steam power
for manufacturing purposes In which you
show result highly and We may say remark
ably favorable TO water pcwer Ia point 81
rcrncm, Vow Ne will No. pretend u DISPUTE.
hut that side ~ sae unier Ordinary circum.
s.anees ard tw mest PURPOSES wster stards
cheaper foWes than steam q, AZ present used
scr Stth experience tl the p>e u both We
NieN >lch ~ ". TIE East IL - fs'ssihtr how
stvF tha4 q llLtl" illl,sr.rt bGs ~iGsitt frasete
,IaAeh.nE q. D" az naE ,a1N rsther NOR"
I -attrs Die - s.,.alI rrNet leu have very
nr,t,,tN sla4rcu Houri3g mills as az exam
,,n ~, .haf.s y f'ei Maps uo other Kind of ma
httras lNt .in,s ~ ."'st q '.st.
~ .,...st s.ut ysrfpoa the faet In s,xamln.
n, 4.n.l INA shes" q. to bc used
,, M, .alnael gi3sFtabs .cse.t sur 09n ioca-
.,.55 N, ~ ids5ic~N Nslch tn some cases II
q, uuto inG.o. &c. Thar DE difference Ia the
). f~s-f unt ~ with water With
,sm ra Qau operate our machinery when
-hvse Nish Nasrr tbs dnod or the ice
. Ly Nu.tIrf mas L. d up a. any ;iine
-uu la. 4vi Ia,r~iuenlly happens az the most
.t,+aiigElts a.ttai vi #..
F1uf vel Known TACT derived no douh,
r"m -Ju" 81 ioZy water power miller that
i"at rIa1st by machinery driven by water IL
ui'es'es ~ tha. uadr where steam is used
nHN Z" set down. % this day as all exploded
d.a. -.
Permit d, q otlef a few figures on the sub
t'yt asd ~ prefer taking II on a moderate
4 snle, Ia .hr tirss place a consiaerah e guam.
I tt az wheat naturally finds market here
Z ana must -lther be manufactured or sent
! s'tnew here else ~ be-. SUPPOSE mill here
\ alta q capacity Counting half time1 for
/ .riaitag sixty thousand bushels OF wheat per
/ annum the grain being bough, nj the door
| aith an engine which can he had too ~ thg
tsg 1ad warranted 70 grind seven bushels of
| Fheat with uue hushrl Of coal (but which
| ! Ia been proved can 10 more, this would
| require say
- ta,ls. ia q so. ~ bot over. ~. 30
! FTf sw1h ~ establishment competent hand
:. ,'tt-4 18th ga. aud rngiue cal be hai for
% 81 per aas, asaksn2 ............4... SO
kAtEa it-araaee for steam work. ol A., say. III
NaktHg tota. proper - charge a-asnsi-----
steam power af.,...-.-.... y. leo
Naw AZ NolBe power To manufacture this
auount ri grain costs s-oo but to get the grain
here even il Il lid no, have to be brought
hack would cost under the most favorable
circumstances not less than four cents per
aushel 81 s. 400 which with the COS, for
,oser would make In all e 30, considerable
more than u grind IL here with steam pow.
er. CD.
Nor is the first cos, Of fitting up an estab-
ishment for using steam power so much more
than thar 81 water you might imagine
Where Won build on water courses great labor
has la lee bestowed Oh the foundations OF the
building o. guard against undermining and
| high water and water wheel itself costs
nearly Lalf as much MS an engine besides be
| ing more rcrishable and lot worth as much
when worn OUT a.. II N. $. & Co.
| RrNARGs-l. In our first article we re-
!rrrcd to Moline, Camden and Watertown.
A. the oaly places in this region where good
water power can he obtained, while we al
inded to the prosperity this advantage had
secured for the first two places, the water
power of the last not having a. yet been
| developed. The water power Of Moline and
WATERFOWL is not subject Ia the disadvan-
tag-s mentioned by our correspondent.
| Neither food nor drought, or ice, can seri-
ru~ly di-commodc the use of this motive
| power al Moline ar Watertown. and com
paratiyely little, n experience has shown.
AZ Camden.
| = Thi. well known TACT We to,k n
such from wAai We had been told not from
any information by personal experience.
There !, no doubt however. that water
| lr'wer rrinds more .vsaiy than steam power.
II can scarcely Dc this without making al
average better flour.
!. There Is very serious, II not very ab
-urd ml~calculatiun, IN this. We say roth
tnc about the rsrv low calculation made 10
srind co,ooo bushels oi wheat by steam,
and vet admitted to be S2l0o Why does
nr correspondent assume as fact, which
~ not fact. that all the wheat used by the
Moline mills Is taken from this place Now
~ errors are .frst, that scarcely one half
ehc wheat usei Mt the Moline Mills j.
purchased al Davenport Of course a
srcat deal j. brought ia from Illinois
lireet 4" the mill. f. form a basis for
calculations, we vii admit that one half
q. taken from thu. place. Srondjt. tho cost
| 4 taking this wheat 60 Incline, instead of
being four cents a bushcl, is about one cent.
The Moline mills employ two teams h.
bring iiour IT, thi, city, which -four they
sell, by the way, at the market price Of
hour made here, and il Yields larger profit
to the manufacturers than our own--this in
tseli proving the economy Of water power.
The same teams haul back wheat, and il
they did not do this, they would have to
return empty. And, thirdly, in making his
calculations Of the cost OF grinding G0.000
: oushcls Of wheat Al S2l00, our correspond
ent assumes, 10 make his figures come out
right, that the Moline mills grind the same
| quantity per annum. onthe contrary they
grind about double this amount. We are,
therefore, inclined TO present the following
| figures to our friend, using his own in part
Cost y Gfsadsas so,oco "a u Vhsa, ~ sr,art
ssv en Goa -..--.....-----.. .sisooe
| Extra Insurance, &c ..................... ii7oo
| siooo
| resf n Gflnd.ns $4,000 Ia Wheat BY Water Psu.r
| Water Power At Moline -. MOO %
| inspiration u say % o,o en ghslf usedD
l ~ ic-.-.t..e- --.--.+-.---.-...--.--..... eoeo
sisooo
Thus l3',nS bushels Of wheat are ground
by water power at 500 less expense than
hall the quantity u ground by steam power.
We have In a previous article shown that
the expense al the motive power in one
steam mill Of this city. II IL runs say 500
DAYS in year. is over $4,000 Our figures
cannot he Disputed Vet the Moline mills
may be run 365 days in the year At cost
for the literal power Of only $500 year.
of course our steam mill grinds the most
wheat but make every allowance for that.
and how do the figures stand These fig
ures show the advantage 81 improving the
water power arand Us. We hold that,
taking WATERFOWL for instance, the devel-
opmcnt IL the water power there would
he great advantage Ia ourselves ~ com.
manity, rs we'll as &c incalculable wealth 10
IL owners, and 10 the owners Of the town
itself As WATERFOWL Is near US, and ator.
rs on the river No one caa seriously ques-
tian the economy Of water power. Our
correspondent himself does not, only under
certain circumstances. which do not operate