The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-21

Brooklyn City Eews.
RSUUy' ZION 70 THE ENerss ROUSE At RID6swoop.
w .,~rlav afternoon the Mayor, Common osuncl,
~ sSs,s Of the water Board, the Sewer Commissioners
N~a largo psrty Of other gentlemen, made Al excursion
I. Rcse~ood, Oh The invitation Of H. 4 Welies O. ir
e purpose Of seeing he operations Of the nov ehsns
usea pumping water mo the reeessof "h'A - no"
complete and IN perfect working order
The party, numbering about one hunaroa' took ene
at ,Soalh ferry At p NJ, ana oae's gov on a.
Ssssum slrse. Aver brief hat ri Bedford and % Eas;
New York they proceeded 10 their destination, where
shey arrived about half past TWO O'Clock.
lfH marty catered the eAgtse house, aud 90
suP4ea tnsnselyss for an hour n,. or MORE IN OK,
n.sn The pump well, the furnaces and everything
.Ase oil interest, The engine house eonsiss Of Cen
ase budng, with two WINGS Of brick, oTnSwened with
brown fauings The culture length 227 feet, depth
u a feet and of wings IS feet The engine in
she main structure and the boilers in the wings Tue
height 46h feet from the foundation " the soInice and
ID the peak Of the roof The oer - 40 feet above
ne came ana side level feet TIE chimney is 100 feet
Aiah, with tue feet IN diameter fss 900 bricks $780,
se0 pounds OF cast ron ana % POUNDS wrought ROO
ZION oi The bahding. Everything presented neat ana
seanly appearance Two spIa s'aircases lead TO gd
kry running round the hall, from which good view
Se obtaineo Of which number xvailed themselves, and
al expressed themselves eratied with the splendid ap
uoarapce aud action of the stupepdous engine which
s principal object which tho vmters invited 10
s.ine Everything else found in good condition.
ana COLLATION. (preceeded by blessing by the Rev. e
NJ Juhnsoo) had been disposed OF, Mr. H. 3. WELLER
The he had extended to them TO view the works
called upon Hon. s. POWELL, Mayor Of Brooklyn VINO
favored the meeting with brief address He eongrasu-
ted the alter Commissioners contractors and engineers
1er communicating 30 great work, and dwet upon the
biersings OF supply OF pure wafer and the impetus lis
introduction gave 10 the prosperity OF the city Twenty
years ago would have been deemed insane, be
marked, to have predicted that at thus day Brooklyn
would contain nearly 1900 inhabitants, and nov he
would predict that twenty years hence we weaid have
pepulaiion OF $50 600.
Rev KENskDy followed, and in the course OF his
marks referred the first trip OF Fulton up the North
silver IN mis- steamboat, which he witnessed, and com
cared the progress made in steam power and the
opposition which had to be overcome. In anudpg
- the introduction of water, he referred 70
circumstance which occurred some twenty. five years
smre A gentleman from Baltimore hep conceived the
idea Of supplying the city Of New York with water from
Se exhausess springs under the Brooklyn Heights and
had hose made stretch across river that pur
psse. The New York authorities, however, Obtained an
Injunction, and the hose were taken up and sold to the
Eke Department. He compared tho past with the pre-
ssnt, and predicted great future for BROOKLYN
A. A. Low, Esq followed and spoke in terms Of COM
naAdation Of all that had been done towards the supply
u Brooklyn with water and congratulated those who
were engaged the work for having so successfully pro-
secuted their aboss, Notwithstanding the many difficulties
tAsy were compelled to encounter.
SAMUEL McELRoY, Esq then addressed the meeting,
sweing mainly upon the nature OF the work peror
0nd giving accurate statistics In regard TO all that had
been done. Mr. McElroy is the engineer under whose
s.perinendence the engine house, Nc were erected.
Speeches were made by J. W. Gilbert ESQ.,, Aldermen
Kalkeiscb and Day ton, when the meeting adjourned
Tie ears, and in about half hour arrived Brooklyn
The engine is a massive and yet beautiful structure
and the PRINCIPAL object Of attraction by the vsers
The cylinder (Which is encased in steam jackeD 80
Inches in diameter with 10 feet stroke The beam is 80
Bet long, weighs IS tons. The bed plate is 40 feet
hing, double, and 80 inches deep II was designed by
and built the supervision OF William Wright, ESQ.,,
BY Messrs Woodruff X Beach, OF Hartford, Conn It's
pesuiariues are, that has fly wheel crank and
mat the stroke controlled by Cataract which 60
yeFns The time and the quantity of steam let Of
he cylinder after having spent its force The working
Of the engine similar TO the Cornish engine, upon which
N Had tha hath
hoth its up and down stroke, thereby having double
the advantage Each double stroke furnishes 1854 gal
ns " water and il capable Of furnishing 10 GOO 600
gallons in twenty four hours. The flow is almost
constant, with variation Of only two TO three pounds
pressure on the main pipe. There is no Earring
brought to bear. The entire weight Of the engine, in
clading three boilers $40 tons II is the first Of the
hDd ever built, and was completed and put in working
arder the 18th Of March, 1853. Some improvements
Asve since been made, and now, TO all Appearances is
uess The gauges attached thereto show the pressure
Of steam the boiler the vacuum upon the piston and
Ingenious contrvance. Il shows that the total number of
Strokes since the engine erected 597 $50 up
about three O'Clock yesterday The cos. Of the engine
Absut $50, 600.
is said TO be the most powerful engiue in the world
being able TO do execution than the Lee Water
gme in Holland and for draining the Harlem river.
The pumps have ten feet stroke with 80 and 81 inch
ADubie beat barrels The connections Of wrought
ZION, feet in diameter, with capacity per stroke Of
1,o1t gallons 1000 gallons per minute. The pumps
constructed that the charge Of under cylinder
b delivered through to outer cylinder, and when the
suter pump delivering is taking It's charge through
the pump under the cylinder, thereby producing
steady row of water and never changing the direction of
me moving column. The air pump double acting, SO
inches bore, with feet stroke. The air chamber is
feet in diameter ard 20 feet high. There
tubes $3.50 feet long, each feet u diameter weight Of
each tube, 95s tons-with water go tons. The pump
ad bears ~ 65 Zoe the square inch or IS tons on
ne working bucket