New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-19

y,e.... ..o,ities Of gas but required an addition Of
carbon from some source; petroleum the best add
ton One tun Of peat required 10 gallons Of petroleum,
and would with this make over 10000 cubic feet Of gas
using peat Of fair quality The great difference in peat
vas due partly TO differences in the grasses leaves and
branches from which it formed, but more 10 the de-
pos Of earthy matter poured into by noods curing is
DR.. Feuchtranger referred to the relies of Of the
extinct race OF mammobs, With Elk young ones wen pre-
served IN peat bog in NewJersey 5JO iee' ABOVE the
In reference TO the use Of peat deodorzer and anti
sepuca very important subject IL view OF the prevalence
of choerapiain ground peat was alleged 10 absorb ana
hold deeter0us gases with great force. Ii was the sense
Of the meeting that IL the most powerful Of any anti
septic and dsnectant OF equal cost Beds OF peat ten
feet and more IN thickness abound IN all the lore'h
parts Of orr country The ouy cost is the labor OF cutting
II out with the spade ping it up in open piles leaving
ntersticos for the air and carng IT, It's cassidy broken
ground The charcoal alleged 10 absorb the Eases
with facility but part with them again when brought IN
contact with water. Wold II not be better antisepuc
for our streets cutters and sewers flg this reason
Mr. Hersch had tested some samples furnished him by
party interested in its SALE which, it ultimately appeared,
had been MANUFACTURED some four years. and was some.
what detor0ued he tested il very carefully in small
way in decolorng liquor 1t about onceighth as ef-
fcent bone black After returning It's quality was
somewhat improved.
Mr. Stotson wished TO know the price at which peat
charcoal could be produced for Use, and how compared
with the cost of coal Peat In the state simply dried
IN the SUM- used with success IN the extensive Wre
OF Washbume * Moen Of forester, Mass. IL had
been tried without success, he alleged in backSmhing
II would not In is raW state raise a welding heat; which
fact De attributed 70 the great quantity Of moisture ! con-
taincd-sOmc % per cent-when apparently dry 1t had
been tried on locomotives the Newly ork Central, and
OF the Hudson River Railroads. IL too bulky aud TOO
light The compressed peat recently the subject OF sew
ef patents in tits country and abroad as fuel ana peat
charcoal promised great results both as mel ana a;
sanitary material and the cost was important 10 DC
Mr. Fisher said that peat charcoal had been used in
England with N large way as fuel Tor locomo-
uyos
NJ. Bull had been recently in district where coal from
the difficulties o. transportation, was SIG per tun yet the
people burned IL in preference peat, which was con-
yenieny accessible because the peat fuel emitted disa-
greeable odor.
Dr. Wethe-ley thought the smell of peat fuel rather
agreeable than Otherwise and argued that 1t was healthy
the cIeOsoe being very powerful preventive OF decay
Peat ashes used valuable element IN OTIS root or
tooth powders He thought the coal interest did much to
suppress tho use OF peat.
D Snodgass related some extraordinary facts about the
preservation Of bodies mbedded for years II beat bogs
MI Reed had burned peat IN making steam IL was III
one sense success but it required much attention TO
keep the crates ccar lie allowed considerable air TO
low in through the door, 20 strike the surface OF
the fuel
Mr. Hyde said that great quantity Of peat charcoal
had been recently contracted for in the vicinity Of Cayuga
Lake, for the Manufacture Of steel.
Dr. Parmalee Dr. Everett and other chemists present,
explained the extraordinary porous qualities or cellular
structure Of the material and stated that 1t had Deeh
used with great success in deodorizng the contents of
sewer which had become offensive in one Of the popuous
towns In England Tho contractor in arranging with the
authorities or It's use strained quantity OF the putrid
material rom the through peat and drank glass
of tho -ltiIg pure inOdorous water