New-York tribune., 1867-09-21

soro of thcsesocaties. which but for this supply o
fuel would inevitably remain unlmproNou "''
Thai for many years in all parts Of the country M haen s
r,atcroI i'm its crude unmanufactufed SlJs I i ond
used TO limited extent, as anal an icostahshed and
that from actual use. the fact Is wen es's 3 rci
universally acknowledged that IL % ~ goV lars have
That the experiments of the past inieo me- Gr simple
abundantly demonstrated 'ro monnfactnre it can be
and inexpensive methods OF haIulaIi ~ Jonsitv and
very much reduced III bulk lhcreaaeH III for trans
nut in good merchantable 1Orl u. i f onv kind is
portation and for use purposes, or in manu-
required whether 1OI uoin0'''' Ff
That although in its manufactured o as syen for
r,nt;onnd its excellence and supeLlolity, chTid IIvI
mehtloheu, nc 10 beginning to be freely acknoWI-
dcd vet it's full value and merit are reaI ~ pbo
hended yet by only Hey ifs nse and proper
n,ont Give testimony concerning It's com PItod
%siue which at present VIII hardly Do ,orv iwnort.
though little prudent attention ond 70 e . after YOU get
;"Hwill give practical results which the cVi'i''''
are hardly of several little trials of this fuel
ocentv made in NewYork City, which are Oh sun
liar character with many others Wien nt CGto " o''
tnowedpe but don't happen to get ihto piii,i ~ -
for cookinp PURPOSES with very gratifying results,
o recent meeting of the directors OF one Oh ihg
prominent Banks on Wals Their Ie was ,nrc at
with the "new fuel" which attracted so muGn at
tention by the simple display OF Its good q.e'uGmS u -
that said directors passed vote approving Vi IL Al
'nS Hossps d. Andrews & Bro. of the largest
iron houses in this city, used quantity uIuci
natent super-heating steam boiler, hre-D ooAt,
with same CRATES and draft as for coal wlch wac ~
no means an economical manner OF uSl w. w IL
size of the ire-bOX should be reduCeu lul vuo ~
and the draft should be reduced even more ,it
oithouoh il is dcultto make people DellcVeIs' ho'
an Intelligent fireman soon comprchclds 1t, oli. VIZ
fact that this fuel gnites very easily anu so',v @ %
volume of gas such is not produced from any
| fuel. which, II drawn OH 100 ldPiuS 10 NV
o FoT oT1 rapid ssamns the peat superior to any fuel We
have used raising steam twice as fast as coal LINZ
nvouo' c for many purposes, such as Tor steam hlcc
lines reckng puipoSes and for portable steam purpose,
generally II greatly enhances the Nv Poat 20,
any given size of boiler. We used portion ol tIy p, a
working steel with very gratifying result, unn
to posess qualities for that purpose even superior
| At the Dclamater Iron Works, it was found 10y
their engineer that barrel OF condensed peat NouiV
| hold the steam at given pressure lOr oO mlnutIs
| while n barrel of coal applied under preclsely w
same circumstances, would hold the steam au w
same pressure for only 80 minutes lhls slalelSnM1n M -
| beyond ANYTHING that we were prepared LOT anu w ""
could hardly expect IT to be credlted oulslue i D vii
| do but the unqualified statement OF tle eheintt
confirmed by several others III the estaDnshnnL
| During the past year. great many peat DeuS No. ~
been examined and IN many cases speCI19f 9 frel fo,
ont dried in the ordinary way and used l9I Iu., & i
household and ordinary purposes WIN iinioS ii. % @
versal satisfaction. In some places mateiii ti't :"
| supposed TO be simply black mud has EI9Nco VIZ. wv,
| taken up and dried, almost as comDusuoie "S oH'
The value of peat fuel can only be ascertalhen ~
,sun IL roDerlV Ii can be wasted or burned 10 ulsdu
vantage as easily coal. but 1t can De uSed ecool
cally ged and burned 10 go0d adNahtlge' hu!
| more easily than coal. Peat should he burned II
smaller re-boxes and in less quantity than coal am
| with very little draft, but replenlshcu sOllcM III
| more fre0uently. IL burns with Drllllaht naI'
| The heat is clear and intense . "'