New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-19

fronting the cleared fields stand several weathersecureu
large storehouses ito which others VIII be added) capa
bic OF receiving many thousand tuns OF dry Peat From
the gable end of these buildings, Railways are running
down an inclined plane right to the cleared fields, and
rarnifyiug over the snme On these rawnys run cars
from the fields said sOrehouses ana wee eSa 10 carry
hence ths drcd Peat. force or huIdreds Oh hanus
would required for the carrying atd stOhg OF the
dried Peat without this railway system lew men ana
one car perform within few minutes an amount OF WORK
TINT otherwise would demand Of hands ana con-
sue hours of time sufficient number OF sueh Store
houses will erected in order TO be able to feed the dy
ress throughout the whole Winter that there VIII DC
no interruption In the manufacture Of Peat fuel 81 o
year through. Tho dry Peat 10 be worked on
during the good season Is not stored In the
budings but trownup heaps alongside the railways
branches Of which lead ao directly to that part OF the
In which he cec0tor that feeds the press
Is working; thence all the dry Peat not intended 10 DO
stored under for the Winter work. il carried 30 iar
about 5000 feet Of railway track are c0npeted INC
Emery Press Company now making machine caileu
Peat Sicer and Dryer to be used In the preparation o'
dry Peat One man. with team and one OF these ma
chimes will slice and break up, ready for drying seVeri
hundred uns of Peat per day, where bed Is properly
Drained which will then dry from five to eight hous'
according to the state the weather THIS rapid cVapo
ration OF large percentage OF water o"inS 10 INC
circumstance that tile sliced and graduated Peat ~
spread over great In layers OF not more tah TWO
or three inches In thickness 1ne No"-io'"
PEAT Machine Company" are also making gathering
piachines with which TO gather the Peat aIter
slicng and drying; one man, one horse ana
one gathering maching loading from 40 to 90 tuns OF
dry Peat per day the ready TO be drawn 10 the
press or store 1t is evident that. with these am
pie facilities any quantity OF Peat can be dred stoeu
and made ready for the presses during the fair season.
There will be difficulty, during the period OF harvest
ing dry Peat to carry every working day 200 uns to the
pres and store 500 tuns beside The bringing In OF 1000
tuns dry Peat per day IN the Summer season. from THIS
one bog Of than 200 would not even require inc
making and gathering Of five ltuns from an acre.
Tho removal Of five tuns from an acre. however
would amount to more than scarcely discerni-
bic scratching OF its surface II would thus be within
tho power OF the company 10 harvest easily over 100000
tuns of dry Peat in $50 working days from oneha of its
Peat land.
As regards the manufacture OF Peatfue In both the
wet and the dry way, the Company has thus far pro-
ceeded as follows While OF the wet-presseS ana
appertaning engine have recently been put up ana
tested waiting for the erection OF the Lighthouses ana ono
or two more wetprosses I'm order go into full operation
capaCous stone building, destined 10 receive tho I'M
mense and costly drypressure apparatus has been com
peted some time SINCE and the engine and boilers that
arc to work the big press put their proper places This
dry pressure apparatus the Emery Press Company mas
lust now completed and will shortly put 1t up. SAID
apparatus Is presumed to be the most powerful press
ever made capable OF manufacturing ten ins or dy Itdt
per hour ready for USE and reduced to the density OF
mineral coal This press complete with pumps grinders
elevator engine, Be- are estimated TO weigh about
100000 pounds OF which 10000 pounds Steel and from
10000 $1,000 pounds gunrOn This press, by means OF
It's elevator, takes the Peat from pit In which
II dumped from the and delivers II finished and
ready for use In tho sorchouses without any handling
The dry graduated powdcrlke Peat Is subjected to
pressure which gives IL greater density than that pro
duced by any other pess in the world From the samples
which have seen, and OF which one Is before you, Mr
Editor do not think that the great expectations IN
reference TO the power Of the Emery press wiz be as
appointed The Company intended TO have two OF these
Emery presses operation during the present year The
Company il also engaged I'm makinga shorter road to
New Paltz Landing, by OF which nearly mile OF
the present distance from the Hudson River will be cut
OF II the West side Railroad should be built, 1t will
either pass through near the property ofthe Company
From the foregoing account OF the doings and aims Of
the Hudson River Peat Company will have no difficulty
10 learn that many respects the manufacture Of Peat
fuel VII henceiorth material! vary from the methods
hitherto adopted In order to mako II al entire success,
aud common institution oil over the country No.