New-York tribune., 1867-09-21

creased onehaf OF inch, or from ~ TO = lneISs
ter mskiur an additional OF 30 per cent lne slle
engine No 65 was employed as on the FORMER s %
MIR Eaton accompanied the tram Ior tS m ISe engine
ber Steamed 10 the utmost Of its power In ascending
heavy grades or in qSE fSam and Kept pit blowing of the
whole time BY this dminutOn OF the D'st ,Iir
nower was gained and the consumption OF lueI sn"ol
tp s on anoSer 3 expcnment made on the road in
Noyember 1906 affords in detail the results e1eceu WIN
enlarged blast nozzles of the engine Lnge @ U rT rUI,
with S freight one Passe4gET nnefon so oS i2 miles
nom MGn.ns"i "0o IN 20 craSc 2cO feet
TSiS Total TsG Tslght IN Sf is cars and freight
IcssSUS iDst time made mp in running between ...o.
'' Vaudreuii and Matilda rs miles. llO minutes
Total weight of peat cOnsumed.--.--'-. ,,4Sg ID
Value of fuel at 50 80 per tun. n.-.-.... vi % 49,
Fuel consumed per mile r1n------..-- oZ1 d. D.
Snmper of car miles run 2Ol6 miles.
Fuel consumed per car-mic run. Sos ID
Cost Of drawing car containing over ten tuns OF
freight ono mile a little over half a cent. ,,
The engine in the same eondltlon as I1r ibb
rood with the exception of the blastnOzzes Wlcn
were enlarged om % inches to q inches diameter OF o.
per cent -, -, o.o bofore som neat burn
, t,c Isd ON ali these trials was from the Bulsrode
Peat Works, owned by James Hodges, esq., OF Mon
at coery in the north of England connected by
railway with large works, several trips were lnIe
beinc<eOnveyed 10 the pits mouth, and brought DacK
loaded The fuel served admirably and all present were
atisfed II aid quite as much duty as coal.
ON one trip however they were obliged to wait some
time at the pits mouth the load not beng resIy'
fireman. for some cause, neglected his fre and conse
Ouently when the trucks were loaded, ana Ine Tram
ready 10 start he found the steamgaugo indicated a.
pressure of only pounds, and the nre very low
This alarmed him. the return journey was up teeP
INCLINE and he had already been delayed very
bounds and the train soon speeding its way back
Had coal been thrown instead Of peat would have
smohered the fire. so little was there In the furnace az
The above illustrates very clearly the freedom Of com:
buston which charaeterizes peat and the intensity Oh
MANY of our railroad companies to be largely bene
fitted BY the peat business both as anOrdng them supe
fuel al
article for transportation In large gnant1es emo nope tG
undertake the manufacture of peaue along their lines
PEAT FOR sUPER-HEATING STEAM.
Messrs Parsons & Co., refiners of oil, at East Bos-
ton required for their process superbeated steam to
a degree and extent which 1t was found extremely
difficult TO obtain with wood or coal of any kind; and
under the most favorable circumstances required
two furnaces-One for generating, and the other for
super-heating faithful trial OF peat was made in
view of statements concerning the intensity of heat
generated by it, They write:
at our works near Boston last Summer three tuns OF con-
densed peat obtained from the works OF the Boston Peat
Company, at Lexington Mass
This was used as experiment TO ascertain its utility,
compared with COAL for the superheatng Of steam in
the distillatOn of the heavy petroleum OILS.
Our furnaces not Just what required for the
economical use Of the peat-fuel. We consumed usually
two tuns OF coal per week Three tuns of peat con-
sumed in the time two Of coal but the ca
paoy Of the peat was equal to four uns of coal for
In furnaces Of equal capacity each built so as to give
the fuels fair trial. satisfied that the power Of peat
cent greater than Of the weight Of coal With
coal in use we had TO rake the fires down in two
hours, thus necessarily slowing fires while removing
the clinker. There with the peat enker iohdter
and the heat obtained was uniform therefore loss suf
We would recommend the use of peatue for distilng
the heavy petroleum oils and rednu where the stills
exposed directly the fire. as 1t gives an intense
heat can be easily regulated needs TO be raked out
10 clear from the elinker, and has effect iron
red heat that discover.
We think the rapid destruction Of the heavy olstills
by coaltres would be prevented TO great extent, by
the use Of peat
PEAT FOR IRoN-MAKING.
An officer of one of the Iron Ridge Wis Iron Com
panes states that the recent experiments with peat
relative TO testing its properties for smelling iron,
have resulted most favoraby, and have demonstrated
pretty satisfactorily that iron be manufactured
without a resort either to charcoal bituminOus
coal. Whenever the fact is fully demonstrated it
will work an important epoch in the manufacture of
Iron in Wisconsin. excellent peat be found in
plenty throughout the State, at one-ffth the cost Of
the other fuels.
Experiments have also been made in Canada with
peat IN irOn-manufacturo. Bar iron of the finest
quality was made by Messrs. Morland, Watson d
Co., from blooms made with peat fuel alone. 1t was
declared by good judges to equal the best Swedish
iron, bending when cold as to bring the two parts
Dfthe bar close together without showing a flaw
upon the outer edge In short the severest tests
known were applied, and proved that no iron manu-
featured from coal in this country had ever equaed
this made with peat. This fact is of immense i'm
portance to canada, where peat and iron ore are
abundant and coal IS not. The peat fuel can be used
In an ordinary pudding furnace, but one which is
especially adapted for peat would effect large
rhNinS VI iucl, dS IN lne present experiment the
weight of peat used Is about double the ordinary
quantity of coal.
Mr.: Campbell, the manager of the mills is of opinion
that he could use the present furnaces and mix neat
with Plcton coal, by which the iron produced wonld
equal the very best quality made with charcoal and
at great saving of cost In pudding furnaces con-
sructed for burning COAL peat alone cannot be used
20 advantage. But there is doubt about the extra
quality of iron prepared with peat fuel and if pro-
portiOnate price could be obtained. it would be
equally as profitable as making iron with coal
We stated in our former article that much of our
best-impored iron is made with peat, il being used
sometimes in its state, and in others, first con-
verted into charcoal All that seems requisite is to
have the peat sufficiently condensed and thoroughly
dried before using. 1t is tins used in Austria, Bava
ria. Sweden. and many Of the large manufacturing
towns of Germany.
In an experiment made at the Caledonia Iron
Works, Montreal, last October, by mixing peat and
coal it was found that the charge melted in forty
minutes less time than with coal alone 1t was also
hotter when drawn from the furnace and made cast
ings more dense, and of course much stronger This
made it exceedingly applicable for the purpose of car
wheels which seemed TO possess remarkable tough
and uniformity Of chill Mr. Sanderson of Shelf
field England, says that all metallurgists are agreed
in the opinion that If peat by any means can be pro-
duced Of sufficient density to enable it. when charred
to stand the blast necessary for the production of
irOn the quality will be superior and think SUI
peri0r 10 that made from wood charcoal.
The Fishull Iron Company have used peat at their
furnace for about eleven weeks and report the results
entirely satisfactory. During a portion of the
time, they used one-haf charcoal and onehalf peat