The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-03-27
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oongyeastonal Ventilation.
Some member Of congress, whose frank on
tabsavolbts books Hike ~Hsrsley" or sHoxlsy,"
% Il Hey6e Harris pr Hickey, he sent rs .
doculAlit Of some 81 pages, giving the details
q highly ingenious, elaborate and effective,
Bat Snrtsinly somewhat stupendous and az.
ps ~ plan, With tho favorable opinion of a
csd0Fs suional committees thereon. TO supply a
pslp6bls detect in the construction Of the
2sssias capitol building inthe important mat
teref vsntilatien. The apparatus deemed ne
osssasy 70 accomplish the object il described
- Consisting Of 80 pair Of surface csndsnsing
snginsa Of 1920 horse power each, havinga
cylinder Of As inches diameter by feet stroke,
and tabular compressed air cooler having
POGO square feet of brass tube surface. Also,
: mdbtsning apparatus made Of block tin
pipe and equivalent to 10000 square feet Of
pan surface, drying apparatus having $50
square feet Of block tin tubular surface" &C.,
&c, -+hs estimated cost Of the whole being
toS8Sss, upon. which sum the protector is
williag 10 receive III per cent as pay for HIS
invention.
Tho present csngress consists, We believe, sfter
making due allowance for, the uncertainties Of
representation from states subject to reconstruc-
ton, IL about 22O members. A moderate ap-
plicatieh of arithmetic will thus show that
force Of about II horses is needed to enable
each msmher to draw his breath properly, and
perform the functions of inspiration, expira-
tion ard perspiration in the halls Of csngress in
such ! way a. shall conduce to the public
vell-bsing and his own. As to the brass men.
tened considering the essential character Of
this article in all Legislative halls, the allow
ancs Of absut SO square feet Of brass tube
suriscs for each member cannot be regarded
= imnederats; and as to the moistening ap-
psratus, there can be no question about the
necessity Of moistening our statesmen when
TOO dry. nor drying them when too moist,
showing like necessity for the drying appa-
rntps. The only Inconsistency that strikes Us
y In the enormous disproportion between the
moietener aud the dryer the, former being
some 900 superficial feet to each member and
the latter but about 30 feet Probably, how
ever, it wes deemed that the members get dry
fast enough without artificial assistance. Il
If it ID true, Us the congressional commit
toe who have had this matter under con.
sideration state, that the air which our ma
tisnal lawmakers are obliged to breathe is so
uncemmonly deleterious as at times almost to
asphyxia, nothing can be more
reasonable or obvious than that, they need
ventilation. If bad whisky makes men pro-
fame, vulgar and quarrelsome, why may not
bad air be held responsible for making our
legislators noisy thievish. Sanatical, stupid
and intolersnt Besides, summer is apprsach-
ing, and the lobbies and galleries of the house
are, it 10 well known, daily crowded with
new element, not remarkable for the sweetness
Of its odor: Not to put too fine point upon
it, Ethiopia is.streaching forth her hand, and
may soon be admitted to the very seats of
members. Now there is 10 question that
most fun blooded Africans are environed by
an oder that IS not always agreeable to the
Olfactories ola pure Caucasian. Under such
the wisdom of making provi-
sion beforehand is s,indeniable \ nor, large as
it may look for Caucasian, can these be
much doubt that a IL horse power engine is
not an extravagant provision to ventilate a
first class African