Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-29


machine of the female gender, according
TO the usual manner Of speech; yet not
giantess. She is worthy Of masculine
name; and after her trial, yesterday,
may be called giant on the same grounds
that Elizabeth called herself Il king.
Having been carefully and siiiifully
overhaulad aud "set up" she Was in
condition for preliminary
TEST OF HER QUALITIES.
Yesterday, at 4 O'Clock, fire was
kindled in her furnace and she was rolled
from the shed in rear Of Lewis Il Thor
ington's saloon round to the cisteru near
the corner of Nv. II. G. Parker's resi-
dence. The news had been gradually
circulated through town that she had
been taken out for trial, and a crowd OF
spectators began to appear or the ground
aoout the cistern, coming around the
corners from every direction. Who is
it that will not be drawn out by such an
occasion? 1t rcriyes old memories of
red clothes and leather hats, of rafting
wheels, the fire gong, and tleeting rain
boTs-all of which was Inexperienced
again, yesterday, and the musical toots
of Il steam whistle
AND THE GaCNTINGs
of steam engine thrown in. The Little
Giant is warranted to get up steam in
six minutes. This guarantee is probably
on condition that richer and more
rapidly combustiblc fuel is supplied
than was used in experimenting, yester-
day Between fifteen and twenty min
utes were spent in getting up from forty
to fifty pounds of steam, in this case,
with dry non-resinous pine. The suction
had been dipped into the cistern and
fifty feet of hose with a three-quarter
inch nozzle ready for trial under this
pressure The result was
ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY
To start with. A solid stream was
thrown nearly east from one corner of
the block to the other-probably one
hundred and sixty feet After thor
ough test with this stream, another set
of hose Was added, with an inch nozzle.
1t was beautiful spectacle to see those
streams under pressure of sixty pounds
of steam, now para llel, now crossing at
different angles, and then turned upward
and climbing in
sCNLIT SPRAY
High up through the air. Several
other sized nozzies were experimental
with, at the same well, with steam in
creased to eighty pounds: 1t will be
enough to say that she behaved better
and better as her powers were more
fully tested; and that all, who were not
disposed to expect too much on the
start, felt that she could not have shown
off to greater advantage. The boiler
leaked somewhat, as was anticipated by
those acquainted with the nature Of
steam engines when undergoing the
first strain.
BILLY EAssIE
Was on hand during the whole time Of
the experiment and superlntended the
management of the engine, taking also
a., active part himself with ready hand
and close attention during the whole
process. He received numerous com
pliments in the crowd for the diligence
and skill which he had manifested il
setting the Little Giant up so that
NO OBSTRUCTION
Occurred when put to the severest pre- |
liminary test that was considered adyis- |
able. William Shear and he date APP |
pointees in the Mint by Mr.. VIM. Hy. |
Doane) were allowed to run the machine |
uninterfered with. They did so sue
cessfully aud all are satisfied with their |
work. In front Of
BENTON STABLE,
To which point the Little Giant was
taken after the water in the first cistern
had become low and was getting muddy,
the steamer WAS put on trial again and
beha scd herself to the delight of a large
of spectators nea- by and ranged
along the pavements on either side OF
the street north and south. From an
inch and quarter nozzle she threw
from the front door Of the stable several
feet beyond the planking that runs from
Rails corner to the 0rnsby House.
When turned down the street, east, with
n fair wind, there is 10 telling how far
she went. The
ENGINEEE or TWc'S
Had come down from Virginia purrosely
70 witness the experiment, said that the
Little Giant iii far better on first :rial
han his own engine had done. A very
FEW OLD TIMERS,
Who still banker after the brakes, think
hat hand engines viii work here just as
veil, if not q little better than, the new
,teamer. It is TO BE hoped that such is
he case, since the steamer viii surely
10 all she is warranted to Go. Those !
Vac are disposed TO
UNDERTAKE Hi. CAPACITY