The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-25
The Manufacturing Facilities of
Elirhlycn

FAIRIIAVEN, feD. %, 1874.
Editor Of tie Gl0Je Since the publicity
given by THE GLOBE of my letter upon the
water powers of this vicinity, so many
facts and enquiries about the use of COM
pressed air as motive power have come to
me, am induced to write once more on the
subject. Those knowing of its use say, in
Germany, compressed air is conveyed
eleven miles, at a cost of $4,000 per mile
for tubes and laying, for 1000 horse pow
cr, and $4,000 for machine at water power
to condense the air. 1t is used in an en-
CINE the same as steam. If this estimate
be correct, it will cost $1,000 to bring
1000 horse power from Carvers Falls to
this place. The interest on that amount
would be 81 ,02O per year.
1t costs about $4,000 per year fer fuel
for 3O-horsc power steam engine The
ratio of cost would not be as to the in
crease Of power bought. My estimate of
the power at Carver's Falls was too small.
Burdens mills at Troy are propelled by n
sixty foot over shot wheel with water pass
ing through five inch tubc-the power
OF which do not know with an ovcrshot
wheel OF 30 feet. We have power of
nearly 400 pounds, upon a leverage of As
feet fifteen such wheels can be used then.
3O-horse power can he furnished one
year, "a hours per day, for about $40 !;
while it would cost for fuel for steam en-.
gnc to furnish the same power about
S2,40O.
learn there has been expended upon the
dam at llolyokc, within a short time.
S250,O0O for repairs the interest upon
this sum would bring all our power to the
village. You can use as large a pipe as
You wish, lay it where you choose. for
power as you lay n water pipe i pres
sure OF 100 pounds at one extremity is 100
pounds at the olher nothing is lost by
friction, so say those acquainted with the
power.
In any view We take of compressed air,
we ind ii the cheapest motive power
known, am asked why not use the pow
er where it is? My reply Is, it would cost
so much more to transport the material to.
and the manufactured goods from the water
power, than to bring the power to the rail
road, that there would be n great saving in
bringing the power here. Another says
ireights are so high Vermont cannot manu-
tacture to compete with towns nearer our
centers of commerce. We are nearer New
York than Lowell, Lawrence or Manches-
ter, and think railroad company who
have sagacity enough to keep their stock at
1l0 in 1878, have too much shrewdness to
keep their freights so high as to prevent the
shipment of an enormous amount of
freight over nearly the whole length of the
road, and thereby prevent the water powers
OF Vermont being utalized. For these
facts am indebted to such men as Hon.
Nathaniel Fish, of West Haven, Jonathan
Ormes and w. II. Green, of Hampton. My
Information of cost of laying tubes
comes from men who are engaged in laying
tubes for the purpose of conveying power
Had the head of my friend j. j. r. Ran
dali on my shoulders for short time, |
should be able to give more detailed and
scientific report of the power running to
waste, but must content myself with doing
the best ] can, hoping for scientific nves.
tigation before long. OBS.