, 1875-02-28

1t turned out most happy match; and, "as
for the children" SAYS the good old Mayor, iii
Welldono and Goodenough don't make good
breed, thero are no hopes for humanity"
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OUR PuAPIHG.EMGlAES.
70 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
CHICAGO, Feb. Give Chicago FOLKS have
had onr disappointments. Since disappointment
is the common lot Of man this is not perhaps
wonderful still it is true. We have had our
dlsappointments. They began early, when NO
were 10 feet nearer the centre Of the earth than
woare now and they have continued to the present
hmo. We were disappointed, the most Of Us At
least when wo first cane here, to find tho town
affoat ON the surface OF d quagmire and we
we're disappointed continuously in finding that it
grew larger, and finally that it grew dryer. We
wero very much disappointed in 1871 when, ow-
:us 20 the extreme dryncss, pretty much all Of
Caicago went away between tro days, and
great many OF US have been very much disap-
pointed to zee the town come back again,
greatly improved in general appearance. We
have had minor disappointments, the White
Stockings, DnYid'B matter with the Treasury:
Miss Magnnssen, the Lakeside Monthly, aud
McCarty, and tho watef in Washington street
tunnel and Mr. Colyin- But, aftor ali, the ycry
greatest disappointmeuts is, that We should ever
lack for wnter and that every gallon Of that use
full fluid which we do have, costs us SO much
money. There has been very general idea for
good many years that our elegant and showy
engines at tho Water-Works were rather expen-
siye but atin Chicago has always followed the
policy Of putting good faee On matters,
aud We Wero not disposed to g1umble
been for the.Gtizens7 Committee, We might never
have felt 50 very much disappointed in our
pumping engines rs we do now. We bad Waited
patiently for this report. We knew that the
trials of the pumps we're extended, and that the
deductions would be accurate, and We supposed
moro disappointment is cur lot. Passing the
delicate nat.e1 Of tho ''91-l00 Of per cent less
than" specified quantity, and the 2:2e per cent
difference between weir gnging" and the
head Of $50 feet cannot be maintained unless as
much water is pumped into the pipes a. is drawn
out Of them, we find th4t cur pumping engines
are not Liable to break down, and that IN List OF
fourteen engines considered ours stand tenth in
economy, and that standard duty was assumed
at COO, 600 pounds, or ISIS gal1ons Of water
raisod foot nigh with pound Of coal further
on re shall note tho fact that this duty h only
about one-half Of what other American engines
are doing but lot Us see what showing our large
and elegant engines e. designed" to quote from
the report, "for reliability and success rather
tan cconomy"-in other words to stay together.
simply, without regard to first cost Or cost Of
work performed by them y make aeainst even
the very low duty Per pound Of coal "assamea "
as "faaf s1anoa1u. 49, .t:~.oa ,,,-a, +r;.,
1tos 10 6nn.,s - e.s~s;.,a T.a tahla oiuan hv tha
Committee Is as follows:
Total coal tahanfaclse a, o1 10
Gallons water faseo 1se* II
5ss Heasnt hea1es taaeeo' 4ee'' '' - IL
l's; anslgsins g2apsi this We h.vs: as
Cozl por minute, tbs bs........................ 7C5
Totsi gallons water per hour 16ls 49s
raised 141.5 feet high, or sbout Sl,747;SsG
pounds, not gallons, raised foot high WITH w.
pounds Of coal, o. II, IT'S, 53t pounds EBed
foot high per minute with 100 pounds OF coal;
numbers, II, 750, 600 pounds foot high in ono
minute with 100 pounds of anthracite coal also
remember thEt Welsh Goals aro to aatnrac!fo IS
81 to best OF each Ihis aoon5 aon a@o-ess's ds
Of fair average by tho D,1o0 pounds
duty. Also, remember shat, according 70 the
report Of our Committee, our magnificent
engines being larger q than any here
tofore constructed, ,-belng IN 1ect ~ 1ncnee pofe
by 10 feet stroke, no saail oe as dlsappo9tea
once more when We compare the South engines
with the best Cornish performance m lS3a. VIZ
Cylinder 60x10.4. Number pounds wafer raised
foot high N one minute, with ~ pounds Weien
GOALS 130, ,248 That is TO soy We, m chicago.
IN 1870. GO 1pOut Cts-att1N LILO "o4A "AEA 4oe
pounds Of coal that Was done IN Cornwall just
forty years ngo; and also notice that this Corn.
vail engine was 10 inches larger bore and 1
inches more stroke than our largest engines
ever built
But We need not go 50 far from home, nor 80
buck into time, when engineers, perhaps. looked
more to performance than qualification Of vanity,
and work wns bulle more to use than look at
Let us turn to the Lowell report o1 certain
DoHn-East pumving-ensines; Teshait tnere.hnd
90, GOO, 600 pounds raised foot high IN one NM
ute, OF 90 000, 600 foot pounds. With EN pounds
Of Goa, over t1o1ee the duty OF the
South engines.
Or, again, is tho City ct Lynn, which gives m
it's report nearly 104, ,000, GOO OF foot pounds Tor
100 pounds of coal burned, or about ~ times ss
much as We get in Chicago from that amount Oh
fuel,
And it may DO as well to note here that the
builders Of these Lowell and Lynn engines Of
fored to build engines for us, guaranteed to raise
80 600 900 Of gallons 155 feot high with ~ tons
coal per day, whereas VIC now burn A tons day
to raIee say IS, 0O0, 600 gallons 14t fest Did We
take such bid? Far from it. We preferred
another pair Of the largest engines N the world,
designad very much moro for stability than