, 1877-02-05


Mr.. Holly has written book In whiel, he eets
forth fully his plan for supplying steam for
heating and doing al the various machine labor
Of cities and villages, domestic, mercantile,
manufacturing, etc. He says:
In cities or towns Of from j. 900 TO 9. COO tnhabl.
tants. whtte the mfln buslnees portion doe, not
!ocated near tho centre " tho place. with pipes
leading out In four directions will do all tho work.
II the city IL mile square. four sete Of boilers
SoPs s s. az Ri'a R aa.h e s
2!s, 9. ~, and one inch ut tho a1tsene end away
nin7 a. Inc no alcny tiie lines n,ay demand. The
rurtaee ot Tho eattI1. The iron p'pes are aFat
two inches Thick. leaving space for confined
air, tcswren the ,asbestos and wood. The
stesm.pt and ptcvcnis eonien.ation. The plpca.
bots wood md iron. are pnt dawn in lengths Of
tsEo fcet. when they terminate 10 hollow. upright
Of this post Is arranged ~ to receive the ons Of
tho s!eam-pipca throu@h stuhlug.eoxes to allow
!Ae pipes to ssspapa: and contract withnat moving
tho pos. Tbs postt att also arranged 70 rs 10 rc.
cetye the ends Of the serrlcepIpcs either with Of
without cxpaa.,on joInts: Ihs service. ppes ars
hollow supports, thus allowing them 10 BE- attached
e dsaas's fFon te sapgo,s 1nste,d Of a'sHE
steam. rtpu cxpa and coutrActs whifc the wooden
nipe does not. ThIs osercacs one Of tbs most ini
dersround steam pines, whtn bsanch pipes are 10
ht taken %. Another objection hat BEEN cnnEen.
ration. This ths 1.te.sos reduces about three.
reduce 1t sttll futtscf. Tests made during tho
month Of july. With vety s'nal! pipe. proye !nat
for mile, aud then tc more economical than sny
ether ty'tcu1 Dat ID thought that zoo Or hO0
feet each way. making half.mlie square. IL about
even ID city with a population of !. 600, woud
insnas nsarsy 3 II .Gs bu.nsss pass: hotels
our.ieu;ih tSe CO... shat il ein % mil scsis, fur %
lie sIpensa al any tims y turn!ns tho stesm cox
IN yonE honse. whereas tn tho Bae Of nrisAsa
cos m When {su :nat u ts ttea n,, soTba:tSn 1
fs;m1., fstt Of bot ar per minnie lo't through the
THE coalsa Aan or STEAM.
+ytm lork Er<n:nq ts,tt.
1t has been somewhat nuro than year slucc
the Evening l'oit first suggested the propsjrly Ut
heating towns and cltIca bv stca1n, the etcau, to
bu furnialled to Householder by company,
precisely al gas il already furnished. When we
made sh!s eucscstten, ard pointed cut the &c.
slrabllity OF IT. adoption. we had lltt1r doubt
that in duo time snlue company would act upon
1t, but We hat lItt1H reason to expect TINT prac-
teal measures would follow 81 speedily ~ they
have done.
The company which Is about t0 undertake tho
work Of supplying heat to the houses, churches,
factories, shops, and o!ces of Locsport, NY. has
adopted precisely tho plan which the Eteslnq
I'o.t suggested, and tho men Who aFo engaged IN
tho enterprise hare so little doubt Of their suc-
cess that they will begin BY building IN adequate
set of works at colsidefabe coat There Is
really no problem to be solved In the matter, no
experiment to be made The problems wcrc
long ago wrought out In The heating OF large
nubltc buildings. inns, anil factdf1cs BY stra,n,
from tho old one In Ways which favoss tss sue
cess. Onu ret Of workInen Is required for cacl,
battery Ut boere, whether the work OF the bat
tesy Is 10 heat single building VI q dozen
biolks; a,,1, II steam heat f8 cheaper than nuy
other, When applied by individual effort to st,i-
ni,Itt bc much greater when single set o.
wurk1ncn attend tic boilers that furnish heat
to ull tho houses within IN area OF half-a-Inlte
s9uarc.
There Il room for the adoptlon Of this plan,
probably, here III New York and Brooklyn, and
labor f. Cheap, while tho weather is cold, aud
wlllle llousehoaders are keenly altse to the an-
noyauces Of ftrc-mnklnE and are-m mstntcnanre tu
their dwellings. TheFe Is no good reason for
postponlng tho matter to await the result Vt tho
Lockpost Undertaking. Is tile use Of steam In
Once Introduced Il, these cites, steam Will soon
become Is much . matter OF course as water Is
now. The bsidgets and Grctrllens, whose first
question now IT. this preliminary conference
which preccles their engagement has reference
10 stationary tubs aud other lnodtrn Improves
hest, and landlords mar hnl 1t impossible to
let houses into which this latest nolern lnl-
ps0ytmcnt has not been introduced. We shall
then 1.-Two t0 real age OF steam.