The Concordia eagle., 1877-03-03
HEATING A CITY BY STEAM.
Details of the plan by which Mr.. Holly
will Heat hockport.

will Heat hookport,
We have heretofore alluded briefly
to a plan devised by Mr.. B. Holly, of
Lockport, to heat that city by steam.
The Lockport Union supplies a more
extended account of the proposed ex-
pertinent, and it is 20 curious that it
will be read with general interest. 1t
seems that a number of substantial
citizens Of Lockport have formed a
company under the name Of the
Holly combination company, linn
ited.' and have elected Il board of di-
-reCtUfs, in which Samuel Rogers, ID.
+. Bishop, ], II. Babcock, +. n. Ire
vOr, Il. u. Hall and NJ. NJ. South
worth are associated with Mr.. Holly,
and the experiment is actually to be
made under the following estimate:
Estimated present cost for coal,
wood, kindling, labor, repair of stoves
and furnaces for warming the follow
ing districts, in the city of Lockport,
being about one-half mile square,
bounded as follows:
Fast by Washbun street, south
by High street, north by Caledonia
street, including the following:
40 dwellings at 800 each (for fuel
and labor AZ 800
$50 stores at Sl25 each. .............. 1900
80 offices and rooms over and about
the stores)............................... 1900
T. churches at S4OO each llabor and
tueU........,.,...,.,.,...,..,.,.,,,,..,,.. 4,soO
10 hotels at 500 each, schools at
$500 each, opera house,. 10000
Fscto-irS shops, mill office, etc. 1900
Lifetime Of stoves and funances, for
10 wears, at ten per cent............... 1000
Total ...... 900
First cost of works for warming the
above district with steam:
IS.4SO feet of main pipe, at 81 per
foot. .........b Is, $50
Building and smOke-stack ................ 5000
six steam boilers and 6xtures.......... 10000
lot for building and coai-yard........ 5000
IncidentalS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
iOtdI ; -, +Nb
Mr.. Holly has written 4 book in
which he sets forth fully his plans for
supplying steam for heating and doing
all the various machine labor OF cities
and villages, domestic, mercantile,
manufacturing, etc. He SAYS:
In cities or towns Of 5000 to 5000
inhabitants, where the main business
portion does does not exceed one-halt
mile square, one set Of boilers located
near the center oftEe place, with pipes
leading out in four directions, will do
all the work. Ifthe city is one mile
square, four sets OF boilers will be
necessary. The main pipes that leave
the boiler will be tour-inch, and will
diminish to three, two and half, two,
one and half and one inch at the ex-
treme end away from the boilers, the
mains of four inches continuing as the
use along the line NAV demand. The
main pipes are placed about four feet
ibelOw the surface OF the earth. The
Eron pipes are first covered with ashes
los, and then put in wood pipes two
inches thick, leaving n space for con-
fnedair between the asbestos and wood.
The outside pipe keeps all water and
moisture from the steam-pipe and pre-,
tents condensation. These pipes.
18th wood and iron. are put down in
myths of two feet, when thev termi
ate in hollow, upright posts, firmly
enred in the earth. The upper part
this post s arranged so as to re
i've the ends Of the steam-pipe;
rougb stuftng boxes TO allow the
10 expand and contract without