Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-12-07

furnace ofthirty tons capacity day, the
liquid iron will be converted into wrought
iron or steel 50 chesply that the value of
the metal viii be enhanced to double its
present value. Steele rails may thus be
made as cheap as iron rails are now
Such is the inventors claim. In ap-
plying this invention to the ocean steam =
ship business, there will be the saving
n the labor of loading and handling 800
tons of coal, and the space reserved for
coal may be used for freight, at so much
gain-it is estimated at IS, ,000-for addi-
tional freight charges; the fire doors may
remained closed during the voyage, thu.
obviating :he injurious effects Of draughts
of cold air upon the boilers; there will be
ne carbon ization of the tubes, necessta-
ting tbei r being worn out by scraping
and the smoke being consumed, the yes
sci may be kept cleaner; there will be no
danger from sparks.
hr. s. C. Salisbury, the inventor, pro-
poses to equip the 800 blast furnaces oi
Pttsburg as soon ss the experiments are
concluded which he Is now making be-
fore the Government Commission, the
results Of which Engineer sherwood will
incorporate in his report to the Navy De-
partment. Should his proposition be &C
cepted, of which there seems but little
doubt, t will involve permanent con
tract with the oil-producers and with per-
sons who will pipe the oil to Pittsburgh.
This will greatly benefit the producers
whom he will relieve of a daily surplu:
production Of about Il, 900 barrels, which
they cannot sell he market being So de
pressed thai oi. canno; be pumped with
out los. Should his plans be successful,
this invention will secu re him an enor-
nous lucome from royalties.
"Of course this is something to be
proud Of, +" he said, "but it doesn't com
pare with some other things am getting
ready; in fact, it sinks into utter ms igni-
fcance," and he snapped his fingers at
the flashing spray.
They talk about heating buildings
thoroughly with common steam," he
continued; lit won't freeze, they say;
now, let a snapping cold day come, how
much does the upper part of large,
high building benefit from heating by
steam pipes, when the furnaces are in the
cellar? Why do we hear so many com
plants about defective and offensive
steam apparatus? have remedy for
it all. | can heat whole block perfect
ly by an underground apparatus that will
furnish heating gas so quietly that no
one will know where the apparatus is To-
Gated, at cost much less than that for
coal, to say nothing about the cost for la
Dor and the d irt that must attend the use
Of focal"
Then / will produce, also under
ground, and furnish to an entire block at
time, and Doiselessly, an aqueous va
por for cooking. | will cook" - Mr..
Salisbury smacked his lips and his eyes
gleated over imaginary ribs of beef and
stQaming game-''meat, without fire, so
that the outside will be coated with a
brown crisp crust, and all the juice will
be preserved inside. There is nothing
in the culinary department that | will
not bring to perfection. Epicures have
eaten at my table and they say they had
never dreamed of such food before; its
the finest thing in the world. / took
them out to my cooking apparatus and
they were still more dumbfounded; ii
was perfectly clean ard there was no odor
about it. Dumfuunded was mild word
to express what they looked, felt, and
said about it,"
Don't you cock in stove?" was ask
ed timidly.
"In stove? Well-yes perhaps you
had better call it so Just now," the jolly
inventor laughed in reply, "but it is
made Of wood"
when did you get all these notloRs?''
"Oh, I've beer working them up since
studied chemistry with Michael Fara,
day twenty years ago. My head wa:
full of the theories which I am now be-
ginning to reduce to practice"
"Your appliances, then, are all al
hand?"
"Yes. and always have been; the whole
earth furnishes me with appliances. II
took me years of labor and thought to
discover them, but now, | have but to
command, and everything becomes sub
serv lent TO me-"
Mr.. Salisbury expects to apply his
cooking apparatus to the Matthews build.
ing, at Fourth avenue and Seventeenth