The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28
aThs murphy Patent Furnaer.n

The first impression of visitor to the
smokeless furnace opposite the Hospital, 10
that he has called when there is no fire in
IL, as happened the other dsv at Shiliitr's
when the ladies' COMMITTEES inspected .
smoke consumer there. A cloud Of steam and
a few lockers on encouraged u.s. however,
and on being shewn the interior Of the fur.
mace. we were astonished to find yesy hot
fire and steam at eighty pounds pressafs.
Mr.. Rice, who has charge, said he had given
up ever showing the furnace to a reporter.
aild forthwith proceeded to explain the
furnace to its best advantage. He said the
furnace is more a preventer than con-
sumer OF smoke and an examination
seemed to prove it so, for even the interior
OF the furnace is as clear from smoke as the
chimney, the flame being white and clean
like the fame oil Illuminating gas. The
furnace is supplied with the cheapest slack
coal. from magazines at the sides, by pat
ehted arrangement of slides, which distrlb-
ute the coal in an even layer impossible to
obtain by hand stoking, and without OPEN
Ing the door from morning till night.
Charges of three to four shovelsful were
made without the slightest appearance OF
smoke, the furnace soon becoming so hot
that to approaoh the open door would have
ENDANGERED ones clothing. Then to show
the effect of firing green coal in the ordi-
nary way, u half shovelfui was thrown in at
the door, More smoke rolled from that
chimney in the next five minutes than one
would suppose bIshel of coal could con-
tain, and it continued to smoke until the
coal became entirely red. If the same
amount had been put in through the door
that was fed through the magazine, IL
would have smoked for halt an hour. The
crates are arranged for shaking and clean-
ing without opening the furnace door,
which must be great relief to the fireman,
to say nothing of entirely doing away with
that laborions and beginning job of clean
ing the SCOT from the boiler.
An iniportan economy is claimed on this
point owing to the non-conductng nature
OF the SCOT which collects in a short time
on the heating surface of boiler. Mr.. Rice
says: with this furnace and sIack coal
instead of lump, and tubular boilers, which
are now seldom used in Cincinnati on ac-
count OF the tubes cloggng with SCOT a
saving to this city of fully one-half its fuel
bills can be easily accomplished. A pnbli-
cation of the results OF the competitive
tests will make this clear, for although our
boiler is only three feet by eight, and stood
outdoors a remarkable economvwas shown
by the Murphy furnace" more
water with pound of coal than any other.
and without showing any smoke after the
furnace was properly started in the morn
ing.
THIS furnace has been in operation about
year and a half and, as an evidence of it's
success, Mr.. Murphy is now filling orders
for no less than eighteen OF the largest size,
fourteen being for the Steam Supply Com
panies' for warming different cities North
and West. The fact that these COIN anieS
make steam to sell, and consequently use
the most economical appliances known.
speaks volumes for this furnace. MIR. Rice
complains bitterly of the Indifference mani
tested bv Cincinnati business men and
newspapers. He saws: ''Aithough the fur
mace was a part of the Exposition t pa
pers have not noticed it, with the excep-
ton Of short notices in the STAR and Conn
mercial. They have pnffed Pittsburg fur
mace that is said to have been rebuilt sew
eral times during the Exposition. and that
evap"rated less water than a common fur
| mace should, and the so-called srnoke-con-
sumers exhibited here; but this, the only
| really practical and economical sm Ike
preventer, has been almost entirely over.
looked"
ne continues: line C0mm l5a0nefS In.
vited us to exhibit the furnace, requiring
us to show it in practical operation. After
diligent canvass of the city we failed to
find anyone willing us they termed it, to
experiment on any more smoke-consuinefs,
though all expressed wish to see one and
would examine it if it should be exhibit
ed
ALTHOUGH it cost us double to d. It, we
rented and bought in Cincinnati plant out
side Of furnace to the amount of over $5O0
set up the furnace and are now running it
an expense of $40 day. And do they
'call and examine it2" Not much. They
fooled us. They don't want to see it. "Will
send fireman or coal-heaver areund," and
then forget to do even that much.
There have been few exceptions where
men of enterprise Oh the look cut for things
that pay have interested themselves and
the ladies, bless their clean hearts, they
take more interest in the matter than the
proprietors whose incomes would be inn
proved by an investment and who natural.
ly have the greatest interest at stake in
making Cincinnati clean CITY,"
We ourselves think that considering tho
money MIR. Murphy has laid out here. to
show Cincnnatians free of cost that their
great want can be supplied ti.ey ought
at least do what they agreed to.
GO and see the Smokeless Furnace.