The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-28
SMOKE CONSUMPTION.
Report Of the Jurors on Devices.

hopert OF the Jurors on Devices.
The Board of Exposition Commissioners
held meeting Wednesday afternoon, at
which the report of the jurors on smoke
consuming devices was submitted. From
it we take the following extracts:
Realizing the important interest felt in
this community in the matter Of an eco
nomic prevention of the smoke nuisance,
and with a desire to assist the effort being
made by the association Of ladies Of our
city for satisfactory solution Of the ques-
tion, this board increased the premium OF
500, which had already been offered, to
$500, the conditions of the award to include
Consumption of smoke, economy of fuel
Evaporation of pounds of water to pounds
Of coal and quantity of steam) and the
practicability of the device for general
use"
In order to give the matter as thorough a
test as possible, your Committee of Jurors
and Awards endeavored to select as jurors
disinterested men of known ability and
skill, and were successful in securing the
services of Messrs. G. H. Brown, of Fitch
burg, Mass, and John c. Morris. of Cincin-
natl, who associated with themselves Mr..
John G. Minor-gentlemen of wide reputa-
tion as mechanics and largely experienced
in the use of steam.
Under an agreement between the exhib-
itors, John W. Hill, M. E., of this city, was
selected as the expert to conduct the trials
of the various devices, and his report al
as competent, scientific and careful exam
ination Of subject Of worldwide interest.
Five devices were entered for competi-
| tio, Iouinno<oI rocrootiuolv 90 tho uEuro-
ka," ''Fisher," Murphy" Price" and
Walker" and ten hours trial was given
each device on separate days
Results were obtained as follows: As to
steam per pound of coal. Murphy. 12.45;
Price, 1889; Eureka. 1928; Walker,
7.OOOS; Fisher. 4.828O. Result usually OBJ
tanned, 7. AS to value as smoke preventor,
Murphy. 100; Walker, 8a 275; Eureka, 87.4S;
Price, S2.46; Fisher, 1892. Usual result, So
While the jurors have not seen fit to
make the Awards to any of the competitors,
the results of the various trials are crafty
ing in the extreme. The work of all the
devices submitted (although some of the
tests were made under adverse circum-
stances) was uniformly good, both as to a
satisfactory solution of the smoke nuisance
question and as matter Of economy in
providing steam ut the least expense Of
| fuel, especially when comparison is made
with the work done in the furnace in ordi-
nary use.
Tie result OF the examination, we think,
shows that great step in advance has been
made in this matter during the last four
years, and that the smoke nuisance can be
abated TO desirable degree, without extra
skill or labor, and with economy TO steam
users.
With such devices in use in manufacture
ing establishments, and with the use Of
steam, cheap gas and coke, for private use
for cooking and heating, there seems to be
no reason why Cincinnati can not be made
clean and beautiful city as we'll as in other
ways desirable place for business and the
enjoyment Of life.
The jurors were Messrs G. Fl. Brown,
John C. Morris and J. G. Minor. Along
with these papers the Committee submitted
an elaborate account Of the tests made by
the expert, MI. Hill.
The report of the Committee was adopted.