The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-16

AmpHuuluk EufGWeIl 10 CuNl Bids hut
Ash Barrels simple Solution OF th'
Smoke Questionable smoke, SCOT, OF
Ashes without Some Fire-An Era o
CLEANLINESS aud u complete Rev olutIof
In the Culinary Art Proposed.
Cincinnati Commercial.
All this aud much more is promised BY
the mechanical devices and ingenious
combinations Of Mr.. Birsell Holly, Of
Lockport, N. Y, In addition to this, his
system=now claims o successful exper,
fence Of two years in Its practical use in
Lockport and other cities, and that 1t has
received not only the unequivocalindOrse'
ment Of scientific experts, but, what is
still more TO the point, the enthusiastic
approval Of the people, which must be ai.
ter oil the crucial test Of all such systems.
These claims, together with the fact that o
petition has been preferred before the
municipal authorities by former well
known citizen of Cincinnati, DR.. Samuel
Silsbee, asking permission to lay mains in
the streets in order to introduce the sys.
ten here, renders the system Of peculiar
Importance. It's significance becomes Of
still more interest at this particular time,
when patience, with the exasperatiye re.
alities Of smoke and SCOT having been ex.
hausted, and our population, male and
female, aroused to pitch Of righteous in
dignation that the most ingeniously de-
vised smoke consumer has been found
powerless to allay. Under such circum.
stances DR.. Silsbee may come to be regard
ed as a public benefsctor, provided a
reasonable proportion OF his propositions
to arrest the rapidly increasing demoraliza.
ton Of our people and Disagreement OF
the architectural beauty OF our city be full.
filled, to say nothing Of the removal Of
asthmas, catarrhs, and bronchial diseases
for which coal smoke is said to be response.
BILE. a
Warming buildings, public and private,
by steam has been popularity practiced for
half century, and even entire blocks are
in many cities heated from central batter
les OF boilers, but on account OF certain
mechanical obstacles, which the engineers
had not been able to overcome, no praCtic-
al system whereby steam could be trans
mitted through street mains to considera-
Bile distances, and distributed for power
and heating purposes in cities, had been
devised until claimed to be achieved by
Mr.. Holly. The most serious problems
we're: First prevent condensation,
which, under methods in general use, rem
dered the Transmission. OF steam not only
improbable but nearly impossible. Second
The expansion and contraction OF me-
tallic mains. whereby long pipes would
buckle and twist, and render the taking Of
laterals from mains impossible. Third
Some correct and reliable metre for deter
mining the quantity. OF steam used.
Fourth Radiators at atmospheric pres,
sure, to operate without noise; also, some
method Of heating water noiselessly by
steam. Fifth Some device to secure pure
air, and obviate the usual serious objec.
ton to radiated steam heat. Sixth-Some
device whereby the operations Of the
kitchen and laundry may be performed by
steam heat, SO that fires in dwellings may
be wholly dispensed with. As the system
was adopted in three hundred buildings
in Lockport last year after a winters ex,
perienCe in 1877, and has also been success.
fully introduced into Detroit, Mich,
Springfield, Mass, Auburn. N. Y, and the
Soldiers Home, Dayton, o., and has un'
dergone Tor two years the critical and care.
full investigation OF expert engineers and
scientists from Europe and America, it Is
fair to conclude that Mr.. Holly must have
satisfactorily solved these problems
conclusion rendered all the more likely
from the TACT that no valid objections have
thus far been offered, either by experts OF
consumers, against 1t, and still more that
after investigation companies are prepar-
ing to introduce it into over thirty cities,
including New York, during the coming
winter. We have been thus prolix in de.
scribing the system because the import.
ance OF the subject demands it.
For nothing is more certain than il such
asystem OF supplying heat in cities can be
practically and successfully established,
whereby buildings Of all kinds can be
warmed, cooking and laundry work per.
formed, and power for manufacture OIL
every variety furnished by means OF steam
transmitted through pipes at reasonable
cost, 1t will result in almost a complete
revolution in our domestic economy, and
its advantages to the civilized world will
be incalculable. Imagine a dwelling
warmed with pure air and regulated q
any temperature desired day or night, su.
tomatically, thus wholly obviating the
overheating OF rooms, and furnishing a
constantly changing current Of pure, warm
air, instead OF the sultry, impure atmos
phere produced by the present method.
Fancy dinner cooked ITO turn" and
never burned; meats roasted, broiled,
stewed, or fried; bread and pastry baked
vegetables cooked in their own Juice, in
less time and better than by any method
heretofore known, and all without fire
and, in fact, without chimneys, for none
will then be needed. A breakfast for hall
a dozen can be prepared in less time than
1t now takes cook to make a fire. Nc
coal, no smoke, no ashes, no dust, nc
coal-bins, no ash.barrels, and no labol
consequent thereon. Insurance will be
less when there are no fires. Steam FIRE
engines may dispense with boilers and
furnaces altogether, for, steam pressure l.
maintained in the street mains night anC
day. The superior safety, convenience,
and cleanliness attained will be priceless
but experience proves that steam can bC
prohtably supplied to cities at a cost not K
exceed the average price Of coal, whit
municipalities will be saved the entire e&
pense Of removing ashes. Streets can b.
cleared otsnow ataminimum cost Of abou
six cents per ton.
In the City Of New York, in single
year. $50 900 was expended in cleaning
the snow from Broadway, and the annua
cost Of remoyingashes approximates $500,
In that city the Hon. Edwards Pierre
point, Hugh ]. Jewett, Marshall o. Rob
erts, Edward D. Morgan, and associate
agree to warm school houses and publ
buildings OF all kinds at a reduction Of 8
per cent on present cost, the estimate D
total saving to the city by the introduC
ton otgeneral steam.heaiing being owe
half q million OF dollars annually.
In Cincinnati the annual cost Of remoy
i ing ashes Is about $40 ON which will b