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

power Is required, the chief circulation
being maintained by small laterals. The
largest pipe used In LoCkport Is fourinch
main and two.inch laterals placed merely
beneath the surface without regard "a
grade, as the condensation Is but q pei
cent per mile, and even this
Is carried forward to the injunction
boxes as ertrRined water and reconverted
into steam at the building. No water Of
condensation Is ever found In the pipes.
The annoyance Of laying pipes Is not
more than pertains TO gas, The question
Of safety Is scarcely worth considering, o.
the tested strength OF the main pipes ID
fifty times greater than ever employed,
and In buildings but three pounds pres.
sure 10 used, In fact, the Holly radiator,
which Is made Of tin, handsomely orna.
mented, and actually open at the bottom,
steam Is used OF the pressure Of the Of.
mosphere, and the temperature regulated
to any degree required. In regard To
economy, experience has proven that
steam can be supplied for purposes OF
heat and power Of q cost TO the consumer
about equal to the averege expenditure
for coal, and leave o fair profit upon out.
lays and running expenses. OF course,
this supposes that large proportion Of
the buildings along the line Of mains will
furnish consumers. The Lockport Com.
pAny made fair test during the winter Of
1877, before metre had been perfected,
by offering 10 heat the buildings ct their
average cost OF coal, thus saving the con.
suneEs all responsibility about coal, dirt,
ashes, etc. Upon being asked upon what
grounds the company had assumed such
liability without previous experience, DR..
Bishop, President Of the company, 70.
marked that he thought "a steam heating
company might live upon what other PEG.
pie wasted" For example, one will take
from ten to twenty pounds OF coal
to make FIRE only to cook one meal,
and, although the meal is cooked
In half an hour, the entire amount Of coal
Is consumed, whereas 20 pounds OF coal
will convert, under the economical smoke
consuming system Of combustion used BY
Holly, 200 pounds Of water into steam.
This Is sufficient to run twenty steam
cooking stoves one hour. To illustrate
the economy OF steam heat to the con.
sumer still more clearly, school house
in Lockport Of l05,000 cubic feet capacity
had cost the city an average OF $3.50 per
annum for janitor extra labor, coal, re-
pairs, removing ashes, etc. 0fthis amount,
$500 was for coal. The Holly Company
agreed 10 heat and ventilate this building
for the cost OF the coal. Several degrees
was maintained, and constant supply Of
fresh air from 8 A. N. to 6 P. N. during he
cold season, TO the entire satisfaction VI
the pupils aud the Trustees. The expert
ments during the winter were OF the most
careful, comprehensive, and exhaustive
character. Coal was weighed, pressure
noted from hour to hour, friction and con-
densation accurately calculated under the
critical supervision OF engineers and
experts from all parts OF the country
Europe and Canada. In the spring,
after running up the aggregate cost and
aggregate number Of cubic feet OF air
heated, the company entered into con.
tract to heat that school house for FIVE
years at S272 per annum. The experience
acquired in 1877 seemed to resolve all
doubt concerning the economy and prac.
ticability OF the Holly system Of steam
heating but the question OF supplying
power In large quantities In the same
manner was still undecided. In an an.
alysis Of the log Of Mr.. Holly's expert
ments, made by Gen. H. Haupt for the
New York Company, he so stated, re-
marking, however, that the only available
tacts in regard 10 the velocity and friction
OF steam were obtained from his own ex-
periments during the construction OF the
Hoosac Tunnel and those made at the
Mt. Gents Tunnel, with air-and he Of
tered his deductions as theoretical merely.
During the winter OF 1878 this question
has been definitely and practically laid to
rest BY the Holly Steam Heating Com
pany," OF Detroit, Mich, which, in def.
ance OF all theory, has furnished power
through one and one-half mile Of main to
thirty large manufacturing establishments,
including the building Of the Detroit Free
t'ress, to which they supply fifty pounds
OF steam pressure day and night at the
price heretofore paid by the Pr6St compa-
ny for coal. Facts and theories concern
ing this new departure in steam possibili-
ties and its probable effects upon the mo.
rality, manners, and entire esthetic cul-
ture Of the civilizees OF bituminous COAL,
may be multiplied by moralists, pulpit
orators, and anti.smoke associations, we
have given the facts merely, and the pub
lie may draw its own differences. If per.
mission Is granted in time for the work,
our citizens will be able to test the system
practically during the coming winter.
Capital for this purpose, we understand, is
freely offered in New York, but the prob.
abilities are that enterprise and capital
enough for such purpose will be readily
found. among the officiating, smoke
grimed citizens Of Cincinnati, who would
prefer, il cleanliness be means OF grace,
to become their own missionaries.