The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-25
To Ileat Cincinnati.
A COMPANY WITH A MILLION OF CAPITAL OR
GANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE.

A COMPANY WITH A MILLION OF CAPITAL Or
CANNED FOR THE PURPOSE.
from the Cincinnati Gazette.I
Any system, plan. or invention that will
bring fire to our doors in pipes, or gas and
water, fulfilling every requirement OF fire
in dwellings, warm and ventlate The de-
partments, cook our food, wash, dry, and
iron our clothes, clear the snow from the
street, heat school-houses, churches. and
public buildings, at a cost OF 20 to 30 per
cent. below what il costs for fires, would
be accomplishing a great deal In the do
mestic economy OF our city, and be
especially welcomed II it would re-
move the abominabe SCOT and smoke that
disigures everything, and relegate TO the
junk-dealer the army OF cOal-buckets and
ash-barrels that are always in the way, and
never ornamental either 10 the house, yard,
or the sidewalk. All this and more is pro-
missed to Cincinnati in the near future by
the Cincinnati Steam-Suppy Company, an
organization not yet perfected, but soon to
be so, with a capital Of 100000 Charles
Brewer, II. w. Stevenson, Christopher All
rens, Jacob Seasongood, and Henry kessler
are the trustees for the organization OF the
company under the laws OF the State. The
purposes OF the company are-tirst, to de-
mOnstrate the practicability OF the Holly sys-
TEN. and test its ability 10 furnish heat to any
part Of the city from one reservoir or boiler
house. The plan 10 TO place, as trial,
twelve immense steel boilers either on the
river bank or on the canal, from which
pipes, arranged TO retain the heat, will lead
Underground through the streets from these
main connecting pipes or taps, Will run
into the house on the same principle pre-
cisely as gas and water are now served, and
the amount consumed will be measured in
the same way, by gauges or meters. The
degree Of heat and amount OF steam re-
ouired for each house will be determined
| by the occupant, and the gauge regulated
accordingly. The projectors OF the scheme
entertain no doubt about the feasibility ol
the plan and the ability OF the Holly system
! TO supply an abundance OF heat from
battery of boilers TO every dwelling-hOuse
besides furnishing steam for running al
the manufactures and institutions II
the city, with sufficient force and regularity
| to accomplish all that fire on the premises Ii
required 10 do. II successful, 1t Will be
vast improvement IN every way on the pre-
sent mode OF heating; besides, lis value IL
the matter Of health, safety, cleanliness, an(
economy would be almost incalcuable. IL
regulate the heat in every part OF The hous'
by simply turning a thumb-screw is immea
surably above any OF the methods now II
use. The fact OF this system being in prac
tical and successful operation in fifteen cltle
OF this country, and the high character o
the gentlemen at the head OF the Cincinnati
company, is pretty good evidence that thi
plan for beating the city is feasible. AT al
events, they will proceed to organize in con
formity with the laws, and open the sub
scription- books. IL the mean time the pro
jeetors are proving their faith by thei
works. They have arranged for suppl
OF pipe with a Pittsburgh firm, which is t
be delivered here at the earliest day prac
ticable, when the work OF putting in tn
mains will begin. BY the middle OF No
vember they will have about two miles lai
and ready to apply the steam, and demon
strate that the days Of coal-carts are mum
bered.