Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-11
N.w Heating Process.
From the New York world-l

From the New 1Ork NOrld
 Several months ago tests were made on the Long Island Railroad, be tween College Point and Wbitstoue, to propel railroad engines by hydro carbon process, invented and patented ;,y Charles Holland, Nj. D., of Chicago. Although the tests were made under disadvantages, they were pronounced bv he railroad men and engineers who witnessed them entirely success ful. and the result of the experiments WAS the formation of the New York Heat. Light and Power CompSny, with a capital of $j,OOO,O00 in $l00 shares. MT. D. D. T. Marshall was elected President and NIT. stephen Kelley,
 Secretary. Messrs. Lounsbery & flag gin, bankers of No. IS Wall street were appointed the financial agents of the company. The object of the com many is to introduce their process, under the direction of Dr. Holland, into houses for cooking and heating purposes, and to develop Its applica- tion to locomotives and steamships. It is claimed that by its use railroad and steamship companies will obtain better results at less than half the cost of coal, besides doing away entirely with the smoke and sulphurOus gases which are now 50 Objectional to tray elers.
 The process IS very simple and the results surprising. In the arrange ment for the propulsion of locomo- lives four retOrts are placed Tn the lre- box. two for common naptha and two for water Connected with these and running forward to the boiler are rows of gas-iets. In the tender are placed two tanks connecting with tue Tetorts, one containing the nRplha and the other the water. At first small quan- titles of naplha and water are allowei 10 flow into the retOrtS, and these are heated in a few seconds by flame oi naptha underneath until the water be- cumes superheated steam and the napthu becomes gas. These gases cs cape from the retorts by pipes in the top of the retOrts, and are lead down to the gas jet SO as 10 feed the flame. When the gases are brought together through these pipes, the carbon Of the uaptha combines with the oxygen of the water and the hydrogen combines with the oxygen of the ar, and the result is an oxo-hy ydro-carbon flame. In tests with the engine leaned by the Long Island Railroad l25 pounds oi steam was generated in an hour, with the ste ID gauge marking sixty pounds the engine pulled tender and car containing fifty gentlemen from Flush ing to Whetslone and from Milestone To College Point at the rate of from 30 to 8 miles an hour. During one of the tests the engine was run up a grade with the thrOttle-valve w.de open SO as to exhaust the steam, but even under these circumstances three miles were made in four and Onc-fourih minutes, and there was a slight gain on the steam.
 Since the experiments the com pany's workshops at College Point have been urged to their full capacity in getting models made for piping 10 be used OF engines, as the gas-piping which was used on lhe experimental engines was too light, and therefore liable to break with the jOlling of the engine in rapid motion. All the models are now completed and Messrs J. W. Hcuchin & Son, who have charge oi the setting up of the ma chimes, expect to be ready to fiji up engines permanently in about thirty days The company has bought 2 bran-new cOal-Duruing engine aud will fit it up with their process and loan it to any railroad company that may de sire to test 1t. Five companIes have already stated that they will use the process as soon as the company Is ready to supply them with machines.
 Dr. Holland said tO reporter of the World yesterday that the company could fit up any coal burning locOmn- tive with it's machines for d cost of about $l00, but that when the ma chimes were built on his plan there would be saying Of from S300O 10 S4000 in the cost of each engine, and more heating surface would be ac- quired. Another point in favor of the hydro-carbon machine is the say. ing of steam by doing away with the jet, as there Is no necessity for the strong current of air now used 10 help the fire. With 90 gallons or naptha and similar quantity of water an engine can be run for 100 miles wi h. out stopping, al the cost of about 315 cents per mile, while the minimum price of cOal-burning engines is 715 cents per mile. During the last 30 years" said Dr. Holland, the loss by fire, caused by sparks from locomo- tives, is estimated at S100,000, 900. l With my process there can be no such 1 loss, as there are no sparks. The loss of life caused by passengers inhaling smoke and Sulphurous gases cannot ! well be estimated, but it will be done l away with entirely. The rolling stock | of the railroad companies is more or l less damaged by the same gases, and | requires tO be sent 10 the shops peri 1 OdIcllly for TepaIrs. By using the | hydro-carbon retort rolling stock will ] last longer It is fact that the cost | of coal in the running of railway is half the expense; with this process il l will be reduced more than 30 per cent l In the event of collision there would ] be no cars burned up, because the con- cussion would extinguish the fire. Tn the winter we can conduct steam ! through the cars for beating purposes. and in the summer we can throw all l the steam we do not require under the | engine onto the track, where it will assist iu laying the dust"