The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-29
no SMOKE. 40 SCOT.

plete Combustion ofFuel thatno sntoho
IL Made, successfully Tried inRheeIinE.
The reputation Of the city Of Wheeling
for being q grimy, sooty, smoky place.
Is only second to that Of Plttsburg. The
constant presence Of smoke from the nu'
merous mills, furnaces and foundries, has
ever been source Of much annoyance to
our citizens, but there has never appa.
rently been any remedy for 1t. The only
way out OF the difficulty seemed to be to
"grin and bear It." No one has felt other.
wise than pleased to see our manufactures
increasing, but at the same time, the cloud
of dirty smoke which enwraps and dis.
colors buildings, and disheartens the good
housewife, has kept pace and grown
denser. And he who would fain keep his
nose unspotted, has had To acquire greater
dexterity, as time went on, In blowing on
the SCOT.
Many inventions, Of late, in the way OF
smoke consumers have been made; some
utterly worthless, others OF more or less
merit. One OF the latest devices, and
probably the best extant, ID what Is called
1.-THE Surface Draft" invented by Mr.. Q.
| D. Orvis, Of Chicago. The inventor
agent, Mr.. L. W. Carr, arrived in the city
about week or ten days ago, and applied
one OF the "Smoke Consumers" to the
boilers in A. J. Sweeney & Sons South
Side Foundry. After full and fair test
OF the merits Of the invention Mayor
Sweeney Is free to say that he considers 1t
a success. The agent claims that q saving
Of from 20 to 25 per cent. OF fuel will be
made at the foundry by its use.
Goal, in process Of combustion
Yields volatile hydrocarbons equal Ia
So per cent OF It's weight These must be
burned in the open space above the tuel
or, for want OF air, escape unconsumed in
the familiar form CT smoke and SCOT. Mr.
Orvis' device supplies the furnace with
Just enough oxygen, from the current Of
air, and Just enough hydrogen, from the
dry, hot steam introduced from the boiler
dome, 10 combine with these volatile n.y.
drocarbons and other products Of combus,
ton arising from bituminous coal and
from a mixture OF carbureted hydrogen
and oletiant gas, which readily ignites at 6
temperature Of about 800 degrees Fahren'
heit, and burnR.with bright, clear flame,
thus accomplishing perfect combustion!
and, what is more, supplying additional
fuel.
The Oryis improvement, as attached Ia
an ordinary steam boiler furnace, may be
briefly described as follows: Pure steam
Ia taken from the dome OF the boiler, and
conducted through. q small pipe down and
across the front Of the furnace, over the
fire doors, connecting with three vertica
pipes OF same size leading down to three
| tine steam Jets, used to draw the air ur
through large pipes into an air chamber Ii
the brass globes, which creates vacuum
and forces the commingled air and steam
through other pipes into the furnace, in
line converging toward the center Of thu
furnace, over the surface OF the fuel. A
valve is used to regulate the pressure, o.
cut the steam of, atwill.
As to. practice, the Orvis Smoke Con
sumner, by Creatiuea vacuum In the closec
globe. through the introduction Of steam
! induces a strong current Of air through thu
r two.inch pipes below the globes; heat
3 the air and vaporiZes or Comminglas Will
It In the orifice oil the globe leading init
the furnace, and entering the furnace sep
ara,es the mass OF black smoke and di
, vests it oil it's carbonic apid gases (gal
) works accomplish the same result BY
3 passing smoke through water), and ther
| completes the combustion OF the oletan
) gases and neutrality-suspicious. by sui
, ficient amount Of oxygen contained in th'
. volume OF air forged in by the vacuum
J The necessary amount OF heat 1880 deg
Fah.) is already in the furnace.
, Mayor Sweeney with the spirit oil aI
enterprising public citizen has taken grea
, interest in demonstrating to his satlsfac
!, lion that the device will do what is claimet
, for Il. We understand that be will taxi
: tbe agency Of the invention for this city
and endeayor to have the public derive o.
, the benent from Il there ID to be had
This Is Commendable.
I II The application OF this device to tn
various boilers and furnaces in and abou
. the city will clear our smoke.ridden place
/. the people will rise up and call him goot
names. 1t Is asserted that its success hal
been practically demonstrated in Chicago
and other Oities.' We may hope, then
that It WILDE introduced here, and tina
. soon VIC shall have the pure atmospherI
and azure skies which are only formed il
!. the absence OF inky waves Of smoke, ant
which are 80 precious to the health ant
happiness Of all.
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