, 1881-10-16
STEAM HEAT DY WHOLE
EATN

lllE uULk1 6l 81 E4!l IN NEW fOlsN. %
Rapid progress is being made III the
scheme for supplying steam to New York
houses through 5trcet-1nains. The Stean.-
Heating and Power Company OF New York,
which was organized two years ago, and
went SD far as to obtain authority for laying
pipes in the streets. has been succeeded BY
the New York Steam Company. u large cor
porati0n nlnue up apparently, as S1ch bodies
often are, Of private capitalists who use the
corporate form in making Investments, but
without public announcement Of their intcll-
tlol1s. The capital Of the new cunpa1v isl
said to be 7,5O0, ,000, but none Of the stock is
offered for SALE, nor has amy prospectus
been issued. Vigorous operations are, how
ever. now III progress, and III Greenwich
street, north of Cortland street. the company
is laying large pines. Plans OF the entir:
system have been filed with tho Commission
or of Public Works, from which It appears
that tel boiler stations are to be established
between the Battery aid the Central Park,
from which steam will be distributed
EY MEANS or MAINS,
in the same way that gas is now delivered.
Each consumers to bt furnished with {,
seryice-pipe ;,ilu meter, and regulators ure
applied which will fix the pressure ut the
point desired for any purpose, from ono or
two pounds per square inch, which
will be sufficient fnr heating purposes,
to eighty pounds, which will answer the IT.
.luirc:ncnt:' Of any ordinary engine. The
n,Nin piprs are Of rolled wrought-roll from
four to fifteen inches i'll diameter. All Of
them are carefully packed with mineral
wool, and the larger ones are finally cased
with brick, while the SMALLER run in wooden
boxes, protected from danlpncss by wrapping
with rontiIg-feit and tar.
ALL THE CONDENSED w.ATEl:
is returned to tho boilers, ut It great initIa!
expense, but with ultimate advantage i'll
point Of economy it, working. The practice
Of hiring stcalli," even from long distances,
is now SO common III the business part of
New York that tho success Of the new syS-
tenn i'll supplying power Is almost assured;
but whether its Use fur heating purposes will
be found always compatible with a satisfac-
tory service III other respects Is perhaps
doubtful, although the great resources Of the
company should in the end insure success.
WINTER SEASIDE RESORTS.
4 sUGGEsr1oS Fol: NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
Apropos of the scheme of Banker Corbiu,
Of Iowa; AMI New York, TO cover Long Island
with suburban villas, the New York Herald
makes plea for the establishment OF SUBJ
stantial, attractive, and healthy seaside sub
:t.rb that shall be place Of pleasant resort
lin winter rs we'll as summer. It points out
that London has Brighton within all hours
ride OF Cllarlng Cross-a city that runs down
to the ocean, a city OF fine llutels, streets,
and churches, with the comforts and con-
yenienccs of modern ciyiiizntion--;l city
which is more of 1t winter than 4 summer re-
sort. Instead Of running up these mush-
room "villas" and hotels along tile Long Isl
and and Jersey coasts, built without any re-
gard TO safety Or convenience. III. violation of
the laws OF comfort anu sanitary welfare
why not build suburban town that would