, 1881-05-27
SUPERIIEATED WATER.
The PraIl System Of Cooking and
House-Warming.
It Is Shortly to Have a Trial in
This City.

There has recently been organized In this city
and duly Incorporated II campAny known IL t1r
Chicago Supcrheatr'f Wntcr Company. whose
corpuruturs Hre gentlemen Of prominence and
wealth. who Intend shortly to tlaku arpl.
cation TO tho City'' nnci for the necessary per-
n11ssfnn to cOnltuGnce operations 10 tho wny of
supplying families with slpcrheated water as n
generator uf tho heat to bc used In the warming
Of houses and tho preparation Of meals. With
bases uf operations at varEouB points Of tho city.
80 situated that ono generating c9ntfc Of tic
superhcatc1 water will supply eec.
ton OF about 5o0 residences by means OF
a connecting systcsn pf underground pipes, Il is
expected eventually that tho whoto city will re-
celve It's supply Ut heat ID this manner. but in
tho meantime tue Company intend to put tho
merits of tho SYSTEM to the tcat ON tho snuth
Side, locating its boilers, etc., near tho Illinois
Central truck at 4 point between Sixteenth and
Twonty-aeconl streets, and distributing Its
rented water through tho surrounding district.
tho intention bssng to supply 6U houses Us an
opening experiment.
Attempts have nlrcady been made, but, for
various reasons which heed not Ic recl.eI, With
Out success Tor supplying rented stcam heat to
neighbUrfug residences. hut it is believed that
tho prall system OF supplying heat 10 clttea by
tHcans Of supcrhcatcd wntcT will successfully
solve the prohom Ut how q minimum Of fuel
appitod on tho cnUperativo plan, will supply
max'num Of heat to be used for warming resi-.
dcnccs In tho winter anl for cuokiug the whole
year round
THE PLANT Of THE rl,AL1. SYSTEM
conslsts substantially Of n hot'wator naiu, tho
s1psrsatnx oooff the circulating fosce-
iato tho boiler tho warn, water dciivorei BY ,he
IRE laid in elosc,i circuits one one Of Two
,nites lS,x. tho aot-wa.er 1na,a starting
tho return mum, open nj both et,ds tcrinlnatug
IL ttn Sns Rha maa "
Iron p!pe from three TO four Inches in diameter
snd Of ample strength to hold pressure or
vcys tho e!,perhsated water at tenn
perssure Ct =; 4esress H. F., eorrespondng
q wr51eht-iron, from four to sis lnches IN
din,nuter, cnrryitg pressure Of 700 pounds per
anunro lncn safely. With Morktn9 pressure Of
covered with n0n.cnnductlnR material tu pre-
vent radiation, cnel',sed III wooden Go1os WHICH
streets. Fr,1n those mnin pipes branches viii be
laid from ws.ch the snail serylct pipes wlll run
into the houses to be supplied viii, tho hent:
water. tapped ut the house Ut each patron. will
flow a. constant stream Of Intense heAt. no
apprecia,ots paTt q whie a Is lot by rM"tS
tho elperhoated WINTER, aftcl having clrculateda q
diatance OF less than mile, has lost
ONLY TWO Or THREE pEnREEs OF ITs
HEAT nY RADIATION
Tho serytco-plpe. after entering tho holso,
passes the wnter Into metre measuring quau-
titles rs small az two and balt Hulons per hour:
Etahcns e On thu Several YER aoofs, eyerlux " watcr M
unner full pressure to Tho cooking ranges,
where i ts rcau,red Of its htEhost Temperature.
converter ia tho basement, wherct spresaurola
reduced 70 twenty polinds, and the watcr t'9;