Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-05-19
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May 10, 1881.
A SMOKE CONSUMER.

A SMOKE CONSUMEK.
An Invention by Mrs. Walton Whicl
Will do Away With Smoke.
i Pittsburgh Times,
One of the most noted women of the da,
; has been in this vicinity for three weeks;
woman of brain and one who has made us
Of her brain. 1t is Mrs. Mary E. Walton
who, in competition with the rest OF the
world, invented the plan for deadening th'
noise on the New York Elevated railway
and carried off the prize of $4,000. Mrs
Walton is living with William B. Rhoades
No. Montgomery avenue, Allegheny, an(
last evening a Times reporter called upon hel
The object of the visit was to get informa
ton about another invention by this talented
| lady, an invention which must attract CON
siderable attention in this city. 1t is-tc
give it the full title-"a smoke and gas con-
sumer and dispenser" When the reporter
was ushered into the parlor and was intro
duced to Mrs. Walton, he saw lady of large
FORM a smiling face, sparkling dark eyes and
gray hair. A pleasing countenance Wlthal
and one of the old-fashioned motherly type
but the last person one would select from a
crowd as an inventor When the object OF
the call was explained she objected to being
interviewed, but by persistent repetition OF
all the newspaper arguments she finally sub
mitted to the ordeal.
"The invention" Mrs. Walton said, s
very simple, too simple to be thought OF by
any one but woman. Nevertheless 1t is a
success and can be used on any description
of chimney; either on house, manutactory
or locomotive. For locomotives it is especial
ly useful. It prevents all sparks from es-
Gaping and does away with railroad fires.
Here it is,' she said, as Mr.. Rhoades entered
the room with tin model in his hand.
AS Mrs. Walton stated it is simple con-
trivance-so simple, indeed, that it is hard
to give description The whole contriv-
ance is simple to badness 1t consists of a
round cap which fits the top of the chimney,
and extends to one side far enough to allow
a pipe to be drawn down toward the ground
and end in water tank. In the top OF the
cap, over the pipe which runs to the ground,
a hole is cut and a funnel shaped tube
passes down into the pipe. That is all there
is to it. The cold air is drawn through the
funnel shaped tube and forces the smoke to
the tank. The water absorbs part of the
gases, the others are taken by branch pipe
back to the furnace and returned. For
private residence the smoke can be carried
into sewer and be disposed of in this way.
Have you tested this invention, Mrs.
Walton 2" asked the reporter.
Eyes, fully. The first one | made put on
my OWN house in New York, and inyited
several gentlemen to inspect it. I put an
old suit of clothes, pair of boots, a haln-bon
and quantity Of grease into the fire, for /
wanted something that would make smell.
The gentlemen went to the end of the pipe,
and in few minutes one of them came in
and accused me of taking the stuff out of the
fire. l opened the range door and showed it
to him, and he said, Mrs. Walton, if l had
not seen it never would have believed it.
There is no smoke and no SMELL | have had
it tried ON larger scale since. [ have made
an arrangement with parties in England to
push it, after fair trial in an English manu-
factory convinced them that had solved
the secret"
"Have you sold any of the rights in this
country? ~
No; nor do | intend to. | can sell the
State rights at any time, and l received an
offes to-day from Chicago of $685. 900 for four
States. There is on old saying that paten-
tee never gets anything from his invention,
but as am woman, intend to be an ex-
ception to the rule There would be some
difficulty in selling State rights. Take loco
motive privileges, for instance. A locomotive
on the Fort Wayne road runs through sew
eral States. and this would cause complica
tions. I think will either sell the right
for the United States or else sell on the roy
atty PLAN"
Have you tested your invention in this
city?7
"Yes one was put ON Mr.. Rhoades' house
and worked to q charm. The timer who
put it up said there was a fortune in the
right for private houses alone. Another was
put up on the Central Hotel, Allegheny, and
worked excellently. Mr.. Rhoades will have
it tried at one of the mills, and has written
to Mr.. Laying, Of the Fort Wayne road, ask
inc permission to make a test with lOcomO-
tive. All it wants is to be introduced. 1t
will work, and l should think Pittsburgers
would be glad to have the city freed from
smoke. I was up the incline and concluded
that Harper's view Of Pittsburg--three
steeples-was about correct"
Mrs. Walton showed the reporter letter
dated April 13, 1881, from Thomas Simpson,
of R. Simpson & Co., No 1876 Bowery, New
York, in which he stated that he has used
one of the smoke cons .mers since last
November in his hothouse. He writes: Il
have found it great success in every respect,
have had no trouble with draughts; also
found it great saving of fuel and labor"
Mrs. Walton added that Mr.. simpson had
told her that while he used ten tons of coal
in the mild winter of 1880, in the severe
winter of 1e8O-81, with the consumer, he
used but seven TONS Mrs. Walton is grand
niece of General Scott, and resides in New
York. She will probably leave for home
to-day.
After leaving Mr.. Rhoades' residence the
reporter visited the Central Hotel, and asked
how the consumer had worked. The answer
was: "The smoke was drawn down three
stories with rush. We had no tank up,
only desiring to test the principle of bringing
the smoke down, and it came down in a
stream, working perfectly"
A Disinfectant.
A disinfectant for hospital use and for gen.
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