New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
WHAT THE NEW-YORK COMPANY IS DoINC

| WHAT THE NETWORK COMPANY l. DoIN"'
pr,so<s ror TIE SATISFACTION Shows BY IFS
crsro,,rrs-A TALK WITH SUPERINTENDENT
EVERY.
The frequent explosions of steam and gas in the
lower part Of the city and the general npiurnnG 'i
the streets there By one of the steam-heating com
parics have been the causc of a great deal OF com
nloint in the newspaper, and among citizens gen
orally The blame for this mas fallen alike on two
companies in operation there, hut with great III
iusce In order to get ~ the real facts IN tue oa"o
, rprpt-,t. reporteron Saturday called upon har'es
= F,nerv the engineer and superintendent oil the
New-York steam Company, al the general ONCE ~"
90 Cor,landt-st In answer to inquiries Sir. Emery
said: We have suffered a great wrong because "
Tho o,orotions of the American Heating
and Power Company. The explosions of steam pipes
and gas the .tcnchcs arising from pctrolcum-lamp-
black and crcosotcd lumber, distilled out by IN"
steam leaks and the frequent reopening OF the
streets 70 make repairs, have all been confined To
that compauy Nothing Of the kind hastaken place
with ia vet the public do not fully understand
these facts The Ncw-YorS Steam Company - mr.
uisbnp steam TO 100 different consumers ana gives
entire satisfaction. 1t Is no experiment. We nave
demonstrated to the Qualification of all onr CON
snrners that our district system OF supplying steam
for heating and power purposes is complete sue
cess"
.Uavc you been obliged at any time TO turn the
steam of from your pipcsT
NO The engineering work Of the Ncw-lork
Steam COMPANY was started in 1850 but pipe work
vas not begun until August, 1851, giving ample
time TO mature our plans. Steam was turned on II
,nril 1889. and since that tim; the
Gre. at the boer-housc have not been out The
mains have been filed with steam as rapidly as they
r.r. cxteuded and a pressure of from seventy 10
eighty uoupds maintained in them continuously
dov and night On the other hand the American
Heating and Power Company, which began opera
t,ons last year, has suffered from numerous eN-
missions and other disasters and has been Obliged I"
turp of lis supply of steam altogether Inc pnphc
co,nnlaints have arisen entirely from the operations
of that company. It Is only fair to the pubhc ana
iusice to ourselves that these facts should be made
known
Am 10 understand tha, the troubles aud the
complaints of explosions and leaks oi steam are III
no WAY connected with your company
yea Our difficulties from the frat have been
of the most trnng character. In fact by COM
harrison. practically all the difficulties
have arisen with the work OF the
American Heating and Power Company
Tne street work OF the New-York Steam Company
has been done with great care upon plans thoroughly
tasted before they carried out III the streets.
Our patented system of pipes does away
with the slip-jOints used In other steam pipes
and gives such exiblliy TO the pipes that the srans
dro Ia expansion and contraction by variations of
to,,nerature and the settlement of the soil cannot
o,,se leaks or the other difficulties with which the
nuIJic are 40 familiar from the operations Of the
,vaI co,nnany We do not use manholcs at our cX-
no,siou ioiuts-we have no use for them-conse-
oreptv there is no danger from the collection of
gos Having no slip-oluts our pipes do NOT require
attcut,on The pipes are protected from the radla-
tion of heat by a packing of mineral 'sagl wool in
. wstertoht conduit of brick. None of the mate
rails uaed nroducc any odor under the high tenn
neratnres TO which they subjected. We do not use
lamn black prepared tan bark, or crcosoted boards
,ybicb have besn the cause of complaint to the
BOARD of Health from their use by the other com
panX" a.. o,,oro,lors of vour compauy
"We have at present about four miles of street
mains located in adlsrict about one ana ohe-quarer
miles in diameter, south al ChamDel9-Stt anu "
tween WashngtOn-st. OH the west ana fear-Stir on
the east, shown by tins map lSee aDoVe.l IN n
present supply Of steam Is generated at hlhtIuH ID
of the company in GTeenwich-st, near COrilliiut'
which Is easily distinguished by IT'S IarsG cIiireS,
When the building is completed 1t VIII contain
sixtyfour boilers of $50 horsepower each, inhhing
| total of 10000 horse-pOwer, ana CONSUMING
| altogether $50 tons of coal day" ~
| Who are some of your prominent consumers
| "1he Bank of NewYork in Wall-st., the chatham
| National the National Broadway Bank the
| North River Bank In GTeenwich-st INC Gommec'at
| smith a. McNell's Hotel, Nash & Crooks restan-
| rant the Continental Insurance Company, the
down. own station Of the United STATES lluminat-
| ing Company, which uses the apparatus OF the
| United States Electric Light Company, and the
| American Express Company, which uses this steam