Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-06

and IS feet in height. Here there are two
generators. two washers. two cOndensers,
"a blast engine and blower. all operated
bv a J9-horse power boiler. The generators
are known as the first and second. They
are lined with several thousand wedge
shaped FIRE brick. y number Of ire brick
will also be used 10 enclose the boiler. so
that I'm this department alone 1000 FIRE
brick viii be utilized. The boiler which
furnishes the motive power to the engine
and blower also supplies the generators
with steam. which enters the first genera
tor through a compact mass OF anthracite
coal and the contact creates white heat
in the coal and produces hydrogen con-
tanning a certain percentage Of VapoT.
Leading into this generator Is small
pipe. bv means Of which "a certain amount
Of naphtha is supplied and the candle
power Of the gas either increased or
diminished. If too much or too little
naphtha is furnished AT this stage of the
process, the gas will be either smoky or
clear and the candle power CORE
spOndingly increased or diminished.
This product thence passes into the Sc
cOnd generator. or superheatcr- where the
gas is additionally heated to make what
is termed "A fixed gas, where it is let into
the scrIbDers or washers. The interior
OF the washers is furnished with num-
Der Of small partitions and shelves con-
dunn Of oil from theigas. This oil is car
ried OF through a waste pipe, while the
gas is conveyed into the cOndensers,
where il is cooled. The generators,
washers and cOndensers are of iron, and
look TO the casual observer like large
steamboat boilers. standing. IN an up
right position. The blast engine and
blower forces the steam into the gener-
atOrs and the gas through the washers.
Eight iron pipes. each one foot in diane
ter. lead from the washers into the purl-
fving boxes. which are located in an ad-
joining structure designated as
THE PURIFYING ROOM.
This room is 3JX45 feet and Is feet in
height to the caves. Beneath it is a cell
lar about feet high in the clear. The.
eight large pipes from the washers are
placed in the cellar and converge at
point beneath the centre Of the purifying
room. in the floor Of which is double trap
door of wood, which, when open, reveals
a large iron cylinder. the cap Of which is
feet inches in diameter. This cYlin-
der resembles a huge ships cap
stan, and is made to reyolve at the
will of the person in charge Of the
works. by means of lever and
set of coz wheels. This cylinder IS
technically known in gas manufactures
as the -'seal.' 1t is constructed with
great deal Of nicely, and rests on a secure
foundation Of stone and brick in order
that IL may set permanently level. Other
wise il could not be depended upon to do
the work for which it is intended. The
operator is supposed to face the north
when he takes hold Of the lever, and as
he presses the handle OF 1t
outward from the seal the
machine slowly reyUlyes from the north
around towards the east and south. 1t IS
never turned in the opposite direction,
and It's Office is to do the work of a valve,
by means Of which the gas from the
washers is distributed through the pipes
into
THE PURIFYING BOXES,
which occupy the four corners of the
room. These boxes are constructed Of
ls-inch boiler iron. and are lOXl2 feet
across and Sc inches deep. An exterior
casing Of boxes. constructed of 4-inch
boiler IRON enclose them on all
sides. with an intervening space of about
, inches left between the boxes and their
covering. which is filled with water TO
form a gas-tight receptacle, and thus pre-
/ vents the escape OF the product.
The lower half Of the purifying boxes,
[ 20 the depth of about SO inches, is fur
nishgd with four LAYERS Of 1-inch Stats,
{ constructed in sections measuring about
+ > By feet each. Between these layers,
Z that are 4 or 5inches apart, and resting on
/ the Stats. between each Of which there is
/ "a vertical space of about lie
/ Of an inch, there is placed
/ a deposit Of slaked lime about TWO inches
/ il depth. The reader can imagine these
/ boxes thus furnished with the slated
/ shelving and lime. and tightly closed by
/ the exterior covering Of water and iron;
/ but he is reminded that he has not been
/ told what the upper and apparently empty
/ section of the purifying boxes is reserved
J 4 f..vr ~ nnnGGEqrT a
! answer that question. The product, after
| leaving the washers, is conducted through
/ four Of the eight large pipes, and through
I the seal in the centre to the purifying
boxes. where it rises through the layers Of
slaked lime. The lime absOrbs the sui
/ phuretted hydrogen, and the carbOnic OK
/ ide When the lime becomes saturated.
the feed of gas is cut off by revolving the
I seal after which the lime is removed, the
/ stats cleaned and new slaked lime substi-
I tuted. On leaving the purifying box the
I gas is merchantable and tit for use, and
/ is conveyed into the station meter, an
instrument similar to the consumers
I meter. where the quantity manufactured
is measured and registered and then
I passed into
THE GAS HOLDER,
| which is y feet 4 inches in diameter and
20 feet deep. and will hold 100000 feet of
]
/ like an inverted cup in an immense els
! tern or tank, filled with water. The gas
is admitted through a large pipe, which
! passes from beneath the reservoir of water
/ to the interior of the holder, and raises
/ the latter like a balloon nearly out of
I the reservoir, the water all the time
/ keeping the bottom of the holder gas tight.
! \ second pipe leads from the interior Of
the holder to the mains, which carry the
gas
THROUGH THE CITY,
/ As the gas passes out of the holder into
/ the mains, the holder Will descend in the
/ reservoir unless corresponding amount
/ of gas is manufactured, and the supply
/ thus kept up. These works have the ca
| pacity to produce 5000 feet of gas daily.
! The wall forming the reservoir about
/ the holder is 43 inches thick at the bottom
/ and 20 inches thick at the top. 1t is
/ laid in ROsendale and faced inside
I with Portland cement. In this work
! alone 30 barrels Of cement and $4,000
/ brick were used.
/ All the carpenter work that is being done
/ at the works is under the superintendent
| Of Mr.. Henry Bartlett. The brick work was
| executed under the supervision Of Mr.. W.
/ F. BOwe. Messrs. Cody and Sutherland
/ built the tank. or reservoir, by contract,
/ and also have the contract for laying the
/ mains through the city. The work Of
/ every department is under the general SUI
/ pervisiOn, during their construction, of Mr..
/ J. ID. Chichester, the chief engineer, who
made the estimates for and supervised the
erection Of gas works i'm fifteen principal
/ cities where water gas is used for Illumi-
/ mating purposes. He constructed the gas
/ works in the City of Mexico and in Brook
! Iyn, Y. Y, and is doubtless one of the
/ most experienced and successful engi-
| neers Of this class of work in this country.
The laying Of the mains was begun on
/ the first Of last month. Sixteen miles Of
/ Pinch. S-inch. 6-inch and 4inch pipes are
I being laid. and nearly all the principal
| streets have been piped in this way
/ already The entire work Will be COM
/ pleted about the lst Of February. If not
/ before, and will cost about $l50,OOO.
1. L. Falk s. Co.
We would respectfully inform the pub
/ lie that I. L. Falk Il Co. are selling out
/ their entire stock of Ready Made Cloth
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