The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-18
SMOKE CAN BE CONSUMED.
rne Problem Solved by Several Large
Concerns.
From the CHICAGO Tribune.

One hours investigation will convince
.nv man that the smoke nuisance in
Chicago can be abolished. All that is
,ecessary is to see smoke consumers. The
,roof that smoke can be abolished lies in
tbe fact that certain philosophical citizens.
dasirous OF checking a widespread evil,
have stopped the egress of smoke from
thair own chimneys. They are now waiting
cor their neighbors to follow their example
Too much credit cannot be given these
men. When the agitation against the
smoke nuisance was first started the in
ventive genius of the country was directed
toward the solution of this problem. As
frequently happens the worthless inventions
were backed by the most capital and made
the most display. The market was flooded
vita smoke burners, smokeless furnaces,
excelsior consumers, ETC., until the bewild-
erred boiler owner cried, "a plague on all
vour houses In most cases this cry
was taken up by property owners too
selfish to make thorough test of even the
most promising invention as an excuse for
NOT trying TO abate the nuisance But there
remained men who believed smoke was not
necessary evil, aud who were certain that
among the many devices were some that
offered remedy. Burner after burner was
tested and rejected. Every trial apd failure
involved a great expenditure, but these cit
liens did not despair. The vision of clear,
smckeless city, with pure, healthy atmos-
phere, was ever before them, and they fall
tered not.
SUCCESSFUL SMOKE CONSUMERS.
This perseverance, bore its legitimate
fruit There are in Chicago to-day fully
score Of large manufacturing establishments
from whose chimneys cloud Of smoke
never issues. They are using no one par
ticular device. The problem hes been solved
by number of inventors. II in the follow
ing citations any inventor shall secure an
advertisement, it Is gratuitens, and one
which he is entitled to.
1t would not be supposed if the little
smoke were taken as the test that J. V,
Farwell's great wholesale block contained
q battery Of boilers furnishing steam for
one of the largest manufacturing plants in
the CITY. Once in while puff of smoke
curls upward from the massive chimney
aud pingles with the gloomy cloud of SCOT
from the adjacent buildings. In the base
ment near Adams street is battery of
eight large boilers which furnish steam for
250 horse power engine, seventeen eieva-
tor engines, and seven engines which run
the machinery for as many factories in the
building. Mr.. d. w. McGillicuddy is the
engineer in charge, and has held his present
position for years. He understands his
business and is posted on smoke-burners.
Under his supervision number of worth
less devices have been tested and aban-
doned. -'..'...-
SMoKELEsS FURNACES.
''There are number of good smoke con-
sumers," said Mr.. McGillicuddy. "We have
two of them in operation now. Under four
boilers we have the Schrool smokeless
burner. At one time we had eight, but
four of them wore out. We have been
using them four years, and they are almost
perfect They have not been generally in
troduced on account of the cost-about
$500 to a boiler and SIS a year for repairs
They do the work. The four boilers now
running are fitted with a simple affair of
my own invention, on which there is no
patent 1t costs SIS. Look at our chin
neys and tell me if there iS anything the
matter with it." -.--....-
A jet of superheated steam is injected
over the fire from the front of the furnace,
near the crown sheet, at such an angle that
it strikes the opposite bridge-wall about
inches above the CRATE bars. When new
coal is thrown on and the doors opened
there is a small amount of smoke. In a few
seconds it ceases almost entirely. During
the winter months twenty-five tons of coal
are burned daily.
1--WE are smoked out by members of the
Citizens Association all around u.s." said
Engineer McGillicuddy. 'They have never
tried smoke burner of any kind and de-
cline to make any effort to abate the
nuisance. They can offer no excuse" AS
he spoke a great cloud of SMOKE from
an Adams street building rolled in at the
window.
These eight furnaces are fed with Pitts
burg lump coal, the most smoky in the
world. IL is a rich, fatty coal, giving
great heat and naturally volumes OF smoke
Go take look at Farwell g. Co.'S chin
news.
There is no complaint made about Mar
shall Fields massive wholesale building,
Yet under the rear of the building is located
a battery of boilers, beneath which glow
white, hot fires. Grimy firemen hurl in
bituminous coal, but where is the smoke?
Consumed. Engineer William Naylor has
charge of this plant. The burner is known
as the Naylor & McGinnis smoke consumer.
1t has been in operation for two years and
gives perfect satisfaction.
THE NORTON MILL.
For years the Norton mill, on Madison
street and the river, was the banner smoke
producer of Chicago. The quality and
quantity of smoke were unexcelled The
firm decided to institute reform. Engineer
John Glacer was given full authority to find
a successful burner. He tried everything
that came along, and was laughed at by
the engineers. To-day the Norton mill is
equipped with successful burner. To run
the heavy machinery in the mill a 42o-horse
power Harris-Corliss engine is required.
Under ordinary circumstances this would re-
quire boiler capacity of 500-horse power
The fact is that the immense engine is sup
piled with power by two boilers of a rated
capacity OF 100-horse power each. The
seeming deficit is made up by two Murphy
smokeless burners. This burner is an ex-
pensive one, but it offers a sure solution of
the problem.
You can see little smoke today" said
Engineer Glacer That is because we are
running light, only twenty-five pounds of
steam. The harder we crowd the furnaces
the less smoke there is. When running at
1ull capacity there is no smoke at all. The
combustion is almost perfect. 1t doubles
the capacity of the boilers and pays for it
sell in few months. l cannot speak too
highly Of this burner. II its merits were
understood smoke in Chicago would be
thing of the past"
-, In this burner the coal is broken up and
tHrown into magazine. 1t is then fed into
the furnace by an automatic adjustment.
passing on its way over a heated surface
"nen it reaches the fire it is really no
longer coal, but coke. The coal is con-
SANITY feeding, and the fire glows with a
clsarness and intensity that is wonderful
=, ms same burner is in operation at the
James Kirk soap factory. Engineer Holmes
eays 1t gives perfect satisfaction. The list
might DO heightened and other burners
brought to nOtica The Tribune sirnply