Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
THE FUEL OF TIE FUTURE.
Coal Ground in = Cyclone Pulvcr;zer-Bis
Furnace Men Pronounce 1t Success.

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Furnace Men Pronounce II q Success.
The steel and iron men of the country,
| and all the rolling mill and furnace men
| also, are interested in the newest rival &c
natural gas rs saver of fuel II was q
modest little exhibition that was given in
Chester, Pa, the other day, but it proved
pretty conclusively that where natural
gas is not, pulverized coal is sure to be
ere long. ]. G.. McCauley, Of California,
for that is the discoveries name, claims
70 have found process by which 90 per
cent. of the coal now used in furnaces
and rolling mills will be saved, and steel
and iron greatly improved in the pudding
process.
McCauley is one Of the latest additions
TO the array of genius collected by Ersstus
Wiman, the Staten Island millionaire.
The Californian hunted around good
while in search of man of means who
would appreciate his invention. He could
have had all the capital he wanted several
years ago, but he wasn't able TO get coal
pulverized fine enough 10 spray into the
furnace, and McCauley's process consists
IN spraying coal that is pulverized into at
impalpable powder into combustion
chamber attached to the furnace. The
combustion that takes place is perfect
and 1t is instantaneous, and all the gases
are absorbed, so that none of the sulphur
gets into the iron and lessons itS value, as
is how the case. That's all there is 10 the
new process, but il docs the work, pro
vided the coal is powdered so fine that
you can blow it around as you can the
smallest particles Of dust.
IL was at this stage Of the proceedings
that McCaUley met Wiman. The man
from the Pacific coast explained his pro-
cess 10 the Staten Islander. The latter
said he would test il, because he had
machine he got from two Wisconsin
farmers that would grind the ceal out of
sight if necessary. Two young Wisconsin
farmers were blowing when they saw
cyclone come along safely out of their
way, and tear town UP. Tney noticed
how the two currents OF air, moving in
opposite directions, knocked houses, barns
and paving stones into snnithereens.' The
thought struck one of them thst il that
principle could be applied IN machinery,
it would make the biggest grind in tho
world. So the young men, whose name
was Raymond, and who were brothers,
went TO Chicago and invented mschine
that they called the cyclone pu!verizer.
Wiman met the Rayuouas ard they were
his, and so was their machine. The staten
Islander has fortune in the pulverizcr,
which has yet 10 meet n material IL can
not reduce to powder, l am told, and the
Raymonds were paid : fortune by Wiman
for their discovery.
So McCauley and Wiman formed a
combination. Wiman's machine pull
verified the coal and McCauley tested his
process a. the big Chester works II WAS
a success beyond doubt, and had IL been
put into operation before natural gas was
discovered, it wouM have had clear
monopoly Of the field It isn't free puff
to say that pulverized coal sprayed into
furnace unquestionably saves the manu-
facturer hundreds OF dollars day. The
big furnace men ut Chester and ont in
Ohio say SO, and so do all the big guns in
the manufacturing realm who were
present at the Chester exhibition. Out
side of the natural gas localities pulvcr.
lied coal is going 10 be the fuel of the
future McCauley and Wiman are even
bold enough TO say that they VIII confront
natural gas right in Pittsburg with
sprayed ccal. The conflict ought to be an
interesting one. Certain il is that 10 the
industrial world the new process Of Nc
Caulcy is the biggest item OF news il has
received for years Cor. Boston Globe.