Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-21
MVDUSI PROBLEM SOLVED.
,.oli.d 10 The MakiBs Of etsam for The
Insale Asylum
. t,.tte History Of the Wcrk - Re-
lated 20 q Journal Reporter
Yesterday.

tou,nal rsr0rter dropped into the Office
I, IL. Aaau-A Lumber Company yester-
a,s forenoon, saying
..coal rsorning. Mr.. Randall How is
49, .,e.m heating business prosressingF
..vr,, rate" ga. the reply. though there
1. am, delay in finishing the pipiay over At
,ss .rlsm, and We are bothered little
hon, ssttiag the boiler nto place ready for
.a.;os,. sali the pipe is all laid TO the
...,rr, md We had steam pressure on for =
TIT yesterday.
HOY did ii stand the testf''
.tn yrest style. We kept forty pound
.,.,.u,, 90 for some time. Thirty pounds
.,u 10 all that will be necessary when in
..,..l nee ard | think about twenty-five
,oaod. "a. about all they used to average
:, ,h, asylum under the old system"
10 pop lose much steamI'
oyery little We noted the pressure on
x..,s both at the mill ard the Asy ium. yes
,.,i.y and the asylum zuage showed only
oos pound less than at our mill 50 you see
,b,, there - no loss to speak Of When the
sip.. arr fret warmed up, the loss is con-
.asrable 90 account of condensation. The
,s,sr collects in large quantities but se have
Al escape pipe for air and water. just below
IN, Arsenal. which lets this of aud prevents
,hst /. called the water hammers, so often
beard IN steam pipes
win there be much bother from this
40. for when once the pipes are sarmed
An for business, steam will be on night and
isy ~hi necessary. Then the pipes are
l.d six feet underground and are safe from
,ay attack. Of cold weather -
What s.ll you use for fuel"
-sa.iur and shsvings wholly. Aud 1t
"a. III. waste stuf that put us-forsed US
4, YOU might .ay-into This business. The
l.s prohibiting the throwing Of sa~dust into
De riysr makes il necessary to dispose Of
an, waste IN some other manner We hGd
"a s..t ~iih that law. IL was perfectly
.,.,,s, one aud We have carefully observed
At. requirements. The disposal of our
waste became quite problem for
M, one OF the huge iron furnaces
often seen at mills. would cost us four or
i've thousand dollars and give us no benefits
Then We though, Of putting in additional
machinery aai furnishing power TO outside
partss.
well that would have have been good
scheme, no doubt
nYc.. but one day the lea occurred To US
,h,, tbe Driun1y IN of thousands of tons Z
calas.rest expense for furnishing hea-
poser va. nee ,le.. to certain extent, and
that We could DO pist of that work at less
.spsu. and with praft 20 ourselves. Here
,ss ,h. AZ lum. permanent Institution, that
viii BE- lscsted here and need artificial heat
~ long probably a. men lo.e their minds
shy not furnish them with steam heatt'
"The idea seemed To have been very IA
sorsbly rrosivedf"
ayes the trustees caught at the idea very
readily and the matter has developed into the
present condition.
DO sou expect TO furnish the Arsenal
With steam for hestngt"
We'll. probably not to any extent for
some time, though in the permit which we
sere obliged To obtain from the Secretary
Of War to lay the pipes across the Arsenal
grounds there is clause providing that
should ncle sam at any time choose to use
the steam, he may have the privilege at rea'
sonsble rates Of course
When do you expect to be ready for bust
ness"
We should like TO have steam in now,
and certainly hope to have every thing in first
class running order by the appointed time,
December st. The delay comes as said
before. IA getting our boiler into place and
the piping at the asylum
Have YOU been obliged to do much build
ing to prepare for ,hs2"
yes, considerable. in the shape Of fuel
storage buildings and an addition to our boiler
house.
And then the reporter said good day" as
the bells and whistles reminded all that the
dinner hour was at hand.