Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-01-31
WATER AND AMMONIA.

Rich Company Organized to Control
Patents Calculated to Produce wonder
ful Results In steam Power.
The Inland Marine Power Company
which was granted a charter on Satur-
day last by Judge Grub, was organized
at the Office of j. H. Hoffecker, Jr., Esq,
yesterday, and board of seven directors
elected.
The company has capital of $4,000,
OO0, all of which is subscribed for, and
intends to revolutionize steam motive
power by patented process of utilizing
ammonia as an accessory to water in the
generation Of steam or vapor with the
capabilities or quantities Of steam.
The stockholders comprise some Of the
most wealthy manufacturers and CAPT
talists in the country. Those who were
represented in this city yesterday, either
personally or by proxy, were Hamilton
Disston, Charles Emory Smith and q. A.
Hobart Of Philadelphia; Francis Rawle,
James McLane and g. w. Delamater OF
New York Colonel w. W. Dudley Of
Indiana; II. T. Cause and S. n. Trump
Of this city. The gentlemen who were
present from other cities came quietly,
organized the company and then left the
city al once.
The board.of directors elected is as fol-
lows: Colonel w. W. Dudley, Henry
Rawle, Charles Emory Smith, G. w.
Delemater, Sames McLane. H. T. Cause
and s. n Trump.
The patents owned by the company
cover practical application of the we'll
known principal that water charged with
/. ammonia volatilizes at a low tempera-
!
mechanism invented, have been tested by
expert engineers in most exhaustive
practical experiments and severe tests
and have been found perfectly satisfac-
tory. The engines and boilers Of the same
type and style as those used for water
be can fitted for using the water and
ammonia. The patents Of the company
apply TO the mechanism for. containing
the ammonia before it is used in the
boiler, the apparatus for condensing the
exhaust from the engine and returning
IL to the original reservoir. No brass
valves or connections can be used because
Of the corroding effect Of ammonia upon
that metal.
The great value Of the method is the
saving in fuel; experiments have shown
that a saving Of fifty per cent is made
over the old method Of generating steam
from water alone AS the mixture Of
water and ammonia boils at a much less
temperature than PIP degrees the reason
Of the saving in fuel is obvious.
The company organized yesterday con
trolls the use OF the new patents on ma
rine engines for vessels Of all kinds In
addition to the saving Of fuel in the case
Of vessels the great saving Of space by
being enabled to carry less fuel is an item
of no little Importance. A company is to
be formed to control the use Of the patent
for locomotive engines and other com
panies will be formed in states or groups
of states, controlling its use on stationary
engines
Franchises owned by the company con
troll the use of the invention in the
United States and Canada The in.
corporators are shrewd financiers as well
as practical men, and appear satisfied as
TO the extensive results possible from the
use Of the patents.
An experiment is to be made with the
| ting Hercules, belonging to Peter Wright
a Sons Of Philadelphia, in the near
future. This tug is still attending the
steamship Earnmoor lying at the
wharves of the Harlan and Holdings
worth Company.
If the company dacides to erect works
for the manufacture of engines, there /,
a possibility Of them being located at o.
near this city. The advantages It offer
TO manufacturing industries are well
known to the members of the company