Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-01
AIIAnour THE STATE.

the Late Professor TWining, Pio-
neer Inventor In Ice Making Ma.
chines-The Dead General Milroy-
Many Old Connections Veterans Re-
cali His Face and Services-An0ther
Railroad move a Proposed New
Line From Boston te Providence in
Competition with the old Colony
Road.
The Winsted people took 1t to heart little
when they read the doings of the Ice men at
their convention in New Haven. from which |
II might be inferred that only 1000 tons of
ice had been cut In this state the past win
ter. Not far from 90. 600 tons were cut in
western Connecticut alone tho past winter.
Contrary to the general impression, the
quantity of ice cut and stored in New Eng
land is nearly as great - usual, the trouble
being that it is SCARCE through the southern
section only.
The Waterbury board of trade, after talk
ing over the ice manufacturing question the
chimes, called halt ON the subject and the
formation of company ia still matter OF
the distant future It is interesting to re-
call something of the history Of ice making
by machinery, and the more 30 M New Ha-
ven man who died few years ago, the late
Professor Twining. whose memory Is highly
esteemed, had conspicuous and honorable
frigerating and Ice making line were made az
far back as 1924 by John vellsnce, and in
1884 by Jacob Perkins, but 1t wos not until
1866 that results were produced which couid
be called practical. The late Professor
Twining Of New Haven had been expert
years 1S4S and 1850, and in the lattsr
year obtained his first patent in Eng
land. Three years later he obtained the
American patent and In 1866 he operated
machine in Cleveland, Ohio, which was in
tended to produce 1900 pounds of Ice In
| twenty-four hours. The actual amount of
ice it produced was 1000 pounds: In this
years, the compression" system in use to-
day is completely represented, and on this
account Twining deserves the credit of not
only being the inventor, but also of having
carried it out in practice. On account,
| however, of the inflammability of kether
and other obstacles that this pioneer ma
chine presented, inventors turned their
| attention to other substances besides ether
better adapted to tho purpose, among
which were ammonia, au1phuric oxide, car
bonic acid, methylic or ether, nitrous oxide,
methalamine and chymogene. Ambiguous
ammonia, or ammoniacal gas, when entirely
/ deprived of moisture, was found of all others
| TO answer Inc purpose OIL ATLluClal IoIElk0Ih~
| ton. Its boiling point Is 81 degrees Fahren-
heit below zero at the pressure of the atmos-
phere, the gas producing sufficiently low
temperature at a boiling pressure of fifteen
| to twenty five pounds per square inch. In
1858 Ferdinand Care, a Frenchman, pre-
posed an entirely new and original plan for
liquifying ammonia by using therefor the
aqueous solution of this gas, % parts OF
ammonia to rs parts of water. This
is called the absorption system. Cares
machine had its defects also, and inventors
turned their attention again to the mechanic
al compression of anhydrous gas, which Ia
accomplished by means of powerful vacuum
and compression pumps, but the mechanical
difficulties here presented are of such q
serious nature that the absorption system
still remains In use to a very large extent.
Thomas Walker and W. Il. Cowlss OF
SouthiDgton have stored over 5000 tons OF
twenty-six inch ice at lake Aemphremagog In
northern Vermn~t-
SOUND STEAMERS.
Commencing this week the steamer City Of
Worcester leaves New London for New York
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and
the steamer City of New York on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
A BRAKEMAN HURT.
John McGrath of Hartford, New York
and New England brakeman, fell from the
top of a big refrigerator car at the foot OF
Pleasant street, Hartford, Sunday, and sus-
tanned serious injuries He was taken to his
home.
GOES TO MARYLAND.
Mr.. Gordy, late principal of the Ansonia
schools. will 20 to Hartford to connect him.
self with the Hartford Life and Annuity
company, and.will take charge of the com
pany's business in Maryland, his former
home.
RAILROAD MANS RESIGNATION.
Mr. William P. Lawrence. who has hold
the position of station agent on the Central
New England and Western railroad for the
past ten years, has resigned. It II under.
stood that his place will probably be filed by
Mr.. Frederick barrow of Norfolk, who ha,
} been in Superintendent Opdyke's Office for 9
number of years.
STRIKE AT BRIDGEPORT COMPROMISED.
BRIDGEPORT, March 31.-The seventy Ave
striking weavers employed by the Elastic
Web company held meeting this morning
! and agreed to return to work at old prics
and terms for period of ninety day., during
which time they hope to arrange better term
with the frm. The latter have agreed t.
consider the matter during that time, and l,
. is generally believed satisfactory arrange
: ment of the difficulty will be made. Tn,
I strikers all agree to allow the non-union mer
to work with them. Tho strikers resumed
work to-day.
DON MuNlU OercERr
This evening in the College street nhurcl
. Professor Chandler with his choir, assiste,
by the Milford Choral union, will rende
> Donelly Bucks cantata of "Don Munio." 4
: condensed form of the libretto has bee,
: l-inted for distribution, which will render
= the production Of the work interesting an,
l. intellisjble to the audience. The aecompani
y msnt to the cantata will be played BY Mr.
# way krand piano kindly loaned by II. Stein
ert q Ssn. The singers are In good voio
n and everything promises a thoroughly On
lie 1oyaoie 0n>art. Tickets have been placet
,r az the very Moderate price of thirty-fv
AZ cents.
ts THE LATE BRAVE anxERAL MILRoY.
Many of tho veteran soldiers Of New Lon
don and Windtam counties served under tn
late General Mlroy in the Shenandoah val
IT ley and participated In his misfortune q
r Winchester, june Is, IA and 10, 1868. AL
though many of them were captured in tn
three days. battles there, all are ready to ter
o tify to his military ability and daring cour
age. His unequal battle at Wincheste
Dltt9
" against General Jubal Esrly's army o
J. SO, 600 men and 90 pieces of artiller
n won the admiration of all who were present
/. Other ADLER generals with more men wer
n generally defeated in q few hours fight b.
a the superior forces of Generals jackson an,
Jubal EARLY. Now that the smoke Of battl
e has rolled away, historians have discovers
/. that General Milroy rendered his countr
q great service in OBTAINING General Lees ANN
Is in its advance TO Gettysburg. he not onl
., discovered General Lees plans, but gave til
,. Union army time to intercept the Confedsr
il ates at Gettysburg.
% ANOTHER RAILROAD MOVE.
!; Several pr ninent officials of the New Yor
and New Eng and railroad came to Hartfor
10 by special train from Boston Saturda
j. night. The Hhode Island and Massachusett
railroad, whion ia operated by the New Yor
and New England, has made an application
to the Massachusetts legislature for permits
D. sion to iesue million and half bonds fs
d the purpose OF double tracking and putting
= the road in god repair. The Rhode ISLAM
legislature will also be asked for leave t.
u issue million and half of bonds for tn
10 purpose of building an extension from Vale.
ls Falls, R. l., to Providence. The road nov
n runs from Franklin, Mass, whore 1t joins tn
New England, to Valley Falls, r. I. If tn
> road is extended into Providence
- | it will ouen new line from