New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-03
WORK OF THE ENGLlSHMEN.
HONORIMG ABRAM s. HEWITT.
THE STATUE IN MEMORY OF HoI.LEY IN
YELLED
AN ADDRESS IN CHICKERING HAI.L-TCRTuE
PAPERS AND DIsCUssIONS-PLANs FOR
THE. WESTERN TRIP.

York climate has WITHHELD from 'h' Hoh''"'"''s
Englishracn within Americas gates N" daily amount
OF atmospheric moiStur" 10 which they are accustomed
In the morning an cat wind an CT DIV sh' tNF ate ca
taste o. tn" general dampncsS Of things Lsular, but
neither q London fog a Scotch mist came alohg 70
make the English feel at home IN 1.-THE Statcs
About Clckcrng Hall the traditions Of Magma Charta
and the Eli of Rights still abdcd IN the shape Oh
An audience many OF whose individual members nlcht
have sat for the portrait Of the fine Old country
gentleman with whom every reader of English hct0n
Ia familiar Willie the tone Of the discussion par
tcipatcd in by many English ironmaSter* OF note
and aathority had al undertOne OF characteristic uh
willingness admit the desrabilty OF inc s'ar'Ehe
innovations Of modern American practice IN IRON
making 1t was tempered at the same time by
courteous acknew ledrment Of the wonderful .ainGs
which hid boon accomplished by tho pushing enterprise
OF American furDseemen
Ths presentation of the special Be.semer medal to Mr.
Hewitt was an tcrnatlona episode Of no small sisnih
cance when coupled With Sir James Kitsons generous
sotnow edgment that there were many Americans that
were held worthy Of the highest testimonial OF met
allurgca distinction. and that the selection OF Mr.
Hewitt. was not therefore due to emnence alone, but
to preemlncnce
Ip the afternoon English eequcncc again bore Wit
ness to tho Accomplishments Of American talents in
the shape OF memorial address delivered by James H.
Dredge upon TIE occasion Of the unvcung OF the Hol
ley memorial in Washington Square. Mr. Dredgc
IN editor of London Engineering" the greatest tech
p,cal Journal In England, II not also In the World
was peculiarly fitted 10 speak OF the great American
whose genius and whose friendships included all
professions and all countries. Added to this was
the fact that Ny. Honey in one scuse the founder
Of the paper which Mr. Drcdgc represents, and that
to his labors the present prosperity OF this great
organ Of the English speaking engineers Is largely
due.
In the evening Americans and Enciishmen sat
down togc her in ami;y over one Of the best OF DC"
frn IA. iyaiv IN fir
mace outputs and fuel economy gave place 10 one OF
gastronomy and aftcr-dlnner oraory.
The committee ansp0rat.on IS stal laooThG
to have oil tie arrangements impressed upon the
quests and Chairman W. p. shinn loses no Opporu-
nifty TO urge lis hearers to fill ont their luggage
blanks promptly and ~ set over to jersey ey III 'ne
for the Saturday morning tram
Thrcc long mains viii convey tho visitors to CHI
c:,go. Meal, VIII te served OIL board t!!c tram ana
the ho.dc.5 Of meal tcHc,s Will b. ar'n2d III T. ~
So that all may be fed. The closing Ncw'i"rk session
viii be held to-day. IN the afternoon the var"ns
Inca, excursions viii come o. aud morning
tie Institute VIII start for jersey ty u tue 10 eaten
the o - q. n. tail
ENGLLSHMEN'S SECOND Session.
Tie second session Of the BRUSH Institute 1occtins
WAS opeIcd by August Th,elen, actug president OF tho
verc.n Uut ,chcr observation-disclosures and recciy elected
member of the council OF the Iron and Steel Institute
Herr TNclen gave few on why II vas ana Always
would be Impossible for the German iron producers
eycy to obtain any such output as that cTonlcicd III
Mr. Gayley's paper. lie sad that the low percentage
Of iron In the German ores. the demand for moe 81!
In the product, ETC., would require much ldr;cs
amount OF ulaterial to be fed into German furnace
to equal American figures. Thus TO equal the PIt's
burg furnaces output OF 10000 tons MONTH -'''"o
tons must DO fod into German furnace nhdcf eHi''s
conditions. This, Of course, was All impossiblllty
E. Windsor Richards member OF the council next
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puzzle tho foreign iron nea SO sadly. lie was nov
sure that this tremendous driving OF furnaces was
altogether good policy; lie thought that, "hic "e
gross profile il given tipc might be increased thei
BIZ, still the profit each ton OF IRON pTOuu'eo
might not show large an Increase, II any ana
ascrbed tho large output to the stimulus O! the >ueH
can practice continually trying 70 beat the record
I1ttsburg dsancng Chicago. and Chicago III turn put
to shame by the swakened oLereie, OF P1tTsbarg
This Implication that the development Of American
iron practice due to perennial cdhGh between
Chicago and rttsburs denied By The hcXt 'p'aAoi
f. G. Potter of the Chicago furnaces. who a'>uEed H.
English fellow members that whatever rivalry cX!s'ed
was of the most brothcrly He ccd IN" pro
dueton of 1.4l4 tons Of EesS.n'r metal by small fur
mace OF tho Union plant Of III" Illinois steel comp ny
1t the rate OF two and Oncqnartr tons day PER 100
cubic feet of furnace capacity an example 81 what
furnace couh do when hustled along IN tn" true Chi
cago split. lie sail that Mr.. Gaylcy's Pttshurs fu
nace-!n order 10 c41al that pcr.ormanc"-nr9t turn
out 1900 tons month. which result be vcEturcd to
class alaops the impOssitu.Lcs.
ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION.
c. j. sAclu.. Whose name Is intimately associated
with the dcvcopleut Of tie Base process of stcelnn
ug-the great rival Of the original Lcsscncr process
spoke al lcnth on tho Wonderful and ec"Hoincl pro
Guct.on Vi iron DESCRIBED Ia Nh. Cayley' pap"9-tF"'
times the yield Of 0rrc.p0!Dc EH-l;h fIr"c, viUr
20 per cent greater economy of fuel If We can find
tbs, ,f ,lt I'll ON
Journey Of nearly 10000 mics vii not y N vain
lie thought higher pressure and greater VOLUME 81
blaxt had ruch To- do with the rc>Ilt. great Joss Of
heat from radiation al1o save. IN making ono TIC
furnace driven rlpidly 90 the WORK OF four slow tlc
ones. If tai, AMcrcna practice continued, moi only
the furlac'. hit also the nAaac"Ts and l;IGr
crs Of Eurlald would have TO BE- driven
RAPIDLY though up 10 the prc-.!t they had all thr'"
positively refused TO 10 accelerated. C!uc, said hat
this sort Of thing killS Il furnace. III idea va, d
short life and icrry one for IL" f!nar" lIrnTr'
would show that IL" economy Of fuel Il! The American
examples c.'.A wO'M s:nIunt 10 ?30,obO ia year.
morv than eno'fh refine Tic furnace If Necessary
II the re,al', wolr tuc rivalry, a. had brn eug
ges;cd he hoped that Enr;i, would become
thoroughly contar.ina'cd by che ,r.!t
Mr. Kennedy, {" IH',onnit. SPIKE for the Edear
Thompson Furnaces. a:h ,,l that American fast driving
was not due 10 ivtry bat - Tie fac, that fu:Ia"
conditions and on,llnc. rqiici IT, They couldn't
SLOW doNn much II t','t could
Some Interesting n9ur"s a. 10 EngliNh pThTtrc %
the present day given by William Whl'"rll' %
stockton, whp. 'r.-r" being member Of NE c"ni''
ard pr,!nnrH: -tDve nruflctur"r, hiS the deserved
distinction Of hcine NE larc-onc-t man IL the Ent
lish contingent. Ne >ad Oru IN" br,t type of Eng
lisI furnace low in rs" was s'v"nty fly" feet hIth
eighteen ard half fcrt III DANGER Al the n's'c'
hv t.l and a1li f'ci n"..!t % h"'hc- '"nTil l"i
feet IN diameter. with -X tvorcs AID blast OF hvN
p0uudS pressure. The E"cj. n idea was IL save me
furnace and 80 well f!i th"F 'dcc""d III TINS maj
one lining frequently food Tor iw"if" y'ar+ tTnlnp
ont 900 tD!> iron in thb' tine. TINS vas OF
lDnrc inport acr IA E.raId tan here. h"run>" t!'
Americans rspii. - RAPID ~ their movement
lost lItt1p time. s"v-n Weeks he was tod IL
reli,ng furnace. wilc ~" best that C"d b" d'nr y
EpQlish practice ;hrrc months Mr.. Wiit"cl
said that lc shOmli tale the u"st Intense M r.; II
irving 10 get the srci" a.! th' wonderful AIncri'ai
spc,d. He e,prc.i.lv l;I'rSSrJ 10 know "Ictci
Mr. Gavlcy's paper DIS rtbr.l ana" :lgc Amcrci ore
or whether II was a specially rch one.
TIE QUESTION ANsWi RED.
This question answered by J. u. Weeks. u