The sun., 1891-06-04
SHOWER BATH IN THETUNNEL
MIR. HUsrED's IDEA OF TIE War TO
KILL THE SMOKE AND FOG.

Rotary Fans, Electric Lights. y Current or
Desiceated Air, and y Cable Road Fes.
tures OF other Schemes Suggested 20 the
Railway Conmisstoners-Eneise Pro-
| tose Against Lishting the Tusnei.
Alot Of men who thought thoy know how to
light and vontila.e the Fourth avenue tunnel
| OF tho New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad. wore Mt the Chamber OF Commerce
yesterday morning 10 explain their schemes
to the state Board OF Railway Commissioners.
The members OF the hoard are: W. @. Rogers,
Isaac N. Bnker. Jr.. and Michael Rickard.
i. W. Sanborn OF the Gas Vontt'atinR Com
pany. tho first man who spoke. had n Griev-
nnce. He told that he had applied to tho rail-
road company for plans OF the tunnel. but
didn't get them. For that reason no couldn't
pror erly explain great scheme by which no
believed the tunnel could te lighted and
cleared OF smoke and steam. Chairman hogera
advised Mr.. Sauborn to have another talk with
the railrond people.
DR.. Graham Scott. President Of the Scott
Electrical Manufacturing Company. said that
By means OF tho Huntington search liRht.
which is virtually an electrical arc lisht the
tunnel could be Illuminated 30 that the light
wouldn't interfere with tile ongineers bit.
Attention was called to tha fact that the tun-
mol very often is filled with smoke and fog. but
that didn't mako DR.. Scott lose any of his en-
thusiasm. Tho search light no said. could
penetrate oil sorts OF fog and smoke and
steam.
Charles r. strovslrs scheme to ventilate the
tunnel was to run m air shaft its entire length
and let tho smoke and steam escape through
openings at the sides above the trains.
When William ]. Hammer q " consulting and
supervising electrical engineer" got on his
feet and smiled in self-satisfled manner. he
told the Commissioners he was there on his
own hook and didn't represent any company
or patent He advocated tho placing OF incan-
descent electric lights along the 81 ound OF the
tunnel. "Thats the way the Hoosac Tunnel
r L. uodkin, representing the East Side
Property Owners Association. asked ,hs Com
the psop In eoRo sy
ssisst plan. All .he properly owners wanted
was to 10 free from smoke md cindsEs dsI.
weak ths. 6e had 70 t9 get risht IL front oi !hs
desk at which the Comm missloners were seated
great big shower bath. ~
do !. Gps e. sS M masS
ali ip inow that however dense a Jog. n light
shower obliterates 1t at once. ! propose
nGSsf p IKE vi sFns or
the roof OF the tunnel. in sections Of block or
more: iron pipes - Of sufiisient capacity each
pine with small. la,eral. perforated pipes.
ISsed nee. az croon nnns mains 1 with the tanne mains
could be worked from centIa! station TO turn
It. simule % as ibis plsn is. am sat isned It viii
Iil any fSs' lay the dust and clear tho at
L. j. Wing proposed to do great things by
means OF rotary iuns and til, es towers. The first
f. the O. o o. IN his
have tunnel oi Is own. When ;Sveyy op.nins
tnry fans. would &c, to work. and IN four
hs yah Sads ssn hi sss
AMI steam; and other aisssresablo s.a things
eires caused alI the trouble; In order t. do
the ,Hantarict Comnany. presented a plan for
xed steam ssnfns
towers p The yards Of she hSnsss ioa aSns
sonUrs tSae by pampins III dssseasea @ air into
the .;IsH .upnel the fog and steam could easily be
The onlv way to ventilate is to yenti!a.e.
Eesrs ss g. Hs shnr ns
and thus get rid OF it. -.
and " tho shs ss ef o
hood. told The Commissioners that he and
four companions wero there TO protest vIRor. |
ously against tho use OF any light In the tun:
the engineers didn't want 10 be responsible. |
II the tunnel was lighted they couldn't see the |
signals.
Howard Constable advocated tho use of a |
patent air injector aud ejector. Another Cen |
tra engineer. Charles Ha II. then backed up the |
70 the danger In lighting the tunnel. II. Charles
ulman advised exhaust fans near the roof OF |
the tunnel for ventilation. and electric lights |
set into the roof for illumination.
- The Commissioners nre TO meet again on |
Monday next In Albany.