Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-03
THE TRUE PRINCIPLE
OF BURNING COAL WITHOUT SMOKE
And at the Same Time Effecting an Import
ant Saving in Fuel.

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/ And at the Same Time Efecting an Import
ant Saving in Fuel.
Now that natural gas is giving out, and
we are obliged to return to the use Of coal
in our furnaces, device lately patented by
Mr.. Robert L. Walker comes to our relief.
We need not fear that we will have to live
with such cloud of smoke over and around
us as we had in years gone by. The Spang
| Steel and Iron Company have had two of
! their boilers at the plate mill fitted with the
Walker patent, and so we'll pleased are they
with their operation that they have ordered
| the rest of their boilers to be fitted up as
soon as possible. Their foreman says that
those two boilers are evaporating one-half
more water than they did before.
1t is safe to say that the smoke nuisance
will be abated and at the same time that 10 or
10 per cent of the fuel used in the city
saved.
| And this is true not only in Pittsburg,
but elsewhere. In the factories of Hol-
| lingsworth & Vose, T. w. Bird & Son, of
East Walpole, the boilers have, within a
! few weeks, been fitted with these smoke
consumers, and in Fall River several of the
largest factories are saving their fuel and
| preventing the smoke from the chimneys in
the same way. A few have been put into
the factories of A. Dodge, of Dolgville, N.
! Y, and of the Southworth companies at
Mittenaug.
The successful operation for the first time
of practicable smoke consumer has at
tracted general attention. Referring to the
invention of Mr. Walker, the American En-
gineer says that "the main fault with pre-
vious devices for arresting cinders and con-
suming smoke is that they have impaired
the draft. That fault alone has been fatal.
But this consumer of Mr.. Walkers avoids
it completely"
Like most great inventions its principle
is simple. 1t burns the smoke in the fur
mace and converts it into fuel.
/ There are no steam jets or pipes to
get out of order or to waste the steam, there
are no hot water devices, no chemicals
mixed with the coal to add to the price of
the fuel. 1t is so simple that mason and a
helper can put one of the consumers into
boiler in day. And, best of all, the con-
sumner is guaranteed to prevent 80 per cent
of the smoke, and those who use it guar
antee that it is doing it.
Following is the text of a letter which
Mr.. John 81. Moody, manager of the me-
chanical department of the Globe, recently
wrote to Mr.. Walker:
I'm reply to your question as to how we
like the smoke consuming device you put
under our boilers some time ago, will say
that we are quite satisfied with it. The only
time that smoke is emitted from our chin
ney is when the fireman is in the act of
firing or cleaning the fires As soon as the
fire doors are closed the smoking is Instantly
stopped.
"We claim saving of about 10 per cent
in fuel
''By careful test of weight of coal and
water, we find that we evaporate 11%
pounds of water to one pound of coal, with
the water at 1900. Any parties who will
compare our chimney with those of our
neighbors must confess that there is virtue
in the Walker smoke consumer"
Mr.. J. B. Harley, agent of the American
Printing Company at Fall River, says:
'With us Mr.. Walkers consumer practi-
cally stops the smoke. We are rather erratic
in the use of our steam and consequently
cannot say exactly what the saving In coal
with us is, but from comparisons made we
feel there is at least a saving of Is per cent.
"We look upon this invention as being
simple, effective and economical, and pro-
pose to apply it to all our boilers GO in
number) as soon as opportunity will al
low.''
The Superintendent of the Grafton fax
mills said s'Our experience with the
smoke consuming apparatus shows that it
consumes bne smoke most eHectlVely, ana
that after the furnace is properly heated
there is no smoke emitted at the top of the
chimney. The saving in coal by the ap-
paratus Qour tests) make it to be 1867 per
cent"
Mr.. Walker is the patentee of the spark
less and smokeless locomotive. Recent
Improvements made on this invention
make it the most perfect in the world
Another of his inventions is furnace for
cremating garbage or city offal. This he
does without the slightest odor arising from
it or smoke seen passing from the stack or
chimney. He has submitted his plans to
the proper parties connected with the city
of Pittsburg. Mr.. Walkers Office is at 10
Province street, Boston.
The company operating those patents is
known as the Robert L. Walker Smokeless
Furnace Company, Boston, Mass.
They will open an Office in this city on
Mr.. Walkers return from the East next
week, of which we will give due notice.
Parties thinking of putting in smoke pre-
venters will do well to look into this