St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-16
He SLEPT ON DUTY.
Engineer Hall Slumbered, but
He Worked Sixteen Hours
a Day.
Clarkson and His Men Have
Come and Criticized the EX-
position Building.
Supposed Collision Between
the Fuel Dealers Raises
an Aldermanic Row.
Tim Byrnes Arraigned for
Forgery--Losses Kill Insur-
ance Companies.

The pump invests cation still dragsit
weary length along, but at last there
are Slight indications of a termination.
as nearly all of the witnesses have been
examined. Another meeting will be
held this forenoon at which Capt. Tarr
viii probably conclude his side of the
examination. and it is likely that he
will return home this evening leaving
the matter in the hands of the commit
tee. The session Of yesterday after
noon was very slow and full of techni-
cal discussion between Capt. Tarr and
the engineers. during which the men,
bers of the committee looked wise but
said very little. Frank X. Hall was
placed on the stand for examination by
Capt. Tarr Mr.. Hall stated that he had
been in the employ of the city for six
years, and that previous to that he had
spent five years at railroad work, one year
of which he was in charge of an engine.
He had also operated station
airy engine previous TO this. On
being questioned as to the reliability
of the published reports of the work
ing OF a pumping station he said that
he considered them reliable. He was
very careful to keep the records cor
rectiy during his watch. He would be-
lieve published report before the state
ment of an agent for pump concern.
Capt. TarT then proceeded to question
Mr.. Hall upon his former testimony. a
transcript of which he had in front of
him. He read the statement made by
Mr.. Hall relative TO the Allis triple
expansion pumping engine. Mr.. Hall
had stated in his previous testimony
that the Allis triple-eXpansiOn engine
would perform twice the work of the
WOTthingtOn. This information he had
received from Mr.. BeTg5trOm, who had
been told so by an agent of the Allis
company.
Mr.. Hall acknowledged having given
the testimony as read to him, and Capt.
Iarr then produced copy OF the an
nual report of the department of public
works of the city of Chicago for the
year 1890. He said:
Now, Mr.. Hall, this report gives the
average run of the Allis engine in use
in Chicago, which shows that it raised
645 gallons OF water one foot high per 100
pounds OF coal used. which is equal to
70,000,00O foot pounds duty. Now,
what is your opinion Of an engine which
claims test capacity of 137, OOO 600 foot
pounds and falls OFF nearly One-half in
the performance of its daily wOrk?"
The capacity OF any engine depends
largely upon the kind Of coal used, re-
piled Hall. land the coal used in max
ing tests is generally of a much better
quality than that used regularly"
We'll, granting that a good quality of
coal is used, what is your opinion of an
engine that falls off in that manner?''
We'll, il is not at all to the credit of
the engine"
Coy+ fT'or- I-o -
the city of Milwaukee for 1890 and
called attention to the fact that the
record of the Allis pump in that city
had averaged $50 gallons of water one
foot high per 100 pounds of coal used,
indicating a duty of 69,0O0,00 foot
pounds.
Now. Mr.. Hail. said he. You see
you have sworn to something that you
know nothing about"
NO sir. l have not"
well, you stated it under oath.
which is the same thing"
Il did not state that as fact. but
said that had been told by Mr.. Berg
strOm that the Allis agent said so. That
Is fact"
Capt. Tarr then produced a transcript
OF the record at the North side pump
ing station for the month from Aug. 20
to Sept. 20, 1891. which showed 73,OOO.-
COG foot pound duty.
The records he introduced in evil
dence, and. with a smile OF satisfac-
ton. remarked that he thought he had
shown that the compound NOrthingtOn
engine had exceeded the work of the
triple expansion engine and that Mr..
Hall had sworn to something which he
knew nothing about.
If he has, remarked the president.
l. M a altrr
tied here that there 200 Worthlngton
pumps IN use in this country"
That can be shown by the books"
said Capt. Tarr. -
Before l leave the stand.'' said Mr..
Hall, Il want 10 make another state
ment. That is that Capt. Tarr's trans
eript represents the only time that the
WOrthingtOn pump has been running
at high duty, the balance of the time it
has been running low duty" MIR.
IWeedie then questioned Hall. asking
him first if economy in fuel were not the
MAN principle Of triple expansion ell
CINE and il triple expansion engine
were not more economical in that respect
than a compound engine. and Hall re-
piled that such was the case. Tweedie
then produced a letter from the chief
engineer of the Milwaukee pumping
station which gave the evaporation of
tile Alls engine at that place as S.27
and the duty as 100000 foot pounds.
Now, Mr.. Hail." said Tweedie. IF
this Milwaukee engineer can get a duty
of 100000 foot pounds with S.27 evap-
Grafton, is it not fact that with 1861
evaporation. as is shown by our yearly
record, he could get a duty of 14S, coo. 600
foot pOunds?'
Il cannot say without figuring it, but
! should think about that"
Consulting the letter again, Mr..
Tweedie said:
Il find this engineer says he gets 81