New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-22
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Tie Tribune has long been an enthusiastic be.
lever in the Pipe Line. The regular, and them
fore intelligent, reader knows that il we could
lave had our way about It. coffee fresh
air. milk. and "A dozen other things would have
long ago been distributed all over town in mains,
with house connections with every bull ling. We
lave always believed that this would come in
time Inventors have been sinGulary slow T.
take the hint given In The case Of gas, water and
steam In municipal economy and in that of the
transportation Of oil by long pipe lines BIT a
new era seems 10 be approaching \ day or two
ago The Tribune printed an account Of th"
newly formed company which proposes 10 send
coal, Of all things. by pipe line. What have
the scofIcrs al our humble AID conservative idea
Of fresh air from cocks and hot coffee from
faucets 1 say 10 this
The new company intends to pipe It's conl by
first pulveriziEg II and mixing IL with water.
It. can then I've readily pumped through the
pipe as petroleum. Al the other end the water
will bc evaporatcd and the coal dust pressed into
cubes Of any desired size. II is predicted that
the plan will bring down the price OF coal I'm
this city - per cent. Once we ilattercd ourselves
that our idea of mountain air from one tap and
sea air from another was bold striking and orig
innl Now we rec that it was weak. insignificant
and old-fashioncd. We are almost ashamed to
refer TO it, And as for our notion Of having pie
and crucrs Snt by pneumatic tube, the quicker
ii is forgotten the better.
But Notwithstanding the tmiditv Of our propo-
sitions in the past we hope 70 he pardoncd if,
from the advanced point of view of the coal
pine line idea, we put forward some predictions
and suggestions. 1t seems to us that the
Prospect is more favorable for the pipe line
81. 81. tat ar
aerial navigation doing so. At least it settles
the freight question, but 1t may not lie easy
to pine passengers Though this naturally sug-
gcsts itself The difficulty would lie in s0idl-
flying the passenger AT the other end Of the line.
The pulvcrizing and disSovrg would br an
easy matter. We know many people who
would much better be pGlycrizcd and dissolved
II any company ever begins Experimenting in piping
people We will gladly furnish it list of folks
to pulycrizc and dissolve for the trial trip. And
no doubt in time ways will be found by which
tanks full Of passengers held in solution can he
ppcptatcd and then pressed into shape But
this is in the distant future. We must coninc
ourselves nj present TO freight; and how easy it
all becomes Take flour for instance how simple
il will be- Mix il with water and send il by
pipe line. More than this; the last two miles
Of the pipe can he kept hot and 1.-THE minor in
gradients having been mixed in at the place Of
startng) bread forced ont and sold at much
foot. Take meats. fruits, vegetables. lumber,
cotton-but why enumcratc? Take what You
will. the task remains absurdly simple This
is all there is to it: Dissolve. pump, solillify
We may say in closing that when the Amer
lean Passenger Pipe Line Company begins IT'S eX
pcrimcnts, if IL vii! send TO we will
checrfully forward it list of names of persons
with which to begin its--but, we have already
said this. So there remains nothing except to
close without saying anything.