Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-20
Gnve Away n Stenm Engine.

rcSllcnCe Ht ODD washington avenue.
Gave Away steam Engine.
a new steam engine worth $1,000
would be very nico present for any
Dody TO give or receive, and only very
liberal and prosperous business man
could afford TO make such ~ present.
But that is just exactly what the Odgen
Iron works Of Council Bluffs has done.
They built beautiful new engine and
gave it to the Evans laundry people in
this city, and ii is at the present time,
and has been for several months,
running that big plant.
In connection with this magnificent
gift there is an interesting history,
showing the confidence bright man
| has in his own judgment, and how that
| confidence can bring him large rewards
| Tor the products Of his own genius. For
| several years the laundry company has
| been using an Atlas automatic high
| speed engine. 1t needed some repairs,
| and Mr.. Ogden was called into consul
| tatiOn. An examination convinced him
! that IT would be 20 the interest OF the
| laundry people TO put in q new engine,
| and he began urging them to do So
The price asked for the new machine
WAS 5000, or nearly twice what
q new Atlas would cost The laundry
| people thought the price was extrava-
giant, and they told Mr.. Ogden that
while they were willing to patronize
home industries they didn't want TO pay
u premium for the privilege of doing SO.
| Finally Mr.. Ogden made them a novel
| proposition thut appeared to be so alto
gether in their favor that they at once
accepted it. The proposition was to take
out tho old engine and replace it with
the new and take the saving in coal for
two years in full payment The contracts
| were drawn upon this basis, and the new
| engine was built at the works on Tenth
| avenue AS basis for computation OF
| OF the coal consumption the lightest
| month in the laundry's coal bills was Sc
lected, the amount consumed being 30
tons. The old engine was disconnected
and the new put in its place between one
Saturday night and Monday morning,
and without ever being tested or run to
a bearing was required to run the plant
| for 16 hours without stopping. 1t ac-
complishea the job without making
any fuss about it, and has never
been the cause OF the loss of IL minute
since. After running a short time the
| coal test was begun that was to decide
whether Mr.. Ogden was to get some
thing for his engine or get left. Mr..
Anderson, the regular engineer who
ran the old engine for more than year,
conducted the test, with the instructions
that it was to be fair and tull. Every
pound OF coal that went into the fur
mace was weighed and every gallon of
water that went into the boiler was
measured during the month. At the
commencement Of the trial the demands
| upon the laundry required the addition
Of the tenth large washer, and all the
requi' ments upon the new engine
amounted to ten horse power
more than the old. When the
computations were made ut the end OF
the month they showed state of things
that made the laundry people open their
eyes. But 81 tons of coal had been con-
sumed, making saving of "a tons,
which, by terms of tho contract, had to
be computed at 81 per ton, or $4S u
month for two years. After an agreed
percentage for increased power had
been allowed, the grand total to be paid
for tho engine was raised to little over
s., 200. This result astonisheu and
delighted all concerned. 1t showed the
laundry people that they had been vast.
ing II sum greater than the value of
their old engine every year, and that
while they had paid greater sum for
the machine than they would have
been obliged to if they had not entered
into the peculiar contract, they were
able to do so, and would get the eng inc
in tho end without any cost.
A technical description of the engine
that accomplished such ext raordinary
results would be unintercsting to the
general reader, but the result is OF i'm.
mcnsc interest to every man who uses
power. 1t is the product Of years oi
patient study on the part OF Mr.. Ogden,
and is of type that is far in advance OF
tho times
st is the best engine | ever had any
thing to do with, y SAID Engineer An
derson to THE BEE. ut is simple and
durable and away above all others il
economy. say. this advisedly, having
had experience with all the Corliss
brands and numerous automatics II
beats them all, and most Of them rs higf
I | as 80 per cent.
/ The Ogden Iron works built II 40
horse power engine for the electri,
> lights in this city, and in competition
with the Westinghouse, it saved 40 pc
cent fuel. They are now building a sim
liar one for the electric light company
in plattsmouth, which has been sold OF
I the same terms as the laundry engine
j. a. Murphy OF the Murphy Manu-
! featuring company adds n testimonial
q that brings out the economical feature
. Of this engine in still holder light III
o has been running his plant with one TO
; the past four years. ''Mine is a forty
o horse power engine" said he, ''and vii
. put against the world for economy an,
= everything else. For fitty.four days q
y continuous running the average Goa
a consumption was 700 pounds Of slack pc
Y day, My. power costs me less than s
s per day"
u A late invoice OF cteneile. curta i
9 and smyrna rugs at low prices Coun ci
Z Bluffs Carpet company.
See those oil heaters at Swaine's, 73
Broadway.
Manker Owns Up.
o Charles Maker, the matrmonially incline
young man, who flew from the altar 10 I'll
n police court with such astonishing raDidt,
was brought before Judge MoGee yesterda
u morning TO answer TO the charge of robbin
an old man from the country OF several dol
lars. When his case was called up he veal
ened and admitted that all the money tha
. he had with him mad come out OF bis VI,
~ TINS pocket and that he would have had III
rest of IL II the officers had not arrested hii
just when they did. lie was bound over
the grand Jury and his bond hxed at $500, /