The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

be made tropical You could warm all
the houses in the neighborhood with hot
air And then the power you could gene
rane-just think of it! Heat is power,
the cost of the power is the fuel. You
could furnish power to all who wanted it
yon could fill this region with industries.
My dear sir, you must excuse my agita-
ton, but If you should strike fire there
is no limit to the possibilities of achieve
ment."
But want water" said I, fire would
not take the place of that"
oh, water is a trife," said he, ''you
could have pipes laid from town. It is
only about two miles. But frel No
body has yet gone down deep enough for
that. You have your future in your
hands"
As did not care to connect my future
with fire this idea did not strike me very
f0rcibly, but it struck Phineas Colwell
He did not say anything to me, but
after l had gone he went to the well
drivers.
IF you feel them pipes getting hot" he
said to them, 81 warn you tostop. have
been in countries where there are volca-
noes and know what they are. There's
enough of them in this world and there's
no need of making new ones.n
In the afternoon wagner, who hap
pened to be passing, brought me a note
from Mrs. Perch, very badly spelled, ask
ing if | would let one of my men bring her
pail of water, for she could not think of
coming herself, or letting any of the chill
dren come near my place if spouting fires
were expected.
The well-driving had gone on and on
with intermissions on account of sick
ness in the families of the various work
men. until it had reached the limit which
had fixed, and we had not found water
in sufficient quantity, hot or cold, nor had
we struck fire, or anything else worth
having.
The well-drivers and some specialists
were of the opinion that if / were to go
ten, twenty, or perhaps hundred feet
deeper, l would be very likely to get all
the water | wanted But of course they
could not tell how far they must go, for
some wells were over thousand feet
deep. | shook my head at this. There
seemed to be only one thug certain about
this driving business, and that was the
expense. / declined TO go any deeper.
Il think, " facetious neighbor said to
me, sit VOID be cheaper fer you to buy
lot of Apollinaris water, at wholesale
rates, of course, and let your men open
so many bottles day and empty them
into your tank. You would find that
wouldpay better in the long run"
Phineas Colwell told me that when he
had informed Mrs. Perch that was going
to stop operations she was in a dreadful
state of mind. After all she had under
gone,' she said, ''it was simply cruel to
think of my stopping before | got water
and that after having dried up her
spring"
This is what Phiueas said she said, but
when next met her she told me that he
had declared that if I had put the well
where he thought it ought to be, l should
nave been having all the water l wanted
before now.
My optimist was dreadfully cast down
when he heard that l would drive no
deeper
II have been afraid of this" he said
y have been afraid of it, and if circum-
stances had so arranged themselves that
should have command of money should
have been glad to assume the expense Of
deeper explorations l have been think
ing great deal about the matter, and
feel quite sure that even if you did not
get water or anything else that might
prove of value to you, it would be great
advantage to have pipe sunk into the
earth to the depth of, say 1000 feet"
What, possible advantage could that
be-" I asked.
Il will tell YOU" he said You would
then have one of the grandest opportuni-
Ties ever offered to man of constructing
which would be no expense at all TO run.
u would not need fuel, gravity would be
me power. 1t would work pump splen-
oldly. You could start it when you liked
and stop it when you liked.u
pump said ] what is the good Of
a pump without waterl"
oh, of course, you would have to have
water" he answered "but no matter
now you get it, you will have to pump
u up to your tank so as TO make it cir
culate over your house. Now my gravity
pump would do this beautifully. You
see the pump would be arranged with
cog wheels and all that sort of thing,
and the power would be supplied by
weight in a cylinder Of lead or iron,
which would be fastened TO a rope and
run down il tide your pipe. just think
OF 1t! II would run down a thousand
Ieet, and where is there anything work
90 oy weight that has such a fall as
laughed. "That is all very WELL" said
:, out how about the power required
70 wind that weight up again when it got
70 the bottom2 ] should have TO have an
engine TO do thatn
=, Oh, no,p said he 81 have planned
the thing better than that. You see the
Greater the weight the greater the power
ana the velocity. Now if you take solid
cylinder of lead about four inches in d.