The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-12


iyn Bridge Elevated road. Eight of thes
engines are o be delivered in AprIlsan
me remainder in July. The sea Side nm
brooklya Bridge Elevated road, which
an extension OF the Brooklyn Elevate
rod, has awarded a contract To Osgood
Bradley 81 Sons Of " orcester. Mass, fo
ky passenger cars. They will cost So
900 each. and one-half OF them are TO b
delivered In April and the others in Jul
of this ear.
Another new building is being esecte,
by the Narragansett Brewing Compan,
at Arlington.
In the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's 10000 electric light plant IL
Plttsburg, two Greene engines. each
| resting solidly OH firm bases under the
concrete h1or, drive two 80 light Thorn
on. Houston arc aud two 600 light West
nghouse alternating dynamos. The en-.
gines have been set SO level aud firmly
nat one OF the electricians balanced a
,enny on edge on the curved surface of
the cylinder head while the engine was
unning at full speed. The engines were
nui't by the Providence Steam Engine
Company.
The Dunnell Manufacturing Com pany
OF Pawt ucket has substituted "A nu ber
OF small engines for one large engine
There are in the Dunnell Print Works
hoout iorty-two Westinghouse engines,
the steam plant being similar TO that put
into the Spreckels sugar refinery four
years ago. In the Spreckels establish
ment over sixty engines were distrib-
uted on every floor of the building; shaft
ing aud belts were practically dispen sed
win, and as the various processes util-
lied all the exhausted steam, hiQh.speed
non-compound engines were selected
Nearly all were set without foundations.
lhis refinery. now owned by the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company. is being
ENLARGED and i've Westinghouse engines
have been ordered, four OF these being of
loo anu one OF 20 horsepower.
The Stillman Light Railway Deyelop-
ment Company Of Kenyon has devised
an Improvement in its raj system where
pY is triple compound raj is made
practically continuous. The method
adopted TO secure this result is illus
lrated Ia the Street Railway Journal
Inc rail- system consists of thres parts
steel head ana two lateral supporting
sections which resi- on ties, and are con-
nected by rods. The steel head is
somewhat similar IN section to Il rail
without lower filpge, except that IL
las no bevel under the tread of the rail.
ana tho thickness of the web is only
ABOUT one-half that of Il rail with tbe |
same wearing head. In producing the |
ateral supporting sections. an ordinary |
,ak or hard pine timber is divided |
iiagonally by mill saw when the left |
iand section is inverted and reversed and
'rought into position TO form the right |
land suppori. The three sections com
'osing his rail are each 80 feet long.
Lnd so arranged that the joints OF
10 TWO come iosether; but joint OF one
art occurs every ten feet. This arrange
hent gives TWO whole running sections
gainst every single break. Light fish
lates, one-eigh h of an inch thick and
lxteen incaes long, are placed at tie
Dints OF the steel sections, which has
cen the only place shown where the
all shows any disposition to cut the
'ood. Ties are also placed under this
omit TO support The joint.
A Photographic retoucher constructed
nd patented by Albert j. Bennett of
oonsocket. is mechanical handpiece
Whlcn rotating mechanism may be
lJusteu to give plunging, vibrating or
nc lar motion TO the tool secured TO the
iter end, to rapidly move the operating
III over or against the surfacs OF a pho.
graphic negative, To increase or de-
ease the density while moved in the
'oper directions. The instruments is
'erated by an electric moter. and
70 movement Is conveyed to the
ncll, or tool; at the same time "A cam
eeve IS revolved and slide bar, con-
oiled by a pin entering cam-grooye. is
clprocated. This motion is transmitted
an oscllIatiug lever, to cause the outer
ID inner ends of the shaft holding the
OF, or pencil, TO vibrate. III the cam
eve Is liberated by pushing Gluten {
ckwari the oscilla ion of the lever /
med ceases and the shafts aud their .
INJECTIONS simply rotate. To attain n
lady rotary movement sleeve is
,ved forward until the wings enter the [
is in the collar. To secure a pluppiny D
'tion OF the toolshaft the clutch is dis, Q
gagged from the cam sleeve and a screw s.
,urned until It's end engages with the s
groove Inc rotation of the SHAFT .
ises IL TO reciprocate for a dis u
ICE equal to the extension of Ct
cem-groove from true circle. By n
use OF the band-piece the re- Is
ching ana finishing of negatives is 81
I TO be greatly facil tated, as the 81
vement IL uniform and rapid; aud as 81
degree of artistic skill is b'
uired In retouching, :he saving of OF
e Is worth considering The instru- Il
lt Is capable of making 1,40O revolu- 81
Is minute, but in practice a speed of tn
IL Thought TO DO sufficient TO SECURE FL
sfactory results th
he American Brewing Company has vn
peration at its brewery the latest re- ss
Grating plant introduced into this IN
ne ceilings OF the new pattern sbon ce'
be Brown 81 Sharpe Manu- acturini, ST
Ipany are oil tile Or brick-a material lea
orous that 1t was said that it couId iai
be satisfactorily whitewashed. Mir.
/. Lewis, however, invented process IN,
'hich the difficult work was perfectly 49,
!. and the ceilings are said To be even ba,
rior TO those best adapted for retain ~,
whitewasn, and lt is claimed that III
method employed Will prove to bs of a.
lderaole value as it Is the first to siv
the results desired on this class or shs
ices. IA
OF. II. X Thurston of Cornell Uni OF
~, formerly OF Providence, has been alo
; member OF the Advisory Council n
lgineering and Marine Archit .cturs tbe
e Worlds Columbian Exposition. Ne,
Igner Brothers are adding more nev vic'
$ to their mill at Burrillville. r
; Gregory mill at Wexford has -. the
number OF Cromp on Comp,nv,s ap
owed fancy looms. Ii is said tb,, 7,
OF the old ones have been shipned 70 pa,
In West Virginia. iev
out all the new m schinery put in NJ Dye
al River Spinning Company's mill sur'
II rs the old, is in operation. the
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