The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-23
THE BREWERY BOILERS
Mrs, COOgan Says She Apprehends
Danger From Them,
WHAT BREWERY MEN SAY
Mr.. Brewer Claims the Boilers are
the Best and Safest Made and
Will be Surrounded
by Safeguards.

One of the immense new boilers ordered
for the Columbia Brewing ~Company's
plant has arrived and been delivered at
the brewery. 1t required the united power
Of ten horses to haul the boiler to the
brewery. 1t is the largest ever placed in
any establishment in the town
Following the arrival comes "a complaint
from a resident of the vicinity of the
brewery. 1t was presented to the Borough
Council last night in the following form
ITO the President and Members of the
Town Council of the Borough of Shen-
andoah
"GENTLEMEN II desire to call your
attention to the fact that the Columbia
Brewing Company of Shenandoah are
about placing in position a number of
boilers, at least two, on the rear of a lot
fronting on South Jardin street, in said
borough. which lot adjoins my property,
and that the boilers aforesaid will be
within a few feet of a dwelling built on
my property,
1.-THE erection of said boilers will be a
constant menace to the lives of persons
occupying said house and to those living
in the vicinity.
"rhey are of unusual size and that fact
adds to the danger. They should not be
Btlllllltu 10 Db put up III SUCH Il DODllOllS
neighbOrhOOd, and l hereby call attention
to the fact so that the Council may take
some action to protect the people in the
neighborhood.
"Respectfully,
"MRS. MARY COOGAN."
The Council took no action in the matter
other than to refer the communication to
the law committee, and nothing can be
dana until +ba oou,n,i++aa r,o1yas n ra,,,r+ &,
to what authority it believes Council has.
In an interview today Mr.. w. NJ. Brewer,
Of the Columbia Brewing Company, stated
that the boilers in question are known as
horizontal safety tubular boilers. They
are made of the best flange steel, ZIG of an
inch thick. They have a tested strength
of $4,000 pounds, are double rivited, and
on account of the number of boilers that
will be put in use the company will not
tax any one of them to half their strength.
boilers will be connected with a sys-
TEN by which instantaneous alarm
will be given should the steam, or
water, at any time approach a
point too high or too low. The boilers, the
company claims, are the best in use and
are of the same kind now being adopted at
all the collieries of the P. & r.. c. I. Co.
They are built by the same maker, E.
Keller, of Williamsport. Each boiler will
be supplied with gauge cocks. Mr.. Brewer
says the boilers will be far more safe than
the boilers in use in residences, which have
no gauges or safety valves, and no tiremen
in attendance. He also says that each
boiler has been fully tested to double the
amount of pressure the brewery will re-
quire.
The Columbia Brewing Company has
Joined issue in the injunction case brought
against it by Hon. NJ. G. Watson, through
its counsel, Hon. James B. Reilly. Mr..
Watson is represented by NJ. M. Burke,
Esq, The complaint is that the boiler and
connecting apparatus is such an annoyance
to Mr.. Watson and his family that the
noise keeps them awake at night. The
company claims there is a four-foot wall
between the two properties and that it has
done all that can be required of it to avoid
a nuisance.
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