Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
A Giant Boiler.

When the big Climax boiler was set
up at the Worlds fair it was an object of
even greater wonder and admiration
than was the Corliss engine at the Cen
tennial exhibition. After the fair was
over the boiler was purchased by the
New York Steam company, transported
to New York and set up in the COM
pany's works. The boiler was then said
to be the largest in the world and ma
chinists declared that it would be many
a day before larger one would be built.
The machinists were mistaken. and the
proof of 1t is found in the fact that there
is resting on rollers this morning, in
front of 50 Dey street, a boiler which
throws the Climax completely in the
shade. This boiler was built for the
New York Steam company by the Edgar
Boiler company, limited, of Warren, Pa.
1t took six months to complete it and it
cost $4,000. 1t is % feet inches high
being an upright boiler-and something
over % feet in circumference. 1t weighs
10000 pounds and has a capacity of
1000 horse power.
The boiler was shipped from Warren
to Jersey City over the Pennsylvania
railroad on a car used in transporting
the heaviest guns. 1t reached Jersey
City last Tuesday, and was brought to
the foot Of West Eleventh street by the
Chapman Derrick and Wrecking COM
pany on a float built expressly for the
job. On Saturday the boiler was trans
ferred from the foot of West Eleventh
street to the boiler station Of the steam
company on truck belonging to Thomas
McLarnOn.
The work of transferring the boiler to
the station began at O'Clock on Satur-
day afternoon and occupied ten hours.
When the boiler was ready to be moved
the twenty horses attached to the truck
began Juggling away with all their
strength. but not an inch did the truck
move. Then the horses were veered to
one side, in the hope that the cramping
Of the wheels might enable the horses to
start their load. Again there was a
long and strong pull, in which one of the
wheelhorses succeeded in pulling apart
both traces, but the truck wheels scarce
" moved.
Its no use." said Mr. McLarnon,
''we'll have to have more horses"
Ten more horses were hitched and the
thirty tried to move the truck. The mo-
tive power was not great enough yet,
and four other horses were pressed into
service. After much tugging and yell
ing the truck was slowly moved with it's
mighty weight Of iron. Down West
street it went couple of blocks, when
one of the front wheels passed over a
manhole cover. The cover was broken
as easily and quickly as if it had been a
single. So it was all the way down to
Dey street. Every manhole cover the
wheels passed over was broken.
The works of the steam company front
on Washington, Cortlandt and Green
wich streets. The foundation for the
new boiler was laid beside that Of the
Climax boiler, in the rear of SO Dey
street. When the boiler was opposite
SO it was unloaded from the truck and
placed upon rollers. Then it was found
that there was no way of getting the
boiler into the building without tearing
away a part of the front. J. g. Milne,
produce commission merchant, occupied
80 Dey street. A representative of the
steam company called upon Mr. Milne,
and an arrangement was made whereby
he moved his business around into Green
WITCH street and the front wall of his
store was torn down so as to permit the
boiler to pass through the opening The
boiler will be set upon it's foundation to-
day. The cost of transporting the boiler
to Dey street from Jersey City was
S1000-New York Sun