The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
PIPE LINE POSSIBILITIES.
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Zero weather Thus krrt On Tan TOR All Coun'
auuers na steam. Gas and Water Now Are
-Eerhnpa uecr mud MIX May Follow the
Example, aud AFTER That NNhe KNOWS wha"
Ono Of the remarkable features OF modern
urban development is tho growing tendency 70
do AWAY with individual effort In providing
many Of the material comforts of our ninetet--
century civilization. 1t Is coming TO 90 wow
and moro tho case that the common necessities
which every household requires are not supplies
by each family for itsolf. but are sent out from
great central establishments which supply .
district of greater or less extent, according
to tho nature of the commodity they handle.
Once each house drew oil tho water 10
required from it's own well; now In all bus
tho smallest villages the whole wator SUP
My of a town is obtained from some lake or
stream and pumped out from n single reservoir
to all tho inhabitants. Light and fuel have in
most places been added to the list of things sup
piled from some central point, ana In the largese
citios 1t has boon expanded to include a hundred
other things that our parents, or wo ourselyese
few years ago. never dreamed OF getting.
The result of this movement has boon to build
up under every big modern city q second city OF
imPny Of tho opsrations essential to the health
and comfort OF the pampered modern citizeh go
Indications it is likely there will be n still more
'"1'he most recent development in tho direction
of centralized energy Is put forward BY a great
city. This concern proposes. in connection with
It's cold storage warehouse. 10, pump reItigeras N
OF the city. including tho great markets and
produce houses. To the person nnfamiiisr with
ness it would seem a difficult matter to transmit
cold over long distances in sufficient guam.
nd pschinE rooms n TO o Is: or go below zero. AZ
a matter of fact the company anticipates little
The ammonia system will bo used, and the
fluid will be forced by hydraulic pumps from .
1hs son MEsrs + ia to b ssr Ssesd. f TSesa eon % shs
will DO laid underground. and in general will be
f fSms tbs eSts iiEe w ord'b bs su M"ssr %di'b By a eN cork
jackcting, which will be coated over with a tar
The promoter Of the scheme guarantee that the
refrigerating pipes will not interfere with the
sert that there will be very little loss OF freezing
power in passage. 1t is intended at hrst TO
supply only concerns recurring a large aino1hs
same system should not. In time. be extended to
bbw dwell n,nv and nnaso other h. 6T Hn 4 IN ,o SO t Inom oy Tbs
transmission of cold storage has already been
tried in st. Louis between main and branch
the present more extensive undertaking should
The extent to which this Capitalization in the
supply of ordinary necessities has gone Is
realized by few Of those who daily profit by it.
and strikingly illustrates the intcrdepcndenco
to which urban civilization is bringing us. Pc
trolcnm is pumped from tho fields where It is
length to ali tho big cities. Thence it is dis
tributcd in smaller pines to no factories. which
many Il y cases as the connection is complete %itIous
the intervention of a single pair OF hands from
example Of the same thing is Illuminating and
fuel gas. which is everywhere distributed direct
and touch n match to get his light and drc.
Electricity is beginning to work a grcat change
the kitchen. The house Of tho future viii have.
no fires in i. and the Kitchen range will lose its
desired temperature; viii troil the hccfstcnk
and heat the water. In the laundry it will DO
bosom Of the Sunday shirt. Cooking ard wash
ing will be done by pressing n series nj buttons.
turbcd while the electric s,ovc does its work.
All kinds OF motor power. steam and COM
cities like New York there arc few factories
which have their own power plants. for 1T is
to lease power OF the various companies which
make n business Of supplying it. A Sew York
power from Its main station in tho lower part of
5hG city, con TnIs i is dictrioq at III fii ininfa w if9h com con,
little loss in power or efficiency.
Those, who arc living ION tho edge Of the
invention is hanging city. life along similar
lines. One direction in which Lhe, Q is likely TO
of oil kinds of articles through pne,matic tubes
by compressed air, Mai is already sent between
branches. At the triai, OF the pars Of the Post
Office system first installed. which took place
snort Time ago, IL great variety or articles WIS
sent n distance of nearly n mile and back.
making the round trip in four MINUTES.
pi ph9sS q w shs e"f from Chi @ s S to- ; Se@ y erS
through pneumatic tubes may be some years
Faf i.on of his time ni it is true ! nIa that It, Thomas rno Q fs a;
claboratoin connection with his giSantin scheme
Of magnetic ore e%trSetion which no is putting
I" first considered the plan OF piping the
sand to a place more convenient for market by
in discussing his great project. THE thing
that deferred me from attempting It was the
would cut the pipes, to pieces. acting on them as
a sand blast. which. when operated by COM
pressed mir. Is found so effective in cutting into
In his Now Jersey mine the inventor has o
pumped from this central depot all over the es.
tablishment; lubricnting ,dynamos: engines and
%Grushcrs and getting rid OF friction generally.
Having performed its good Office it returns to
the starting point TO be used all over again..
York could be efficiently served with milk by
pumping it through, properly, constructed
panies actually considered the plan Of SUP.
plying IT'S branch bottling establishments and
In both these cases it was the objections of con-
stmers rather than any practical mechanical
objections that prevented the carrying out of
a glance into the near future shows that tho
called viii bring about some remapkable
c cha Gf IN me appearance OF our big cities. Tho
the existing town, for the roar OF overhead loco
motives and the chatter OF surface cars will give
place to the noiscless PROGRESS of the compressed
air or electric motor. Ii will be much cleaner,
too. Horses will be bnnished from the street
except where used for pleasure driving. and
Leavy trucks as well as cabs will be driven in
the same way ms the cars. Dust and ashes will
not rouse the ire OF every housekceper, for cleo.
tricity Will have driven out the coal fire, and
ashes will no taken only from the few power
generating stations.
The streets will be less crowded. for many
things now conveyed in wagons will be shot
through pneumatic tubes to Mi parts of tho city.
Life will be easier, for every house will have
neat and cold, light and power, pure air and
ordinary drinks on tap. The only danger 10
civilization thcn will he that the Inhabitants
may get nervous prostration from the mental
effort OF remembering which particular button
to press for each thing that they may want.
SMOKED CANARY BIRDS.