Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-08
WONDERFUL PIPE LINES
They ARE NOW USED TO pssrRIBvTG
ALL SORTS OF COMMODITIES

York with Cold AIR Prem . Central
PfAnt--The Place That Efscsricsey win
I'm IN Hom~s-Uss OF cornprcssst Air.
The most recent development in
the direction Of centralized energy II
put forward by q great freezing and
warehousing company IN New York
City. This concern proposes, IN con-
nection with ITS cold storage ware
house, 10 pump refrigeration 10 its 4
principal customers in different parts 4
of the city, including the great mar !
kets and produce houses. To the I
person unfamiliar with the recent T
development IN this line OF business it
would seem a difficult matter 90 trans
NIT cold over long distances in sum
cient quantities % reduce the temper
atare OF great vaults and packing
rooms 70 hfteen or twenty degrees
below zero. As a matter of fact. the
company anticipates little difficulty IN
putting its system into operation.
The ammonia system will be used,
and the fluid will be forced by by
drsulic pumps from the condensing
tanks through conduits 20 the places
where il il 20 be used. These con-
duits will be laid under ground, and
In general will be constructed like
ordinary water mains. except that the
outside will be surrounded by q cork
iacketing. which will be coated over
with tar-likc preparation % prevent
a leakage Of cold" IL is intended
at first 90 supply only concerns re-
quiring n large amount OF refriSera-
ton. but there Is no reason why the
Same system should nos In time be
extended % dwellings aud other
buildings. 50 that every house may
presently have it, zero room. The
transmission OF cold storage has al
ready been tried IN 81 Louis between
main and branch warehouses. so there
seems 90 be no reason why the present
more extensive undertaking should
: ! not succeed.
Electricity il beginning 10 work q
/ great change in domestic economy D,
entering the domain of tne kitcaen
The house OF the future will have NJ
q fires in II. aud tho kitchen range vii
4 lose its terrors. Electricity viii keel
the oven az any desired temperature
will broil the becfstcak AMI heat tn
- water. Ia tho laundry II will b.
. hitche1 70 the datirons. and wil
l. smooth the bosom of the Sunds
= shirt Cooking AID washing will b
, done by pressing a series Of buttons
. and the housemnid ca4 read kei nov,
> undistnrbed while ths electric COO
y stove does les work.
u All kinds OF motor power. stsal
/ and compressed air are nov distrii
le butel in pipes. Indeed. IA cities Tx
?. New York there are few faotori'
, which have their own power plant
c. for it is found TO be cheaper aud rat
- er more convenient 20 lease power
he the various companies which MAKE
10 business Of supplying 1t. A Ne
10 York company. for example. sends o
es IT. 900 horse power from ITS nam ~
to ton IA the lower part OF the cit
" This Is distributed through iron CO
Quits, copper .acketed AZ all joint
al with very little loss IN power or 81
re cicncY.
20 Il il recognized thai compress
ke air is to-day the great rival OF Ell,
n tricity, aud It il peculiarly adapted
10 transmission from . central Pow
lie station, since it eau be stored witho
nS loss and supplied to any point il va
act able quantities, as desired. moro ca
len lily than electricity.
OF One direction IN which there
he likely 10 be IA marked development
in the transmission Of all kinds Of
lse ticles through pneumatic tubes
ty- compressed air. Mail Is already 81
m between the New York postOGice q
md some Of its branches. At the trial
cad the part Of the postofice system 4
nix; installed, which took place sh
cial time ago, a great variety OF arti'
ed. were sent distance OF nearly n Il
per and back, making the round trip
re- four minutes. Among the arti'
per sent through the tubes were cop,
hey the Bible, an American dag. fr
ose bric-a -brac, pair Of shoes, bottl
100 wine and a hive kitten.
per A glance into the near future sh
rior that the one tendency to which at
the ton has here been called will b
the about some remarkable changes IN
all appearance of our big cities. The
tve OF the future will be much more q
per- than the existing town, for the 70
re- overhead locomotives and the clG
Keep of surface cars will give place to
d IN noiseless progress OF the compre
the air or electric motor. IL will be n
Dital cfaonar TOO HoraaS will bp bani,