Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-08
IMPROVEMENTS At GAs-wORIIs.
The hoard VIII Concur i'm the An
nronriafiou-pIaus and ReSuItS


prOpriatiOD-PIans and Results.
II is confidently believed that the Board
Of Aldermen will concur in the action OF
the Common Council, appropriating $H 500
for the renovation and Improvement Of
the City Gas-Works.
These improvements will be carried out
by April 1st. all possible latitude being
allowed for the difficulty Of securing ma
terial from the iron-foundres.
So far as is known at the present time,
no opposition TO the measure has devel-
oped in the Board II will be introduced
I'm the report from the Common Council,
and Alderman Mosby, sub-chairman OF
the Committee on Light, will father IL.
In the Council, the Marshan-Ward dele
cation opposed the appropriation but the
Marshall Ward aldermen will, II is under
stood vote in its favor.
The principal improvements to be made
are the conversion OF the simple super
heating system into the double super
heating system. the removal OF the pres
emit engine. further back, the addition Of "A
new engine. ADD the placing Of a machine
To show the quality Of oil-gas and coal
gas separately.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EX-
PERT.
The recommendations Of Expert Rice,
which are TO be carried out, are as tol-
n Move the naphtha tanks to safer
location.
90 Move the boilers back into the
space thus obtained Utilize the remainder
Of this space for suitable dust-proof
engine-room,
Install i'm the engine-rOom two plain %
horsepower Atlas steam engines. Let
these bolt to an adjustable cOuntershaft
49,. oil. 4. Ill. ~.
blower on adjustable base, on which, du-
plicato blower can be set. All belts end
less Garry a ii-inch galvanized-iron
blast-pipe overhead % the machine The
present blast-pipe appears to be too small
al some points,
(D Space being thus obtained In the re-
Penthouse by moving the boiler and en-
gine-roOm, move the two generators back
% another foundation and place two new
carburetters on the generator foundation.
Cut out the top section OF the super
heater shell retaining the rest. Enlarge
the take-off pipes ana all the pipes be-
yOnd the super-heater 20 l6-irch, including
the main pipe 10 the reiief-holder. Aban-
don the present small condenser and place
at some convenient point between the
scrubbers and the holder a new S-foot
condenser. The machine can thus be
made into the most modern type and be
i'm every respect as good as a new outfit.
RESULT or THE CHANGES
The result Of all these changes
will De. the expert thinks that
az le4st $1,000 will be saved year
H. "You will" be says i'm his re-
mort "obtain flexible machine and bs
more independent OF oil companies. You
wifi never again have 10 fear for your
r,,rievlng material Your holders will
store 10000 cubic feet Improve your
machine. and you insure It's regular ope-
ration at the time you need It most, and
~ !, higher gas make You can thus siave
ofg the holder question a year or more
longer" -
continuing this report states Il learn
10 my surprise, that there Is some sentl-
ment in your city IN favor Of abandoning
the making OF water-gas, ! believe mis-
would be fatal step. Last year you
made III millions Of water gas ana oniy
30 per cent OF coal gas. HAD you mac an
coal gas YOU would not have been able !
ind storage-r0om for the COKE ina "'oi"
have accumulated.