The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08

level. is considered sufficient to prevent
narnful action to plant life, as well as
the interference with the health of Deo-.
PIE nvlng In the vicinity of the chimney.
1nodod thls territory be surrounded with
wooded heights. it is We'll to increase i'm,
the same ratio the height of the Chin
ney. In rolling or billy country the ont =
ieI OF III the chimney must be pied at
OF the surrounding hills; a Chimney in
the valley would, in consequence of this
great height. cost so much that it is
cheaper to build the fiue of the chimney
on this highest point, and erect the chin.
hey proper on the already existing high
er plane supplied by nature.
On account OF this aforesaid condition
the Royal Saxon smelling works at
Helsbrucke, near Freiberg. were com
peeled to build a high chimney, which can
satefy be considered to the the highest
ana most pr prominent chimney of this
century This chimney has a height
apoVe the surrounding plane of 459 feet.
Inc height of the chimney itself is 42J
f 1e e.. inches. and the, square base ia
- rect inches, and, therefore at the
tlme OF Its completion, in 1889 was tina
nlghest chimney in the world The ton
INTERNAL diameter is over eight feet This
enormous height did not suffice To suns
ply sufficient security for the surround
ing neighborhood against the outgoing
gases, and, therefore, this chimney was
erected upon one of the adjoining highest
h1lls, which is 1877 feet higher than the
SmeItlng works, situated in this valley.
In consequence of this position fine chin.
ney OBTAINS an additional height. an in
of over CSC feet -s-.-
AS this chimney could not be places
next TO the factory, but was built, as
before mentioned, upon the highest hill
nue. OF over Lao feet was constructed
winch runs part of the distance over a
bridge, specially built to hold the con-
structfon over the River Nude, which
separates the factory from the hill lpon
which the chimney is built thereby re-
duc1ng to a rational amount the cost Of
the construction, the outlet of the said
chimney being about 300 feet above the
adjoining plane. =zs=-z-z--=-- =
Notwithstanding the great saving by
tne construction of. the fiue and utilizing
nature for the additional height, the.
| Struct1on of the $40 feet of flFe zS25 600
hence the total cost is about SIS COO in
| GUIDING excavations, foundations. and tns
necessary iron rings; the two latter items
cost s., $50. = But even this tremendous
cost has been good investment so far
as the company has not been compelled
TO pay any damages to the surrounding
property holders since the erection OF
this big chimney, whereas before divers
! claims had to be satisfied to the extent
OF 40 per cent according to governmental
decisions. s., -rtrsfatf f@ssle
The chimney was erected, according. to
the design of Master Mechanical Hupp-
ner, in Freiberg, in Saxony, by the larg-
est and most prominent firm of German
chimney builders, H r. Heinecke, and
was begun upon Sept. IS, 1883; and COM
pleted on Oct. Is, 1889. The system en-
| ployed was the perforated radial brick
In the same method as was pursued in
the erection of the two chimneys at the
works of Adam Weber Sons. at Weber,
N. j., on the Raritan river which sys-
tenn this firm is now introducing in
America. Judging by results, and the
general demands in this line, it will not
be long before America will surpaSs this
big construction with a still taller CHM
i ney.
The following data will be of interest,
showing the immensely OF this construc-
ton; the base of The chimney lies thirty
| feet under the level, and is 10 feet INCH
! eS square, covering an area of $50
square feet. The following quantity OF
material was used, viz: Is, 1876 cubic feet
for foundation work; II 1876 cubic feet for
pedestal, 1856 cubic feet for the coll
umn, giving total of 50, 285 cubic feet of
! special weight of 1A.S pounds per cubic
foot, the entire lot then to be carried
was 5,30S2 gross tons, and the weight
to be sustained by the foundations, at
a dead calm, was 3.45 tons per square
foot. In consideration of the normal
wind pressure of 1852 pounds per square
foot, which is of1cially accepted in Ger
many as statical calm for chimneyS,
the weight to be sustained by the foun-
fourth tons per square foot.
There is no doubt that this chimney,
with all it's details and peculiarities, Is
one of the greatest works ever erected
in this particular line, and is accepteS to-
day by the official organs of Germany
as standard of chimney construction
Power.