The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-12-19

When the attention OF enGinccrius
experts was first drawn to the DcAsi.
billttea Of the steam turbine. as ilius-
tratcd By the British torpedo boat do
rtroyers Viper and Cobra its chief
merit WAS the high power developed in
proportion to the space occupied by
the hnachinery. II now eeamg probable
that. under certain conditions, 4r. Plf-
sope famous device Will exhibit an adj
difional virtue-economy in fuel con
sumption. A large engine Of this kina
has recently been installed Ia az
electric Hight station in Hartford,
Com, and The Iron Age learns Inat
the new motor develops horsepower
for syery one and one-fourth pounds oi
coal burned. The Significance Of thai
statement Will be batter appreciated
when one remembers that the hasl
compound condenslng engines OF the
feclDerocatlng type. in service on
steamships and In waterworks call To-
nt least one and oRe-baif pounds, while
In many power pi2nts fully three
pounds Of coal are consumed hourly
for every horsepower. In making such
a Comparison. IL Is desirable "a, know
eomething sh0ut the grade Of fuel used.
Much depends, too, on the continuity
effected merely by careful stoklng,. and
II ia not incredible that the Hartford
experiment represents an effort to
make sa,record Ia that and other re-
spects All the same. there seems to ba
q good. primn facie case Tor economy
II thia is well backed up BY later ck
perionce, the steam turbine win have a
fresh claim TO favor
II has long been automatic IN marine
practice that every steam engine has
one particular rate OF running at which
the development Of power Is less ex-
penslye than at any other. Mn Tor
pedo boat destroyers this happens 70
be their maximum velocity. IN conse.
Quence. the Velox Is TO be PROVIDED
with two sets OF engines for cruising
II follows that II the work which an
engine on land was called upon to do
was very variable the turbine might
not prove any more economical than
any other type. The demands T1aat
upon an electric light station for cui-
rent nuctuate widely in the course OF a
day. and ten or fifteen years ago this
fact worried tie managers OF sllrh
establishments greatly. A remedy has
been found for the evil, however Stor-
age batteries now accumulate the en-
ergy when there Is a surplus, and rein
force tho dynanoe when the reQui-a-
menta are excessive thus they
"edualixe the load" and facilitate that
uniformity Of output on which econ
omy depends. An even bolder venture
than that in Hartford viii be the ia.
stalsation Of ten two thousand horse
power ste am turbines IN the power
plant OF Mr.. Yerlkes' underground cleo
trio roads IN London. for which tho
contracts have just been let II this
experiment works as well as the Other
The effect will be almost revolutionary.
Whatever be the future Of the steam
turbine on land, It's popularity fol
marine service ie already pretty well
assured The great saving OF space
which Il makes possible is much
greater advantage in the latter sphere
Of usefulness than in the foriner. THAI
Recommendation alone ia sure to be
highly Influential. During the current
eeanon the Parsons engine will be tried
on several new craft Something like
half a dozen yachts are to be equiDped
with H. at least ono OF them having
been ordered BY an American. Refer
euce has just been made 10 the Velo1.
now N process Of construction. Nor Il
Il any news that the success OF Kine
Edward on the Clyde last year has led
% the construction Of another small
passenger boat 70 be propelled BY 81
turbine As yet the new motor hcs
not been put on board vessel displac. |
Ing more thar few hundred tens. Un
tlI Il has actually been teatod on Dle
liner the result cannot be predicted |
With certainty. but strong hopes OF ~
ssfrceaa are iuatiied.--Ncw York Tri |
buna.