The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

When the attention OF engineering
experts was nrBt drawn 70 the Dcsai-
bintiss OF the steam turbine. ~ illus
tFatsd By the Brttiah torpedo boat de-
Htroyers Viper and CoDFA its chief
merit was the high power developed in
proportion % the space occupied by
the mashinery. II nov seems probable
that. under certain conditions. Ar. Par
some famoua device will exhibit an ad-
ditional virtus-seonomy in fuel con-
sumption. A large engins Of this kind
has recently been installed in an
electric light station In Hartford,
Conn. and The Iron Age learns tnat
the new motor develops q horsepower
for every one and one-fourth pounds 0t
coal burned. The Significance Of that
statement will be better appreciated
when one remembers that the best
compound condensing engines Of the
feciperocating type, In service on
steamships and in waterwoTks. call far
at least one and oRe-half pounds. while
In many power plants fully three
pounds OF coal are consumed hourly
for every horsepower In making Euch
. comparison, II is desirable to know
something about the grade OF fuel used.
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Of running. Again, a saving may 10
effected merely by careful stoking. and
1t ia not incredible that the Hartford
experiment represents an effort TO
make a record in that and other re-
sDects. All the same. there seems TO be
a good prima facie case for economy.
II this is well backed UP by later ek-
perience, the steam turbine will have =
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-
pensive than at any other. NTH tor
psdo boat destroyers this happens TO
be their maximum velocity. In conse-
quence, the Velox is to be provided
with two sets OF engines for cruising.
It 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 made
upon an electric light station for cui-
rent nuctuate widely in the course OF q
day, and ten or fifteen years ago this
fact worried the managers OF such
establishments greatly. A remedy has
been found for the evil, however. Stor-
age batteries now accumulate the en-
ergy when there is . surplus. sad rein
force the dynamos when the require
ments are excessive. Thus they
"equalize the load" and facilitate thst
uniformity of output on which econ
omy depends. An even bolder venture
than that in Hartford will be the In
stallation OF ten two thousand horse
power $50 am turbines In the power
| plant OF Mr.. Yerkse' underground elec.
trio roads in London. for which tbs
contracts have just been let II thin
experiment works as well as the othei
the effect will be almost revolutionary
Whatever be the future OF the steam
turbine on land, Its popularity Sol
marine service IL already pretty vel
assured. The great saving OF sp4c,
which 1t makes possible is much
greater advantage In the latter spher,
OF usefulness than In the former. Thal
accommodation alone Is sure to b'
! highly influential. During the curren
season the Parsons engine will be triet
( on several new craft Something liKl
half a dozen yachts are to be equipped
with Il, at least one OF them havinf
been ordered by an American Refer
ence has just been made to tha VeloA
now in process Of construction. Nor il
Il any news that the success OF Kiui
Edward on the Clyde last year has ls.
| to the construction of another small
| passenger boat to be propelled by d.
turbine. AS yet the new motor he
not been put on board a vessel displ1c
ing more than few hundred tens I'm
til II has actually been tested on a BIZ
hher the result cannot be predicte'
with certainty, but strong hopes of IT.
success are justlfied.--Ncw York Tri
| bune.