Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-14
STEEL SMOKE STACKS
TAKING PLACE Of BRICK


steel smOkcstaCks," said man who ,
builds them, are not quite SO conf !,
mon as stovepipes, but there are many
thousands of them, ranging in size
up 20 lofty stacks ten and twelve feet
In diameter standing in this country.
and thousands Of new ones are built
and set up every year.
There are hundreds of steel smoke
stacks to one of bricks. The life Of
brick stack Is twenty times that Of one
of steel. but the steel stack costs far
less to begin with, 1t can be far m0Ia
easily transported. 1t can be put ny
IN practically no time at all, and, for
that matter, If II should be desirable. .
It can be Us readily taken down.
"Chimncys of the smaller diametGrs
are kept in stock, like merchandise,
and the material for the larger Chlrh-
neys is kept on hand in such a forward
state OF preparation that chimneys OF
these sizes may be supplied IN very
short order.
For instance, we keep smOkestaCks
up 10 at least two feet in diameter al
ways on hand completed and ready for
delivery. II we could personally handle
them, and II were possible for the pUr-
chaser to carry one away. we could
hand him out steel smokestaCk Of
that diameter and OF any length re-
quired, just as promptly as we could
| Il ha.
Larger sizes can be supplied with
almost equal promptness. For the sizes
most in demand we keep at the mill.
stacked up in great timber racks.
| plates of the various sizes required al
ready bent and with the rivet holes
punched, ready to put together. We
can put IA chimney Of any size, two
FEET in diameter or ten feet, on the
| cars in very short order.
In shipping them. steel smOkestaIks
in sizes up to twenty-four inches di.
ameter, and frequently in various
larger sizes. too. are sent complete, eX
cept that they are divided in lengths
TO go in car; but when you get up to
chimneys Of four feet and over in d.
ameter they are more commonly ship
ped Knocked down, to save freight.
Thus four foot steel smOkestack
would ordinarily be shipped in sections
the length of car. These sections d.
yided Iongitudinally into halves, like
great steel troughs. Those OF course
are nestod together, and two lengths
thus ncsted will be side by side on 4
freight car. SiX-GoOt or eight-foot or
bigger Chimneys would be divided
longitudinally into thirds, and like
wise nested. In this way you can
carry what will be when set up hip
and tall chimney, on a single freight
car.
Steel Chimneys that have got to b,
packed or wagon hauled before reach
ing their final destination, as ovel
such sizes as mule can carry or .
mule team can haul,
"SmOkestaCks for export, Of what
ever sizes. are all shipped knOCkct
down; measurement and not weigh
counting on ocean freights. II II il
desired We send men to erect stack
anywhere.
probably the steel smokestack i
! most familiar to the eye when seen, a
5 II is in many situations, supported b!
. guy wires, but there are now creCteD
: many big steel chimneys that are self
supporting. Some of these big stee
Chimneys are built Straight-sided. The
are big cylinders Of uniform diametol
set on end, and others have a sligE
= taper, Such steel Chimneys as thes
stand upon solid masonry foundations
and the chimneys themselves are line
with frebrick.
1T is a curious and interesting fac
that while the modern big steel chin
ney is lined with friedrich there AZ
now sometimes built, In modern eli
buildings, brick iues lined with stee
the object being to make a flue thu
shah be safe while occupying the leal
possible space.
he life Of n steel smOkCstack d.
ponds on many things. Leaving ont
consideration the big hrcbrick-lin,
/. stacks which will stand 'ur many ycar
It may be said that II a stack Of on
: sixteenth of an inch thickness Of N
terial will last in a given locality al
use two years one Of material Of
: eighth of an inch in thickness won
stand in the same place ten or twel
years. \ stack of given thlrku,
would last twice as long at a dry inla
point as It would il subjected 10 t
cOrrodiRg influences Of salt air.