The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-29

. Vance County Man Perfects One Of
the Greatest Mechanical Inventions
of tire Aga Smoke Consuming
Device for Stationary Engines AMI
Railroad Locomotives.

As far as the Gold Leaf is informed
it has the privilege of first publishing
to the world. in these parts at least.
what ii regards rs one of the greatest
mechanical inventions of the age. 1t
Is Il smoke consuming device for sta
tionary engines, railroad locomotives
and boilers of all kinds-something in
yentors have worked for and the world
has beer wanting eve since the dis
covery of steam.
The inventor is Mr.. l.. Boyd White,
formerly OF Vance county, but for
many years resident of New York city
where he has devoted his tine and tai
ents to mechanical inventions and i'm
proyements. Mr.. White is a practical
machinist with an inventive turn OF
mind n has contributed in 10 small
degree to the valuable inventions of the
mechanical world.
His chief aim and ambition has been
TO discover some NEAR of getting rid
OF the smoke in engines and boilers.
To the perfection of a smoke consum-
ing device he has given years of
thought and study and made all sorts
OF experiments.
About a year ago Mr.. White practi-
cally perfected his invention. But he
was not yet ready to proclaim his tri-
umph to the world. There were some
minor difficulties to overcome. This
he has done and the thing is a demon
strated success tested to the entire
satisfaction of himself and others.
Mr.. White has his invention in oper-
alton at Andrews, in Cherokee county,
this state. on the boilers of a large
manufacturing plant. One good thing
about it is that the smoke consumer
can be applied to engines, boilers and
locomotives already in use. 1t is not
necessary to have them made with it.
Mr.. Whites invention is more than
a smoke consumer, it is a great fuel
saver a. we'll. 1t is claimed that in
burning the smoke a saving of three
fOurths of the coal is gained. There is
more strength and heating power in
the smoke land gas) than there is in
the Goa and a boiler fitted with this
device will do the same worG with one
ton of COL tt st would require four tons
without it. Think of not only doing
away with the Objectionable smoke,
noxious gases and grimy SCOT and Gin
derS in railroad locomotives and en-
gineS and boilers of manufacturing
plants in the cities, but accomplishing
a saving of three-fourths the quantity
and cost of fuel at the same time. Nor
is this all. With the smoke consumer
smoke stacks and chimneys are dis
pensed with and a great saving is eff
fected in the cost Of erecting and MAIN
tanning these.
If the news that comes to US is
STRAIGHT 1ni up hove no rnacn fn
doubt it, Mr.. Whites invention is GER
tainly one of the greatest inventions
of the age there's millions in it,"
We are Informed that Colonel A. B.
Andrews, vice president Of the South
ern Railway. will have a number of
locomotives now being built at the
Richmond Locomotive Works, equip
ped with the White smoke consumer
and the Southern will thus be the first
railroad to adopt its use.
Mr.. White has refused $4,000 for
his interest in his invention. A COM
pany has been incorporated with a ST.
100000 capital to manufacture and sell
the White smoke consumer and the
public will welcome its early adoption
on every railroad and engine and boil
er in the land.
L. Boyd White is a son of our ven
cradle and esteemed countyman, Cap
tain W. w. White. of Enterprise, and
brother of Mr.. Wallace White, of Hen
derson. He has many acquaintances
and relatives in Vance county who will
learn with, interest and pleasure that
he has '"struck it rich" and is destined
to contribute so largely to the sum to-
tai Of human happiness and the econ
omy of the industrial world.-Hender-
son Gold Leaf.