New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

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ton which means to them a saving OF expense IN
Therefore, It be well to lock more p eaj@
to Consider its construction. and to learn what ex-
perts have to say of it.
If it has not superior speed, If its safeness is not
established beyond question if its operation does
not prove it the handest elevator in use II owners
guarantors the quickest and easiest to inspect
humber hS those Of other elevators and its shq 4b
comngs prove a more neghg f tSa virtes viii
It might be considered that the plunger's case
case is amply proved by the fact that it has suosti
ued other wen known makes in speh oid Tes
Building the Tribune Building and the Wo9dbridge
B4ding in Buffaio and the Park Buildngin Pitts
burg-where a most damaging elevator wreck ne
also by the fact that it has installed in such
qSheG 5er tbe Washineton Trust Building in
Boston the Mutual Benefit Life Building in New
ark the Diamond National Bank Building r ana
Wabash terminal station in Pittsburg, the c3re-
WORT Hotel in Chicago tb the May Hotel in
Philadelphia and that one hundred ana ten OF the
and in Philadelphia. is but added Acknowledgement
Of the plungers supeToflty; EsPeGiany o wnen
ton with the statements. concerning the plungeF
ca owners of these structures by their essees
and managers and by leading architects englHeeTs
may be quoted E. G. Bingham. chief engineer Of the
nneeTs O{f n the BeevGe Stafford and
the two in the Waldorf-Astoria, that they have
o oee Ieps Is mere nothgthdse in the Bellevue
stratford have now been running mi over two yeaTS
billiard the manager of the Waldorf-Astoria, VINO
8ayfect the nungers with Which we replaced two
elevators in this hotel last year are working beau I
tifully The points that appeal to me most IN mem
are that they cheap in operation, and apparent
So competent an authority G; ". & "
J. Hewitt. the eminent Philadelphia ar .71o
s eys b adVG Installed a 70 aboa thirty Of these
varying in rise from twenty feet to two o0 h nun e
af0Etxr 6I-n Get
minute In all cases the installation OF this type
3wners. both as to efficiency in service and economy
operation with minimum cost for repairs; r..,
dent Paul Starrett, gives this expression OF opinion
b1 the STANDARD Punger
people: 1--WE think the plant they lnstaIIeo Tor us
n1a fhs h in the c6 6n5iq Is one .
R. H. Dana trustee Of the washington Buildingi
herein. They fully came up to all the pr9m lf
any kind of elevator plant before 1 speak from my
experience trustee of building syndica{tes;Ia
in p!ttsbaTE reqqtres tie SERVICES &
y T elgTat0rs arose when four
Of a type in use there were replaced by plunger
tenants practically refused to use the remaining
rope suspended carr machines. thereby throwing
TheT re Of six elevators we practically
but four that of use to u.s.
THE PLUNGER TYPE DESCRIBED.
But let the Standard Plunger elevator speak for
itself This the following description will enable
it to do, and conyincngly, for it requires no me-
chanical training to enable the reader to under
stand and appreciate its simple construction. or to
see that the latter must insure speed, comfort
and safety and consequent saving of time and
damage SUITS ease and surety of operation which
means running without the familiar dsagreeable
vibration, starting and stoppine and making land
falling short Of them and having to ma them
passengers have been subjected ever since the sus-
pended car first appeared upon. the scene econ,
omy to owners of repairs and Of power. and such
ing Eli oI ordr 9hair }nsnecti6n service much
less expensive and decidedly more efficient
Perhaps before proceeding with the description Of
the Standard Plunger however it might be Wen Ito 10
vator inspection: The suspended elevator cannot De
Of the fact that the apparatus securing the
nder and is therefore not subject to quick inspec
ton. 1t is said that, to take apart and properly
149r days aecidentsNends
company and as the latter is forced to give more
That fP ess Of sueent to have
% er nS each Of it's elevators being in turn
put out of commission for days at time at regular
ha beep 2dpoed Times 50 w DG mbe
in the daily press elevator accidents have occurred
certified by the guarantors An inspection ton Of the
has no hidden parts.
The principle adopted to t furnish power for the
BY gin Ie sef bef f to raise and Te
move PondeTouS no e neW structrestbe irrs
sistihe and tremendous lifting power Of rising
waters; the only difference is that the flowing and
ebbing tides are artifcially simulated The power
Thus obtained. as in the of its prototype, Is
rreatIy in excess of the demands upon it. This
oreseen buf possible exigencesor example
win enable the elevator to safely carry. In hro
it was originally designed In IKE emergencies.
CAPABILITIES are definitely calculated to meet little
beyond the de5a 5 P Ur eZa The car "A, run
ming between the guides (CC0 is supported from be-
meath by the steel plunger OBJ; the combined weight
co T Eterbaiance (D] which is suspended BY mum
Der Of heavy cables passing over the sheave % and
cvIindeT fF and is sustained and moved by water
it ana 69pfr ba w {h nn he fse
the latter having length little greater than the
into the cylinder through OF the pipes Indicated
in the drawing by the letter ID lifts the plunger;
When this flow of water ceases the car stops; and
when the water IS permitted to escape from the
cylinder through the other one of the pipes Cd the
the valve CFO, the valve (G) furnishing an auto
matte stop at terminals
CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION.
The plunger Is IN accurately finished and polished
hollow steel column. of uniform diameter The
cylinder which incoses it is, in turn. encased in
small stee caisson of slightly larger diameter until
he'd rock is reached when the latter affords sutti-
cieut nrotective casing for the cylinder. besides
giving # a stable support, the absence of which
the soil above rendering the steel caisson neces-
sity there Three inches of is allowed between
cylinder and rock and this is filled in with SOFT dry
The sinking Of the cylinder to such considerable
iems First the securing of absolutely true
perpendicular second. the preparing of SO deep
endangering the foundations of the building. for
course is not c Gng Sne e nfW o0d n Which
enormously with the laying of foundations-that
Install the dos that Mod the not pfoEs OF
hibitive. These ditticutles are met. and readily