The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-05
Six Pulsometer Steam
Pumps Have Been In
stalled There.
WORK WAS DONE BY l. K. Pull
LIAM, CONSULTING ENGINEER
OF PENSACOLA, AND Docks
NOW ENJOY THE BEST OF IA
cILITIES.

Leon & PuEliam, M. E., has just
returned from Bagdad, Fla, where
he has been for the past two months
experimenting the installation of a
modern pumping plant in the Bagdad
Sectional Dry Dock, Geo. bruce. pro.
prieor.
The plans and specifications for
this plant were drawn by Mr.. Pull
liam, and that the plant has more
than met the most sangIi1le expecta-
ton of the proprietor goes to prove
his ability in his chosen profession
The plant consists OF six No.
pulsonaJIag steam pumps, built by
the Pulsometer Steam Pump Co., No.
II Battery Place, New York, and 1t
stands alone uneQualed for this class
of service, /. e., pumping large guam
titles of water under medium pres
sure with g small amount OF steam.
The pumps have only one moving
part, known, as a steam ball, besideS
the valves, and they work with a
pulsation similar to that Of the heart.
hence the name. They are guaran-
teed to pump more water with a
given quantity Of steam than any
pump on the market.
-nese docks used to be pumped
by hand, requiring as many as 40
hands to man the pumps on a large
vessel, taking from 10 to 10 hours to
pump it up. With the steam plant
just installed, steam can be raised
in one half hour and the docks
pumped out in less than three hours,
each pump having the capacity OF
800 gallons of water per minute or
80 gallons for the six pumps, or
o0Io
has a finch suction and a 4-inch
discharge and only a 3-4-inch steam
pipe.
The 50-horse power boiler for this
plant was built by the Erie City Iron
Works of Erie, Pa, and speaks we'll
of the quality or the goods put upon
the market by this enterprising firm,
located as IT is right In the center OF
the coal and iron region, giving 1t a
decided advantage over al COMPETE
ton.
This boiler is located some 200
feet from the farthest pump and,
though OF the vertical type. dry
steam is assured by the perfectness
of design, etc, of the steam liner.
Anyone requiring the service OF
the docks can depend upon being
locked with as great dispatch as
could be had at the largest eastern
ports.
This Improvement, which has cost
Mr. Bruce over $4,000 complete, will
prove a valuable investment and it
is hoped that he will secure the pa
tronage such enterprise deserves.
A Bit of History.
There is a bit Of history connected
with the docks that were situated at
this ship yard before the war Upon
hearing OF the approach of the Fed
eral troops. gunboats, ETC., the own
er towed the docks to water just
deep enough to shbmerge them at
low tide, and then sank them, TAX
ing careful bearings of the location.
When the Federals did arrive and
destroyed all floating property, the
docks were safe in hiding on the
river bottom and they would have
been bad enemy had the vessels
Themselves run upon them unawares.
After the war was over they were
raised and used many years; in fact,
rebuilding the fortunes of the owner
and laying the foundation of the
present industry at that point.
Mr. Pulliam, who is a hydraulic,
mechanical and consulting engineer,
can be addressed at 612 East Wright
street, city, and his fees are nominal
considering service rendered He
also guarantees results when his in
structions are faithfully executed.