Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-27
GOTHAM'S ELECTRICAL GIANT
Equals in Power the Greatest
Leviathan Afoat.
Single Machine, Weighing nut 400
Tons, Uses s8,OOO,OOO Gallons Of
Water Day, with 400
Tons Of Coal.

| largest express locomotives. would he re-
| qured TO accomplish the work of the
| mighticst machine In the world for the
generation of electricity which has just
| been added to New york's power resour
| ces. Tho most remarkable feature about
| this now mechanical giant, Il steam tur-
| bne, Is It's relatively by small size. Only
! II by l7is feet at It's base. with a height
of So IL feet, the new generator supplies
| power sufficient to provide all the cleo
trical current required by n city of 25o.-
| 600 population, or to furnish light alone
| TO such a group of cities as Albany, Syr-
acuse and Utica Weighing but 40 tons.
the machine equals in power the greatest
leviathan ailoat. A striking Illustration
of the development of power facilities Is
| afforded by comparison of this last word
| in central station equipment with the ma
chimes in use but - years ago when l6
primitive "jumbos" furnished Father
| knickerbocker with his electric lights.
No less than 2i0 of the old generators
, with a total weight of ZOO tons would
he required to do the work of the new
generator which could he enclosed in
small cottage with room to spare. The
new generator uses 400 tons Of coal daily
| to produce ,,200,'00 pounds of steam and
for cendcnsing this steam requires 81
100000 gallons of water every 81 hours.
| Two similar machines are nearing COM
pletion and when the complete battery
of three is in operation the trio of mon
sters will require 25s,On,o00 gallons OF
water daily or almost half as much
the entire supply Of the city. When the
16 "jumhos" did the cty's electrical work
there were but II miles of mains and
feeders all in the small territory south
of CITY Hall park. Now there are 1.l1i
miles of mains, feeders and cables in the
underground system to carry Juice"
throughout a territory of more than 81
square miles.
SOLIC1Tr DE OF SUGAR TRUST.
Considerable amusement has been OK
pressed in the downtown sugar broker
age district over the action of the re-
finers this week in petitioning Congress
for the enactment of n free sugar bill
in order to benefit the consumers of the
country. They explain their cynicism as
to the sincerity of this sudden solicitude
Of the sugar trust and its fellows for the
public by referring to conditions last fall
when the foreign corner and the shortage
in the raw supply gave these public
spirited concerns an opportunity to mark
up prices and to sell their accumulated
, stocks at tremendous advance At
that time, according to these experts, the
so-called Independent reiiners outdid even
the trust in the sky-rocketing process to
which PRICES were subjected. The only
thing, according to these authorities,
that prevented the retiners from exactinG
a still heavier toll from the users of
sugar was the coming into the market of
the domestic supply of beet sugar which
sent prices down and saved hundreds OF
e thousands of dollars to the public. They
attribute the present concerted efforts of
the refiners TO bring about the enactment
of a free sugar law to the anxiety Of the
directing powers of these corporations t.
rid themselves of the dangerous competi-
ton of the domestic sugar growing in
dustry which would leave them again
undsputed masters Of the sugar market
PAPER BAG COOKERY.
l If paper bags all over the countr,
o double in price, II will be due to Nichola:
e Soyer, chef to kings. creator of the gusta
o tory delights of the Brooks club. in Lon.
II don, and apostle of paper bag cookery
@ which he Is publicly demonstrating L
h New York housewives. The famous che
offers a wager of 100000 upon his ability
i &c render a Ave-year old hen as tender
d as bro!ler by the paper bag method ant
II devotees of the pot, kettle and frying par
IS who go to his exhibitions to scott remain
g to marvel. In his demonstrations the IA
nous chef uses five gas ranges. a dozer
kitchen tables and paper bags but nj
| pots and pans. Fruit stewed in pape
bags without water Is turned out stimuli
taneously with bags OF baked fish. spa
- shctt!, roast chicken, hra!sed SQUAD
soulash or any combination of a doze,
&c or more dishes selected from a list n
t, Guiding everything from soup to desert
" Applying the acid test 10 his theories. .h
If paper bag apostle sells his production.
l. to his auditors at cost. with a litt
IS butter or drippings." his instructions run
= "greaee the inside OF the bag. Whatcve
l. is to be cooked s then placed in the bal
and put into the oven to cook slowly s.
n that all the juices are retained. Season
! meat after II comes out as doing so be
J. fore makes Il tough, II "A bag breaks
= repair II with paper and flour paste.
lie These and many other directions aloni
it with the proofs OF the pudding MI Soy
ID er will spread broadcast after convert
IN ing New York.
$4,000 GAME OF POOL.
q a $4,000 game of pool witnessed b
men whose fortunes aggregated NOR
-, | than S20O0,00O with a return mate
AZ scheduled a few days hence has stirre
"A Broadway to a pitch of excitement sedor
felt during its summer season of leth
n argy. The match was between two anna
30 tours. the manager Of a big Fifth avenu
90 hotel and the head of a brokerage cor
,e Germ. A friendly rivalry of long stand
al ing between the players led to cha
ri lenge. In a joking spirit n man we
no known at the old Sheepshead bay rae
a. track offered to wager $1,000 on one of u
H. contestants. This offer found take
he and other wagers We're made until 5000
in bets had been placed in one hotel aor
in before the game started. SO close was II
!, score all through the game that durir
M the last five minutes 5000 was wagero
on on the outcome. The game was played
H. the biggest billiard room In the city al
an attendant was kept busy answerir
incessant telephone calls for the sco
from nearly every brokerage firm in Il
. city. Other persons playing pool and hi
~, lizards at the time quickly dropped the
games and with the attendants and spe