Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-18
FIGHT ON $4,000
BOILER RENEWAL
At OVERLOOK
Lack of Skill in Caring for Pow
er Plant Blamed for
lnefficiency.
COAL AT INSANE HOSPITAL
is DECLARED INFERIOR
Present Type, Which Cost $780,
900, Is Declared to Be Ex-
cellent by Experts.

CeIienI by Experts,
The public buildings committee 0f
the Board of Freeholders, with Direc-
tor Walter A. Evans. is considering
the advisability of replacing the pres
ent battery of boilers in the Essex
County Hospital for the Insane, at
Overbrook, with a new equipment
costing in the neighborhood of $25 ,000
In view of the fact that the present
boilers were installed less than five
years ago at an expense of between
$4,000 and 100000, the. proposed ex-
penditure of s25.00O more for boilers
has created a stir among the taxpay-
ers, who want to know whats the
matter with the present equipment p"
The subject has been hanging fire
for more than two years. In Decem-
Der, 1910, it was declared that the
boilers were not giving satisfactory
results and Jones stokers We're added
to the present equipment, which added
to the efficiency of the boilers, but did
not entirely remedy the defects.
Coal Found to be Inferior.
Last month experts from New York
examined the coal being supplied to
the institution and reported that it
was OF inferior quality. AT the same
time they declared better results
might be obtained If water tube boil
ers with Dutch ovens were substituted
for the present type. This suggestion
revived the old question of replacing
the present boiler equipment Run
yon and Carey, county engineers, also
have recommended the replacing of
boilers.
The trouble with the present boilers,
according to Engineer Frederick o.
Runyon, is that their CRATE surface is
limited and not enough coal can be
burned in the firebox to develop the
heat energy necessary. This results
in the consumption of more coal with
less satisfactory results.
No Emergency Boiler.
when the stobers were installed
the CRATE was raised slightly in the
centre, thereby giving a greater sur
face" says Mr.. Runyon. Then there
is also necessity for an additional
unit at the station. The entire bat
terry of boilers is necessary now to
furnish the power needed.
There is no extra boiler to fall
equipment occurs and under the pres
ent conditions the power supply would
be greatly crippled.
There are six boilers with a ca
pacity of 250-horsepower each, max
ing total capacity of 1900 horse
power where 1000 horsepower. at least
is NEEDED. An extra boiler will have
to be added within a short period,
and the question to be determined is
whether an additional boiler of the
type now in use be installed or
whether it would be more economical
to install different type entirely"
Would Exchange Old Boilers.
Mr.. Runyon declared that boilers
of the water tube type could be in
stalled developing 1000 horsepower
for $4,000. He added further that
there would be good exchange value
on the present boilers because they
are in good condition and the present
piping and paraphernalia could be
used with the new type of boiler.
He pointed out that power stations
and other large institutions requir-
ing a 24-hour load, use the water tube
boilers.
On the other hand number of boil
er experts say that the boilers at
Overbrook would do all that is re-
quired if they wei properly attended
to and the furnaces equipped with
battle arches" A large number of
factories In this city are equipped
with the same type of boiler and the
owners are enthusiastic about the re-
suits obtained.
Present Type Praised.
The Hauck brewery, in Harrison;
the Kruger, Lyons and Essex county
Baker & Co., Inc, and Ed
ward Maher's Sons foundry, in this
city, were visited by a representa-
tive of the Evening Star with two
boiler experts, and the engineers at
each of the above plants spoke very
highly of the efficiency of the fire tube
boilers which are used in the plants
under practically the same
as at Overbrook.
A large number of the largest in
dustries, buildings, railroad shops and
pumping stations are equipped with
the type of boiler in use at Over
brook, and favorable reports have
been received from a number OF these
users.
Among those who have been most
in their praise Of the re-
suits obtained from the use of the
fire tube boilers are the following:
Experts Give Opinions.
], A. Cameron, chief engineer,
Tribune building, Chicago; c. L.
Gates, chief engineer of the power
station of the Fonda, Johnstown and
Railroad Company; j. S.
Worth, of Worth Bros, Coatesville,
Pa; Thomas Oakes, of the Thomas
Cakes & Co., of Bloomfield; d. w.
Rowland, chief engineer, Asbury Park
water department; James Thompson,
of the Philadelphia
Iron Works; George Mergagee, sec
retary of the Mergagee Paper Mills,
Philadelphia; John Erickson, city en-
gineer, Buffalo; Frank Gielow, chief
engineer, Central Park avenue pump
ing station, Chicago.
Very pointedly it is declared that
IL coal is of an inferior quality it
will smoke, clog and corrode the in
terror of boilers, thus leading to early
The first step to be
taken, it is suggested, is to provide
a desirable grade of fuel and discard
the destructive material
Then the matter of proper care or
and attention to boilers is consid-
Grafton that will have decided bear
ing upon results. Experts hold that
machinery is too frequently impaired
bv lack of attention or lack of skin
in attempting attention. This may
be the case at Overlook, it is argued.
SroI.EN Alto RECOVERED