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; .:S/v '/To Bo'Heated by Steam.., •/’: ‘A mcctiug was held-at the'office ol', Alexander Herr, Altoona, on Saturday evening, for the'ptirposc of conferring with HrJEisliop of Lockport, H. Y,, president; of;the,1 Holly stoamheatiugsystem, .The pUihjs to pliico in position large boilera at aorae- cotivcnlcntpoint in the city in which1 steam can bo gen-1 * - # r • • lt;* • • .cratorl'and taken through the streets 'in underground pipes. -.Connections will be made with.jbuilcl 1 tigs along the line, and the steam' W • * . I,i u trod a ceil either for heating-p'u eposes or. for the furnishing of motive powcrto elevators, and:all,kiud3 of machinery: --16’ is claimed that by this plan houses cun he heated and machinery propelled nt an insignificant price, compared with the cost of labor and fuel'where steam is generated hi separate boilers, '.flic steam will always bo kept atcertain pressure, and the quantity nacd by. 9 • -each party will be .-recorded by a gnago or mctrOj. tho clmrge for use being made accordingly. It is said ■Hint a company will be organized in Altoona, and fcho pipe bci laid before the winter Benson sets in, A similar company has been organized in Tyrone, and several Hollidaysburg captah'sts are discussing-the feasibility of forming one them, . ,
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Huntingdon Globe
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 26, 1884
Page 3
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