Bio: Steinwand, J. F. – Needs Curing Room Advise (1898)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Steinwand

---------Source: Evening Bulletin, Honolulu, Hawaii (5 Feb 1898)

(Advice Provided by Professor F. H. King)

Mr. J.F. Steinwand of Colby, Wisconsin has written to me for advice regarding the construction of a curing room. He has a well 25 feet in diameter, 64 feet deep, with 16 feet of water, which he says has a temperature of 38 degrees F. We have recommended the following plan: Lower a ten inch galvanized pipe into this well to within a foot of the lever of high water in the well, and lead this pipe into the curing room, which is to be made very tight. Then connect the ventilation of the curing room so that it exhausts into the smokestacks from the boiler house, if practicable, so as to utilized the waste heat of the engine to force a strong draft from the ventilator of the curing room. By this arrangement the cold air from the bottom of the well will be drawn continually into the curing room, and the water which is condensed from the air in the pipe will drip back into the well. Should this not give air cold enough, then it would be practicable to let the tube for a U, so as to utilize the water in cooling the air. The most serious objection to this latter plan is the possible danger of the bend of the pipe becoming filled with water condensed from air passing through the pipe. Should this difficulty arise it would have to be overcome by using a pump to withdraw the condensed water from the bend as it became necessary.

It the air entering the curing room is first passed over ice, its temperature will be lowed. A cold air duct could be used in conjunction with the ice and thus reduce the quantity needed.