Show hr machinery our re reporter orter drol dropped d into the tile steam mu mill of mr TO jos CZ dark clark on oil I main street near fifth the other t her i day and was roost most agreeably surprised by the excellent new mabbin cry put in that the motive power for the grinding i con version version of kernels ef af golden grain i into white abundance of flour thel the engine which drives the grindstones of mr darks clarks mill come from burlington I ling toll la a it is the howard automatic cut olf E engine built by the I murray iron co in the place abovementioned and is the first of its I emd brought to the west frum froin what our reporter was ab able le I to understand the howard automatic insures with the greatest dur ability a aclise close and constant regulation of the val and the whole valve gear the construction of this ingenious piece of mechanism I affords quick motion of the valves without wear and tear and corrects the variation by maintaining maintain ins at all times a uniformity of piston piton speed in the american 31 miller iller we find the following descriptive paragraph raph of ofa tho the I howard doward the engine has four grid valves civins civin large area of opening in lit proportion to iho the amount of movement the induction valves are on the sums side with the crank shaft tho the two exhaust valves on the eside the met fur for operating oc the valves is all on the outmode of the steam chest each valve has ita its own cama cams Y works independently of the rest and is in motion out only y during that part of the revolution in it performs ita its proper duly duty the wear of the valve and leatto a minimum I peters bernhard millers of fort 31 madison adison iowa make the following statement with regard re to their borso ll howard oward which ceita certainly 11 shows hows remarkable performance of the wo we arc aro naw running on levi llian than half the fuel wo used with arold en gin gino and oa on 40 lbs ib less boiler press pres sure alie cokine docs not ax vary ry one revolution whether we carry 40 ibs lbs or iba lbs eleain with our old en pine plue we required a fireman sad and used fix six cords of ot pine wood to make nake bals of flour with the ll howard oward our engineer docs does hia his own filim fir inand and we use but three cords of pine wood to make bals lour flour the origine will pay vay fur for it itself w saving fuel we would not exchange it for fariny any en engine ine ye we ever saw or heard of wo we understand that mr dark clark paid 1600 for the engine besides a sum almott equal for tho the necessary a engine house hoase and accessories k but mr clark feel satisfied that the eu engine will in a short time leay pay for W itself elf |