General Editorial Review
Rider, Wooster & Co. Rider Compression engine. The firm of Seymour, Wooster & Co., of Walden, N. Y., was formed in 1869, and continued in business until 1873, when Mr. A. K Rider became a member of the firm, which then became Rider, Wooster & Co. The new firm began the manufacture of anti-friction barn door hangers, and continued the same some six months, when they commenced the manufacture of the Rider Compression Pumping Engine, with which they were so successful, they have devoted all their works to the same, employing forty to fifty hands, and occupying shops and yards 200 x 200 feet. This engine is an entire departure from other caloric engines, and is the result of years of study and experiment. The chief distinguishing feature, is the use of highly compressed air, the thorough heating of the same, without change of volume, and its efficient expansion to a point to or below the pressure of the atmosphere, thereby utilizing all the force or mechanical effect possible, all these changes being effected without the use of valves, springs, levers, or any delicate machinery whatever. The engine consists of a compression cylinder, and a power cylinder, with their respective pistons and connections, and a regenerator. The lower portion of the compression cylinder is kept cool by a current of water, surrounding the same, while the lower portion of the power cylinder is kept hot by the action of the fire below the heater. The heating and cooling of the air, is instantaneously effected by its presentation to the surfaces of the heater and cooler, in a thin annular sheet. They are adapted to every situation where it is required to raise a supply of water from 5,000 to 50,000 gallons per day, for the use of rail roads, filling tanks, for supplying French flats or apartment houses, for public buildings, hotels, colleges, asylums, breweries, tanneries, factories, stone quarries, mines, etc., etc. They have no equals, being safe, simple, durable, noiseless and economical beyond any power ever employed. They are in use the world over, and patents have been taken out upon them in almost every country in Europe. Mr. A. K. Rider is a gentleman well known in the mechanical and engineering world. For years he was employed as constructing engineer in Delamaters Iron Works, New York, and for several years he was mining engineer in the Oronoco Gold Mines of Venezuela. His name is prominently associated with steam propeller wheels, steam pumps, the Rider Cut Off Engine, and the hot air engine. Of his anti-friction hangers, they are making 3,003 dozen pairs per annum. Mr. Wooster has been associated with these works since they were started, is a thorough practical business man, highly esteemed in the community where he resides. They are among the best firms in Orange County.
Jas. A. Wilkinson, Grain Cradle Factory. The establishment of the above mentioned gentleman is located at No. Mill St., Middletown, where he is engaged in the manufacture of grain cradles and horse rakes, in which he has built up an extensive trade, as he makes none but first class articles. Mr. Wilkinson has connected with his other business a livery and exchange stable, and is prepared to furnish horses and carriages at low rates. We cordially recommend Mr. Wilkinson to our readers as a reliable business man.
The National Hotel. The National Hotel was erected by Mr. Thos. H. Demerest, in 1868, is conveniently arranged and elegantly furnished, the rooms being large and airy. Mr. Demerest has had large experience in the management of hotels, and the National at present has few superiors as a traveler's home, in this part of the state. Warwick is one of the pleasantest villages that can be found within many miles, and has become a favorite summer resort for numerous wealthy citizens of New York, and to these the National Hotel offers excellent accommodations, having a fine livery stable attached, and its tables being supplied with everything the market affords. Mr. Demerest is also proprietor of Demerest Hall, having a seating capacity of one thousand, and is fitted up with all modern appliances and conveniences, by way of stage appointments. The hall adjoins the hotel.
Glen Ridge House, Cornwall, James G. Roe. Propr. Cornwall has grown in favor year by year, with tourists and residents of the great Metropolis, as a summer resort ever since the days when N. P. Willis wrote of the beauties of the Highlands. Possessing the advantages of close proximity to New York, and having such direct and rapid communication, by the Erie and Hudson River R.R. as well as by steamboat, Cornwall must continue in favor. Our purpose, however, is not to write of Cornwall, but simply to direct the traveler where he may find the best hotel, and a pleasant home when visiting the Hudson Highlands. The Glen Ridge House, has long enjoyed a reputation as being the leading house in the place, it has been under the same management for more than twenty years, in 1872 the house was enlarged, and now affords accommodations for two hundred and fifty guests, the house is furnished with all modern improvements throughout, gas, water, spring beds, etc., the table being supplied with the best the market affords, fresh fruit, milk and vegetables a specialty; there are forty acres of ground adjoining “Idle-wild,” the home of the late N. P. Willis, there are many delightful walks, shady nooks, glens, and resorts. The views from the house are superb, it is situated about midway from Newburgh to West Point, twenty minutes drive from the steamboat landing and about the same from Cornwall station on the Short Cut, stages from the house connect with boats and trains. Churches within short distance, the Cornwall Library and reading rooms within easy walking distance. Boating facilities very fine. The house is open from May to November.