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the wood is hard Commes to blow with 50 lbs of steam then gradually increases up to 90 or a little over Evaporates about 360 gallons of water in 8 hours or a box [[insertion]] nearly [[/insertion]] full which measures as follows [[reg?]] 2 1/2 x 5 x 4 = 50 feet deduct from this about four feet the box being not full by about four inches this water is pumped into the box by hand and is from the surface [[end page]] [[start page]] [[page number in pencil]] 31 In July 1861 the water failed on account of so much being used by the emigrants that salt water was used for two months which injured the boiler by incrusting it It now requires 45 minutes to get up the seam although previous to the incrustation but 20 minutes were required for the purpose The safty valve is gaged to 105 lbs to attend the signal and
Transcription Notes:
'Commes' might be short way of writing 'commences'
JH doesn't always cross his 't's