The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-12-16
A Very Important Improvement.
ONE OF THE MYSTERIOUS ARTS BROUGHT WITHIN
THE REACH OF ALL-GAs MAKING sIMPLI-
FIED-THE SMITH GOLDTH0RP
HOUSEHOLD GAS WORKS.

THE REACH OF ALL-GAs MAKING SIMPLI-
FIED-THE SMITH GOLDTH0RP
HOUSEHOLD GAS WORKS.
One hundred years ago there was not single
rs light in our whole country, and when it was
rs introduced it required the skill and attention
the most scientific men of the age to successful
operate it so that no damage might occur in its
Sc. A general dread prevailed among the masses
the people of the great danger attending the
manufacture and use of Illuminating gases and
as works was rated with the powder magazine as
dreadfully dangerous plan. But as this is our
year and all great improvements of the
&c are being brought,SO the notice of the people
this particular year, we would be derelict in our
uties as public journalists if we did not make |
lention of what we frankly consider the simplest,
afest and most economical arrangement for fur
ishing very superior article of illuminating gas |
Or any or all purposes that has yet been intro |
need.
short time ago the gas works, known as the
Oh & Goldthorp Household Gas Works, of |
sburg, Pa, was brought to our notice, and as
Mr.. J. B. Longnecker was building a residence |
this town, concluded to order Household Gas
orks, which has been furnished and placed in
ry successful operation. Our readers will no
',bt be interested in brief description of this
effective, simple apparatus. 1t consists mere
a small, ordinary looking heating stove, such
ordinarily used for heating small rooms, Of
&c. This stove is connected by common gas
small square iron box containing about
rs of water. This box is then connected
18th a common iron gas holder where
fractured is stored for use, in fact the
.tus consists merely of this stove, box
gas holder. The gas made by this
made from ordinary petroleum, such
S use in their lamps, but by being
by these works all the attendant
use of oil are removed, besides the
&C of the lamps, the amount annu-
for lamp c1ininies being sufficient
expense of operating the works.
need is of very superior quality and
of all the usual impurities found in
as sulphur, ammonia, &c. Besides
full advantages it is the most bril-
we gas light we have ever seen.-
is necessary to gas burners,
five to eight cubic feet of gas per
necessary amount of light, while
gas, burners used that can
lie cubic foot of gas per hour and
d is by far very superior article
aper With the Household Gas
about fifty cents per thousand
pared with coal gas at two dol
It's per thousand feet, and the pro
ture so simple that child ten
alf an hours instruction can
them; in fact with one or two
all the mysteries of the art of gas
elled and he becomes an expert
esdes these advantages another
&c mentioned. The gas made by
fired gas. This term to many
y need some explanation. There
Der of gas machines in the market
so-called gas, made from the ad
with the light vapOrs of petroleum
oline. But all these are more dan
Aa-sso--sff oil in lamps and besides
This air gas, when it comes in con-
'ol place. say below 60 degrees, will
20 n liquid, or rather the light gaso-
ate from the air and settle in the
.ngs either clogging them up form
of liquid gasoline that will be elected
gas burner you may attempt to light,
not only the premises but your pre-
Not only are these gasoline machines
rom this cause, but the gas charged
,ier than common air, and should any
r in the house or about any part of the
he air gas being so heavy settles at once
.ur feet preventing it being detected by
result is it makes its way to the nearest
a violent explosion occurs carrying with
ction and possibly loss of life. In addi-
III these drawbacks of the gasoline or air
chimes their complicated machinery is also
ental to their usefulness, for should any
become deranged, which very frequently oc-
. it is necessary to either at once remove the
III
all upon the most skillfIl mechanic in the neigh
horhood to fix it, for with the extreme danger sur
it you are instructed by its manufacturer
never to go near it, and more especially with any
kind of light While with the Household Gas
Works no such danger exists and should anything
get wrong With the-generatorslthe only part upon
which there is any wear) You can either at once
order from Pittsburg such casting as may be neces
sary and place it in position yourself We forgot
tn of
the apparatus Skis fact: Tharo il not single bolt
orstight joint about the whole affair, every mart
about it is just loose the lids sitting on top of
your cooking stove nor is it any more liable to get
out of order any more dangerous. The reason
of this latter remark can be readily understood
when VIC say that at no moment Is there a larger
quantity of oil in the process CT gas making than
could be held in an ordinary tablespoon.
Having thus described the works, Its advantages
and operations, We shall close this article by men
tionng few of the hundreds of places whore these
works are in use to show that although they are
new in these parts they are not by
any means an experiment. The large tobacco es-
Establishment of Messrs. c. A. Jackson & Co., of
Petersburg Va, are lighted up with them as well
as the City Hotel of the same place. The Hygea
Hotel, Old Point Comfort uses them after trying
some eight or ten other apparatuses. The Man
sion House, Munich Chunk, Pa, with It's 900 burn
ers is lighted up at cost Of not over GO cents per
night. Another noteworthy fact is the reputation
the works has at Pittsburg, the home of the in
yentor, where Illuminating gas costs only dol
lar per Thousand cubic feet and when even at this
low t,riee esie extensive Iran and Steel Warlse
of Messrs. Singer, Nimick Co., Messrs. Mitchell,
Stevenson & Co.'s Stove Foundry, and Messrs.
Wm Smith & Sons large Pipe Foundry save
money by its use These facts, we think, speak
volumes for it as to its great economy. The last
and largest works this firm has put in of import
ance is that located at the New Pennsylvania Re-
form School, about 16 miles west of Pittsburg.-
This school comprises some seven very large build
ings and to light them with gas over 1900 gas
burners are used, yet to make the gas for this
large number of burners only of the larger
inmates of the school, boy about Is years old,
does all the necessary labor These buildings are
among the handsomest public buildings in the
State of Pennsylvania and were erected from plans
and under the direction Of Architect i. M. Butt,
of Allegheny, Pa.
We might go ON through list of hundreds of
places that are using the Smith & GoldthOrp
Household Gas Works, every one of which would
be testimonial in their favor, but we think we
have said sufficient to convince any one of their
many superior advantages, and in conclusion we
can most cheerfully and heartily recommend the
Smith & Goldthorp Household Gas Works of Pitts
burg to any one in want of a cheap, simple, safe
and economical system of gas light Cor either resi-
dences, public buildings, towns, cities or villages.
NoTE.-Any one DESTROYS of more light upon the
Household Gas Works will be given all necessary
information by Mr.. J. b. Longneckcr, who has
already become an expert in its use.