The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-18
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Interview VIII superintendent nlllou-
We Mast Have More Room, and that
BoOn-ARd thea New Works,
While In the neishborhood Of the GA
Works yesterday We met Mr.. JIM. Dillon,
Superintendent, and the following interest.
Ing conversation ensuedi
"HOW long have you been In charge Of
tho Gas WofkSfn
II TOOK charge the ant day Of ssplsm.
beF last"
Of that timer
1.-THE condition Of the works al that
time, from the report Of the supernten.
dent, showed that we were obtaining 4.3
cubic feet Of RaS from q pound Of coal
PlthbuFRh coal. About half Of my time
have been using Wheeling coal, which, a
you know, Il much inferior for our puF.
poses 10 the other. In that time | have
Increased this Yield 10 40 on the Pitts.
burgh coal and to "A on the Wheeling
coal"
"Can Yon explain the cause Of this in.
creased yield In the Pittsburgh Coal2h
"Well, / attributed Il 10 the fact that the
dues were cleared out by me. They were
built some four years ago, and have not
Aince been cleaned or opened, aud a 70.
suit, had hecomeyery much cloHged, which
lnteTieFed with the draught and Of course
dlminlShed the heat, and as natural con-
sequence there was tar made and not gas.
| tapped the fues 10 various places, and
ever since the yield has been perceptibly
increasing. From a. we run up 10 0, ID
the yield Of Plttaburgh COAL" (Mf. Dillon
here showed us the flues and the places
they had been tapped, II In number and
also the practical benefit derived from
th'L)
what Is the difference In the yield oil
the Pittsburgh and Wheeling coGlW
u will show yon." tGoing 10 the re
cordl. "lleFe are 10, 900 pounds Of Pitts
burgh coal used In one run or IL hours,
this yields IS 300 feet OF gas. Here are
%, 000 pounds Of Wheeling coal 10 q cor,
responding run Of l2 hours, The yield
from this Is 81 200 feet. But by 4 careful
calculation the 10000 pounds Of Pitts
burRh coal yields 40 cubic feet 70 the
pound while the best Wheeling coal
yields only ~. Here you will observe 4
difference Of z OF q cubic foot In the rela
tive productions Of each pound 1.-THE coal
or 70 cubic teOt on each hundred In iAyol
Of the Pittsburgh coal.n
docs the demand for gas appear Ia
be on the increase since your indictionP'
"a marked increase. The demand FOL
service pipes In all parts Of the city Is verJ
great, and by comparison oil records the
consumption Is much greater than for thI
same time last year"
"To what do you attribute this incrcaset
demand for this commoditYT
"Well, TO It's cheapness, or more explic
lily, TO the reduction Of the last year, max
Ing Il luxury within the reach OF all.
Does not this increase q demand rAthel
embarraSs you, ! mean are you no
crowded for facilities 10 produce 4 supply
adequate to the demandY'
I'VE can supply this demand withou
difficulty, as our generating capacity I
superior to our holding capacity. Yet thil
Is only for the time being. The indica
tons are that larger works will be i'm
peralvely necessary within the next ont
or two years, that Is mean throughont;th
holding capacity will have 10 be enlaTget
the coming spring, at the outside. Il viii
be hard work TO worry through this win
ter with our present limited holden"
"What Is the present daily consumption
Of gas7"
"AbOut 10000 cubic feet per day, some
times as high as 10000 feet
What Is the capacity Of the holders2'
"TheIe are three OF them in all, one o
which holds 100000 feet. This one 1
hew and In good condition. The othe
two hold each 25,0 900 feet, but one Of then
isin bad condition, rotten in fact; so yol
sec We can rely on only $4,000 feet Of
reserve"
"will not the demand be largely In
creased on theGpproaeh ofeold weather.
ut is increasing daily. We hayi
now forty retorts in operation, aud pres
emily will have fifteen additional ones
which will Increase our generating capaci
~ 1000 feet or 100000 feet Ia excess O
our holding capacity. II Is practically il
the same condition that our Water Work
are, they are each in a balance, and It /
i; shlrll, to say which will drop first. The,
!. ia'slssAh worked to their utmost capacity
and nc aScidGVt t9Isilley ZGnli be mat
ter Of serious Inconvenience. 70 ,opf cit
zens. Another thing, our storage room i
inadequate. We have been out Of Pitts
burgh coal for some time, for the rea
sou that we have not room 10 store q sufti
Client quantity 10 secure US against tn
present embarrassing condition Of things
"what will be necessary in the way o
improvements
ave need larger stock house, and neV
and more papsCions holders. Wenow fir
up in the morning and by 4 O'clock Ia tn
afternoon have sufficient for the demand
Of the evening, and then until Ave or sil
o'clock we are compelled TO lie idle; Blu
from that time until morning we have h
exert ourselves to keep up the supply
With holders adequate this rush woul,
be ayerted and we would be gradual,
making and storing all the time. A neI
50 foot holder, or even q 100 foot holde
will be necessary to produce the result"