Richland beacon., 1881-09-17
TIE HEAT OF IIYE FUTURE.

the fuel of the future, for use in oar
dwelling houses, viii be some kind of
gas. distributed through the city pre-
cis-ly as illuminating gas is now deiiv-
cred. The use ot coal Is cxtrIvagant,
wa.teful and inrOnvenient. aud the ,'ust
and smoke arising from il ada much To
;!Ic impurities OF the air, while the re-
moyal of from 100 to 900 pounds of ashes
FOR every ton of coal burned Is = great
arruvance. Several Substitutes for solid
incl have been proposed, all Of which
have strong advocates. These are atvaia
heat, hot water aud gas,oua fHei. So
la i, tie warming Ol dwrutuga Is col.-
c,ruel, il ln,ia: l,e adnit,ei dat Nh.
Iinii, has succeeded IN demonstrating
that steam can be generated at Il central
station and economically distributed for
TIL, purpose Bat foc cooking purposes
stcun heat supplied in this way cannot
he made available. Al t'r present time
i : tie custom 20 Use steam for heating
purpose at higher prcssuros than for
merry, sometimes rs high as twenty
puulGs to tho sqrar" inch. The pros
pec', ior the hol-wa,er system 10 not
sem promising oi great success. The
practical difficulty Vi maintaining ccn-
slant circulation through great number
- pipes running il ct,ry direction seems
t. he almost insulmOunttbie. Mureovcr,
granting that Tins difficulty is overcome
in practice, fatal ubjnctlun sui re-
MAINS. which Is, that the tc.up ra.ure
ol an apartment heated hy hot-water
pipes cannot be easily regulated; for. If
the room is too warm, the water cannot
Le shut OF Ike steam. but must remain
in the pipes If the circulation IS inter
ruptci, and part with It's heat gradually,
or, II more heat is required. the fires
must be guickened, and the water has
to make an entire circuit before the ben
etit is felt. The temperature of the
water III the Prall system which il,
4 perhaps, tue best known of ais to ne
about 400 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
such nigh temi 'eratlre involves q
pineteen or twenty atmosphercs, and it
l. doubtful ii such pressure can he
regarded as quite saf". The system OF
heating that is destined to supcr7vlc all
others is ly mcau, Of Z Aase0us fuel.
For this purpose 4 suitable gas can he
manufactured yaiy chcapiy, and there
. need be 40 more dii.iciilty or danger at
tending its US than - met with now III
the use oil illuminating gas. by passing
= n current OF steam through au incausicS-
cent mass OF coal, III II suitable furnace,
! the oxyger of the steam combines with
the carbon u the coal to form COM
bustible gas. while the other constituent
oi the steam, hydrogen gas, which is
also comhuslihle. is st, free. The mkt
| rre of carbon oxide and hydrogen thus
nrGduccd is the sp-clllci "water gas,
apl il is TINS gas which seems likely ia
como largely inio Use for household
fuel, 4 not uuimportant tact in cOl-
ectIon with tins gas is that, although II
Will explode when uiNcd wI,h the prop
cr proportion of air, its explosive energy
i, much less than that Of ordinary iilu-
minaiing Gas. Tie introduction a!
e.,>"o,is fuel woItd not necessltate very
great changes in the stoves and ranges
now i'll use. The convenience and econ
u.ny f the system commend 1t to every
one.-.N,.c YDrk Times.
EyAHPLES or WATlRED STOCH
\ little less than three years aao-il
September, 1873 the cntire issue .
Louisville and Nashville stock wa
wcrii., &c current prices, S3,Hl 100
day or two ago, also at current prices. >
would have taken SO, 1916, 900, and thi
after Il stock dividend al 100 per cent
Rock t,lani, one of the steadiest q
stocks. could havo been bought up en
tire for S29. 30, 600 in 1878; now
would take SEQ, ,7i2, 600 to buy the ont