Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-21

Tng s9ATII8 GAs Wo9xs.
Great I0pgUve0enss, CpeA Manage.
uens anA 9alasHel Cspeeasy.
A viait to the gas works yesterday By
me of the staff of this journal resulted
N obtaining the following information
The new building Of the company 10
built Of brick and pre-
,ents . handsome exterior. Its dineu-
lions are 10Ox3O fest, being one story
high and g feet in the clear. Il il sub
divided into the retort house, ONCE,
station meter, condenser and scrubber
room. lime room and purifying room,
allFof ample dimensions- All Of the
old works have been abandoned; there
does not remain even joint OF pipe Of
the old material in use.
PROCESS OF MAxUTAcTURK.
Nanaimo coal is used exclusively at
present. The coal Is placed in the re-
forts over a fire Of coke, by which the
gas is generated. 1t passes thence
q newly patented device
known as steam JET exhauster. into
the bottom OF tuoulaf cOnoenser about
four lees IN dlemesef ana twenty ieet
high. This condenser resembles in the
interior q tubular boiler, each tube be-
ing surrounded by cold water. The
oas ascending by these tubes paaes in
20 the scrubber OF the same dlmensions
az above, tbs intesaor arrangements OF
which c0ns,sss OF series OF layen OF
wood, q constantly falling stream OF
water waaneS the coal tar from the RaS,
which. falling 70 tho bottom, passes into
a well outside OF the building, from
which u ~ pumped a. required Tor usc.
Leaving the scrubber, the gas passes
through series Of puriherB, consisting
0 l.on OoASs suous ~ !ess squasc, IN
thsss h...is the on. ci..srsd ~ ali ;,rnrr;. NJ.
- IL cary;sd ~ the main ~ mt. ths
c,sst c.sorrsts, =, 90. bnISa, - .,1 4.
n Sess h dis mstsr S;th az ~ Tot lie
Srorc vhich ID = d;str;hntsd shrc.,ct..rt
10 u;tv a. s.ssa.;.,.' .,,S .Ss..s~ssJ -.
cr;,ss ' '-'S sA~ -
S1
CAPACITY OF woakS.
At present there are eight retorts,
With 9 capacity Of generating 1000 feet
49, ~ 1Ay 800; o no lesolss ~. ~ n ~
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sor snla ,ossnent ~ sh :, .c.n.r"1t"*; .y
of a Foundation ~ 70 on .onIs 'o''
. =. - .o
uc.,
ho,ns ;rss;ss,.;s~ oss;oa,eS ~ S.!,,I. /"
nertc, Horton Trea;Ient " pss,Sa,3
Sacrstarv and nar"v T-ss.r.S.'
T'hs old oas v"rts 10y. a..~Snns0j
.;ehc,,t ,nr.t .v,t.,,, -, .ons,~. ~ s -.
coaI nsed heino Kant Hsre.fter ali
coai viii he mead and Tie exact vain. ~, ~
AQAh and kind n0nA a = foNtnp
will M known.
mu. -.
hS AiND y. ooAL osHD'
1t has been stated above that the COM
pany are now using Nanalmo coal. At
one time coal froin the WhitwOrth mine
was used. While It was rich in gas pro-
ducing elements 1t burned to ashes
leaving no coke and was therefore dis
carded, Experiments have been made
with tho GOAL taken from the recently
opened mines at South Prairie, Pierce
county. The amount Experimental
with WAS not suiiicient to demonstrate
clearly ifs vnlue as gas producer, but it
was found to coke excellently and il it
does az well in the matter of gas il can
be used to.Rreat advantages, its proxim-
ity guaranteeing a great saving in the
cost OF transportation.
RELATIVE LIGHT povxsa.
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soiiov;nO facts va,a , mn sts0 sn =.
t..i;.n SS,. .noss mo.C s,,;a. onsonou aus
III = '. Snrr;sh S osnsip =. MuC' a,ca ~
T~nJnn S.anao.d q SSi% p w. -, TUG
tha sss ,,,csircs.s i. "a S S.s.s powes
r * ca,,dic ~ws, '10 a'''' ~o1A'
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raaSars s - M po @.y Ia,n mOuso K.vcu s1o
;rIaHtsS - NJ, " pausaid u Msc =; s are
.ross sor ~ ~. -. ...s.a au, .o q tae
stsW cas1r ~So AI han s saoIeo sne
r~ses - Er;s;r" .nso,.n ~ ~. 49,
astah,;shmen, sh.,ah. ~ sIo "aoao
TIA vr;ss, 5 ss,o o.. 10y SS; ohs upo9
sted sinos Il l. the Art t;%s Y. h pp ~.
S"S .s,a on - - suC H.ss =. s'.nc no mas evef
abave him, through all its transforma-
tiorV back 20 tho black unsightly Jumps
ho1sS ~ ~ shs e.,eh u0l Al ,ioc ~ from sne
has only to ny that. II his cou,tsons
friend who 90 kindly opened this nsv
door OF knowledge and experiences to
him IL agRrieved at seeing his nam here,
the fighting editor OF this journal.
which he y mot, viii doubtless accom-
modate him. He, the fighting editor, 10
absent at = political convention lust nov,
but 10 will speak 70 him about It when
he gets back.
Il may be possible that the fighting
editor may como back with mansard
roof on his head, in which event an Of.
fort will b made to procure Q substi-