The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-31
LOCAL MATTERS.
Something About Dollar Gas.

DID THE NEW FOGARTY PATENT PROCESS IN
DUCE THE RECENT DROP IN BALTIMORE?
The consumers of gas in Baltimore, ac-
cerdirg TO the newspapers, are well pleased
with the reduction in the price OF gas to
one dollar, and only hope that the war be-
tween the two companies will go on, and
the rumored reduction to twenty-five cents
and a chrome be speedily made. Why,
after fifteen months delay. the Consolida-
ted should have suddenly dropped to dol
lar is something Of a conundrum. "Per-
haps / can explain that" said a gentle
man yesterday. at is only n surmse.
mind you, but il is worth considering.
The Consolidated has secured the eXclu-
sive right for the State OF Maryland to q
patent which it is expected will revolution
ize the business of manufacturing gas. Mr..
Fogarty, who is, it is understood, the au-
thor, or patentee, OF inventor OF the pro-
cess, is said to be backed by New York
capital to considerable extent. 1t Is
known that experiments are being made
here, and report says that they have been
so successful that the company thinks it can
afford TO sell gas at the dollar price. at
least. III what Mr.. Fogarty claims to be true,
it certainly can"
THE F0GARTY PLAN.
At the last meeting OF the American
Gaslight Association he read paper from
which the following extracts are made:
"To so great an extent has the feeling
that the residual products OF the gas manu-
facture will in the near future more than
repay the entire cost OF production taken
hold OF the minds of the gas-world that we
hear it prophesed almost simultaneously
upon both sides of the Atlantic that the day
is not far distant when gas will be the re-
| sidual product. and the business OF making
and distributing il will be tributary TO and
dependent upon other manufacturers. j
propose to produce, by simple and con
| tinuous process, water-gas consisting OF
nearly pure hydrogen, and, simultaneously
with il, large quantities OF ammonia and bl
carbonate OF soda, the carbonic acid evolved
in the process being combined in the lat
ter salt, and becoming the most valu'
able product which | have, instead OF being
| q curse. as at present. 1t must not be sup
posed from this that | believe myself o;
would have you believe that the results as
given, or anything like them. can be OBJ
tanned in practice; but the ultimate result,
of perfect reaction in the several parts, ano
of the perfect conversion and utilization Of
one ton of coal and S,55f pounds OF rock
salt. as calculated from the chemical equiv
alents of these bodies, would be as FOL
lows: S5,4I2 cubic feet OF hydrogen
worth 25 cents, S21 sc; 1929 pounds bi
carb. soda, worth 3 cents, S163.95; I,Gi
pounds chloride Of ammonia. worth
cents, $685.. .3j-total, 81, 1916"
VALUABLE PLAN.
Further said he:
| ~ = hA. nXHlllQnf reason
suDpose that at least one third, perhaps on
hail NJ the ultimate results can be reached
In time: for the experience OF the worl
nroyes that whenever men become con
WINGED that a valuable prize Is within fll
possibilities they find some means OF Oh
tainipc il. Ii will lie perceived that II
Io.fimoiing the ultimate results Of one 20
Of coal or coke | have made no alloWanc
whatever for the fuel used IN producn
reactionS, which require thai large N0luinC
of gas should be heated ana cooleu w WIZ IL
over. and in addition thereto that 9fea
quantities of ammoniacal products 'shoul
he crystalized from their soutlo
Inv heat. II is proposed to us
tie Generator gas itself for fue
r and I think that half of this will be
liberal allowance for that purpose. VINO
would reduce the products obtained to on
boH the above quantities so that we woul
have as the product OF one ton OF coal :
coke and 4,277 pounds OF coarse salt u
following products: 42,7S6 cubic ieet b b;
drogen. at % cents per 1000, SlO.6S; i'64
pounds bi carb. soda, at 8 cents per poun'
sSs2. 20; 1898 pounds chloride OF amnlonl
, at 5 cents per pound, sl9l.lo; 'o'0
SjS4.03. ,o,
j. IN a ton Of coal, by using it in the MAJ
ufacture Of gas, can be increased IN van
: a hundrediold, most undohpted'y !o
have gigantic bonanza IN tnc pa'ei vi,
T. beams from cucumbers-but." He stoppe
IS and then added: "Anyhow, the pate
$ process is as plausible an explanation
= can car be given for this dollar move, whi'
has excited such great attention all ov
the city, not only among stock, dealers D
wherever there is a householder who Us