The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
RESULTS IN MANUFACTURING,

RESULTS IN MANUFACTURING.
Great Saving and superior Quality Attained
In Making Iron, steel, Glass and Pottery.
The economics Of the use Of gas are as
yet but crudely understood. Issuing from
the wells in apparently unusable quaint.
ties, the most wastelul extravagance in It's
use has obtained; bat, as 1t is now used,
the citing Of two facts will indicate posai-
bilities when such reSults are attained
under the present unscientihc and waste.
iul methods Of use. Under its use In q
steel plant II was found that where 1t had
formerly taken 10000 worth of coal to
produce 1900 tons Of steel, with gas It
required but $4,000 for the fuel cost, and
further saving was made OF $4,000 In
the cost Of hauling the aches and coal, A
close observation demonstrated also that
thero was q saving OF about rs percent in
tho wear and tear Of the furnace in the
use OF gas instead Of coal fuel.
A further fact was demonstrated in
the working Of o glass factory, uIing
some 1900 tons OF material o year,
that the saving as AGAINST coal with
gas was equal to $1,000 year In
fuel expenses. In December OF 1885, as
the result OF one investigation, made by
manufacturer OF iron from another city, as
to the result ct Pittsburgh In the use Of
gas instead Of coal, II was stated that In
the output Of nineteen heating furnaces
the saving was, In fuel cost, s0,53l; In
moving ashes, $2,0l2; in repairs, A,lS0;
and further, that the saving In heating
furnace using gas was, In reduced waste
by oxidation, in twelve weeks time, 81 200.
The value Of natural gas In tnanuiac.
turing lios not only In the first obvious
saving, but In the greater quantity and
improved quality Of the output. The
manufacture OF window glass is striking
case in point.
vNKQuALRD poR WINDOW GLASS.
In comparison Of a sample Of what was
claimed as most excellent window glass
as 10 color, clearness, freedom from spOcks,
etc., made Of coal fuel with one Of gas, the
result was, that while ordinary print could
not be read through four thlcknes'eS Of
the coal fuel glasS, a newspaper could be
read with case through box oil SSl0, as
the glass comes from the ordinary cutting
table. The natural polish Of cylinder Of
glass Is equal to polished platei 10 the
manufacture OF window glass by coal fuel,
that polish is destroyed by the sulphur &C.
Cumulating In blowing aud In the anneal.
inp, during which the sulphur, hlm, or
stain, is burned III. In the use Vi gas fuel
there are no sulphuToug fumes, and the
glass retains lie natural brilliant polish,
with the increase Of transparency as well,
"a the reading test cited above. In addl.
tion the factories are able 10 make six
patches day inatead oi FIVE.
In the manufacture oi glasS hollow waro
the advantages are not less. There 10 no
braAkage by reason Of unequal tempera'
ture, AMI the high polish has al once given
the produC. q preference In the market.
EvenneB Of Temperature makes natural
Ras great boon 10 the potter, who was
among the earliest 10 perceive and avail
himself Of its good qualltlOs.
GAS IRON BETTER THAN COAL tRoN.
The general estimate Of the results 90
far iS, that the saving In fuel cost ls posi-.
bly, over 30 psrCenti the increased yield
from 10 10 % percent; the improved quail.
ity, though hardly 70 be estimated In per-
cent?, may be, As Illustrative, stated At
from 10 TO 20 percent, % 10 demonstrated
in tbe facts cited % 10 lis use In the man.
ulactute Of window glASsj while ID table
ware tho same improvements are attained.
| In the treatment Of metals whore regular.
| lly Of heat and freedom from sulphur are
desitabilitieB, there 10 no question as 10
tho superiority Of the product Of gas iuel.
That this 10 true 10 apparent from the
fact that workers Oi iron are already be-
ginning 10 make q difference In the put'
chase ot 'gaa iron" over "coAl IRON"