St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
LOCAL MENTION.
THE PETROIIE FUEL,
The Inve ntion That Promises to
RevOlutiOnize the Orthodox
Methods of Producing Heat

The Inve ntiOn That Promises to
RevOlutiOnize the Orthodox
Methods of Producing Heat.
Nothing in the way of inventions
within the past few years has attracted
such marked attention from the COM
mercial and scientific land incidentally.
the tinanciaD worlds as the recent in
PRODUCTION of the Petrole Fuel. 1t could
not be otherwise than nOvelty-the
very idea of competing with wood and
coal is simply prepOsterous to some
people. And manufactured article at.
that! But the Petrole Fuel Company of
Minneapolis is doing just what it said
it would do some few months since. 1t
is putting on the market very SUI
periOr quality OF fuel at very, very
small cost. Tests that have been made
in the past six months settle beyond
question the efficacy of the article as a
heater. 1t is to-day recognized fact
among the better posted manufacture
ers of Minneapolis that I'VE coal
baron" is about to be showed under
And if they (the barons) were to see the
great plant in operation at Fifth street
and Second avenue northeast, and I'M
derstGod fully what it meant for their
future and the future of the peo-
pie. there would be grand gnashing of
anthracite teeth. But they are yet
happy in their ignorance as a class.
Said plant occupies large portion of
the territory in Northeast Minneapolis,
and is interesting to any one who cares
to visit it. and speculate upon the posi-
bilities of the enterprise and wonder
what will be done next. Great, ponder
Gus tanks holding thousands of barrels
of drude petroleum: an acre OF sheds
covering hundreds of barrels of tar and
resin; mountains OF saWdust from the
mills; huge, pOnder0uS machines and
many busy workmen are to be seen there
now, though actual operations will not
begin before the middle of the week.
Then the company propose to turn out
about 200 tons day.
Walter j. Ballard is probably entitled
to most of the credit for bringing the
Northwestern headquarters of the con-
Germ to this city. He recognized the
immense advantage to our manufact-
urerS of much cheaper fuel, made at
home, and went to work organizing a
company. He has been eminently sue
cessful. With ID. W. Gemlo & Son, the
iron founders, he secured the hearty CO.
operation Of NJ. Nirdlinger. of Phila-
delphia, the patentee, and rights secured
from his company, who own patents
covering everything pertaining to man.
ufactured fuel. A large sum of money
was required and promptly raised for
the purpose. Matters have progressed
smoothly since then, the stock has sold
readily. and the company have put
things in shape to fill the vast amount
of orders already in. After this week
the general public will have an oppor-
tunity to judge of its merits. as it will
be in use in several places in the city.
The company is officered as follows:
Walter J. Ballard. president; NJ. Nird-
linger. vice president; A. Bostwick,
treasurer; A. G. BausHan, secretary:
Henry F. Leopold, manager. and j. B.
Macarthur, counsel. The offices are in
the Lumber Exchange. An interesting
exhibit of machinery and fdel is to be
seen OH the first floor at the Exposition.