Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-10-24
It is Expected That it Will Abate the
Black Smoke Nuisance-A
Boon to Cities.
1t Will Bring the North Dakota Coal
Into General Use Through
out the State,
And Even the Twin Cities May Use
it in Preference to the Illi-
nOis BituminOus.
It Will Surely Bring Railroads tC
Our Coal Fields, and Bismarck
as the Gateway.
Wealth for the Slope.

Much has been said, and more written,
about the future of Bismarck and the re-
sources of Burleigh county until the
readers of papers have paid as little at
tention to articles of this class as the av-
erage editor does to "snakes." Some time
g the TRIBUNE intimated that it had
received word of an invention that would
work a revolution on the slope, and
Bismarckers, above all others, would be
the benefciaries of an inventors genius.
The TRIBUNE is now prepared to lay the
facts before it's readers-the results of
experiments with Ignite coal in a stove
invented by a Minnesota genius. If ev-
erything claimed for this invention is
true-and the facts are vouched for by
parties whose v~eracity cannot be doubt
ed-the future growth of North Dakota's
capital will be greater than was ever
dreamed of by it's most enthusiastic
friends.
For the past five years Ignite has been
the only fuel of the settlers on the slope.
They could get it for the cost of mining.
AS a steam generator, mill men and
threshers have long since satisfied them
selves of it's economy. Experiments
made by st. Paul gentlemen with a new
burning device prove it the equal of BIZ
luminous coal. The report OF the ex-
periments is now made public for the
first time through the TRIBUNE, although
reporters in st. Paul have had an ink
ling of the invention and endeavored in
every way to get at the facts. A person.
al letter to the editor of the TRIBUNE re-
gard1ng the value of the invention is
herewith submitted:
NJ. h. Jewell, Bismarck. N. D.
MY DEAR SIR: For five months I have
kept the newspapers at bay while 1 have
been conducting tests with a new device
for economizing the use of fuel and in
forming a company for the manufacture of
stoves, heaters and boiler furnaces, and
for the purpose of making the value OF the
device available to the public. \ X y
I am willing to give you now two estab-
lished facts: First-A perfect Ignite
burner has been found. The demonstra-
ton of this fact has been carried to the
point where practical men are in doubt if
Ignite coal will not be preferred, even as
far east as this city, to the dirty, unsatis-
factory bituminous Goals Of Iowa and Illi-
nois. Second-A company will be formed
here to manufacture stoves and heaters,
and, if experiments to be made shall JUS
tify it, boiler furnaces; all based on the
letters patent securing to the company the
device referred to. :
On the 21st ult, I sent to Isaac P. Baker
of your city a copy Of my report upon the
result Of tests made by me of Ignite and
other Goals. These tests have been con-
frmed by disinterested parties and can be
verified at any time. You may call upon
Mr.gBaker for this report and make any
use I it you please. = I vouch
for the truthfulness and reliability of the
report and believe the facts it relates
means more for Bismarckfs future than
any event in her history for the past ten
years. Ignite will be wanted in future
and many railroads will seek the Ignite
fields through Bismarck, the natural gate
way to them. Yours cordially,
s. w. G~RoEsBEcK, Captain U. S. A.
st. Paul, Oct. ., 1892
The following is a copy of the report and
a letter sent to theinventor, whose name
for reasons, cannot be divulged at pres.
ent:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 10, 1890.
DEAR SIR: 1t affords me pleasure to Ger.
THY to the s%ubjoined facts, observed in the
practical working Of your invention, coy
cred by letters patent of the United
States, looking to increased combustion of
fuel. -. .
About the 18th of May last, upon the in
vitation Of Professor Phelps of this city, l
accompanied him to your residence. We
found your device adapted to an ordinary
cooking stove, an examination of which
while Guri,ing bitnminGus coal, revealed
new and striking features winch may be
brfefy indicated as follows:
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