Telegram-herald., 1890-09-23

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president of Ene company for aforals-
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our citizens
The ordinary coal gas made IN tbs
country from tie best bitun n0as coal
Is generally ot about hfleen Or s.x-
ten eandls power, IS saosn by photo.
metEicai test. Many eompaales IN
crease tins somewhat By the use u ave
70 ten per cent. OF eznnei coal.
b that metAod our Gas Company
here has usually Kept tie standard Up
% eighteen or taenfy candle p0Wer. iI
cannot be carried much above that WITH
coal without beng troUbled with
smoke. TIE discovery 0t a practical
metn0d OF making an Illuminating gas
uaptna, 0r crude petroleum, nas made
&c possible 70 combine the TWO gases
with al tie advantages Of each, and
none OI the disadvantages of either. it
ls thls combination that we are now
utilizing, and We expect that about NO
venlber ! 70 Is o. supply our Gus
toners with beautiful white smOkeiess
gas or about 25 candle power, which
VIII be equivalent 10 20 20 = per cent.
more light for the same money. our
building IS already up, and some OF the
material is -OW on the way.
I'VE navc contemplated this improve
ment tor the past two years, but dld
not ike 70 embark n % until II had
been demonstrated success"
lis THIS gas anything Ike he fuel gas
that 50 much ls sad aoouU'
Only n this respect The bulk Of
both gases, a we'll Is gas made from
coal, Is hydrogen gas, which has little
or no iliumlnary power. The carbon
II coal furnishes the light, and IN the
new gas We propose TO mix with II, the
carbon or Illuminating property, IS OBJ
tanned by introducing naphtha OF cruCe
oil al the proper stage IN the manuiac-
ture. "Fucl gas" has no light IN II,
and only half the heating power OF the
other, - that for heating or cooking
the city gas Will De as cheap at Sl.OO per
1000 feet As the fuel gas At 30 cents.
lis the fuel gas that Is talked about
a success
what might say about that might
not be accepted as an unpreludlced
opinion. can tell you what know.
The first experiment was made with
u at Jackson, IN Il small way,
two years ago. You can obtain
any kind of evidence you want over
there as TO It's success or failure. 1t IS
acknowledged To be a very dangerous
gas IN many ways, but the promoters
claim that by UsiDga little coal they can
give Il an odOr that will detect leaks. 4
plant has recently been established at
Hyde Park, suburb of Chicago, where
the Chicago Gas Company charged
$500 per 1000 for gas, but It has not
been operating long enough to test It's
utility on 4 large scale. Its use has
never been attempted where gas is sold
as cheap rs here.
a recent consolidation of all the gas
companies of ST. Louis left the company
with complete plant Of pipes IN the
heart OF the city that they had no use
for. and they advertised 10 furnish
"fuel gas" at.5O cents per 1000 feet, but
had no applications for 1t, and aban-
dOned the project.
"Wlll your new process enable you
10 sell gas any cheaper
Owe 90 not anticipate that, but
the higher candle power will be a
great advantage to our customers, and
our business IS increasing so steadily
that we expect in the near future to
give our customers another very mate
rial reduction IN price, although Grand
Rapids IS now known everywhere as be-
ing supplied with very cheap gas"