Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-14
Additional Tests Have Been Made in
Minneapolis With the New
Ignite Burner.
1t Has Redeemed Every Promise
Made for it by the Inge-
NOUS Inventor.
4 Company Organized in St. Paul
to Manufacture Stoves
.u and Heaters.
Organization of a Department of
Charity to Assist Poor and
Distressed Humanity.

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Distressed Humanity.
To Utilize North Dakota Ignite.
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The day is not far distant when the i'm
mense Ignite coal deposits of North Dako-
ia will be thoroughly mined. The coal will
find a ready market all over the state and
adjoining states as the new and ingenious
device to be placed in stoves, heaters and
furnaces for the economic combustion of
fuel, particularly Ignite coal, places North
Dakota Ignite on an equal, If not superior,
footing with the best bituminous coal ever
dug from the ground. There is enough of
it right here in the Missouri slope to sup
ply the northwest for years and years to
come. There is no limit to it in fact. 1t is
the only fuel burned by the farmer. Most
every farmer has coal underneath his
Observation-Disclosures it stands out in
bold relief on the surface of the earth. In
some parts of the country whole sections
of coal lands have been burned over by
prairie fires. The jutting points of coal
are burned to the ground, n a vast waste
of white ashes may be seen. Underneath
lie the enormous deposits of clear Ignite.
The great trouble with Ignite has been in
finding the proper kind of stoves and heat
ing apparatuses to burn it to an n
ical advantage, and at last a device has
been patented by a Minneapolis genius
that answers all purposes and actually ex-
ceeded the fondest expectations when its
merits were tested.
Some three weeks ago the TRIBUNE
made a lengthy mention of this new in
v~ention, which it predicts will soon be in
general use. Capt. S. W. Groesbeck, of st.
Paul, who is an enthusiast IN this matter,
writes to the editor of the TRIBUNE, en-
closing a clipping from the Pioneer Press
of1last Sunday, which gives a detailed ac-
count of the tests made with the device in
the presence of a committee of prominent
citizens and the reporter. The captain
says: "At this last test the device outdid
itself. My first report is not quite accu-
rate, nor does it do the invention justice.
The committee was convinced that a revo-
luton in the methods Of using fuel was at
hand. The device IS a perfect gas genera
tor and all you can see of the fuel is the
gas jets streaming away from the combus-
ton chamber at the bottom. When the
hollow walls are red hot it makes
no difference in what shape
the fuel is fed in. Lumps or dust make 10
difference. 1t appears to be converted into
gas as readily in one form as the other.
You do not need an engineer to watch the
fuel with a poker, as is true even with a
stove. almost, when using Ignite in the
old way. Once fed into the stove the fire
will take care of itself. This is the crown
ing fact of value in this new process. You
can be sure that all you claim in your arti-
Gle several weeks ago will be realized. I
send you this just as a word of good cheer
for Bismarck, whose future l now see is
assured beyond room for doubt. Thank
ing you for past courtesies, [ remain"
A description of the test is thus given by
the Pioneer Press:
Some three or four weeks ago the Pho
neer Press published an account of the
formation of a company in st. Paul, owing
mainly to the efforts of Secretary Phelps,
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manufacturing stoves, heaters and fur
naceS fitted with a new and ingenious de-
vice for the economic combustion of fuel.
Especial stress was at that time laid upon
the fact that by this device it would be
possible to use with complete satisfaction
anthracite Goals, but also Ignite. 1t was
indicated, too, that the device was cspe-
.Gially favorable to the use of Ignite, and
that the difficulties which have hitherto
been in the way of the general use of lig-
mite coal had been practically overcome.
has now been completed, and at a meeting
of the intended shareholders held recently
it was decided to appoint q committee to
make q thorough and final investigation of
the operation Of the device before perfect
ing the organization of the company. The
mittee were Col. Newport, Capt, Castle, W.
B. Dean, c. II. Lienan and Capt. Bowen,
and yesterday afternoon, according to ap-
pOtntment, this committee, accompanied by
Capt. s.. w. GrOesbeck, United States army,
and 2 Pioneer Press reporter, proceeded TO
and witnessed q thorough test Of the de-
vice.
It was found that the inventor had ap-
piled his device to q common No. 8 cook
stove, and for the purpose Of making the
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were employed, first Dakota Ignite and
afterwards Missouri brown Ignite, and at
ter spending two or three hours inspecting
the operation of the device the members Of
the committee left, apparently well salts
fed at the results achieved. The inventor
first exhibited the device to the committee,
and explained the principle Of its opera
ton, and the manner in which it had been
applied to the stove. The usual CRATE ar
rangement with its direct draught arrange
ment is replaced by q fire pot of peculiar
construction, and which to all intents and
purposes is a retort for gas making. The
fre-pot is composed of an inner and outer
shell, and an upper cap or crown, with a
CRATE arrangement below for the fuel to
rest upon. The inner she'll is futed for the
purpose Of admitting air to the fuel and to
aid combustion, and its walls are perfo.
rated to permit of the gas generated to
4 pass into an outer chamber between the
outer shell and the fire. pot proper. To
this gas there is added by means Of q spe-
n cial fiue, q further supply of fresh air, and
the oxygen this air contains, mixing with
the gas, makes perfectly combustible
mixture. The fire being lighted, the walls
OF the fire-pOt soon become red hot, and the
gases confined between This red hot wall
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