Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-05
HEATING FROM NATURAL GAS.
Great ProSreSs Has Been Made in Nshi-
cIes for RadiatipS Warmth.

When natural gas was first employed for
heating dwellings, several years ago, the
devices for adapting Il 20 stoves and CRATES
were very crude. and the amount OF gas
consumed Ny.-s CORES p0IdinCiy eXtTavs-
CANT. The END Of the pipe-tTom half an
inch 20 an iacG-was E1E into the stove or
crate, I perforated iron burner vas fitted
upon u 81 night angles, and the cavity flied
with broken fire brick. Stag from the glass
Furnaces, doO-knobs q porcelain. balls ot
f7eclay, o. other substances that would
rzdiate a Cre-- deal q heat
Frequently the bits OF broken brick were
whisewaskeSi- - were the bzsck and SIDE
walls OF TIE crates OF they were artist
cslly done IN wafer co!o-s. The -as flames
neither smoking the ore nor burning OF
tie other After a tine nreclzy was
nodded mo limitations CT los q wood. The
c1t ends C the logs. Ire CRACKS and knots
ard the bark WIKI moss CT i being iTEli-
ta;ed - successfully that the results co2ld
scarcely 5e tod from the real back los
o. ol6sl times
Thsse imitation lo-s were PLACED OF
large brass a1di-ons, and when the flames
were seen issuing from isS17es the illusion
was co-,-.zse 20 tie sense d sight and 20
5he sense - feeling TOO. for while one
SIDE roasted the o. 5e- side i-ozs. q used
20 De sad q attempts - keeping warm BY
-Ae Ereq2zce> q or G-zo5tAEhe-S-
i ysz- 40 i began 20 Dc noticed thai the
supply a. gzs was diminishing People
woke up o. co.6 mornings 20 md only =
s5ckly b-Ze fame l1-SIlsAl1c a. -le bottom
OF the crate q stove where O-ce Rad been
= roaring EuC2zce- Lhey were ass2-eG that
there us plenty q gzs- that some temper
ar obstruction = t1e pipes Esl3 caused The
shortage and al --1-lG son be right
And al VS. rlZE- - sooa a. zae vvsz2beE
became warmer cC- presently the gas com
p215ss were Insisting thai Consumers
sho1lG burn -zs csv meter instead q pay
Ing 50 m1ck f0- szch fra zo3 consuming
81 1te< F2ezsai- This initiated -Ae eco
colic sage q azs1r2l SIS Use
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son the uz-ks- KS flooded with all sorts
Il devices t0- getting the lz-ges- zzoant o;
oeS- from = minimum consumption % gas
he deep So back walls g tie 1-eplzSes
51iI- fo- roai were moved OK and Tie
kro2-s e 1he e7i11sys STOPPED Up
Tz-i0lS metal Lez7e-s WIN -et5ec-In-
=1r<sses and d-21-hss arranged OF scsez-
rE5c principles -Ecs U1le 70 - INTO the
i-s1Lar=s- G--ll : tlre than Ea-z1ersy -
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157ld Be E1s-5e 10 60 the sz-l= se-v.ee With
= consumption o. ocF fifteen t=s-- When
1s uTLn= Of Us 7zzs -zlsz5 f-u-n ter cz--s
. fifteen cents PEI z101Sznd tee- II Pitts
z-Ee F1olsz--Cis q sco70-n5c -zs crates
rags zz1 stores were sid during shs
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sTins ooT n Use / an 43zrsszioa q a.
eSzls % 1-easeks and rz1Ezr5l- surface
= LzzrE cardboard, c0azs1 with asbestos
: Pe-sC-z-es1 With T0Es q holes, fu11
y 6ich z-s suspended fri1ga q ske5n a.
=Ssos, E15eh becomes lzGzos3esce1F II sht
Z Z--E- 5-z gives forth , beautiful scz-s-i-
zz5zg gov which l-1E2--s great s1es-ff1,
ness 10 IL apartment and - the sans
!. re rz5sz-ss cozs5Ge-zh-e hezz-
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snail szee- 5rs7 szove 70. Z4z-A lz-ge
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Or pge- sid ssZeEiLnes flied with zsoes.u
{ ~. and l. co11eezs5 -i1z 1ss szg7I-
b Pc by uez-s q gan hC.ss, 80 thai L czs
b. se1 II he middle q SAe room Or 2ea
L VII. - u1zy ae desired D1e sue.
s. IRE, consuming 10 more rs than an OF
d azry zrgznss burner. VIII Es2. . s-eSssEz,
s ed room 20 : comfortable tsz Pezz-Cz-
q d reduce gzs bills 70 p-DporzSoos oS-
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