Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-09-30

wards and goes to waste in the open
air This method is really as defect
i've as would be the filing of a bal
| loon with gas which had a large
opening in the top. 1t would be
done, of course, but only with a
large loss of gas On the contrary,
in the Rev apparatus the superheat-
ers are heated from the top down
wards, thereby saving the vast loss
of heat suffered in the primitive
forms of apparatus, as the heat gen
Grated remains in the apparatus I'M
til exhausted in superheating the
steam in vaporizing the oil and fixing
the gases
Rev Process the Best.
In other water gas apparatus the
air and gases are forced through the
apparatus both when admitting air
and heating up, and when admitting
steam and making gas the pressure
gauges showing pressure of fifteen
to thirty inches of water pressure.
This results in very imperfect COM
bustion of the primary products (or
gases generated while heating up) as
shown by the combustion of large
volume of unburned primary prod
ucts, which burns at the top Of such
apparatus while heating up, the heat
thereby generated going to waste in
the open air. This primitive method
results also in radical defective
chemical changes and combinations
while making gas. On the contrary,
in the Rev apparatus the pressure is
entirely taken off by the use of an eX-
haust, both while admitting air and
heating up and while admitting
steam and making gas, the pressure
gauges standing at zero or showing a
slight vacuum. This improved moth
cd provides for the complete combuS-
ton of the primary products within
the apparatus while heating up and
perfect chemical changes while max
ing gas, thereby requiring less fuel
and not only greatly cheapening the
cost of gas but also greatly improving
it in quality. This gas is much bet
, ter fixed" than gas made under pres
sure, burns with smoother and
, more brilliant flame and can be
, transported farther through gas
mains with less and practically no
condensation of the oil vapors.
In other water gas apparatus when
the fires are cleaned of ash and clink-
er and the generators are supplied
with fresh coal, the apparatus is
, completely stopped and the top OF
the apparatus is thrown open in
, order to create draft and draw the
, heat and gas from the stOkers and
, operators. This causes a serious loss
of time and a great waste of heat
> and gas.
q On the contrary, in the Rev ap
paratus the fires are cleaned and ash
es and clinkers withdrawn and fresf
4 fuel is added while heating up thu
= apparatus and without loss of time
: gas or heat. These superior effect
: are produced by the use of continu
: GUS exhaust this feature being en-
S tirely novel and new, and a most de
e cided and radical improvement owe
: every other process and apparatus i
. the market
S City Would Make Money.
e The price which the citizens ar
y now paying to the gas trust is ST.. 2
g net. The output of the trust
S about 5,400, 100000 The price {
If the City and County Gas Compan
t shows a saving Of 40 cents per thou
y sand, or over 81, $50, 900 per veal
o AS the bulk of the Chicago gas trus
/. is now owned by Eastern capitalist
> the citizens of Chicago are obliged t
IS pay and. continue to pay this exec
'e sive price without receiving, directl
l. or indirectly, the benefits whic
should accrue to this city and to tt
citizens.
a. If the City and County Gas Con
d pany will save 40 cents per thou san
ID on the price of gas the amount du
IN ing the year runs up into the mi
as lions, and in addition, the city wi
to own one-third interest in the cor
e. pany and thereby receive a year
st revenue amounting to a very lar
d, sum OF money, while under the pre-
n ent arrangement they receive not