Grand Rapids herald., 1893-09-24
USE COKE TO BURN
n You Want to Make a Saving
In Fuel Expense
eAs-HousE COKE is THE BEST


The coming Of eoIder nights and
frosfy usornings l. ealling the attention
q tho prudent householder very
pointedly 70 the fact that winters
supply q fuel is necessary. Because u
the ssni-panic OF hard tiues. through
which ~e have just passed. many have
80 far delayed pnttilg in their winters
fuel But fuel Is an absolute necessity
End must be provided How 10 furnish
heat OF buy then is a very patent
question at this time. II is the simpler
way. Of course. 20 pace an order with
dealer for ten to tifteen tons Of coal atd
when the time comes shovel IL into the
furnace. Bat there Is 4 more economi-
cal method q doing business. and IL
viii cause less Inconvenience and annoy
ance than the old way. when once you
are started therein
II you want 20 lessen your fuel ex-
pense and keep just as warm use coke.
That IL the plainest recipe that can te
given for the accomplishment of this
much desired end. and investigation
will prove the advice 20 have been do
duced from facts The Grand Raplls
Gas company's coke has been In use In
the city schools for a number OF year.
and the saving In the cost of fuel from
the use of coke now amounts 20 large
sum. Ii was through the efforts Of the
Gas company that the board of educa-
tion was al first induced TO try the expor-
iment, and the result was saving of
$500 the first year.
All coke IL made from coal. in fact Is
coal after the tar. gas and foreign pro-
ducts have been extracted. Upon the
quality OF the material necessarily
depends the quality OF the product.
coke. Foundry or Connellsville coke,
used principally for foundry and blast
purposes is made from Connellsville coal.
This coke is the proper fuel
for the purposes mentioned, bat
is too hard for domestic use or for
steam producing. la the West Virginia
coal regions a large amount OF coke u
produced from the refuse from the
mines. This refuse is the slack OF waste
that is screened from the merchantanle
coal. and IN years gone by was waste.
indeed. No use was made OF IL what
ever. Now. all this coal is converted
into coke. but, owing TO the poor quality
of the original coal, the coke is not first
class.
The other kind OF coke sold in this
market is Gas house coke" liz is made
from the best quality Of coal. known as
calking coal This coke when ready for
market is of agrayish tint. and firm struc-
ture. IL contains about ninety-hve parts
Of pure carbon. the remaining five parts
being ash and moisture. with very
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quality OF gas house coke is said to he
due 10 the very short time (about four
hoursl to which the coal is subjected to
the intense heat. which extracts the i'm
purities and produces the coke. In Chi
cago dealers advertise gas-house coke
10 be y per cent cheaper than anthra-
cite coal. All dealers admit that il is
superior 10 any other coke on the market
for manufacturing and domestic pur-
poses- Ii 40 signifi cant fact that any
gas company that manufactures good
quality Of coke ,inds no difficulty In dis
posing of It's entire product in It's own
town. The demand Is always more than
equal TO the home product and the for
sign cokes are then shipped in. The
best is always the cheapest. and for do
mestic purposes II certainly is the clean
est and tnost satisfactory.
The Gas company has made no in
crease in the price of coke this year over
what was charged for it ;sst year. while
the price of coal has advanced. This
simply increases the saving that can be
made by using ~gas-house coke" for
fuel Ii - prepared IN suitable sizes
for store. furnace. range aud CRATE Use.
Everyone who has given the matter an
intelligent test continues the use OF coke
It's use will doubtless be more general
the coming winter than heretofore.