The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-02

the country already control the acety-
lene gas rights for moss OF the prohta-
able American territory. Certainly II IS
That the Chicago Gas company owns
acetylcne for the Windy city, and me
new companies T. operate N the cNy
OF Philadelphia and the state Of Penn
sylvauia respectively, have been a nine
days wonder in the Quaker city.
OF the New York company tie d!rec-
tors are Charles l.. Dietrich, who IS as
ISOLATED with many gas companies,
Baron l.. j. JerZmanO wski, president oi
she Equitable Gas company; Mr.. Proal,
Secretary and treasurer OK several
Western gas companies: Captain X. ;.
Hayes. president of tho West side III
evated railroad in Chicago, and An
thony y. Brady. Tbs company owns
the right FOR the United States and
south America.
WILL SUPPLANT NAPHTHA.
The discovery Of acetylcne gas has re-
| leased the gas making companies OF
the United States. 4 high official said
t. me yesterday. from the power 81
| the Standard OF company. The power
| ful monopoly, he said, would no longer
| be able to control gas mauufacture,
| because water gas companies would no
| longer be compelled 10 buy and use as
! their raw material naphtha, winch IS
! a petroleum product II II expected
that acctylene viii supplaut naphtna
I in gas making And acetylrue can be
I obtained In unlimited quantities Wher-
ever coal and lime are found. for they
/ are its only constituents. IL can De
] seen at q. glance that The materials Tor
+ ukiss aCetylene can never he monOp-
/ owed. Coal and lime are found In al
l>moSt every state. FOR example IN the
! Union. and gas can be made from them
ON the spot. wtthou, the necessity OF a
/ long haul Of naphtha. for example
| from the petroleum fields.
Baron JerzmanOwsti. who IS not only
/ real baron bur- coal and gas expert,
/ says acetylene can be llqueii"d and
/ transported t. any place and used by
| individuals. even through their old gas
! pipes. He says there would be no dam
/ err. OF an explosion !u such everyday
. use. 4 gentleman connected WIN ham
/ lu business gave me yesterday, In th"
I baron's presence, the facts about acct
. yiene's influence on our present gas
. supply systems and the reason why
gas. even with the aid OF thc new acct
/ ylene process. cannot bc delivered I'm
/ the res ldcnre Of the consume, the gas
I companies think az mIuh less cost than
It is now.
There are $40. 600 900 worm Of gas
! pipes in the streets and houses OF New
! York city TODAY" he said. In fact.
| nobody could dupECate the gus pipe
! supply system now in use for that sum
/ of money. When persons talk about
| cheap gas and wonder why the Cpnsuu-
| er has 70 pay 80 much more than the
/ actual cost OF the gas he burns. they
| forget that this enormous pipe system
| must be maintain I'd. chat men must be
/ employed TO take the indexes that me-
tres must be h1u-. ana that books
mus, bc kept. Why. t.e tVp-n. dated
Gas company Of New York owns %l3,-
600. 0Oe worth of real as. a.e al'u.- II
... H- q "A oil q ii
this great plan; and carry on the bus
mess that gas can never cost New
Workers much less than 81 a thousand
THE COST or GAS.
'N~onsider the reductions that have al
ready taken place lu the cost 70 con-
sumers OF Illuminating gas. The first
| ntfIIud Of Lgh. ing American cities was
| by coal gas II was the only method
| known then. and IS even yet in use ~
England In the 4o's this gas, made
| from bttum'nous coal cost the USER s.
per thousand in New York. the Nights
! varying from j. 10 IS candle-power
Coal gas is made to-day IA some Amer
| loan cities for &i25 per thousand t1'
price varying according q the locality
with the price ~ Transporting raw ma
terlal. E.glFt..n yandle-power coal ga.
Is furnished today where II candle
, power was used 80 years ago.
Then came improvements in the pro
cesses and reductions In the cost o
? trauspor;u ton. and coal gas In New
York came down 70 So per thousand
Mex succeeded the discovery OF petro
? leum. which water gas makers fouu'
they could utilize, especially In is by
products. Tue Tass.e ia Motal process
! OF making water gas was introduce.
In New York about 20 years ago. Mark
ed improvement resulted. l. was foun'
that this water gas could Zoe enriched
2 by uaphtud. a petroleum produce. ant
, | that gas could be elevated IN qualt'
and reduced IN price 20 as low as 81
per thousand Twenty-slN or 80 candle
s power gas resulted. and most of the D-l
r. gas companies IN the country change
. from coal 10 water or course, IN cite
E / Ike Cincinnati. cleveland and PITTS
{ Z burg, coal gas is cheaper even io-da 3
y / because coal Us 50 cheap. me FeslauuH
& ! after making rhe gas. being ValuaDi
Z as roofing TAR and asphalt, and In IA
= ammou.acal liquors resulting.
SOLD TO GAS COMPANIES.
THE next step IN tho evolution OF bet
ter gas and cheaper gas for the con
. sumner was tho accidental discovery %
!, carbide OF calcium in solid masses
= which in contae. with water generate
/ acetyleue gas This is IN" highest II
luniuaut hydrocarhon known 100 chem
iety. II IS already an industrial pro
I duct and can be made anywhere
% Wherever we find power sufficient {
f. supply the electric current requisite :
D. tho production ~ 8estyleue there "
T. 1 find its raw mater.a's-cn1l dust an
p lime dust. Charles ~ Dietrich. an *
E. pert and high Official Ia several ga
. rewrau.as. at once saw the value 70
% acctyleue and took - up with Dbl
b friends lie DC was who brought
s. into practical usa. The aeaty-aue 81
IS can le used o. enrich water gas.
IS 1T Is not The intention II the own
ers of acetylaue o. wipe out the "a
companies ana kur.N down price.
q even II they could They have in Oh