Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
'REW'S REMARKS TO PAYNE.
The Famous Inventor OF Gas and
Water Apparatus Threw Hot Shot
Into Kansas City.

gas engineer has attempted 1t in the
use Of the Lowe. Granger, Springer.
Hanlon Il Leajlley. Pratt 4 Ryan and
other forms Of apparatus In which hard
coal or coke was being used.
These attempts all ended In failure
and disappointment. yet. nOtwithsta,,d-
ing these numerous discOura gements ~.
writer's on The Future of Water Gas
still held out hopes that success would
he reached at last. l quote from a
pamphlet on Fuel Gas by Walton
Clark. as follows:
81 think the direction In which In.
vcntlOn In this field (carburpted water
gas) Will find Its richest harvest il to-
ward the perfection of an apparatus
for the dlstillation of coal and utiliz.
Ing Of its residual coke into gas In the
same vessel. Labor and coal 20 TO
make the bulk of the cost of gas. AMI
were II all made I'm one vessel both
would bc ccOnOmlzetl.'
II also quote from a pamphlet issued
by Mr.. +. II. Shelton in 1891. who was
at that time connected with the United
Gas Improvement Company. as fol-
lows:
"'Much ns water gas has been i'm.
proved since its beginning, Its capacity
doubled. the quality Of gas made vast.
~ better. the ability gained to use crude
oils, tars and dlstlllates with entire
success. likewise Goals and cokes hero.
tOfOre deemed impracticalle. and the
far better mechanical construction ol
the apparatus. there II still ample field
for the wnter.gas engineer to work in.
Details Of design and proportion that
are by no means yet agreed upon. the
utilization to the hlglicst degree Of tn"
heat Of the escaping gases. In the more
perfect heating of the incoming oils,
steam, blast. etc., the rcrfect.shakin.;
crate and the absolute use of all kinds
Of fuel. are problems as much yet ia
bc solved as those to which the coal.
gas engineer looks forward In striving.
to perfect his bench or to utilize hi-
rcsidunls.
~ believe that these problems will
bc solved and In the near future: that
soft or bltuminOus coal-thc chcapcs,
fuel In nearly every lOcality-whlch IN
the past has been the mainstny Of til,
gas.mnkcr, will 80 continue to bc. hut
will bc used direct and completely Ia
u wntcr.gas apparatus and enriched
with some form Of petroleum..
II was the first one to invent. paten,
and develop and put into operation In II
large commercial scale the processes
| and apparatus which have successfully
accomplished the predictions made by
Mcssrs. Clark and shelton In the fore
going extracts.
"rhis result was only reached nftel
ten years Of arluO,is work, large cX
pense ana I'M almost continuous rum
maging Of the patent offices nnd libra
ries Of the world for every scrap Ol
information that could l,c gathered ~
garling what had been done and VIII!
tho efforts made had failed.
"rhc works Of the Missouri Gas Com
pany are the best development Of thil
new range Of IDEAS up 10 the pIesen
time. success was only reached %
last through the discovery Of u methO,
whereby bitumlnOus coal IN any vol
ume could be brought to high stat'
Of incandcscencc from top 10 bOttOn
by direct internal combustion produce,
ut several different places. the escap
Ing products Of combustion being ~
handled that those generated In III,
lower part Of the apparatus did no
Interfere with or cXtinguish the com
bustl0n going on higher up In the nll
paratus. II Is quite impossible 4
handle soft coal without frat reducing
It 20 coke, but by the use of the Rev
Gas Generators this result has bcel
easily and completely reached. II
very important to all the world and
should now be understood which II tn
hest method of handling bltumlnou
coal, whether In one apparatus or tive
II hope 20 find you disposed to 'bacl
your opinion with yOur money an
that you viii arrange Immediately 1
deposit your funds with mine, as sua
gested. As ! am considerable Of
stakeholder AMI bondhOl,ler In the con
sOlldated plant your loss ,fOr you wi
certainly lose, will partly come out u
mo by reducing my dividends. Nc'
ertheless ! am dcslrous Of having I'll
question settled In this practical an
conclusive manner.
"'rhis proposition Is made contingen
upon the handling Of the Missouri Ga
Plant during the test by the gentleme
who established the great entcrpris
with their money and who designed
built ana successfully operated It up I
the time of the consolidation. ON tll
other hand. your company to furnls
the most skilled operators You ga
find connected with your company q
with the United Gas lmprovcmei
Company Of Philadelphia to opcra'
the old works"