New-York tribune., 1900-12-10
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY DECEMBER TO- 1900
TIL E PASSING THRONG.

'T often asked" said NJ w sweason. Of
Wilkssbarre Penn. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
tsr6ay, what coke consists OF and
THE TO what uses 10 is put Coke Is coal
MAKING with the volatile matter buried OF.
OF COKE what is left being almost wholly
fixed carbon. To reduce coal 20
coke. the coal Is put into especially constructed
ovens and allowed burn for about thirty-six
hours. ony SUFFICIENT air is admitted 70 the oven
70 keep the fire going and this air Is only allowed
70 PASS the surface of the coal At the end Of
thirty-six hours the volatile matter In the coal
will have been consumed and the resduur Is called
coke 1t is gray in color and is punctursd with air
product. and great saving = thus effected Ths
the heat obtained from the volatile matter is suff-
Client for the purposes needed The furnaces ln
SO that only the Volatile matter viii De consumed
The Boston and Maine Railroad uses on its loco
obtains as a by-product- Coke was originally dis
covered and nrogget into use use n Inf "a EnoGp as
Welding heat must be o6tainsa sns wnsn ,Ssa yTu %
blacksmith in heating the iron upon wnlcn ne \, Is
work plunses It into the deep red bed Of Goals ais
bellows rushes He gets his Wsidng heat 4 N 5t5 taS
lower deeper eolored flame He eS1i6 nps Sss Was
needed originally in the manufacture OF iron ehar-
coal was used
''But charcoal while effective was very expen-
sive and made iron costly and more or less I'm
tied in it's use. Consequently when
ITS DIsCOV- anthracite with it's s5 per cent Of
ERY AND carbon and but per cent OF vol
ITS USES. atile matter, discovered IRON
manufacturers eagerly substituted
il for charcoal thereby reducing the cost OF pro-
ducing iron and propOrtionately increasing It's use
But anthracite, while cheaper than charcoal. had
a mighty drawback. II was not porous, anu Il was
difficult to force blast through IT, In the manu-
faeture Of iron wind is a vital necessity tons ana
OF wind, in the form OF blast are consumed
Tor eacn and every ton or iron 80 80
density of anthracite made Il dlIncIt 10 IoIcg tLs
mental obstacle 10 its use Then some one discOy-
cred coke, which answered all requirements, -
all being porous it save free insress ana eggess
poor a character that you cannot get welding
heat from IT, try as you may For e1dl2,e. ~ H1S a. ~
they have to use coal brought from Eastern mines
20 get a welding heat it being utterly lmposslois
blessed with an enormous supply OF coal; distTio-
uted over diversified area some Of H. however; e
causes it to be mined. For instance, in Kansas
runs but eighteen inches in the vein. Ihey have
20 do IT, however, as II IS the ony cual tIey hdNe
OF wealth with which mother nature has 50 ooun-
tfully and generously blessed US. II WI oe an
Europe can have ether effect than to oro5deh is
will az the same time command better and con-
stantly increasing prices
Senator william E Chandler. Of New-Hamp-
shire is having a hard night to retain his seat in
the Senate" said n. P. Gilman. of
POLITICAL Boston. at the Murray Hi Hotel
SITUATION Yesterday, and OF the candt-
IN NEW dates against him is ex-senator
HAMPSHIRE. Henry W. Blair, The passing Of
Blair Is one Of the most curious oe-
currences in poItIes He accomplished much for his
State while in Congress. and he was also more
than ordinarily successful in what he did for
National LEGISLATION. Half OF the pension laws
under which si50O00.00o is annually disbursed
originated with Blair. and OF this amount New
Hampshire receives S5O0,0aO. II wa Blair's cam
pasn In the cid IIId District in 1873 that saved the
State and insured the Presidential vote 70 the Re
publcans in 1876, when only one vote saved the
Presidency 10 the Republican party. Blair orisi-
mated the Department Of Labor and his efforts 20
exclude foreisn cheap labor from this country
were SO effective as TO lead the Chinese Govern
ment 10 reject him when he appointed Minister
to that empire. Blair's record in local New
Hampshire politics is fully as creditaole as y Is m
the wider arena OF National legislation Among
ether things he succeeded in saving the Forts
mouth Navy Yard TO the state in spite Of tremen-
dous opposition. In view OF such record II Is
hard to understand why he should have been so
absolutely and entirely passed by. In the contest
for Senator Chandler's seat his name Is being ser
ously thought Of and IL Is possible that, should
Chandler fail in his tight for reelection his sue
eesser in the Senate may be Henry W. Blair"