The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-14
SPANS COAL EXPOSITION.
Informa ton rs to Exhibits of Crates,
stoves. and Ovens.

Stoves and Ovens.
The State Department has received from
J illus y. Lay. the United State Consul
General at Barcelona. Spain. a circular
concerning the coal exposition to be held
at that place from June > to September
p. this year. and containing such inform
alton as might be desired by American
exhibitors of CRATES and other appliances
for the combustion of coal Mr. Lay says
arrangements are being perfected for the
reception and location Of American eXhib
its and that communication il regard to
the same should be had with Kendall
Park. Il Call CristiHa, Barcelona
The circular reads:
Exposition win include the following
groups of native or foreign haudicrafts.
which viii be admitted under the rules
hereinafter stated: 81 Crates Of all sys-
TENS that tend to the more profitable use
of coal q Appliances. automatic or 9TH
erwise, for regulating the draft of the
hearths- 81 Smoke appliances in general
| 90 Automatic hea tn feeders 90 Gas-ex-
/ tracing machines, by which coal is trans
| formed into gas. either for heating pur-
poses or for motive power. 90 All kinds
of appliances of manifest utility or show
| ing some Improvement in their adaptation
/ for use in coal mines
! Exhibitors in groups. /, 2, 3, and { viii
| be able to show the working of their ap-
! planes. on previous application being
made to the committee. and for this pur-
| pose two steam geneT tors viii be prcvid-
/ ed on the grounds, as follows:
"One boiler with high-pressure packets
and So square metres of heating surface,
with a furnace of 1-55 metres wide by II
! metres long
| ..ona r,7,,ftj+1,t,,Iar pabcocI- & v-i1cox
boiler Of 91.44 square metres Of heating
/ surface, with a furnace LIS metres wide
/ by 1918 metres long
/ There viii be also electric motive pow
ed for the use Of the autor3atic CRATES.
! Those exhibits of group which, in the
opinion of the committee are in a posi-
I ton to be set in motion may also be prac-
| tically tested, on application being made
to the committee in proper time
THE experiments viii be made before
/ a jury of experts
The exhibitors will defray all the ex-
penses of transport to and from the ex-
position. cest Of trials. use Of the steam.
and the wages Of the men employed at the
said trials
The expenses CONNECTED with the
trials of those appliances that the Jury
may select for the sake of comparison or
for other reasons. and which are not made
at the request Of the exhibitor viii be
betrayed by the Diputacfon Provincial.
The site allotted by The committee for
the exhibits viii not b. charged for. The
exhibitor or h.s representative may per
son&Ily sUperiutend the trials OF his ex-
hibit before the jury OF the day fixed for
that purpose, and may also appoint his
own worSmen to carry out those t-ials.
but always under the supervision OF the
jury.
| The jury viii make q report on each
! trlal made. which viii be included in the
general report on the exposition that will
| be published after its close. and each ex-
hibItOT may. if he wishes, obtain from th.
jury d ceTtlicate Of the result Of the trial
! made with his exhibit
/ The jury VIII award prizes and hon
orable mention. to those exhibitors they
m9y consider worthy or The distinction
made.
Foreign exhibitors are informed that.
| IN accordance with Spanish customs reg
uiauous now in force exhibits from
abroad are not liable to any duty on en-
! Try when intended for the exposition. but
after the close of TIE exposition ther- win
/ DC charged duty as if they had been i'm
ported for use.
| In order to enjoy this privilege. the ex-
| hibitOr must cOnSiEn the goods to the
| ENcelcHtiSimo PreSidente De Ia DfuutaCf8n
/ FfON inclaI- stating that they are intended
! III AIit tAjDSIJl}E OF native coal beng
! held at Barcelona, so that the necessary
! custom house documents may be obtain
ed by the agent named for that purpose
| d Enrique Neiio Camps. POrticOs de
/ hifre- Z, Barcelona a detailed list Civ
ing the number of packages sent descriD-
| ton Of contents, marks. mum bers. gross
/ weight Of each, and the specification OF
| the kind. quality and material of the
/ goods should be forwarded in due time TO
| the President Of the DiputaciOn PrOvin-
| Cial or TO the above-named agent
| The bill Of ladiDE OF railway receipt
| with freight prepaid TO Barcelona and
consigned as aforementioned to the Presi-
| dent Of the DiDutacion Provincial, must
also be sent, and the name and address
! Of. the person or corporation representing
! the exhibitor stated.
| The cost of clearing the goods through
| the custom house on arrival and on re
! shipment Will be on account Of the tx
hibitor
| Those goods intended for the exDosi-
ton which. after being passed through
| the custom house, are not taken charge of
| by their owner or his representative viii
| not figure in the exposition