New-York tribune., 1902-10-12
CHEAP FUEL FOR ALL HOMES.
Heat for Your House at the Ordinary
Cost of Coal When Coal Is Cheap.

rbean oil fuel is the only solution for the aP-
r.1I,ng conditions presented By the coal famine
to-dav Albeit oil is the fuel Of the future be-
,.,,sA once the people have realized the clean
Illness Cheapness, safety and convenience or oil
a a freI they will not return to the annoyanees
~ hard coal or the expensive experiments with
gas
That the fuel situation. especially in New
York CITY is appalling Is evidenced by the fact
that already the police are taking steps TO pre-
vent coal riots in the days soon to come, when
the sight OF their shvering children will drive
parents to deeds of desperation. The police can
,.ass of the coal yards Of this great city shows
that north Of Seventy -second-st, on both the
t-sst and West sides the total supply of coal is
opI, . "a tons-barely enough 10 cook the
breakfasts in this great city for one morning.
Tho coal famine is not thing of the future.
II IS here now. and a remedy must be found
Providence has made available the vast stores
or fuar oils from Texas and the Southwestern
fields They are here at your doors ready for
your consumption. and at the price Of coal when
coal is cheap. IL can be burned with less trouble
10 the consumer than is given by gas. Oil a
fuel is far beyond the experimental stage. In
thousands Of homes. business houses and fac
tories on the Pacific Coast ii is In use aud giving
satisfaction. The Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe systens of railways use it on most Of their
locomotives and the service and saving are so
satisfactory that every locomotive on those lines
is To be equipped TO burn Oil Sixty steamships
sailing from the port of San Francisco burn oil
exclusively. Three railway systems IN Great
Britain and one in France use it a fuel. The
railway from Cairo 10 the SOudan burns oil
Many vessels entering the port of New York are
burning oil, and more installing burners.
The STANDARD Oil Company has discarded coal
as a fuel in favor of oil, Schools in many parts
Of the country are using it as fuel, and it is
safe TO say that within few months its use will
be universal.
What is known as distillate is the best form
Of fuel oil and the cheapest. DistiIlate is what
is left o; crude after the asphaltum and the
naphtha, benzine and other explosive substances
have been taken from it. All the powerful heat
generating properties are left. which renders IL
the perfection OF liquid fuels. II is absolutely
non-explosive. Firebrands may be thrown into
open tanks of il and the distillate extingushes
the flame Red hot irons thrust into 10 fail to
set the liquid afre. An ordinary gas jet may
be burned above il without causing fire, thereby
proving that II does not cast of explosive gases.
II is only when the liquid is properly mixed with
oxygen OF the air that it burns. and the only
burner which does this successfully is the Braun
oil Burner in general in the West
tories This burner is owned and controlled ex-
clusively by the National Fuel Equipment Com
pany. which is ready to supply burners and fuel
70 everybody. This IS the only burner and fuel
permitted by fire underwriters, and hence does
not affect your insurance policy.
The burners are not sold. but leased like tele-
phones. The company win install complete
equipment for $40. and there Is no further cost
to the consumer thereafter. The lessee agrees
10 buy its fuel from this company, which will
deliver II often as wanted I'm tanks In your
homes supplied free by the company. and at "A
cost equal TO hard coal at ordinary cheap prices.
The consumer does not have 10 touch the oil.
The enormous demand for these burners I'm the
present crisis is apparent. No figures are needed
70 convince the reader. To take advantage OF
the present situation and Immediately raise fur
ther working capital a very small number OF
shares In the company are offered for immedi-
ate subscription at 90 cents per share-par value
81. This price is for a few days only. No more
stock viii be sold than what is necessary 10
lease more foundries TO turn out the burners.
soon the required amount is raised the offer
viii he withdrawn The shares will be above
par IN a few weeks. and il is doubtful IL any OF
them can be obtained at all, the company
has a monopoly Of a public necessity and the
profits viii be enormous. F. J. Clark & Com
pany. of No. II Broadway. General Agents for
the Company, announce that the offering will
be oversubscribed. The shares arc
10 he issued I'm the order in which the demands,
arc received. and the money will be returned TO
the senders ia case IL comes too late. No blocks
OF less than 80 shares will be sold.
owing to the great demand for the burners
they viii he supplied to So .reholders first ANY
one in the Metropo'.an district can have one |
installed Immediately. In any city. county or
burners. one Of the companys own experts Will |
be sent Immediately To- install them. without !
charge, and {" supply the fuel Burners or !
shares can be obtained from T. J. Clark & Co. |
general agents for the National Fuel Equipment |
Company No ~ Broadway. New-Ycrk City.