The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-06
COLD WATER FOR HEAT.
Chicago Man Has a New Plan TO Beat
the Coal Barons.

Chicago Journal.
How would you like to heat and light your
home by turning on the cold water? 1t
sounds like pipe" story, when 1t is first
sprinkled over the dusty surface of the
average householder's think-tank. but to
one citizen in this smoke-ridden community
the prospect of heating his fiat with water
is as real as last years coal bill. And not
only does he expect TO set the domestic at
mosphere in motion with heat waves. but
with a second twist of the wrist every room
in the house will be lighted UP with glow
equal to the glimmer from a fifty candle
power incandesent bulb. All this and much
more may be expected when Attilio Mo-
naco gets his new patent water-gas plant
i'm working order.
At present Monaco Is more or less oc-
cupied during the dap in dispensing drugs,
pills, cigars and soda water at his pharma-
cy, AIS Clark street, and Is enabled TO
devote only the witching hours of the night
on his new discovery. Otherwise, he might
succeed i'm putting the coal trust out OF
business before ii disposed of its supply OF
next winters coal. As matters now stand,
however, il may be next year, or possibly
after the next presidential election before
either the coal baron the imaginative
gas meter student is deprived OF his in
come.
Eyes, 1 have discovered method of
water" responded Mr.. Monaco this morn
ing, when questioned regarding the inter-
esting rumor which had percolated through
the soft-coal atmosphere
while not yet in good working order"
he continued as he snapped a cigar for
twentieth section of dollar, have
reached point where 1 have SATISFIED my
self that the scheme is tangible. With the
assistance of Is cents worth of chemicals L
can produce 10000 feet OF heating gas, and
for a quarter of a dollar more / can turn
of
/ gas than i now pay for at the rate or
dollar per thousand.
While the Journal reporter was telephon-
ing the coal man TO cancel the order for
next winters coal, and ordering his gas
meter removed, the optimistic inventor
sorted out large bundle OF further pros
poets.
"The best thing about my discovery" he
added lis the effect IL will have on ship
ping interests. With one OF my little at
tachments vessel can pick up its fuel Tor
making steam right from the lake or ocean.
and at the same time manufacture its
light. Furthermore, when sailing over salt
water, BY an extra process on which | am
from the water and may be gathered up
aud saved"
The prospect of "a vessel starting empty
across the ocean and arriving at its desti-
nation with full cargo OF salt will at once
appeal to the ship-owner who has at times
had difficulty in securing a cargo of freight
Monaco, i'm his exuberance, goes still
further and claims that his plans for car
rying water-fuel on locomotive have
been well thought out and are almost
ready for publication.
While, in fact all the details for produc<
ing results have been carefully considered,
the inventor is somewhat Handicapped by
a lack of capital 10 float his ventures. In
spite of the small cost of producing given
quantity OF heat light waves, the in
ventor admits that the installation of the
plant requires more money than he could
lind I'm the cash register this morning.
Monaco is twenty-six years old, five OF
which have been spent I'm a study of his
s'grand idea" The scheme came to him, he
saws while fishing and dreaming by the
side of a river near Naples, and he at once
brought il over to Chicago as the best pos
sible place to put ii in motion.
He claims that his idea is no more ridic-
ulous than the first announcement of Mar
conf. and who knows but he is right?
His first ideas of chemistry Were picked
up at the New York School of Pharmacy,
but he has since studied I'm Italy.