The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
H COAL WE USE.
An Article of Which the average.
Householder Knows LittIs.

Householder Knows L ittIe
New York Press. Goa, is 50 common a
necessity that We do rot take 1he tro,lhle.
TO know awning about If The other day
7 asked "a householder who burns twenty-
five TONS a season (Which do Won nrefer-
red ash or white ash ?" After a little hes
itation he renlied. 1T reallv don,t know
what Won mean 7 didn't know that coal
is made from ash, and 1 don't think I ever
heard of q red ash" .oh that has moth
ing to do with # or course coal Is a
| vegetabla nrodnct h,l+ the red ash or
white ash referred to is NOT a tree but
the refuse of burnt coal-the ashes. some
of these ashes are red. some are white"
He was much surprised and nromised to-
find ont from his dealer whether he had
ALWAYS used rcd or white
A second householder being asked the.
sameo 1estion renlied. 1T always use the
white ash coal for the reason that II is so,
much cleaner both before and after MS
ing. It makes a hotter fire. and never
| b,irns our the crate bars. If lasts longer
than the red ash and 10 chea ner in the long
run. Yo,1 couldn,t hire me- 10 use red ash.
coal 7 don't like the stuff."
A merchant who ought to know what he
is talking about said: ..Buv red ash coal
eyerv time. # makes things yery COM
| Portable about the house. You can start
q FIRE with n In half tho time Won can
with white ash. the fire. Ia twice as hot,
fnarQ 10 1859 61Cfs fHPra are fPWpT ASnPS-y
stoves nsinp the rcd ash seldom burn ont.
and thew give ont more heat than when
using white ash. OF course. the red ash
costs more than the white but is chea ner+
in the end" !
A coal agent hooking orders was told by5
q now resident. 1T shall want six tons of
| coa1 for the winter T ,nsist on having
yn,te ash coal. Can vol, supply It at once
! before The nrice goes UNI" "Tomorrow
earIy enough ~ ..yes !" "Au right: II will.
he tberan II CANA and was dumped into
tha cellar A. the first cleaning out Of the
esh NJ Under tho furnace orr friend found
on1y rod ashas He was wroth. The coal
man bannened r. dron IN .roal all right?,
A riphtq Won know II isn't all right.
siri yo1 have cheated me 7 insisted on
bav;np white asb coal and vo, have sent
rod och what are WI, roinr TO do about.
it?, ..T,m awfullv sorry I certainly put
| in +he order for white ash Rut you've
go+ tho hes+ of tho hareain sir we've
| billod this coal 10 Won AZ the nrice OF
| white osh. and Won know q is worth al
do1lor . ton wore atul T olyava believe,
in Giving a pantlenan what he orders. and
veil tapa The coal hack IF Won saw So"
.Tf T u,n+ed ~ no roo.n TIA make Won
taka hack avery h,1she1 of # and then I'd.
NM NV n,bi+o och alsawbere Didn,t vorl
Lnory - voc red ashq, lord bless Won
no No ma living an foil tha n fference.
hatr,aen 10 NO 1inds ,,nt;i ha secs the
asbes 1va been In the business thirty5
Years .nd T can,1 tall Pit T do know.
/, ono tbinaNrad ash coal is % far ahead Of
1rai+o q 80, &C. srnsr,no 10 abaad Of
moonsbine wei, I'll overlook r. This
tive. ~ hove. ftar + eet WHAT T ordar or.
tharar1 he trouhle I've a legal RIGHT to-
mako yo,, taxi this coal hack." .You
bava op,v 70 aive tba order and TIL obey."
.I,iI saa how q turns ontu That night
the merchant called andNthe. transaction
NO. nantioned "Tnclv doyn he said
..pad ash avar1, +imel And von pet Il as.
chean &c dirt y So tho mailer was dronped
IN an+braci+a trada hepan With an ont
,,,+ of oe5 tons IN tura1ve months. r. has
crown to "a ooo 600 TONS annually. IN 1909
the civ If Philadelnhia bought 100 tons of
onthrso;ta for ,,sa In Tho ni1mninp works
ia,t +ba eneineers NOT knowing how tn-
b,,rn u hroisa ~ IN 70 erave1 the walks in
The yards Tn 1s14 Two ark loads we're sold
~ tho falls If tha SchIylkill for s21 a