The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
ELECTRICITY WILL SUPPLANT OIL
 AND GAS IN THE HOME OF THE FUTURE

tion device The first operation ih the morning is to use 1t for heating water or coffee; combination two Is to use 1t as cereal cooker; combination three is to use it for boiling eggs: and combination four permits of steaming potatoes, using the p.rfor- ated potato steamer. This device mayl be used consecutively for all fourl combinations.
 small Cost for Great Convenience.
 As to the cost of using this form of heat. Mir. Hillman thus describes his experiences:
 Until a few years ago the electricl lighting business was confined to thel operation of electrical machinery atl night There was a most limited use for it during the day. During the past few years, however. the introduce tion of electric motors for all kinds of power has created demand for op-I eration twenty-four hours per day. The outfit is used a great deal during the day time.
 The lighting company Is glad toI have me use electricity so extensively. especially considering the time when 1t is used, and for this purpose makes me a special price. During the past two years I have pad them about Sf10 per year for electricity for light ing and heating, as compared with the average electric lighting bils of about $50 to S35 per year.
 My bills for the electric heating circuit have been between S6 and $7 per month. For gas and coal together my bills formerly amounted to $6 per month No effort has been made to economize during any month for two years"
 The laundry in this remarkable home
 is also fully equipped with electricity. | rf-t. 4- 4nN no ns There is no soot and no ashes. no un- "CoId Stoves" for Hot Days.
 For ten years" says MT. Hillman, "the coal range had done dut.' for our washing and ironing. Then we used gas range for six years. though we
 used a coal stoN for wash days. The common objection existed as to the heat from the stove during the hob days and the taking of many steps from the stove to the ironing board, it being natural to get as far away from the stove as possible. to avoid the fumes and heat It cost from nine to fifteen cents for the coal consumed "The electric iron has now been used by us for twenty-six months. and represents a most popular article. It costs me about S3.75 10 purchase. the ironing Is finished more quickly ana handled more comfortably on hot day; it saves steps. and the operating cost for the same work Is about twelve cents.
 Tn our experience with electrical devices, the coal range continued 10 pc
 necessary until superseded by spec ial electric wash boiler. This was twelve cents per weeK. or forty-eight cents per month more expensive than 1 the coal range. The latest and best arrangement, however. is the washing machine operated by an electric motor | which we are about to install
 The Hillman house will not long be the only one of its kind. Others are already being built and additional electrical contrivances are being in vented almost every day. Among the
 latest of these time,' labor and dirt i saving devices are the electrical re- frigerating machine and the furnace regulator
 The refrigerator attachment Is an | automatic affair whil~ will keep down 1 the temperature in the ice box to any | degree for the motor starts to work as l soon as he thermometer in the refrlg- orator gets above a certain point. The | furnace regulator is also devised to | keen the temperature at a fixed point
 by opening and closing Hampers as the 1 rooms get too cold or hot A tner- l mometer and again the electric cur | rent are the implements by which this l feat of domestic wizardry is perform | ed.