New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
THE CITY's INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS

For the reasons elsewhere given Long Island my
already has gotten great many heavy industries
but DESPITE their number. they are really ony
the advance guard OF the army that must seek rs
low priced factory sites and its elaborateiy planned
facilities. From among the representative COZ
Germs that constitute this advance guard z Il"
may be selected as showing its variety and conss-
quence. II is as much these TO the fact thal
Long Island City is the h me OF many Of Mammal
tans and BrOoklyn's skilled WORKERS. and 70 Il.
proximity to these abiding places Of thousands OF
others. that it owes its Importance as ahOr
market
LIGHT HEAT AND POWER
The Astoria Light Heat and Power Company
holds in the negh5ornood OF 80 acres where -
waters of the East River and of Long Island so-"e
are Joined by those of He'll Gate This COMPANY
constructing plant which will eclipse IN szS -.
scientific arrangement any similar plant II ~
world. Employment will be given TO aDou' ,ssS s
persons All the gas intended Io5 use .s On slant
haitian Island will be manufactured az ms Esrf E.af
and nothing Will remain on that iSand - nTss-
ent only one unit Of the new plant IS in operation:
and there Is manufactured there daliy. ,a anu 1Se Ne
feet OF gas When completed the plant vii nssI1I an
six holders. gas tanks. each one OF W. In
have capacity of 100000 cubic feet OF saS con-
dividually they are the largest gas tanks ever 10
structed. and each will have cost about p
its fuli height Is onfy 10 feet lower than the F
iank aGl 6Wned pv tine seath Mstrcpotsn Con-
panX, Of London. which holds l-lSs'0'" eN''1
OF gas ..S srd r1s
The holder that is already constructedEsaau. a.r,.-
five that be constructsd-is 800 fsst " rs
ter and 30 feet in height These holders a. TNs
scopic and each will have nVe NJ Sounds
steel work for each holder weighs $4,000 Lavs
The Astoria plant. when in full OPERATION WI Tss
daily capacity of 100000 cubic feet of gas v,rk
total consumption of gas in Greater New i,onf,ry
about I24 COO 600 cubic feet day. of VINCE a. hs
about 20 coo 900 cubic feet are consumed oaiis -
Boroughs OF Manhattan and The bronlN- .r,cary
for its employees, IL will be seen tna, o rppcusr
vicinity OF the Astoria Light. Heat anu rraIls.s
Company's property there VIII De thllViHs -
of about 25.oso inhabitants. -, .-v,htpz
1t may be truthfully said that IKE .sxsrSssd sxus on
else in this country the plant has been
q mammoth scale. Several English newspdpe-.s nrs.-
published extensive articles on THIS iiconrerfsd
ness enterprise, and have favoraDy contsrsors
upon the wisdom and forethought or me g YORK
in thus arranging for the future needs OF I.af ard
Power Company is called Astoria coke. az sor s-
been used with great success for nany Wauufsct-
dustrial and general heating purposes ..ncal fre
Trers have found IL valuable and econul.S ,fhess
for their boilers and so have rsdtates ~
in nortable boilers They find that coke rao stean
heat much faster than COAL ard gives nm advsn-
in less time than coal. whfcn IS Sfe@ 1avss The
tage in case of emergency, anu boIess
trouble and expense of changing 10 ,AfSSS;,Ss ari
n is also useful in heating large 1vssfs sesf
anartu,snt houses The vessels or the Mns1c fcf
Line becan using coke nearly TWO yeaAs ss,J go
roasting cooking and stove purposes, 49,
found its use very satisfactory .~s,cncunt9p
Thoughtful housewives, chefs anu So - tbe -
coke sroye which the National Coke anu S StI~af -
many an auxiliary of the Astoria LsnsS Sae ru11I&
Power Company is about to auncn on Ia sr, r<X
IL is a novel idea and practlcai Vne.
advantages in heat regulation anu 1870 z
economy in fuel. For the lass two yea' - -