The Washington times., 1909-01-30

He said: There was only one other
statement gentlemen. that i nao 10
make before / finished my testimony,
and that was in regard 10 lhe eAt en-
Z 90 which the water-gas industry Hau
been carried on in Europe.
/ / have some figures here repfeSehtlnS
/ the daily capacity OF plants Tor Llg
manufacture of caTpu-tlgu w. -, -,
which has been introduced INTO EhlOpe
{ i'm the LAST few wears. This daily fdpdc-
! ity in the case of Great Britain amounts
! to I 1O3 $4,000 cubic feet per day. ln Ihe
/ case of Germany IL IS le3i''Jn- III ~, az
/ case of Austria it is 55u10Jo In the case
! OF Denmark it is 1000 go In the case
/ of little Holland IL - N,-V3'gJ'- IN Ll-C
/ case of Belgium, H. $4,000 In the case
/ The process also has been introduced
I'm Switzerland Russia. Australia, New
/ Zealand, Brazil and China WIN lg
gard more particularly 10 bouu1h 49,
I is one very large company ID Lyohooilii
and a smaller one, the Gas LlsHL dliu
Coke Company has introduced ll.l9 az
E an enrcher for IFS coal SO 1870
which represents the bulk OF the Sg9
distributed for Illuminating purposes III
London. The tOtai capacity OF water Ed9
I plants Introduced into Lohhoh - ~.
resented by SqmtillhE 10. oi T., iE.rr
cubic feet per day capacity IN H., II,
l pool 81 is 100000 feet ana lh bS' '-'
/ 10000 feet
Not Actual Amount.
Now this. of course, does not represent
/ necessarily the actual amount OF gas
furnished in these cities. 1t simply
means that they have the plant neces-
sary TO manufacture this quantity OF
+ gas every day.
In London particularly I think there
have been i've different installations.
/ The Gas Light and Coke Company start
. ed / think with "a plant capable or pro
Q .Har ssfr. % az |ah
+ plant was something like l0.OJO,WO feet
a day in capacity and IL mas beeh IN
creased until the present capacity on
the Gas Light and Coke company ls
something over ZI.0lO00J feet per day
for this CarbuTeted water gas WnlCu
they use I'm eHriChiug the coal gas
The standard i'm London Tor most on
the companies there IS sixteen cdnuivs.
One company has a. special ulSIstnSdt.o.l
and IL supplies fourteen cdndle5. ihli b.
gentlemen, that this is all nave 10 say,
MT. SIMS-NT. Love, I wish you would
explain for my benefit and perh2ps
other members of the House VINO VIII
know as little about II as / do. what
you mean when you say carbureted
water gas: mean to explain what that
means so that we VIII understand III
practically.
Mr.. LOVE-A carbureted wdler gas,
in distinction from "a blue gas the uu-
carbureted water gas, Is one when mas
received the addition OF certain nedVt
I hydrocarbons. which produce a HSht.
These are obtained from haphlha %
from petroleum oil.
Mr.. SINS-Either one being used2
Either Can Be Used.
Mr.. IOVE-Either one can be used.
Years ago they used naphtha alone
When the water gas vas started Moth
ing but naphtha was used, but the in
/ creasing demand for naphtha i'm other
/ lines has raised the price of naphtha so
: high that if IS impossible for the "as
cCmpanies to use uaphtha for illum at
( ing purposes. and they are ODnS 10
use what they call in the trade a gas
I oil.
practically abandoned In doing what you
call CarbuTetugy
/ Mr.. LOVE-Yes, sir; unless they are
very fortunately situated.
Mr.. SIMS say - has been practical
I ~ abandoned?
NIr. IOVE-Yes, practically abandoned
Mr.. SIMS-Then ''carbureted' practl-
caIIy means the addition OF oil 10 the
water gas is that itE
Mr. IDVE-EXaCtly. sir.
AIr. SIMS-WhaL grades of oil do they
use for eurichiug the gss or carburetlng
Mr. LOvE-They use d fairly heavy
5Ir. sIus-They use what we would
call a cheaper oil which Is not an IL
AIr. love- mean they do not use
the higher grade OF Illuminating oils.
1t includes OH which might be used fOF
Illuminating oil, but which IS not OK
diuarilv used for Illuminating.
Mr., SIMS-It is oil that would not
ordinarily be used for Illuminating
Amount of Oil Used
Mr.. LOvE-Yes. oil which would noa
ordinarily be used.
Mr.. SIMS-It is Of a cheaper grade
Now. IN carbureting the gas, how
much oil do you use for O. thousand
Mr. LOvE-That depends on The
amount OF CaudlepOWeT NOu produce
Mr.. SIMS-Suppose we take the gas
we have here how much would be
used2
Mr.. LOVE-Tnat is d question in gas
engineering. ] should say five To six
gallons a thousand cubic feet.
MIR. SlMS-lu making coal gas eN-
/ clusively, do they use oil In any guam
7 tities2
Mr.. LOVE-No oil whatever
Mr. SIMS-No oil whatever So that
/ the use OF oil has Increased with the
use Of water gas throughout the coun-
/ try
Mr.. LOVE-Ezactly. sir.
/ Mr.. SIMS-And the use OF coal 10
that extent has decreased
/ Mr.. LOVf.-Yes
! Mr.. SIMS-HJW much coal does il re-
! quire 10 make thousand feet OF gasE
/ Mr.. LOFE-They calculate about TO-
I 900 cubic feet OF gas per ton C. coal
/ Mr.. SIMS-Per ton Of cUalg
/ Mr.. LOVE-It is possible to get less
1 gas per ton of coal in which case the
! candiepoWer of that gas Is higher. That
/ is the case iu what IS known as the
/ coke oven process Of making coal gas
The Heat Of Gas.
! 1ir. SI8IS-In your testimou.,. If re-
/ member correctly. you gave the heat iu
/ coal gas OF l6-candlepower- What was
! the amount OF itF
/ Mr. LOVE- said from Cos to 656
/ Mr. SIMS-Aud then you gave the
/ heat I'm carburcted water gas at what
! Mr.. LOVE-Scveu hundred and fifty.
MIR. SIHS-EJw. for tie coal gas.
I wn-- would bee the heat units o. tnat2
/ MT LOVE-TnaJ would bee about the
/ same.
! Mr.. SIMS-Seveu hundred and nifty?
/ Mr.. LONE-About $50. There is no
! fixed quantity that could be mentioned
{ as representing the heating power OF
/ gas, because ID varies with the quality