The Washington herald., 1909-01-30
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that q I6-candle gas With a good
heating power in the future would iii
the bill What Il may 90 in the future
Is very probiematic. What II is doing
now IS simply this. that the use OF the
incandescent burner, what IS known as
the Welsbach burner. is very limited, II
you consider the entire amount Of gas
consumed l think 1 am very safe In
saying that IN New York City not % per
cent OF al the gas consumed by the pub
lie generally Is Used IN this way. The old
rat flame burner IS the burner OF to-day.
l judge somewhat by the appearance Of
shops, well-lighted store windows. and
things Of that sort. and that does not give
any indication Of any very material
/ change in that respect.
Mr.. Sims-Is It practical 70 use the
Welsbach burner generally for all illumi-
nation in house?
Mr.. LOve-It can be used anywhere
where you have gas-produeing heat.
Mr. Sims-It can be used with the water
gas just the same?
Mr. LOve-Exactly. with the uncar-
buretted water gas, even. It can be used
with natural gas, or any gas that gives
heat. simply 20 raise this mantle to a
point OF incandescence. For that reason
do not think that the mantle question
comes into this at all. because I cannot
see that the condition Is going 70 be i'm
proved by cutting out our water gas and
simply depending on the use Of NANTES,
which people do not use. II you viii
allow me 20 cite my own case. 7 have
only one mantle in my house. and I am
J in line Of business where ] ought 10
have them.
Another suggestion has been made, 70
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rich it up. That has been tried II you
I wish 10 maintain your candle power at
p. you viii find great trouble IN doing
the thing in that way. for this reason.
that coal gas can be enriched with OIL or
naphtha 20 bring It Up TO . candle, but
you are going 20 have trouble with smok-
ing You wiz have imperfect combustion.
The ordinary tanning Of an open fame
sends up little clouds Of smoke That Is
one Of the beauties Of the water gas
flame, that you never have anything OF
that sort.
Mr.. SiuIs-Do you agree with the gentle
man who preceded You that IL is prac-
/ teal 10 limit the carbon mOnoxide to 10
per cent and use water gas at all?
ar Lcve-lt cannot be done. There is
an old saying that a workman is known
oy his chips. and II that IS 50, I rather
J
safely judged by the degree OF success
that the process has attained. and Il has
attained II because L finds increasing use
everywhere al over the world. That is
the case with water gas. In this
report. Ii the hearing before the Massa-
chusetts legislative committee. there was
list Of about fifty circumstances TO that
petition OF the fifty who objected to the
repeal OF the 10 per cent carbonio oxide
clause. thirty-one OF them are to-day
using the very thing they objected 10
then IN other words. thirty-one are
manufacturing 2 gas which contains
much more than 10 per cent Of carbonic
oxide.
Another point: There are about 81 rss
companies IN the United States supplying
either a straight coal gas. a straight wa
ter gas. carbuTetted water gas. OF a mix
ture OF the two. having an annual output
OF 100000 cubic feet per annum. or
these 81 companies II. or about = per
cent. supply straight coal gas. 10. OF
about 3 per cent, supply a straight car
buretted water gas, IA or g per cent.
supply a mixture OF coal gas and water
gas. In other words. Of the 81 CON-
panies. -. o. over 20 Per cent, are to-day
supplying gas containing more than u
yer cent HA EAEEDHac 0Nlle.
Mr.. Sims-Do you know what the
average OF carbOnic oxide IS IN the gas
you refer 90
ar L0ve-Where they are making a
straight water gas the carb0nlc oxide
would be from % TO 50 per cent: where
they are making a mixture Of coal gas
and water gas. the percentage Of car
bOnic oxide would vary from, perhaps, Is
20
portion Of water gas and coal gas IN
mixture
Mr. Sims-A gas that contains q. 3. OF
90 per cent OF carbon moHixide. then, has
no coal gas IN Il?
Ar Love-It may be a very little. Il Il
is as low as 20 per cent It IS very dif-
hcult 10 draw the line. because the Per
ceRtage OF carb0nic oxide in any straight
water gas IS very great The conditions
would vary from day TO day.
Mr. Sims-HOw low does the per cent
OF carbonlc oxide rum
Mr.. Love-I have seen Il as low as %
per cent I have never seen Il over 50
M Sims-How high IS carbon raonOxide
in g mixed gas Ike this used here2
Mr. Love-The quantities OF monoxide
in thu two constituent gases are known
Il would be impossible 10 predict what
Is going 10 Sc in the mixture, but Z you
have a coal gas with per cent carbon
m0nOxide. and you have a straight va
ter gas Of from . to 90 per cent. and ycu
mix these. il IS going TO depend alto
gether upon what proportion Of each
you have IN your mixture IN order 20
determine the percentage OF carbonic OK
ide IN that mixture.
Mr.. Sims-A mixed gas, averaging 3
per cent OF carbon monoxide. then. would
have very little ccal gas in it,
Mr.. Love-Oh, yes; . per cent carbon
monoxide would be practically straight
water gas.
Sfr. Sims-And II It runs as high ss 30
il must necessarily be straight water gas?
Nj Love-Exactly. I have a few other
figures here. Taking the cities Of the
United States which have a population OF
10000 or more. the following have gas
supplies which contain more than 10 per
cent Of carbonIc oxide There are thirty
nine OF such cities, and the following
have gas which contains more than 10
per cent Of carbonic oxide: Allegheny,
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston. Chicago. Gin
cinuati. Cleveland. Dayton. Denver, De-
troit. Fall River. Indianapolis. Jersey
CITY. Louisville, Memphis Milwaukee,
newark new ndhCns ANCA OLLcd-2S-
New YORK. Omaha, Paterson, Phlladel- /
plia- PittsburE. Portland. Ores. Provi-
dence. Rochester. St Louis. St Paul.
Scranton. Seattle Syracuse. Toledo.
washington. and Worcester. Mass. That
makes thirty-five cities.
Mr.. Sims-Do you get your figures from
official sources?
Mr.. Love-I get them from Browns
last directory for 1865 which is the only
publication in this country that gives
any figures at all. Then the cities of
this same class having q gas supply Of
less than 10 per cent are two IN number
one in Buffalo and one in Columbus. I
Ohio. One Is supplied by natural gas.
Mr. Taylor-Columbus has natural gas
supply.