Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-03-08
There's ,ss, 600, 100000 worth of pea,

Ineree 900 ,oco, Ooo. zoo worth OF peat
lying undeveloped in the swampe aud
boys OF this country.
It's bound 10 como out sooner OF
later, II the conclusions OF the ex-
Derts OF the United States geological
survey. who have been investigating
the matter. are TO De accepted.
They are hopeful lot. these er.
perts. They scent wonderful posi-
bilit!e1. Cities and towns may, IN
the future, obtain their light. heat
and power direct from the peat boys.
There's enough peat TO supply the
country in the DA0otas. Minnesots.
Wisconsin. Michigan, northern Iowa.
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York,
the New England States. New jersey,
Virginia, tho Carolinss, Georgia and
Florida, they say.
WORTH BILLIONS. THEY SAY.
Roughly estimated at 50 ton,
there's $3s 900, 600, 900 worth in the
counry-more money than is rep
resented in all the stock, property,
implements and buildings owned by
the farmers of the United states
Professor Charles A. Davis OF The
technologic branch OF the geological
survey has been in general charge 81
the Investigations Of the country
peat resources, which included 10,
only the amount and location. bui
also It's various uses.
Professor Robert n. Fernald. who
assisted him ia the researches, visited
Europe TO study the uses OF peat =
returns convinced that peat will a. 1
De extensively used In The United
States
In sweden he found that the en-.
glneers placed the power plants right
In the peat bogs and from there trans.
mitted the electric current TO the sur.
rounding towns. Professor Davis
says that sIxpeTiments have demon.
strated that pe&t ss "a fuel is but Iittit
inferior TO many grades Of so't coal
now on the market sad superior 10
some Ia the quantity OF Dowe g0I
produced.
- believe the dAy 10 coming soon,
he ss1d, when cities located near
The peat boSs and away from the
coal hci5E will obtain their power
and light from peat with the Goa:
supply being used ~ tremendous
rate. peat will become an important
auxiliary fuel and one the, viii DVo
long tho life OF the coal itself.
And the by-products OF peat are n
great value Including coke, oils. par.
afiln wax, phenol, asphalt. wood alco
hol. acstic acid. ammonium sulphatI
and cOmbustiblo gases Of good fue,
value. Peet is also useful So q subSd
tuts for wood. especially in the manu-.
fscture OF paper"
Warrington doesn't taks high IABk
az an industrial center, bot II has obs
forty million dollar industry just tkS
same. That 10 the goveyAnSnt en-
ploye industry Uncle gam turns ever
Ao.Ooo.ooo . pear 20 his puhats sss.
watts Who make their domiois here
Atossthsr, including ne stnSioyss
OF the District Of Oolunbia, there ere
$500 Of Ehsm, according to figures
on the subject Just COMPLIED. %
these. $500 work for tbe District hn5
1915 ia the departments and CON.
Dissiobs.
Congress employs 800 more The con
Rressional library, 4e2; the navy yard
s,oO8; ne looai pOstomcs. SIC, the
government Drinting once. $3.50; 9th
- establishments, eat; tota5. aS,61e
More thAn per o4nt Of the popu.
atioo IL composed OF government,
employees, more than 80 par cent Of
gOvernnsn4 employees and their fam
flies