Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-02-16

the preparation If diagrams as
guide to its makers. Ate, repeat
ed interviews with tie big builders
Of machinery in the east. Prof
/ Babcock interested one h.n 70 such
an extent knowing as is members
did what the successful CONNER cial
making Of Ignite briaDett meant
TO the mining and gas machinery
! busine&-ihs; the manager Of the
firm stated thss be would furnish
the machinery required al ne;
much more than s third CO its sell
ing price. and he claims and the
Professor behsyes-.ha, the ma
chinery vas sold to this sts.e be-
tween two and three thousand DOL
lars less than the material and labor
cost the firm which made it.
Surely, when men in New York are
sufficiently public spirited and intel
ligen: 10 understand and appreciate
the magnitude Of the problem Of
converting Ignite coal into per-
feet fuel. we people Of the state
ou2h. to be liberal in dealing with
that problem. With the repoY,
giving details Of the tlishmen,
and operation Of the states bYiquet-
ting plant in the hands Of the print
e.s, il is unnecessary-and it could
not well be done with sufficient
breyity-.o give such details herein.
The facts are. however. that it is
DOUBTFUL vhethe. investigation Of a
great problem has ever been begun
with less money in sight than was
appropriated two years ago for the
Hebron plant That not dollar Of
il has been wasted is the firm con-
yic.ion Of the members Of your COM
nittee.
As TO results. evidence was such
at Hebron evidence that is indisput-
able-as 10 convince Us tina, the
great problem Of cheap and perfect
fuel in North Dakota has been solved.
And the comparative simplicity
Of the process was astonishing to US.
Il appears that the success Of the
Hebron method Of ignite briquett.
making over former experiments
along the same line lies largely in
the expulsion Of the gas and other
by-p,oducts before the Ignite is
byieuet.ed. The presence Of a
large volume Of gas in the Ignite
has. We understand. been the chief
cause Of failure Of the many at
tempts heretofore made to bril-
eue,te the raw Ignite.
The conclusions your committee
are that
/ The Ignite b.iquetses are harder
than anthracite. In fact, when q
byiauette and piece Of anthracite
are struck the one against the
other, the anthracite is invariably
broken. At Hebron we saw the new
fueI burned for several hours. l.
is almost identical with anthracite
| in its fuel qualities. II has an ad.
vantge owe. anthracite in a. leas.
one particulay-it is an excellen,
| fuel in cook stove or range. 1t ha;
| been used for both cooking and
! heating at the Hebron station. and
| gives perfect satisfaction when USED
| in either way. OF course the max.
ing Of b.iquettes would be Of 10
| consequence were it not possible te
make them SO cheaply that the,
could be sold in large volume in
| competition with othe. fuels
Everything hinges on this PROPOSE
ton Prof. Babcock is firm in the
bellet that Ignite b!iquettes can b.
made by commercial plant and sole
in competition with anthracite il
North Dakota at a price from {
dollar to dollar and half les
than The latter. 1t should be bourn,
in mind also. that this lesser psic.
does not take into consideration ,h,
value Of the by-products. Of which
| gas is the chief. Repeated experi
2 ments at Hebron have shown that liz
: mite contains from eleven to twelv.
thousand cubic feet Of gas per tor
Its price will Of course, be governe
e by the facilities for its use. of whic
o there seems to be no limit. for Ii
e reason that its energy can be CO,
h verted into electricity and tran
10 mitted many miles. Other pr
it ducts. such IS creosote. ammon
tn and parafiin, are also obtained fro
ne the coal in commercial quantitie
lg The binder" used in making Il
ng briquettes is the cheapest grade