The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-27
G0Yernrnent Oac Show II
is More Proatab Than +
Bee Hive f{fF.

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WASH d.
The coke makers ;of
are permitting more than tit55o mn;
lion horse IoWer q ~ =
the year to 90. 10 Vas q q
ltheirli$e Of the ola hlye,'
lof coke oven instsas L q tl1e Ilodslf
by-p roduct-saVtn8 aeegrdluf
to figures given ont be Unite
states GeoIogfcal sgy todaI
The losg Of the enti4 81 statss
from the same Gauge IS tinlated .
approximately 4 milIieE pFse p0I5eF
per hour for every dag the yeaIs
While the figures e not ct .taild.
for the horse power ca u West
Virginia. It Is believed aI6briEit
I of power wasted in th nj King Of
the states annual output 81 eol1c
would more than supply all 5Sthe
power now used in the state for all
purposes.
while the coke product n the BIZ
, product ovens of the 5RIted stakes
In 1910 was only ~ az bef cent sof
the total production r be value ~
the by-product obtained from the
manufaucture Of coke from from the
Notwithstanding ovens was So
AN, $50, a little more than one-third
the value of the coke produced.
'sThe value; OF the recoverable but
wasted contents. of the coal made
into coke in beehive ovens would,
at .tie prices obtained IN 4 o. have
lbeen between $S5 ,OO0. 600 and $40,-
600, O00.'' said Edward w. Parker.
OF the Geological Survey. today. AS
west virgsn1a pr1dilced about one
twelfth OF the coke prodpced IN the
entire United states, the value of
the coal wasted in making coke IN
West Virginia in 1910 was, on the
same, estimate, approximately So
100000.
Mr.. Parke- has rePeatedIy called
attention to the Immense loss West
virginia coal e ndseolle ioperatoTs are
sustaining because they have no
home market for their pfeaucts. IN
statement made today he calls at
tentIon 10 their l6ssesz from Wrestling
the byspro4uct OF the Gosh in max
ing coke in the old-sashioned ovens
instead OF in the modern scientific
way. with the eScFp goa 3ots 40
semet-solvay ovens 1T 4e lYPod, all
the coke ovens in the sta ID are Of
the wasteful beehive type. But
west u 4 s lis 64ff alo9s in
the matter OF wSsft1ig the by-prod-
ucts of. the coal in making z coke
eaI1nT
FOR many years the valuable
material constituting thes by-prod-
ucts in the manufacture Of coke was
absolutely wasted; even today there.
is great extra4agance. in coke
making. through the continued use
by the majority Of manufacturers OF
the old beehive type OF coke oven.
rather than by the by-product oven:
The United States Is FAR behind
Germany and other foreign coun-
tries in adopting the economies re-
sulting from the coklng of coal In
by-prodtIct ovens.
'Tn what. is known as the beehive
oven, so called because Of IT'S SINH
larity in shape to the conventional
beehive, the coal is only partly
consumed, or, to speak more prop
erly, the. volatile, combustible con-
stituents. the gas, tar and ammonia
except the .hxed car
bon which is left behiDG as coke
is wasted. In the by-product ovens
these are recovered and used. In
Germany llttl or no coke is now
made except in retort or by-product
ovens.
95undreds OF millions of dollars
worth of these valuable by-produet1
ovens have been wasted by Ameri-
can coke producers, but 1t is graft
Tying to note that the improved byr /
product oven is replacing the waste-
full beehive oven with considerable
rapidlty. During 1909 and 1910
there was more activity In the con- !,
structIon OF by-product recovery
coking plants than at any time since
1903. OF the 849, by-product ovens I
started in 1909 there were 80 conn +
oleted and put into bfast In 1870:
tUorI, ~ 4ba 9nO NV DPuduct ovens