East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-11-27

standing Of the furnace. and the full
value Of the coal used.
To have clear steady fire, there
must be first Of all, good draught.
II the fire is gray-looking on the
surface. the flues are stopped I'D with
deposits of carbon and ashes. and the
only remedy is to put out the fire
and clean the flue.
To kindle a new fire in the fire
pot. use as little paper as possible.
Get a good wood fire burning by
turning on all draughts and leaving
the ash pit door open for more air.
Then put on two scuttles of coal.
scattering both coal and burning
wood evenly over the drum, so that
the fire will burn as well around the
edges as it does in the middle.
As soon as the two scuttles of coal
have become we'll ignited, put on two
or three more, according to the size
of the furnace, and again spread il
out evenly. so that the fire will be
we'll distributed and the casing will
get all the heat possible. Close the
ash pit door. turn the drafts half off
and in a little while you will have
a clean steady fire that will give out
uniform heat for many hours with
out further attention, says the Mod
ern Priscilla.
Having started our fire all right,
how then shall We keep it up from
day TO day to avoid making a new
one very often? The answer is, keep
your fire free from ashes and clink-
ers and bank 1t regularly twice a day.
Do not ever turn the drafts on full
after the fire has taken it's first good
start, as the extra supply of fresh air
makes the fire burn furiously at the
center, wastes the coal, and causes
the fire to go down around the sides
where the heat is most wanted. An
other thing to guard against is open
ing the ash pit door to start up the
fire. as this only causes an extra
supply of ashes to form at the bot
tom of the CRATE and the fire above
is little benefited.
Ashes when sifted should never be
left in uncovered tins or boxes. Many
housewives complain that ashes come
up from the furnace to the rooms
through the registers. Familiarity
with the construction of the furnace
proves that such an idea is erroneous,
as the pipes do not open into the fire.
pot at all. Then ashes are often care
lessly sifted in the cellar with the
door leading upstairs left open, thus
allowing them to make their way up
ward along with the draft through
the halls. All ashes that are siften
out of the furnace should be sprinkled
with water, and then kept tightly COW
cred.
The removal of clinkers from the
fire can be done by the use of a long
handled iron fork, which comes for
such purposes. Open the door of the
firepot and dig right down into the
fire. If there are pieces of clingers
among the glowing Goals they can cas-
lily be detected by their twisted, whit
ish gray appearance, and as they in
terfere with combustion, should be
constantly looked for. Too many
clinkers indicate poor quality of coal
and a consequent loss in fuel value.
The difference in the sizes of coal
used in furnaces is always a mooted
question. However, good kind of
anths cite for ordinary use is a mix
ture of furnace" and "stove" coal.
The combination of the small and
large sizes together seem to fit In the
firepot nicely, and make more uni
form glow