Evening journal., 1914-01-29
ARTIFICIAL GAS
FOR MANY PURPOSES

The vast exhibition of gas appliances.
recently held in PHILADELPHIA was n
great public eye-opener: it was given
under the auspices of the National Com
mercial Gas Association. an organization
of about three thousand members COM
posed of the various gas companies of
the United States. and those manufac-
turing gas appliances for great va
riety of uses, sucn a. factory and s.ttet
lighting; for cooking in the tiny kitchen
ot the fiat, N the aparsmrn house
Kitchen, or in The larger types os iesi.
DENTAL hotel. cafe ana re.taurnt
kitchens. Also there were relrus,nted
many types OF water heating equipment
operated BY gas. from the tiny quick
heater for the dentist AMI IN Der, tc tie
larger water heaters OF al sizes. for do
nestle and other requirements. m,;ud-
ing the instantaneous kind HAT lights
the gas and instantly hcsih the water
in central automatic heater. immedi-
ately for use when "a faucet unywfere
in the house is turned on to draw water
and instantly snuts or the gas wien
the faucet is again clos ai.
There were also displayed various
makes of gas nouse-heatn gequipn ent,
for the direct lea ing of rooms l'y gas
radiators, on steam, generated in eco
nomical gas house heaters and, as we'll
of portable room.warmers of various
sizes and kinds, that may be carried to
various parts of the house at ones con
Nenience where local heat is desired.
The association also includes as
members, manufacturers of chande-
liers, and lighting portable gas lamps
aad OF lighting glassware, and OF IN
dustrial gas appliances. for the tenn
pering of, and for hardening and an
healing steel, and for heating and
melting metals of all kinds in the
shop; also Illuminating gas mantle
makers, and the makers of gas
mangles and gas fiatirons for home.
laundry or shop uses. In fact, as it
Is said, appliances for using gas in a
thousand" ways. as shown in a list
recently compiled by the association
and placed i'm the hands Of the various
gas companies represented in the or
ganization.
The Wilmington Gas Company is
one of those interested in this great
national movement to develop gas
appliances for every discoverable pur-
pose where gas may be used by the
public, economically, with ease, and TO
advantage.
Through this concerted work of all
OF those interested throughout the
United States, the variety and com
pleteness of equipment for produc-
ing results by gas at minimum cost
and with maximum efficiency. con
Venience to the user,aand with quick
ness, has reached a point not antici-
pated by the upwards of eighty
thousand people who visited the exhi-
Dition in Philadelphia were
astonished at what they saw" said
the local press
Such National work and develop-
ment whereby local interests OF
those in other cities. be favorably Of
fected IN matters OF convenience, time
eil'cieney and saving, are indeed COM
mendable.
The Exhibition next year is to be
held in Minneapolis for the benefit of
the great Northwest. In former Years
Il has been held IN Boston. Atlanta.
Denver. Chicago. and in no lesser a
great Show-house than the world
Wide-known Madison Square Garden.
in New York
Best service to the community. and
the approving of appliances showing
the greatest economy in gas con-
sumption, with maximum results and
eihciency, was the keynote of Tho
Gas exhibition and Convention M
Philadelphia.