La Junta tribune., 1915-03-20
GAS IN LA JUNTA.
Now Serving Consumers-Explaaa-
tiOn II the PROCESS Of Gas Maaa-
facture at the New Plant.

NOW Serving COnsuness-Explano
ton II the PROCESS Of Gas Maaa-
fscture At the New Plant.
On the 10th OF March the resi-
dents Of La Junta welcomed q long
looked for event-the introduction of
gas. Our beautiful city OF La Junta
is now fully metropolitanized. having
all the conveniences ut hand neces-
sary to make the home complete
and fine homes make fine city. At
the office Of the company where DAT
ly-inspection OF cooking. heating and
lighting appliances is made by the
public. many OF the ultra curious
PROFOUND the query. How is gas
nader" For the purpose Of answer
ing this question the writer, John F.
Beals. of MADEIRA. Calf. who design
ed and invented the machinery that
Is used In the local plant. and has
been In charge OF the obstruction
work ever since It was inaugurated.
has compiled the following brief de-
scription:
Numerous kinds of gases made
from various combinations have been
used by the public. Among then
mi0ht be mentioned gasoline sss, q
process Of saturated oxygen. used In
gasoline stoves: acetylene gas. .
combinatiOn Of carbonates and hyd-
rogen. used for lighting. and coal
gas. combination Of carbon ne
thane and hydrogen. The latter -
ths early and ancient commodity for
lighting. and today 10 sxtsasivsly
used for lighting. heating aad cook
lag. Since the discovery and de-
'velopment Of electricity. the convea-
fences for lighting have been 70 psr-
fected by its use that . very small
percentage was left for the use Of
gas. and the industry was Obliged 70
seek other channels for its commoAi-
". Since then. by the discovery oe
crude oil. gas has been manufactur-
ed At . greatly reduced cost, anA
has BY various perfected appliances,
become almost universally used for
heating aaA cooking.
y tApesvsd aoearasss sor -
'naAsfsstsFs Aas~ ~gr1efly asslslsd h
the advascsment Of the Industry. The
latest improvement being the msnu-
facture Of crude oil water gas. Wa
ter gas. st one time. WAS known ~
laughing gas. and WAS administered
BY dentists for painless surgery"
until on one occasion the violent
laughter and furious demonstrations
created BY an ssphyxiated patient
caused the alarmed dentist to jump
out Of two-story window. consid.
cradle laughter. however. In still
csused by gas. A. the present time
nearly seventy-five per cent Of tho
worlds output Of gas is produced
from crude oils.
Prof. r: 8. &. Lowe. Of California.
recently deceased. known ~ the IA
ther Of the gas Industry. was the IL.
vsntor and patentes Of the famous
water sss process and was an es-
tesmed frtead Of the writer.
Crude oil water gas. ~ used BY the
Otero Gas Company. IL producsd
from Kansas and Oklahoma crude
oils-parsfinc base. The machinery
for reducing crude oil 70 gas was de-
signed aud invented BY J. y. Besln,
and In parts consists Of the following
two sets Of generators. one scrub
Der and three purifiers. These are
connected to the large storage hold
er Of $4,000 cubic feet capacity. The
generator consists Of cylindrical
she'll Of sheet steel. lined with fire
brick. the inner space Of which II
filled with loose checker work or
other refractory material. The top
and bottom Ii likewise lined. A
surface II thus prepared TO Withstand
the fierce attack OF incandcsccne
heat Openings In the generators
are placed at convenient intervals
for repairing and changing tho In
tcrior brick work. Ports are also
placed for the admission Of oxygen.
aud u stack valve for thc discharge
Of the products Of combustion.
Tho scrubbcr II fitted with sprays
for cooling aud condcnsins. and rests
on . foundation. forming q part Of
= plunge and seal. which serves %
retain and expeii the heavy carboas
aud tary substance. Three pusifl.
Ferx. each fitted With two ssts q
table trays. coastituts The apparatus
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