The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
SAVE MUCH MONEY
ON HEATING HOME
Washington discover Household
Where Much Warmth y secured
From Little Coal

Washington. y. c Oct "A ptob
lem which reaches into nearly every
home IN the United States and touches
t'le pocket hooks of several million
houSe holders. is discussed seriously in
report issued TODAY by the Bureau
nf Mines Department Of the Interior.
in which the experts or the bureau
tell The public in detail inst how, in
heating their houses this coming
winter. they may save In their coal
bills
The report issued al a time when
the cooler weather IS upon the Cour-
try and people arc LAYING in their
winter supply Of coal intimates that
large savings, can be made in nearly
every home and gives specific fig
ures Of tle results obtained IN one
homo in which every effort was made
10 consume the coal properly AZ the
report was issued solely for the hene-
fit of householders, copies may he
obtained by anyone VINO addresses the
United states Bureau OF Mines.
The tests referred to were made
in ten-room house in New Haven.
Conn, Which was comfortably heat
ed at n cost of s4s for the fall and
winter, a saving over other housea
OF the same size in the same locality
/ Of from $50 70 500.
! According to Van II. Manning. d.
rector % the Bureau Of Mines simi-
/ lar results can be attained in hum
/ dreds of thousands OF houses through
out the country with consequent
saving of millions of dollars.
The report shows not only 2 low
cost OF heating" said Mr. Manning.
| but also an economical use of fuel
and illustrates what savings may be
! effected when the problem la given
proper consideration. Systematic and
regular handling of the fire doubtless
! had considerable to do with the re-
suits obtained The cost OF heating
Is probably $50 to 500 less than what
is expended by a large nunNer OF
houxeholders who live in the same
locality and have about the same
| heating requirements. but use more
expensive coal and give their heat
ing equipment less attention
The value a mouse holder gets from
the fuel he burns depends largely on
the character eff tia haa ting atties,F+4-
tus, the conditions under which il If
installed and the manner in whit'l
the fire is handled The authors of
this report, from their experience in
firing residence heating apparatus
and from observing the methods en-
lployed by many who attend To such
apparatus, keenly appreciate the i'm
pol'anee OF proper Hrine methods.
anu 'hey nave written thls report IN
tle pefall that some general remarks
on the sriectioA. care ana operation
OF reslaehce-heatng apparatus may
prove of some value to many who
a'e i''e'eStea IN hufnlng tuei IN vac
iiioSt ecohoih'eal manner
The authors are T.. r. Brecken-
ridge. consulting engineer of the Blu
reau of Mines and professor Of me
chanical engineering, Sheffield Sci
entifie School ! ale University and
>, -. idse' fufeianical engineer OF
me bureau OF Mlhes.
Among other things, the report
states: Many furnaces and boilers
ore operated in hapnazard way
drafts are opened or coal is pat on
when the house bpeomes cool, then
the fire is allowed TO burn rapidly
until either the rooms are too warm
or the fuel bed Is burned down too
far to kindle properly a new charge
Of coal,