The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-06
Something Interesting in a
Government Pamphlet.


" every home in the United States
and touches the pocketbooks Of sew
eral million householders is discussed
seriously in report issued today by
the Bureau of Mines, Department of
the Interior, in which the experts of
the bureau tell the public in detail
just how, in heating their houses this
coming winter, they may save in
their coal bills. For one time the
government has issued a most inter-
esting document.
The report, issued at time when
the cooler weather is upon the coun-
try and people are laying in their
winter supply of coal, intimates that
large savings can be made in near
" every home and gives specific fig
ures of the results obtained in one
home in which every effort was made
to consume the coal properly. As
the report was issued solely for the
benefit of householders, copies may
be obtained by anyone who addresses
the United States Bureau of Mines.
The tests referred to were made in
q ten-room house in New Haven,
Conn, which was comfortably heated
at a cost of $4S for the fall and
winter, a saving over other houses
Of the same size in the same local
ity of from $50 to 500
According to Van. H. Manning, d.
rector Of the bureau of mines, similar
results can be attained in hundreds
cf thousands of houses throughout
the country With consequent saving
of millions of dollars.
''The report shows not only a low
cost of heating" said Mr.. Manning,
Gut also an economical use of fuel
and illustrates what savings may be
effected when the problem is given
proper consideration. Systematic and
regular handling of the fire doubt
less had considerable to do with the
results obtained. The cost of heating
is probably $50 to 500 less than
what is expended by large hummer
of householders who live in the same
locality ard have about the same
heating requirements, but use more
expensive coal and give hesting
e.iu'Tment less attention.
'"The value householder gets from
The fuel he burns depends largely
Oh the character OF the heating ap-
paratus, the conditions under which
it is installed, and the manner in
which the fire is handled. The authors
of this report, from their experience
IN firing residence-heating apparatus
and from observing the methods en-
plcyed by many who attend TO such
apparatus, keenly appreciate the i'm
portance Of proper firing methods
and they have written this report
b the belief that some general re-
marks on the selection, care, and OPP
grafton Of residence-heating appa-
ratus may prove of some value to
many who are interested in burning
fuel in the most economical manner :
The authors are L. P. Brecken.
idge, consulting engineer of the Blu.
reau of Mines and professor mechan-
cal engineering Sheffield Scientifi,
chool, Yale University, and S. B
1agg, mechanical engineer of thu
Bureau of Mines.
Among other things, the report
states: MANY furnaces and boiler:
are operated in a haphazard way
lrafts are opened or coal is put OF
Rhen the house becomes cool, the1
the fire is allowed to burn rapid,
until either the rooms are too warn
or the fuel bed is burned down too
far to lindle properly a new charg,
Of coal.
@Such firing is always wasteful
The heater should receive regular at
BENTON, and if the demands for hea
are intelligently anticipated, as the!
ordinarily can be, the house can b
warmed with minimum trouble ant
fuel. When the rooms become to,
warm the fire should be checked b.
stopping the admission of air unde
he crate and decreasing the draf
y opening the check damper.' II