The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-23
CAREFOR HEALTH SAVE MONEY
DR.. Mcshane as Health Officer Is
Urged to Promulgate to People Prac-
tical Suggestions in Regard to Sue.
cessfully Operating Furnaces.

Here is a Christmas present to Ke-
nosha people from the Wisconsin State
Health department The department
has sent to DR.. J. J. MeShane sugges-
tions as to the real way to operate a
hot air furnace and operate it so that
all of the demands for ventilation ana
healthful conditions may be met. 1t
is declared that the following of the
rules will not only keep the family
healthy but that it will also keep a
little more money of the family in tn
bank. Here are the suggestions ant
any one who desires is entitled to tr.S
them out without paying royalty tt
the state or anyone else:
"Keep the coal high in the middl
sloping to the sides; otherwise you
fuel will burn out in the heart of tn
fire and require rebuilding.
Better results will come from a.
small sized coal as the CRATE of the
furnace will admit.
Sprinkling Aids Combustion.
"Some secure good results b.
sprinkling the coal with water, espe
cially when soft coal is used. This
practice makes hotter fire and il
burns longer.
Ashes should not be allowed to ac.
cumulate in the ash pit; following this
rule will allow proper amount of ali
and also protect the CRATES.
tAvoid too frequent shaking of the
fire; twice day is usually enough.
"To prevent dust, sprinkle the ashes
with water when removing them from
the furnace.
"The water pan, if one is provided,
should be placed in the hottest part
of the furnace, that is, where the air
leaves the furnace In all rooms,
where practicable, it is well to provide
open pans of water so that the evap-
Grafton of this moisture will assist in
moistening the air of the room. The
pan should be set on the register. 1t
is a hygienic that the air entering a
room for ventilation should have addi-
tional moisture given to it before it
reaches the room"
For those contemplating installing q
new furnace the following suggestions
are added:
Gin locating a furnace the shorter
pipes should go to the colder sides, as
north and west, while the longer lines
of pipe go towards the warmer sides,
as south and east.
Put On Pipe Coverings.
Covering warm air pipes with a
heavy warm insulation covering will
conserve the heat and reduce the fuel
bill The wall surface on the north
and west sides of the cellar cools the
air, and if the pipes are no covered
with asbestos air cell lining, this large
exposed metal surface is sufficient to
cool the warm air inside the pipe and
p. event its circulation. The area OF
the cold air duet should nave the com
bined area of the warm air pipes. The
outdoor intake of the cold air intake
pipe should be so situated as to prevent
currents of wind from drawing the air
out of the cold air intake. This intake
should be long and sloping, with slight
curves rather than short, and with
right angles in its course. Thus gravity
acts upon the large column of cold air
which will ensure much better circula-
ton.
A wall register is preferable to
floor register in order to avoid the car
rying of dust. A fireplace or two as
sists materially in producing circula-
ton when the hot air system is used.
"All hot air pipes should have
sharp pitch leading to the furnace to
ensure circulation.
"It is extremely important for the
proper protection of the mucous mem
ORANGES of the nose and throat to have
water in the furnace to moisten the
air, and also pans of water near the
registers to give additional moisture to
the air. The humidity of the rooms
should be at least 65 or 20 degrees"