Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-11
STATE ADMINISTRATION SENDS
OUT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW
70 FIRE FURNACE
sHovELFuL LESS PERrDAy
EQUALS MORE THAN TON
Would Mean Saving Of 10000 Tons il
SEASON IL Every Family Saved Each
pay-simpis to Economic When
You Know How, Says Webster
Thick Fire for Cold Weather.

Des Moines, Dec 11.-Chairmen OF
the county fuel boards are receiving an
interesting pamphlet from Charles
Webster, state fuel administrator
Methods that may be employed in
tending furnaces which will result in
a substantial saving of coal are OUT
lined On the front page are the fol-
lowing striking statements:
IF you save single shovelful OF
coal day. your saving during the
heating season will be more than ton.
IF every family in the state does
as we'll, the total saving will be more
than 100000 tons, or 10000 carloads
or 200 trainloads of fifty cars each.
'.At no time has the saving Of coal
been so necessary or profitable as right
now. Make your coal pile last longer
save your money and help win the
war;"
Soft Coal For. Furnaces.
How to burn soft coal in the furnace
is the first matter discussed. A steady
fire is the most economical when an
even temperature Is desired. To keep
a steady fire the furnace should be
fred regularly. In firing the bed OF
live Goals should never be entirely COW
cred with fresh fuel. The fresh charge
should DE placed in front so that 4
small area Of red coal is left uncovered
at the back Of the fire pot. The gases
from the fresh charge in passing over
the red hot coal at the back, will be
burned II enough air is admitted to tho
furnace. In order to admit the air re-
quired right after firing the fire door
damper should be opened for a short
time. This damper should not he left
open longer. than is necessary to burn
the gases. or the furnace will be cooled
of and heat wasted.
Overheating should be avoided. This
fire should be checked by closing the
ash pit damper toy cut off the air thru
the fire and by opening the check
damper in the pipe II necessary-nur
by opening the fire door or the fire door
damper. The fire should be checked
before the house Is quite warm enough,
to prevent oyerheating and the neces-
sity Of opening windows to cool of the
house, A great deal OF fuel is wasted
i'm this manner and it is entirely un-
necessary.
Relative to Ashes.
The need Of thick fire in cold
weather Is also discussed in the fol-
lowing language:
The thickness Of the fire must be
varied, according to the weather. It Is
good plan to keep the top of the
fire as near the level with the bottom
Of the firing door as possible at all
times, except in very mild weather In
cold weather the fire should he well
shaken and only a thin layer Of ashes
left on the CRATES. If necessary the
fuel may be heaped above the level OF
the bottom Of the firing door. In other
words. the thickness Of the fire Is to
be varied chiefly by the raising and
lowering Of the bottom, and not by
raising and lowering Of the top Of the
fuel bed.
Care should be taken in preparing
the fire for the night. A fresh charge
should be placed on the fuel bed and
the draft opened for a short time
five to fifteen minutes-then the check
damper should be opened and the ash
pit damper closed for the night. In
this way, the gas IS burned of and its
heat utilized. This heat would be lost