The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-02
DR.. GRlMLEY OF 3. & O.. DE-
CLARES THAT NEW PROCESS
is SUBSTITUTE FOR GAS.
Says It Will Mean Much to THIS State
He and Engineer Wilcox Explain
Method Before Manufacturers.

He and Engineer Wilcox Explain
Method Before Manufacturers.
. 4 large number ui Wheeling man
ufactur"rs and business men h"ar'
an excellent talk last El=hl upon u
ing powdered coal aS substitute" io'
na;ural cas- Wa. rhornu@nly dIsrusS"t
hy pr George Il. Gr!ml"y, chl"t I"
tn" gruluviCa bureau ~ III" com
mcrcia Development department o.
in, Baltimore and Ohio railroad. aEN
Wendell G.. Wilcox. advisory engineer
~ Inc powdered coal Engineering ahI
EGuipmrm company ri Chicago. III
Tn. meeting Was held IN The Nh''''
: in. Commercial association rooms.
! At the conclusion Of tn" address
Mr.. Wilcox answered numerous Q"'S
lions pertaining 10 local r"nGili"H>
iaS rrOpOundrh 10 him by IN" l"ca
manufacturers: told the initial COS
Of installation as being about 81" pei
| horse power ranging in Ian h"rS'
power and upward and i'll answer It
one question rs Ia COST al lueI VII
drrcoing he pulvcrlzing process -
/ iimat"d thai il would cost less. "''
liycvrd al tho boiler by 80 cents ant
/ that il would make more hea, "n'
cost less 10 operate as one man '"''''
easily fire four or five boilers Whrr'
at the present time h. only fires one
! DR.. Grimslc: spoke on tho genera
! principles of powdered coal a. sun
! $tituir for natural Ca$. He SAld ihrF'
; has been Il great industrial develop
/ menI in number Of cities in Yves
I Virginia on account of the great sup
! p.y of natural gas fuel, the local idea
! fuel for manufacturing purposes
! There has now come ahou! Il shortage
/ he stated. OF III" supply i'll the manu-
! featuring ccntrrS. and in order II
! maintain lhrS" industries and rncoul
! age new industries. II Is necessary It
/; find Il substitute for Gas fuel. whlcl
! will have similar character 10 uatu
raj Gas.
"WcSr Nirginia'< Goals. he contir
ucd, (which are COnlrihutary IN Wheel
ing. are not adapted 10 the DI-proC
ucI coke manufactured which pre-
CucrS gas. and is il po$Sihl" substitute
hut has il low hc;trinS value. rcQUirln
1uuu cubic feet To produce gHS /
equal 1.00u cubic feet OF natural 81
and heal the production. Its manl
| faClurr is also bothered by mcChanica
difficulties. The most promising SOli
lion APPEARS 10 be- puIvCrizrd Goa
! which. in the heat produced, method
Of Use and easy control rcS"mbl" matt
raj glS. Use OF This form OF coal |
NOT theoretical, because last year i
his country about righ, million ton
Of pulycrizrd coal WAS used.
Is Successful.
! Dr. GrimSlcy said that the Us" q
| pulycri2rd coal mixed with air IN
with the proper apparatus II Is houn
! 10 diSplacr natural sas fuel as the lat
! ter j. exhausted. This use in furnace
and manufacturing plants is compare
| lively new, but wherever, Introduce
has been successful. Fuur.fiflhs OF III
! American Portland cement is burnr
with pulvcriZcd coal
The speaker dwrlt briefly on IN
movement 10 build railroad frul
! parkcrSb burg 10 BurnSvllc. whic
! would open UP vast coal fields 10 Park
! rrSburC. He said the coal in III" field
that would be- affected by the RAILROAD
anu "i''h'h /" LII AttSou'S "ouiu u
tSpccldil! Huaptra 10 pu!N"rl""d Goa
ana would brlnS 10 local Industries IN
! cheapest and best fuel OF the day an
age.
Mr. Wilcox gave n t"chnicll dcscriT
: lion Of the use o. powdered coal as
, substitute" for natural gas.
He said in par;
Fuel cffi,.cucy today occupies
position of Iar greater importance. tina
; ever before III ihc history Of indusIr
! III This country Accustomed aS w.. hny
! been IN IN. past 10 think a.: nliY ,ni,l r..
serve ~ lu.xnnusi!hlr. lulrd int"
sense al falls" security by coal prize.
So l"w n many districts ~ :" 10" rral
unreasonable. .Nc"pt ~ h"Iicr prac:ir.
the possibility e: improving tn" id'
efficiency 81 heating processes ha
usually been given secondary c"nsid";
: au"n.
Il; mas tah"u IN" astonishing d'f'i
"rm"n'S -! w last year "F i""' an
particularly III" 'AT'rf"iiilfH hl'iuH
,r!hl hr"'LNa'"h i'S"'''hI III 'U''''S
M"tlua!S I" "r'"e NOM /" u '"t nus"
lut" necessity pl getting 'h' maximum
, amount 81 meat '"' ~ t>t'! P""h" "
coal.
I"uay we Fc'tl'"r 'h't "f!'' wv H;'N
plenty OF coal III IN" NHlh"' 'HIi '"b
not ;tr;ulahl" until m'ird ana h'iiV'F
I'd /" ihr consumer" SlhthE' SNORT
age If labor AZ III" inlh"~. an hi'n"S
complete breakdown /" our lrtnEp"r'h
| lI"n. and L winter "i extraordinary -
! verify. hay" SIMPLY brought l" our -
| trntlpn III IA carrier 'lii' what VII