The Nenana daily news., 1919-01-03
LIGNITE COAL IS
 BEING TESTED OUT

private families in Nenana and, in most places has been almost in con- stant use for the past few days. Evidences or it's use around town was waited on the breezes, and stranger entering town might have been forgiven if he imagined he was entering a big manufacturing city, as the pungent aroma of the fumes of burning coal was in the air.
 In most of the private families the coal is being used for cooking purposes with very satisfactory re- the majority of cases the stoves are not fitted with the proper kind of grates for the use of coal. Several of the bushes houses and hotels have also used the fuel in their heating plants, and, although the tests cannot be said to have been fair or complete, the results obtained so far, are very gratifying.
 The coal was distributed to the following: Southern Hotel 6 tons, Nenana News 2 tons, Arctic Pool Hall 2 tons, Terminal Hotel 1 ton, w. A. Coghill tons, Central Restau- rant tons, Tavern Cafe 1 ton, Ball & Thomas ton, Cooney Hotel 1 ton, The Coliseum 1 ton, Taylor's Jewelry Store 1 F tons, Brokers l Cafe , sacks, Fowler X Morris 5 sacks, Dr. J. R. Bowen 5 sacks, The Rust House sacks, Al Johnson , sacks, The Skof House sacks, John H. Flower 5 sacks, David Sweet 5 sacks, John H. Scott 5 sacks, The Northern Cafe sacks, w. H. Gil cher 5 sacks, M. " Tyler 5 sacks, Simson's sacks, The Nicely House } sacks, Hyland's Pool Hall 5 ! sacks, Louis Hamil , sacks, Ralph | Waechter , sacks, R. s. Mcdonald , sacks, telegraph office sacks.
 The several Nenanaites who have been able to get some coal from the fiji trial shipment have had several days during which the coal was actually used, and those who have done so are loud in their praise of it as a domestic fuel i Several people are holding their supply back to give it an oppor- tunity to dry out a little, as the coal contains large percentage of moisture, and in the meantime are fitting up their stoves with grates so that the coal can be easily hand led and the best possible results obtained from the use of it.
 lHe ooulHeIH notel building, where also the Portland Pool Hall is located, is the largest building in town and is heated by a steam plant. The boiler, which is located in the basement, usually carries a steam pressure of about three pounds. Tom Smith, proprietor of the Southern, says that he used the coal exclusively in the boiler ever since he receivd the first ton of it and is keeping careful track of the quantity used and the results obtained. MT. Smith is perfectly satisfied with the coal and has al- ready removed the grates in the boiler which had been put in so that wood may be used, and from now on coal will be used exclusively He expects whole carload in a few days. According to MT. Smith, the coal IS better and more satisfactory than wood, and he thinks that it would also be much cheaper. A comparative statement as to the relative values of wood and coal as a fuel has been promised by Mir. Smith.
 w. A. Coghill, who has a large store on A street which is steam heated, has plant somewhat similar to the plant at the Southern, and he says that the coal is entirely satis- factory in every way. He is perfectly willing and would be glad to use the coal exclusively if a regular supply was obtainable. MT. N Coghill has used the coal ever since