The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-21

| GAS HEARING
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enclea complained % by thu afhe,
witnesses and added that on one. %
caHsion little boy was oNcroon- IN
her home when the gas jct wehr oul
while sale was away for a few min
uira
v. A. uesrhart. Of the r,of
Marche food DEPARTMENT. toid OF IN,
unsatisfactory conditions win fas
IN tse biE department nfcnrs both
IN the candy kitchen ana In the
restaurant Rnis wrt; " NJ the
past thrcc months and tire servics
was poorer. he said. tho the com
rany's at3untrrn cnsne 20 ths rinrs
several times IN an effort to reu,~uy
matters
Hundreds 81 men ard women we're
IN attendants dnrins tire sresfrs
part 81 the day Monday. only 10 Dc
turned away sithoui having a
chance 20 register THEIR protests
assinst tils SERVICE % the seattle
Lighting 60. ard NJ Application Tor
4 lower thernlai or hea, taiu~ stand,
ard IN tfs gas u fnsnuisrsursA
sffrRS0OS stDiESCg
LEAVES IN 4 HOLY
Attic Il vas Rrnounc~d w the
morning thas the gus company
you'd b. ailosed 10 present it's side,
~ the question: first. the afternoon
@rssion Opened AZ : o'eit4k ~fsh 4
fsfr crowd ia asten8arrS Before ira
heating had Progressed very far
however. the tnai,er Of the public hs.
ing heard WIS assir brought ar sspl
Chairman kuyk~udall rrf~nsea ~.
announcement Practically IN a b., n,
Inc audience d~r~rtsd
Not more thar IS p.r-on- r~rsn,tv,s,
70 hear the testimony u Prot. Gkorxs
r. whliweil. s'rucfuta ana hfcnss "
snrsrAef % the University Of VIVA
iiIgton. whose testimony for the gas
company consumed the entire rstsr
noon tersion ard was 20 be concitiarA
this morning.
Prof. whiswen esrztis,ed q, iansfh
on the relative values o. rsn with a
hifh ard low British thermal uni,
content. tfe quoted from voftutInous
reports Of fas experts from .rnany
sections o. the country. snd FIRE m his
own experiments
t0sr or MASUFtcTtRE
LESSESFD By f0w n. r. &.
THE co~t ~ rtanrfa~tur-. Prot.
whlt~efl pointed out. was greatly
ie~sened by making gas siih low
y. r. Y. value by using tss steam.
iiie pfocc*r 10 per cent rnbrc o. ths
q. T. U. N the coal are TIN hsferr.d
10 the ras. he stated II issaino pos
sible. he said, 10 obtain ~ per cent
more gas from the ctsai ~ticn made
with lower r. r. q. stankira
From Springfield. Mals: Pfovi.
dencc. n. T.: vancotfvet. IN. C.. ard
from experiments conducted IN Eng
land Prof. whitwcii frstik,d The gen
efai conclusion Chat loser q. r. a.
standard IN highly desirsaflc from The
ntrndpain. ~ economy " fnanufsr
ture. The steaming method also PRO
duces grrater quantities. OF valuable
by products. he said. tuch a. sri
fnouia
u arm hopeful Tor ivwef y r u.
methods, " Prpfeanor wplitwe'i stated
Present meshods. nitbo the best IN
the country. are wastrfui-
Lower II. r 4. Eas opens a field
for economy to the manufacturing
company tina. wifi ultimately benefit
the consumer Professor whitweli
eaid
He then introiuccdsa letter from n
candy fustker In vai,couver. n. C.,
which stated that the txriter We per
fectiy satisfied with t,be low Il. 7. q.
kas that has becn. supplied there.
n was evident tina Q Tho theoretical
discussion as 70 the merits OF the
lower y. r. y. gab did no, make
much Of an irnprssaton with the con
suriiers who heafd u
what want 10 know" s.id T.. s.
Hamilton. vice pttaident Of PusSn
Boots. "is why. With the old gas,
rot n 1o.foot fiftrne in my range
and now can get, only n two FOO.
flame. and not livery hot one, at
THAR"
Perhaps your tr intake needs M.
Justing." f'tbf. wihprie sugrested.
ut has been adjusted by the rss
company's man. end worked worse
afterward than sid beforer' Hasnil
ton aeciafcd H1hilltor In a graduate
engineer.
COMMISSION I'd INSPECT
REFRACTORY BURNER
II WIS finally decided by Chairman
Kuykendall tirrs the public service
commission. tosdtthcr with represent
ntives Of tho ghs company and Of
the city. should. visit Puss'n Boots at
the conclusion pf the meeting.
M. a. Hansbn, coffee roaster, at
1929 First ave, asked permission 10
say wbrd here
'I used 10 roast hair sack OF
eofrte IN ~ minutes" he said. Now
II takes from BALI an hour TO 90 fnln.
utts. ana then sonietlm the coffee
In spoiled bet:Iuse Of the time II Is
teuulted 70 ba kept in the oven.
About tho only thing the new eas
has done FOR Ems "a 10 raise my Bin
from $40 20 s25r' he added.
The holiday beverage everybody
iikes Blue ;siooh"--ask souf deaier
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