The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-22
DIRECTIONS
FOR USE
GIVEN
Dealers Are Forbidden to Let
Customers Exceed Sixty
Per Cent Limit.
By GEORGE franklin.

10E I131Q COA1 was 0&G0 eO04y uy
Walter C. Allen, executive secre-
tary Of the Public Utilities Com.
mission. The city's hard coal
supply, he stated, IS at the lowest
mark Of the year. A large pro
portion Of the private consumers
have already received their go
Per cent quota of last years hard
coal supply. The severest wealth
er OF the winter win not be ex-
perienced until next month Con-
Sequently the importance Of CON
serving the hard coal supply In
the cellars Of private homes he
declared to be imperative ii wide
spread suffering is TO be avoided.
sixty Per Cent Limit.
1T il useless tor consumers to
Dry to secure more than their so
Per cent QuoeA OF hard coal" said
Secretary Allen The coal dealers
are enlisted 20 protect the general
public against such practices.
Where we find that an applicant
1or hard coal tries to circumvent
the 60 per cent quota allowance by
placing duplicate orders with diff
1eremt coal yards. the duplicate
ordeR II quickly picked up. It is
now up Co the public to commence
the general use OF hard coal sub
s11futes and by mixing them with
theaf coal make the latter go as
fAx IS possible.
while hard coal win continue
- reach Washington, we win get
0mly our 90 per cent quota Of last
y0r8 receipts which amounted TO
63osS70 tons. That means we must
ge1 through the winter with 31Sye70
eons or 313.2es tons les than We
consumed here last winter. There
- the situation In . nutshell"
a survey Of the coalyard stocks
- coal substitutes today showed
tat many of them are practically
@ufk coal Coke and bOuIets were
declared - be limited in supply,
hut the assurances WAs given that
he@wy shipments C the latter two
Substitutes VIII b received within
the next few DAYS These are the
substitutes which win largely sup
plmmk tho hard coal city residents
have been accustomed to use In
Hbera1 quantities during past years
IRfrue1zons For Use.
HDW 20 use coal substitutes sue
eesfuIIy - enc OF the problems
mcnxss q residents have not solved.
The Americzn Society Of Mechanical
Engineers Eas compiled q set OF
rules, copies Of which have been re-
eefyed ~ Secretary Allen, instruct
ing hOuseh0lders in the use Of coal
Substitutes. Five thousand copies
OF the rules have been ordered by
the Public Utilities Commission for
distribution. The following il taken
from the copy received by Secretary
Allen:
HouseholderS are advised to see
that the fire CRATES are in good
order To seal air leaks in ashpit
and around c1ean-out doors. To
cover steam and water pipes to les
sen radiation. To provide suitable
clean-out tools for boiler nues. To
use fireplaces, gas logs. kerosene
heaters IN mild weather. To weather
strip doors and windows. To ar
range coal bins 90 that two kinds
OF fuel can be kept separate.
OF hard coal substitutes, the state
ment says:
"Small sizes of anthracite should
be used wherever possible. Gas
coke, in connection with pea or
buckwheat coal Is an excellent COM
bination as IL holds fire well but
gives heat when required. Block
wood and small sized hard coal Is
good combination, equal to coke for
producing heat, but requiring more
attention. Soft coal can be used In
most furnaces constructed to burn
hard coal, unless the flue passage
O. too small. The fires should not
be pushed and flues should be fire.
quently cleaned to free them Of
SCOT"
In burning coke as a substitute
the instructions advise that a bed
of hard coal fire be established over
which the coke is spread. When
q blue flame appears q second layer
of hard coal Is spread over the
fire. "See that the charge Is ig-
nited and then check off draft to
insure slow burning, says the in
struction sheet. use less coke
than hard coal for banking night
For Soft Coal.
Burning soft coal requires a deep
fuel bed and more draft, according
TO the engineers. After the fire 10
fairly started greater heat can be
obtained by breaking up the larger
Jumps. The fire should be stirred
mp freely before more fuel Is added.
When adding fuel the burned fuel
should be pushed back and up
around the sides. Into the hole thus
AOtatAOA INC AISSH IuSt - SALO"At
until 1t II level with the surrounding
bnrned fuel. When the new fuel
becomes tgnited shut down drafts
to secure desired result. A large
charge OF soft coal will burn slowly
for several hours. A little air should
be admitted through the slides in
the fire door when burning soft
coal.
Pressed hard coal substitutes,
boulets and bricks are declared by
users to give satisfactory results.
They are cleaner than soft coal to
handle and do not throw off the
same quantity of SCOT and smut.
They produce a hot fire which holds
veil, declare dealers, and can zen.
orally be used In any of the regula.
ton fireboxes and CRATES. The uni.
formity OF size lends itself TO fire
building" For this reason thew are
I regarded by consumers as an eco.
snomtcai substitute for hard coal
During the past week the supply Of
these substitutes in the cl.y ran short
but II was stated, today, that large
shipments are under way.
Coal dealers are cooperating with
the Public Utilities Commission In
urging patrons to start the use Of