Evening star., 1925-11-19
CHANCE TO DICTATE
COAL TERMS SEEN
Bitumin0us Drive Here Push
ed Harder as Settlement
RumorS Are Heard.

Faint indications that the hard coal
industry may soon settle its inter
necine wrangle should not confuse the
people Of Washington into relinquish-
ing one iota OF enthusiasm in their
own war on the high prices Of anthra-
cite, in the opinion Of expert fuel engi-
neers here. Instead, they should carry
forward their burn bituminous" cam
paign until the conceit has been thor
oughly knocked out Of both sides Of
the hard coal industry, they say.
Never before have the consumers
had such a golden opportunity to die
tate their own terms to the controlling
forces of a necessary industry as in
the present instance, it Is said. If the
public lets both the anthracite coal
operators and miners know 1t is
through with worry over either coal
strikes or coal bills, 1t is predicted
that there will soon be an end to both
of these nuisances.
Five Stations Open.
Thousands of persons have already
learned that bituminous coal gives
more heat with no more trouble and
dirt than anthracite. There is no
ington should not learn the same les
son. Under the cooperative direction
of The Star and the Coal Merchants
Board of Trade, five instruction sta
tionS We're in operation here today.
Tomorrow another will open, and by
Saturday 1t is expected a seventh will
be started.
These stations are so scattered that
any one Of them is within immediate
of +ia1 OF
the National Capital. They are open
every day at the following hours: 10
am. until noon, 3 pm. until and
pm. until 9. The best engineers OBJ
tainable are in charge, and they will
be present every minute of these
hours not only to show by actual
demonstration how to burn soft coal,
but also to answer questions about
furnace trouble, either with soft coal,
hard coal or coke.
In addition to the demonstration
stations in Burleith, Petworth and at
los Seventh street northeast, which
have been running for several days, it
was planned to put into operation q
hot-air plant today at 1884 Corcoran
street. Examination of the furnace,
however disclosed that repair men
had partially dismantled the furnace
and it would not be ready for several
days. 1t was then decided to open
the house at 270S Ontario road north
west, and operation of that station
was inaugurated Immediately
In the meantime the owners of the
Corcoran street house, Stone & Fair
fax, are arranging to donate another
place, which will be announced by the
first of the week. The fifth station TO
begin functioning will be the house at
6611 Fifth street, Takoma Park, D. c.,
which will open at 8 O'Clock this after
noon. This house was donated by II
l.. Thornton, and John Meiklejohn
donated his services as an engineer
The Takoma Park house will not open
in the mornings, but will be open
every day from 2 pm. until and
from O'Clock tonight until $40.
Chevy Chase Station.
Beginning Monday, a new station
will be opened in Chevy Chase, Nd,
at 1901 Leland street. The house was
donated by NJ. and R B. Warren. e25
Fifteenth street northwest, and it will
be open at the regular hours along
with the other stations. 1t is fully ex-
pected that station will be opened at
Hyattsville simultaneously. These, 1t
is believed, will rather thoroughly
cover the suburbs of Washington.
Beginning at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, the house at 1925 Seventh
street northeast Will be opened. An
engineer for it was obtained at noon
today. II, too, will observe the reg
ular hours for demonstrations. with
the exceptions of Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings. The man selected to
take charge there found that he
would be obliged to devote those eve.
nings to some collegiate work.
Pamphlets containing instructions
for the burning of coal and coke in
domestic furnaces. prepared by Prof.
l.. p. Breckenridge for the fuels di-
vision of the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers, have been print-
ed in large quantities and may now
be obtained either from the front
counter OF The Star business office
or at any of the demonstration sta
tfons. These should be read care
fully by all persons who intend to
use either soft coal or coke.