New Britain herald., 1928-03-14

gas used today are coal gas and
 carbureted blue gas. The first; coal
 sas-is made by baking bltuminous
 ccal of proper quality in a ratort or
 oven. The heat drives off the gas. carrying with il tar and ammonia and leaving behind a residue in the
 form of coke. The tar and ammonia are removed from the gas. impuri- ties are taken out and it is then ready for distribution.
 The second gas-carbureted blue gas-is made from coke or anthra- cite goal and gas oil. Which pro- cess is to be used in any given To- calty is an economic problem 10 be solved, taking into account availabil- ity of raw materials, freight rates. market for coke. character of gas load and other factors. In the United States, the abundance of oil has encourag god-ani in fact was responsible tor-the development Of the manufacture of gas from oil but as the Fords and furnaces devour more and more Of the petroleum li pAtNlf' tlIE tRiit' IiNN III -Si' iiltAil't- factur+a is more and more toward gas made directly from coal. AS one oil man put it, There is just about so much oil 10 go around. Whether John Smith burns his in his fivvrr or his kitchen stove makes little dit- ference to us
 As a problem in manufacturing ;c turn raw materials Of varying qu&li- ty. into finished product Of stanl- ard quality. with this differcnce--- that if the quality should fail to come up 10 standard that fact is instantly evident 10 thousands Of customers Tt the same time and i is not possible 10 recall the niefits they simply must not be made.
 When it cones to getting the product to the customer. there en- rers in a condition. which holds in few, if any businesses outside of the public utility field That is the con- dition of readiness for instant and continuous service on demand at any hour Of the 4 to. any and every customer, one at a time or all to- gether, And indeed sometimes it seems as if they all came together and tuned on every appliance al once with one mighty hand. for at the time of greatest use,--iust be fore noon on a summers day. We are sending out gas at a ratt. of A times as fast as during the quiet hours of the early morning.
 Do many merchants or manufac- tuners have 10 meet just that prob lem? I can tell you it is not all easy one, but it is one Of the things that, makes the business interesting and keeps those of us in it, on our toes and guessing all the time. Our friends in the water, telephone and electric business have much the same situation, A solution of ir in- wolves studying inc tendencies Of growth Of the city planning ahead for installation of pipe equipment to meet this growth and to coincil, with the program for permanent paving of the city streets so as to avoid unnecessary damage to now paving. In this latter matter We work as closely as possible with the city and state authorities responsible, for the streets.
 Individual and Continuous service.
 Another point Of differences from . other businesses lies in the fact that / T gas company must necessarily in ! stall and have assigned 10 the . service of each individual customrr. equipment such as meters service pipes, etc, and q proportion of the : plant which must be E in readiness for use whether or not the customer stead ly avails himself of it. A direct is made at all times from