Show 1 consul 1 abr ol of rr fair coal col A reli report ort upon tile the manil manufacture facture of briquettes comes coines to the state department from prank frank mahon alason consul congui gen eral at berlin who feels fee la that the time is ripe in in view of ilic the great pennsylvania coal strike and tile the consequent sc scarcity arelt y of anthracite for americans to taku up the manufacture of this substitute fuel mr mason says there are no less than eighty nine bibe manufactures fac tures of this fuel in germany many of them thein producing more than toufe tou mr sr fg that briquettes may be produced frobin fro ln brown coal or carbonized peat with or without it a binder or from froin a the waste of soft foal coal the re result stilt being smooth glisten I 1 iny ng briquettes s of a b black ov or dark brown color which are m 0 o practically and leave only a reddi bli brown ash sh from the abundance alimi dance of the material in if america mr mason says bays it seems that the fuel ini lit be manufactured very cheap ay as a substitute for anthracite |