Show Beaver County School Board Authorizes Three Oil Heaters Oil Company of Cedar City A Awarded warded Contracts Contracts Contracts Con Con- tracts for Installation Installation To To Furnish Fuel Oil For Term of Two Years Will Vill be Made lade From Virgin Crude Petroleum On Thursday March the 1929 the Beaver County Board of Education contracted with the Oil Com Corn Company Company pany of Cedar City Utah for the installation installation installation in in- in- in of three Fess Systems of burning heavy fuel oil One each tobe to tobe tobe be Installed in the Beaver City High School Building the Beaver Grade Orade School Building and the High School Building The contract calls for immediate installation Installation in installation In- In in the Beaver City High School Building while the other two installations must be completed be before before before be- be fore September 1 I 1929 Upon the same date a second contract contract contract con con- tract was entered into by the same parties whereby the Oil Company Company Company Com Com- pany agrees to supply these Install installations fuel oil with an 18 plus gravity for a period of two years starting April 1 I 1929 This fuel oil will be manufactured manufactured manufactured manu manu- here in Cedar City from Virgin crude petroleum and transported transport transport-I automotive ed to Beaver County in equipment For the past year the heating plant of the Beaver City High I School Building Building Building Build Build- ing has been operated with an Iron Fireman Stoker which used a slack grade of northern coal During this same period the heating plant of the Beaver Grade School Building was operated with a light fuel oil burning system After checking the costs of operating each system during this perIod period per per- iod lod It was found that heating with oil proved to be cheaper and more ef efficient efficient efficient ef- ef than heating with coal From the result of this test the Beaver County County County Coun Coun- ty Board of Education decided to standardize their heating plants with heavy fuel oil burning systems The Board plans to cut their thet present present present pres pres- ent cost of oil all heating another 20 percent per percent percent cent by the installation of these heavy fuel oil burning systems for It was VIas proven by tests that a pound of heavy fuel oil oft carries from 30 to 50 per cent centI more B. B T. T U. U than a pound of light I fuel oil they have been using |