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Show I Use Smokeless Fuel: Gas for Cooking Coke for HeafinJ II h'tw Indublrles in tho atat closely af- I feeling the rosidenta oi Salt Lake City I htvc expanded and grown' so rapidly dur- I ins the last year as the gas and coke I business in this crtj. An interesting and P instructive review, therefore, is that of M the histoid of the Utah Gas & Coke com- S pany'a operation for the eleven montliE ending: November 30 last. The gas serv- ice in this city ranks second in pro- (Iciency to no other In the country. Ths I company Is controlled by the American Public Utilities company of Grand Rapids, Mich., and since being taken over by the latter corporation the local gas system H has undergone extensive improvements until It Ik now pronounced to bo A-l in efficiency. The cost In Improving the local svstem has been great, and the best talent pro- curable was sent hero last spring by the American Public Utilities company. The m experienced workers tool: hold lmmcdi- ately under the capable direction of Mari- , accr John C, D. Clark. Improvements effected in departments which received tho new company's particular attention have benefited both the housewife anrl the family's member who pays the bills. 11 The new method employed in mnnufac- 9 luring gas has furnished a product of l high duality; the way the gas is dls- Hy II irlbutcd and the system of measuring H II the amount consumed have benefited th K w consumer materially, H I The object of the company, say the H nftlciuls, ib' to Improve the service, and B jn in order to do this public co-operation H needed. H Tno locnl company solicits suggestions H and Is desirous that whenever the housc- H keeper experiences any trouble with gas H H the company be notified at once. Men Hj I arc employed who do nothing but inves- B tlgate complaints. B Trouble with apparatus is often due I to carelessness on tho part of the owner H or even gross ill-treatment is frequently B H found to have rendered gas stovefl, heat- B H crK nnfl other gits-consuming devices in- K efficient. The quality of the citv's gax H B hag been pronounced excellent by n.xpertP. J and if not to blame for the poor light or H H ill success In cooking that t-'omo housc- I keeper complaint of occa-slonalh. I The increase in the Utah Gas & Coke H company's coke buslncfa lnce the" first of the year is tremendous, j Among the company's best cxike ous- I Jomcrs arc those who have given it a H fair trial. Not only is it cheaper but n if morn convenient to handle and make for a clean city. Coke will hold a fire overnight far better than coal will, and it Is practically smokcIcsH. Because it makes no dust, dirt or smokn It Is used In most big utel mills. An n direct result of the Increase In the local consumption of the coke during the tart venr, the smoke nuisance has materially B been abatci! in residence Pectione, While vomc Hmoke consumers give more or lef-n tstlsfaction. the use of coke in factorl?. l5undrl-c and In all plactM u'here big ft on arc kept, means a smokeless city, j Thlu has been demonstrated in many rni'I dii'l factorv center?. H railed smoke- lota fuel, tho Utah Gus & Coke company has udoptou the slogan: "Make for a clean city." Th6 company's contention that tho uso of gaa for domestic purposes pur-poses and coke for house heating purposes pur-poses would make this a much cleaner city, is founded upon actual experiment and investigations. While coko costs on an average of twenty-five cents more a ton thun the coal used In this city. It gocu about one-third one-third farther and consequently savus nearly one-third In cost, The Utah Gas Coke company claims that Its steady " incrcaso In the sale of coko Is directly resultant from the high satisfaction it gives at small cost. The aclunl operations of the Utah Gas fc Coke company have covered a wide range of activities during the past year. As an evidence of the increasing dc-' dc-' maud for gas as a cooking fuel, tho number num-ber of feet of new mains luld to and In sparsely settled residential districts of tho city between January I, 191-j. and November ".O, Inclusive, is convincing The number of feet laid was exactly L'2,607, which is a gain of several thousand thou-sand feet for the corresponding period in 1011. The total number of feet now in use Is 5G6,S03f which Is an exceptional record for a city under the 100,000 population popu-lation mark. The laying of gas matne. of course, requires the. employment of large forces of men, who receive good wages. As a consequence of this extensive laying of new mains, several sections of the city have experienced substantial increase in-crease in the valuation of property. In every neighborhood where mains were laid this year many new services have been Installed. The mains have been extended, to cover tho now Riverside school. .Tefferson school and county Infirmary. The following flat buildings, which were recently finished, have complete gas cooking equipment: The TTuywood, Shubrlck. Ruby, Holland. TJcrnlce, Avondalo and "Warren. Other , to be erected and In tho courfe of construction con-struction will also be fitted out with gas service. The call for new gas service In settled set-tled neighborhoods has also increased , during the year. The number of new services for notices and apartments for the eleven months ending November .' was Po'J, bringing tho total number of services consuming gas throughout tin . city up to "906. Tho city's population being aproxlmately 00,000, this means tlint there Is one pa3 aorvico to every eleven residents. Thi 16 a eontdderably higher percentage than prevails in most western cities. The company has gained In the lat year 2100 new customers. In each building build-ing where gas has been Installed, th" occupants who are privately using gas arc each uning a service fta In apartment houses. The number of ore lampn Installed In atores and buildings was J23 and the total to-tal number in UBe in the cltv Jb 2237. Tho quality of light furnished bv aro lamps 1b considered by many utore "maji-aeers "maji-aeers to be beBt adapted for the llghtlnc of such places, Th installation of 42 new re lnmn In eleven monthF, In tho business dl.-' trlct alon atteptp the demand for thf-H lamps. Since November 80 other lamps have been installed, which brings the total to-tal in use well over 2300, As a cooking fuel, gas Is generally recognized rec-ognized lo give the beet, most practical and convenient lire. All cooking schools use gaa and It furnishes the cooking tire In all apartment houses and modern homes. It Is fast gaining in popularity for cooking and designers of gas stoves and appliances arc kopt busy working out improvements. The efficiency 'of all types of gas stoves is bound to Increase as draftsmen arc working to this specific spe-cific end. The number of gaa ranges installed in the city from January l to November SO was 715, and the total number in uso on the latter date wus C578. It ie interesting inter-esting to note that nearly as many gas ranges arc in use as services. The gain in the Installation of Bervlccs and ranges within 'the city limits for tho first eleven months of 1912 also varied but slightly. The figures compare as follows: Number of new services installed, in-stalled, 052; number of ranges installed. 745; total number of services consuming gas on November 30 was 7906: total number of ranges in use on that date was 0578. The extent to which gas water heat-Tf heat-Tf and heating stoves are used in Salt Lake is little known. Theso apparatuses are used in a great many living apartments and Installations of both have Increased steadilj- during the lust year. An average of eleven water heaters per month were installed for the lirst eleven months of 1912, making the total for that period 222. The total number of water heaters in use at tho end of November was 22,191. more than threo times the number of gas ranges In use. The number of heating cloves installed was 200. while the total number In uso Is but 190S. The gas grate la gaining in popularity and are built Sn many of the new homes. That there would be many more water heaters In u.c if it wore no' for the fact that gas healing stoves are oftentimes used for heating and boiling water is unquestioned. The regular water hcatciv, however, can furnish large quantities quan-tities of hot water; while but a few quarts can conveniently bo boiled at a time on lieating stove. While the foregoing figures give ? comprehensive Idea of the cxtenslveness of tho growth In nil of the gas departments depart-ments of tho Utah Gas & Coke company, tho volume of business In the coke department de-partment amounted to th retail yule of 10,59 tons or thlt fuel for tho first eleven months of the year. The company's bal" Jn coko Is gaining rnpldly fHch month and a demand lias already been built up for It. The use of coke to any extent iu Utah is now, but according to officials of tho Gas & Coke company It Is In a fair way to hecomo the leading heating fuel for Salt Lake City within a short time. In its arguments In favor of coke. th company cites the finding of United States government teste, conducted by the geologlcal'Uurvey, which reported that genuln ga" cok Is actually worth mor" money pev ton than hard coal for heating tho home, baaed on s anthrnclte. r.nat. An Interesting test, which proves the merit of gas coko as a fuel in house heating boilers, was recently made In the University of Illinois, at Urbana, a government gov-ernment testing station, Tho test follows: I S"? ? . - j 0 u. 2". I 5 Per cent efficiency -19.-10 I 16.57 62.50 Cost of evaporating! 1000 lbs. of water? .23S S .22 S .188 Cost por 100 feet I radiating surface I per hour 7.1M 7.33 6.27 Average umount of fuel at each fir- ' lug I 75 Ibs.l 75 lbs. ,'7S lbs. Average time between be-tween shaking a n d r a'k I n g, i. hours C!00 .25 'J.I I .Maximum interval ' of maintaining 2 I lbs. or more ' I steam without I ! attention 1 I5.17 I 2.S2 S.SR Efficiency of boll- ! I or and grate j .59 1 .55 I .61 The Utah Gas & Coke company part I v attributes its big Increase In its coke business to the strong appeal made bv certain facts presented to prospective customers who come to the company's office to inquire about coke". A table similar to tho following one is furnished by the company, which shows what gas coke will do under very severe tests: I Z I- ir fir--3 2! jf n Cj n Kind of fuel. wP ' is 2 5 c i ?Z : Pocohontas 11750 9575 C6.10 Anthracite ... 12079 S477 6.:i0 Pittsburg coko 121S3 S6P-M 71.10 Gas coke. large size. 121SU 9182. S 75. IH Gas coke, furnace alzo 12ISSI 05S5.6I 7&.7U Regarding the actual coot of tho different dif-ferent fuels In Salt Lake City, the- following fol-lowing is correct: Per Ton. Anthracite coal in Salt Lake 311.00 Ejpft coal in Salt Lake 5.75 Genuine ga.B coke In Suit Lako,...$il.00 Comparing the coke with local soft ooal. the company claims that about one-third one-third Is saved by burning tho former. It further avers that coke absolutely does away with all cleaning of flues and chimneys, chim-neys, foul gases, soot, dust, fuel waste , -lfting of ashee and much of the usual trouble of looking after the fire Itself. As the company la anxious to hai e every customer sal the best results from tho use of coke, a special department of employees Is maintained. It Includes a corps of special representatives, all thoroughly thor-oughly experienced, who are sent without with-out charge lo instruct how to burn properly prop-erly to get All the results. It is tho duty of these experts to convince con-vince that coke Is particularly valuable for use in furnaces, low pressure steam boilers, hot water heating systums or any house heating appliance where other fuel has been used. The experts also point out the special advantages of coke lo be In its lightness and convenience for handling, cleanliness and freedom . from smoke, soot, dirt or dust. In this connection a definition of genuine genu-ine gaa coke may not be out of place. "Coke Is simply the very best grado of soft coal after all tho gas, smoke, dirt, tar and soot have been removed at tho gas works." The total number of users of coke in the city at the end of Inst November was !93;i. On many occasions as high as 100 tons of coke were delivered In the city in one day. In handling coke eleven teams and three large automobile trucks are employed. These are kept busy most of the time. The December business has Increased even more thnn the preceding month and the 'books for this month's business will show a big addition to the total number of tons sold to customers for the first eleven months of the year. The Utah Gas & Coko company operates op-erates under such a compact systom that a comparatively email force of employees Is needed. The full force numbers 217 persons. The manner of operation changed when -the. new management assumed control. Systems of handling the different departments de-partments were altered, the otflces themselves them-selves were, remodeled and extensive improvements im-provements were made at the gas plant. Unllko many managers of such con-'norms con-'norms as the Utah Gas & Coke company, .'Manager Claik follows a different practice prac-tice than thut of the recluse type, who is hurled most of tho time somewhere In the middle of a series of private offices. of-fices. Ills office la in the front part of the general office room, where pvrv one can get at him and where he can be found at nhnost any time during the company's office hours directing the concern's con-cern's daily activities and attending personally per-sonally lo most of the complaints, whether they come by call or telephone. Of course; ilr. Clark has a private office of-fice where he talks over matters of execu-tjvo execu-tjvo Importance or any 'business of unusual un-usual nature. He likes to have the com-pany'H com-pany'H customer seek him. however, and the operator of tho private telenhone exchange, ex-change, never says hoa busy when he is not- A personal interest in any complaint Is shown by Mr. Clark, as he la a firm believer in tho theory that tho wav to build up a business and especially to perfect a public servlco Is to show overv courtesy and consideration to customer's that is possible. To put into effect new systems in office of-fice operation the entire first floor at 61 South Main street was remodeled. The offices for the various departments ih-o rearranged re-arranged differently, and moro displav room for the many gas devices handled b- the company was one of tho results. rh $fl offices as arranged at present have been found convenient: to customers and mini- m mlze the work- for tho employees. A VM telephone switchboard with eleven branches has been Installed which are im necessary to efficiently care for tho com- tm pany's entire phono service, At the gas works a now system for &m handling coke has been put in which has im worked even beyond expectation. Aleo mothods for drawing and quenching coks H have 'been installed. The old method or im reviving and purifying material was abolished for a. better one. At a big cost additional equipment in now being added m for distributing gas throughout tho city. ",m A svstem designed to meet all tho re- gM qnlrements of the old ono used for tlio 7m extraction of ammonia, but which cllml- 'Wt nates many objectlonablo qualities for- 1 merly endured, has been installed, as vm well as an Improved method for ycntila- f tlon In the retort house. Tn addition to theso extensive improvements at tno plant, a new warehouse and stable wcra m erected during the year. h Manager Clark says that whllo the ex- ;M nendltures to improve the gas service m -,m Salt Lake City have been enormous, thei v havo been highly justified by the results. jm Manager Clark in planning a novel cooK- v ing and demonstration school to open f Wrly in the vear. This Institution will jm be conducted on tho second Moor of tlio i building occupied by tho company at bi ym Main street and expert women demon- ,m strators will demonstrate the merits ot zm various gas appliances and particular of ranges when properly used. tm Just how to regulate the tempera- lure for various dishes and foods win Mm bo taught, as well as how to realize the most economy from the use of a ga . stove. This school will also have a trou-ble trou-ble or complaint department, where .m nm housekeepers who experlenco ajiy troumo, w however slight, with their ranges maj re- f port and havo their case investigated and cleared up immediately. .H Manager Clark feels that housekeepers who suffer in silenco deter the company from establishing tho basis of CO'0,; M tlon It is striving for between itself ana urn the public of Salt Lake City. reason he has arranged for the P0?Kln VM school, which in expcctetl to pioc a popular here as It has In other clues. am From time to time in tho past cook- ing demonstrations havo been hclc i n inn n general olflec room and have alt acted large crowds oftentimes of such 1 c a jm pacity that they could not bo -com W modatcd an account of tnc npaco and a cllitlcs for holding sucn public M tlons. Tho quarters on the second Hoot will be amply largo to accommodate tno m crowds and also to display the la tJj M appliances dosigncd to make the buraen m of housework easier. c kf iM Tho history of tho Vtahamtt voar M company's operations for tho VJMI ?o, qm showH clearly that this Indus rtry caH jM takes a place In tho front r3"1" ?J riarie M that lead In this state. J'3?.. ths II will leave for the east to confer vA U 1 officials of tho American Pub o l IIUI im company shortly and ',cv,'.a an- ! upon his return he, will have t0 me a nouncct.i'mts make wh ch 1 vlll 1 mo of Interest to the company 3 cuetomeu- |