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Show COKE MAKERS WASTE S4fl.000.00Q HULL! By-products Lost Through American Use of Obsolete Obso-lete Beehive Ovens. Whl'.e Germany is earr fully conserving her resources hy coking hr fuel output In by-pn.-di.i- l ovens to have th valuable :,i.r. animuiila. yas. and benzol, th1. fnitfl Stiij ; lii-.-rAi.y titrowiiijE away tiiese aoful prokicth to Die vulue of millions of ii)!!ars annuaily b' the continued use of the waMffnl hfohivp oven. hi l'.Ul the to'ai ciiput of coke in the I'lilte-l State- wbh 34 , A 5 -V ? 1 f iiort tons, v.il-ie-i at $.S:i4.Jl7. ut this 2.1.S3:.. ?Tl 'ons was made in beehive ovenn, with, an H.mns: total luss of the h --products, an'i 1 1. i?..-!.', s'sorl tons was iro-jut'vJ in by-pronuct oven5. wltli a recovery of I over il7,"'i"i.'";,i worth of by-produrtti, or 1 upproxiniaicly $1.55 for ea ii ton of coke. J As there were over "H.O'-OH'O tons of! beehive Coke made in 1'atM, and a.s the j yield of coal in coke in less In beehive i otitis than In bv-rrodmt oven?, the lofss , (I bv-pi od net f from eoal mH'lt into c'-ky I in the hr-eime uvns in 1X4 was not t Irts ihan ?4.i.,"J,J.'",,'M. Thu slump in vo- and otinT iasc n:etul melti:m ful- !ow;,k liii- il-clar ti"n of war last Annua ' was directly reHonn1bl for a marked de- ! crease in i he coke production in the i liockv mminiuin Ktatcs. I Compared with 1 91 .1 t he decrease in -oke output was 11.74".'il'i tont, or L'.i pT cc-nt in UatHity. and ? ni.rs.O.vS. or '.i 1 per cut In va lue. The hcehie and by-prod net coke did not suffer enuaily In the fle-rease, the former falling r,ff l".'J4S.f ions, or per cenl in quan tity, and compared with a decrease In byproduct by-product coke o' 1, tP4.-"'7o tons, or JS.S per enl in ut'Hnlity," and 1 0, tT.GKS, or 2 in-r enl In lue. Thre stales. Kentucky. Ohio and WaMiliiston. showed i ncrease-. Ti-if-se in-rease? in-rease? werr- all due to the operation of by-prnduct plan's, the buildliiK "f " hi-h was b e y, u n in U 1 - and 1 P 1 ;' . The principal prin-cipal dpereaps were: Pcnnsvlvania, S,-4 S,-4 or. j tons; W'f-.hi vtrgini-i. I.mjiju tonn; Virginia, .'i?''1 ions: Indiana. 10,373 tors; liliiMcs, 4:i ions, ami N VorH, 301. 1H tons. At the end of !MI tlidv- were ?9,7r".5 ovens in the T "tilted State, of which were by-pioduct ovens, and ii.'l.Hlri were beeiiivr. Of the by-product (u ens 'itiV, or 11.5 per -Miii. w-r idle tiirouxh-cit the . year, and 41, )'". or 47.:; yrt cp-it of the I Weehi ve of!iij ere idle. At t lie end of j l'H-1 t.Ii'-rr- ; ere undpr const ruction ii44 j new bv-prorju-'t ocne and fi;.i.;, new bee-: bee-: bi-p ovens. vurini? the -ear 71 hy- product ovens were abaniioned. all of j u bicb i,t i?- e. peered wilj b- rcpla ced bv others of the retort or disiiila t ion type, and 3G)3 beehive oven.") were also abandoned. aban-doned. The following: Uibio rives tho output of coke in the I'nitcd States during 1914, by stales: Production oi coke in the United States 1.)1 I, by stales. Quantfty Suite. 1 (short lone). Alabama 3,ftS-l.M9 Colorado Ht'.6.0S3 'Joorpria. I!4...i7 IlhnoiK 1.4'Jr".1HR Indiana ii.','76.18 Kentucky -S 4:i .9Tf New JeiKpy '-5.:.'ft3 New Mexico ?, 2 . .'. 7 2 New York t.i7,n70 Ohio f"?t!fs Pennsyl vfinia Tennessee L'fi4.1''7 VlrRlnla TSO.fiM V"asl)!n;lon S4,PrT West Virginia ('7'flH'1 Maryland. HS;irhnFtf. Mich-i(?au, Mich-i(?au, Minnesota, L'tah. Wis-conyln Wis-conyln 2,'122,VA Total 3-l.-"i5..ni IN THE DISTKP'T COC'RT OF TIIK Cnlted States for the distrb-t of Ftah. In the mailer of Stephen M. Yates, bankrupt. - No. I')u0, in bankruptcy. Petition -or discharge. To 1 he Ho;:orable John A. Marshall, iudpe of the district court of tlie I'ulied States for the district of l'tah: .Stephen F. Yates, of Salt L,ake City, in the county of Salt L,yke and state of I tr-tli In said district, respectfully renre-senls renre-senls t bat on Hie 26th day of May last past, he was duly adjudged bankrupt under the acts of congress relating to bankruptcy; thai l.e duly surrendered all his properly arid rights of propert y and has full v complied with all the requirements re-quirements of said acts and of the orders of the court touching bis bankruptcy. Wherefore he pinva that he mac be decreed de-creed hv the court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against Ills estate undr said bankrupt acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such discharge. Dated this 7th da v of August. A. D. in I 5. STKPMFN F. YATES. Bankrupt. Filed petition for discharge, August 7, un;.. JOHN Y. CHRISTY. Clerk. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of r 1 b 1 1 . On this 7th day of Augusl. A. D. 1015. on reading the loregolng petition ft is ordered or-dered by the court, that a hearing be had upon the same on the t-lth day of Snptem-her. Snptem-her. A. P. II1!.". he fore said court ut Slil Lake Oily, in said uistrict, al 10 o'clock in (ho fur-noon, and that notice thereof be published in The Salt Lake Tribune, a newspaper printed In said district, and tba" ;ih known creditors and other persons per-sons in interest ma v appear ut the said I I me and p!a'X and show en use. if any they have, why the praye;- of the said petit'nner should not be granted. And it is turther ordered by the court, that the cMrk shall send by mall to all known creditors copies of said petition nrid this orde-'. addressed to them at their pl-i.-es r.f 1 esidenee as stated. Witness the Hon. John A. Marshall, tudwe of t'ie aid district court, ami the cr'j thereof, al Sail Fake City, hi said rid on the Tib ria of .lirlv, A. 1 , 1 : 1 Tt. .Mte?: JOHN W. CHRISTY. (.Heyl of Court) , Clerk. |
