Show wasteful use of coal I 1 the latest estimate of tho the coal sup ply ol of Lug places the aate of its exhaustion as years hence while this Is a loan period measured by tho the areigo lite ot of a man it does not look wg big compared to tile history of that country cou our own coal supply in IH so ao large and the expectation at least la in the mind of the layman la ainan of contin continued tied discoveries of tabt deposits of fuel make it impossible tor for our own people to seriously cona consider laer the exhaustion of our own 1011 loll fields our present method of steab power for stationary engines la is absurd end and extravagant tia its to at least 75 per cent of 0 all tho the power used la in uila this country we mine coal we ship it and haul to our plant we ahiel in from the bahon we shovel again under boilers we fill 1111 our tit awes leswith avith smoke emoke until they re a foundry on casting day aud then we must shovel ashes luto into wagons cart these ashes through our streets and after another expensive haul we giva tho worthless refuse a final shoveling six hano lings be alues slues the freight and wagon haul As aa pointed out la in these theae pages ten years ago the coal should come up from the mine to flow by gravity under the boilers of au aa enormous electric generating plant and tho the power and heat should get to its final destination not on coal cars but on ores ires we pity the clado methods of our forefathers forefather st we boast of our present day achievements but only a generation or two hence and many of the things we do will appear inexplicable and silly 11 II 11 11 II windsor in the april popular mechanics magazine li |