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Show CHANGING TO BITUMINOUS. One tenure of the nnthrulie .oal strike has not been much dwelt upon but It Is sure 10 Imvc Important re suits That Is Ihe substitution ot bituminous bi-tuminous coil for anthracite In large manufacturing enterpilsen Mun) of these have equipped themselves with appliances for burning bituminous coil and will toitlnut 10 use It This Is mr-tnln mr-tnln to reduce permanent!) the demand foi anthracite whlth Is Just os well for the supply of nnihiaclle Is limited writer In the Worlds Work for Ot lober su)s that the hard coal fields will hint hut eight) eirs nt the rnte of con-sumption con-sumption that prevailed prior to the strike, whereas the supply of Lltumi nous coal Is pratticiilly unlimited One powerful reason for the substitution of bituminous coal for anthracite Is the saving In cost it la computel, for example, ex-ample, that the 1 nlled Slates In Its 1100 hoie ewer 1 lam at Hrooklyn In using bituminous coil In donn-draught tui usees sues neirly ttO.OOO n )tur ns compared with its fnrmtr bills when It used lhe anthracite The wft coil has nnl) about onefouilli the refuse of the anlhraelte i,,ed with sitlsfauor) smoke-consumers there Is a saving of 10 per cent In Iho coal ami of lo to 1 , per cent In boiler capacity Alrwtd) since the strike there has been a great Increase In the use of smokeless fur naces whlth nlll probabl) have a permanent effett on the demand for anthracite" an-thracite" sa)a the Worlds Work vvri-ter. vvri-ter. 'Ihls of tourc will lengthen the period which the hnid eou! Adds will last. Hut vvhut of Ihe smoke. consumers that si em lo be hilly relied on In the use cf soft foal' They abate the smoke nuisance, and jove inonc) In fuel The Writer filiated sa)a by these devices ' blumlnous coal cun be made by modern mod-ern Inventions pracllcaly smokeless ' This Is welcome news foi us hers In Salt Lake Clt) mid will be welcome uliui throughout the whole count) The dev lets ion from a few hundred dollars up lo fifteen hundred dolhrs, but from 'all accounts will very quickly repay their cost In the saving of fuel One I firm hns sold over eight thousind smokeless furnaces One form of them Is a mechanical stoker that feeds the coal In slowly nt the edge of the fire, forcing whatever smoke rises to pass the lenglh of the fire-box over the glowing coils, a hot-air blast aids In securing nearl) complete combustion Another s)etem reverses the draughts and send" the gas-liden smoke down through th grale Instead of up, below Ihe grate Is another grate, to which the smuller pieces of half-consumed coal keep dropping: Ihls process consumes practically all the gases, nnd what little lit-tle escapes Is burned In the roaring passage pas-sage between the tno white-hot grates It Is seen from the great demand for the smokeless furnaces that the manufacturers manu-facturers are rapidly adapting themselves them-selves lo the new conditions, and tho evidence Is that the) arc saving inonc) In fuel l so doing The tyrann) of the hard-coal producers la being broken, and they can save their product It Is a most satisfactory nsult of the coal situation, and no doubt this phase of the matter ndds much to the uneasiness of the high nnl mighty nnthrncltc coal-mine birons. |