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Show SOLVING THE FUEL PROBLEM. The fuel problem in its several aspects as-pects Is discussed by George Otis Smith, director of tho United States Geological Survey, In the March number num-ber of Popular Mechanics. Among other oth-er lntere-stlng statements ' ho makes the following: " o-;reat has been the interest In the fuel problem In general that the Boston Chamber of Commerce appointed appoint-ed a committee of experts some time apo, which went Into the question thoroughly, detailing the number of tons consumed In the New England states, the cost of this coal at the mines, the cost of transportation and a full destrlplon of tho method of buying on the British thermal unit basis. ba-sis. Other cities throughout the country coun-try are now taking ordersGealtaa try are now talking up this question, and many of tho large corporations are now buying their coal according to the heat units it contains. Altogether the people's awakened Interest In the fuel problem will undoubtedly result In a grcnter conservation of the supply sup-ply than ' otherwise would have been possible." |