Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 219, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1921 — Page 11

ADVOCATES USE OF BY-PRODUCT GAS FOR FUEL Expert Explains Most Hopeful Substitute for Waning Natural Supply* EUROPE AHEAD OF U. S. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—America’s natural gas supply is being exhausted by criminal negligence and reckless extravagance, according to Professor Robert H. Fernald, head of the department of mechanical engineering in the University of Pennsylvania, who, in a survey Sor the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, urges the use of by-product producer gas to relieve an acute national situation. “The rapid exhaustion of our natural gas supply through criminal negligence and reckless extravagance resulting in drastic restrictions in order to conserve what little we have left brings us abruptly to a realization of the situation and leads us seriously to query regarding possible substitutions for this remarkable natural fuei,” says Dr. Fernald, formerly engineer in investigations upon gas producers for the United States geographical survey and the bureau of mines. “The situation is acute. It Is therefore imperative that we begin exhaustive investigation to determine the most practical solution of the industrial problems that have been for many years past so vitally dependent upon our natural gas snpply. The results reached through such investigations may lead into channels quite different from those under consideration at the present time, as the necessity of the situation may develop unthonght-of possibilities. MUST DEVELOP BY-PRODUCT GAS. “With the limited amount of study that has been given to this problem to date, the most conspicuous source of relief seems to be through the development of by-product gas. This, of course

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is practically an unknown field In the United States. Spasmodic attempts to develop interest have come to the attention of engineers from time to time, but no serous study of the situation in its relation to the larger commercial developments of the country has as . yet been undertaken. *Tn Europe we find by-product producer gas somewhat extensively used, and the large central station near the mines, recovering the by-products from the fuel and distributing the gas under pressure for several miles through the industrial districts, has become a dependable source of supply. “Through the abundance of our fuel snpply and our indifference to the needs of future generations we have been ruthlessly extravagant and wasteful of our fuel resources during the past decades. An nopreetatlon of the necessity of recovering by-products has but recently received thoughful consideration from those agencies that are most seriously interested in the problems of fuel conservation. NEW PROCESSES DRAW ATTENTION. “At the present moment, low-tempera-ture distillation processes are attracting more than casual attention. Investigation may show a combination of lowtemperature distillation and the manufacture of by-product producer gas to l>e a distinctly economical and commercial solution of our natural gas problems, as these processes, on the one hand, lead to the maximum by-product recovery, and, on the other, to a supply of gas commercially adaptable to heating and general industrial processes. “Our natural gas situation is a serious one. The solution requires more than the casual financial interest of the private dividend seeker. It requires systematic study and research involving the expenditure of large sums of money. It is a problem of national importance and must be attacked on a broad basis. It calls for the best thought and most serious consideration of the ablest experts available, financially supported from sources that will guarantee the results of tie investigation to be free from industrial bias. “It has been estimated that two decades will see the total exhaustion of the natural gas supply. We cannot afford to wait longer.”

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ADVANCED RATES BOOST COAL PRICE Higher Freight Charges Add to Cost in Bin. The numerous Increases in freight rates which have been put into effect since 1917 have played an important part, little realized by the average purchaser of bituminous coal, In increasing the cost of coal In the. consumer’s bln. Using Chicago as a typical consuming point for the purpose of illustration, in 1917, the delivered price of coal on track at dealer's yard was made up as follows: Cost of coal at mine, 77 per cent. Transportation, 23 per cent. But the advances which were granted the carriers by Federal and State regulating bodies changed materially the ratio of transportation to delivered cost on coal being shipped at the present market prices. The following figures show a decided increase in the per cent of transportation cost. Cost of coal at mine, 65 per cent. Transportation, 35 per cent. This Illustration, gives an index to

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the amount that increased freight rates during the past three years have added to the consumer's fuel bill, showing that the transportation factor has advanced from 25 per cent to 35 per cent of the delivered price of coal on track at dealer’s yard. From 1917 to date the transportation charges from Clinton field to Chicago have increased $1,064 per ton; to South Bend, Ind., tne increase has been $1,022 per ton; to Ft Wayne, Ind.. $1.02 per ton. It will, therefore, be observed that the higher freight charges required by the carriers, due to increased cost of labor and material have added a very Protect the Children Healthy Blood and a Healthy System is a Child's best protection against Colds, Grip and Influenza. Give them GROVE’S IRON TONIC SYRUP. 75c.—Advertisement.

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substantial amount to the average consumer’s fuel budget. There are, of course, other elements that have Increased the price of coal over that changed in 1917. There were the two wage advances granted to the mine workers in 1917, namely, April 1 and Oct. 1; another advance Dec. 15, 1919; another April 1, 1920, and still .another Aug. 26, 1920. It is, of course, obvious that during this same period the cost of material and supplies, used In and about the mines, advanced in price in proportion to the increased costs in all other lines of industry. These are elements with which the average consumer of coal is little fa miliar. He counts only the cost to him in his bin and does not take the trouble to inquire Into the reasons for the increases, but merely assumes that it is made up of added profits for the producer and distributor.

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