September 8, 1917





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





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CONSUMERS  MUST REDUCE   COAL   REQUIREMENTS





War Time Demand Causes National Chamber
Committee   to   Make Country-Wide  Appeal





NOW is the time for every user of
coal to endeavor to reduce his re¬
quirements, according to the Commit¬
tee of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States cooperating with the
Council of National Defense, which
sends forth the accompanying five sug¬
gestions   in   a   special   war   bulletin.

"Heretofore," the Committee declares,
"the man who used more coal than he
needed might feel that he caused no
loss except to his own bank account.
Few were influenced by thought of con¬
serving the world's supply of coal. To¬
day coal is a sinew of war, is the con¬
clusion, and he who unnecessarily re¬
duces the country's available stock of
coal may curtail the nation's energy in
the great industrial conflict."

In the past if the available supply of
coal was not sufficient for all needs,
however extravagant, new mines could
be opened and heavier withdrawals from
the great supply of coal in the ground,
even the most extravagant users could
be supplied without interfering with
other industries.

Limits Must Be Regarded.
Today there is a limit to the amount
of coal which should be mined. In the
great concentration of national energy
toward prosecuting the war men are
not available to open new coal mines to
meet extravagant needs. Transporta¬
tion facilities are burdened to the limit
of capacity. These and other factors
establish a definite limit to the amount
of coal which should be made available
for use during the war.

Another important phase of the sit¬
uation comes from the control of coal
prices by the Government. An effect of
such price regulation may be reduction
in output. It is largely to be expected
that the fixing of prices can be carried
on without controversies with p^roducers
interrupting operations and without re¬
pressing the adventurous spirit neces¬
sary  to  increase  output.

Opposed to these limitations on the
available supply of coal is the greatest
demand for coal ever known. The rail¬
roads are requiring more coal than ever
before. The war and its stimulation
upon industry has called upon our
factories for an output beyond
all previous peak loads. Our allies de¬
pend upon us for coal. Neutral coun¬
tries depend upon us for coal. Good
use can be made of all available coal.
Coal User Responsible.
No thinking man can fail to realize
the obligation which this situation im¬
poses upon the user of coal. On a vast
scale the situation is similar to that
where people are in an open boat at
sea with a limited supply of food. The
man who wastes coal today is an enemy
of mankind.

Under these circumstances all busi¬
ness men are called upon to give
thought to avoiding the waste in coal.
Let every man consider how his coa
requirements can be reduced. Let all
organizations of business men engage
in a vigorous effort to promote the dis¬
cussion of wasteful methods in_ coal
consumption and the adoption in all
power plants of those stoking methods
which produce power without waste ot

coal.                                       ,^ ,    .

Public obligation and selfish interest
combine to make this the time for busi¬
ness men to undertake the long delayed
concerted effort to improve power house
practice, the bulletin says. No man
today can say whose requirements may
remain unsatisfied if the available sup¬
ply of coal is distributed without meet¬
ing all requirements. All should act to¬
gether so that no one may suffer be¬
cause someone has been wastefully ex¬
travagant  in  the  use of  coal.

The Bureau of Mines has made a
study for years of stoking methods.
Elaborate investigations and experi¬
ments have been conducted and the re¬
sults  of what has been done are avail-

RECORD   AND   GUIDE





Inquire into the methods em¬
ployed by your fireman and con¬
sider his methods in relation to
those suggested by the Bureau of
Mines,                                   »

Learn what plants in your local¬
ity secure the best results from
coal.

Endeavor to have the wasteful
users of coal profit by the best ex¬
perience of the locality.

Improve all local methods by
consultation with the Bureau of
Mines and study of the stoking
methods recommended by the
Bureau,

Buy your coal as near home as
possible.





Chamber of Commerce of the _United
States is forming a special committee to
act as a clearing house of efforts to
reduce the unnecessary consumption of
coal. Business men are urged to form
local committees to cooperate with this
committee. Particularly are associa¬
tion members urged to form such co¬
operating committees. These commit¬
tees should be organized without delay.
There is real work to be done.





able to every user of coal. The director
of the Bureau of Mines desires that
users of coal call upon this division of
the Government for service and assist¬
ance.

In this connection it may be said that
thc Bureau of Mines has analyzed sam¬
ples of coal from all sections of the
United States and is already prepared to
give information regarding the best
uses to be made of different kinds and
grades of coal. Detailed experiments
and investigations enable the Bureau to
give effective assistance in bringing
about improved stoking methods. Their
tests and the experience of users of
coal demohstrate that an amazing sav¬
ing may be had without change of coal
or equipment by merely controlling the
fireman and his method of putting coal
under the boiler.

There is great opportunity for as¬
sociations and particularly engineering
societies to conduct a campaign of edu¬
cation. Today a university in Ten¬
nessee, cooperating with the Bureau of
Mines, is having men visit power plants
in Tennessee to bring about the savings
in coal consumption which come from
consideration of the firemen's methods.
Similar efforts should be made else¬
where.

The    Executive    Committee   of    the





Pamphlet about Exports.

AU the vital features of Government
export control, stripped of their legal
verbiage so that the busy man may
grasp them quickly, are explained in
the pamphlet, "The Regulation of Ex¬
ports Under the Espionage Act," which
has just been issued by the Guaranty
Trust Company of New York. The
pamphlet, which is of particular im¬
portance to those concerned in foreign
trade, contains the list of articles which
cannot be exported without licenses,
and makes clear the restrictions gov¬
erning the tw^o distinct classes of ex¬
ports under Government regulation.
One of these classes relates to the ship¬
ment of articles to the enemy and to
European neutral countries; the other
to certain commodities whose export
is prohibitied to countries other than
those named in the first class. A list
of destinations to which shipments are
not permitted, and a list of those to
which shipments are allowed under
licenses, are included. How and where
licenses may be obtained, and the na¬
ture of the information required to fill
out the forms of application are also
clearly   outlined.





Lincoln Monument.
The Abraham Lincoln monument, well
known to passers-by on Union Square,
was erected in September, 1870, by the
Union League Club. The statue is of
bronze and weighs about 3,000 pounds.
It is nearly eleven feet high. The pedes¬
tal, which is twenty-four feet high,
weighs forty tons.





GREENPOINT    BARGE    CANAL    TERMINAL





THE accompanying sketch  shows
the plans of the New York State
Barge   Canal   Terminal   located   in
Greenpoint,   Brooklyn,  on  the   East
River,    between    Blue    and    Eagle
streets.    This property was acquired
by   the   State   from   the   Lowell   M.
and Henry U. Palmer Estate in 1892,
and a decision in their favor has just
been made by the Court of Appeals,
sustaining  the  award  made  by  the
Court of Claims on March 31,  1915,
to   them   of  $1.90  a
square    foot.      The
termi nal includes
402.809   square   feet,
of   which   174,164
square   feet   is    up¬
land)     and     228,645
square   feet   is   land
under    water;    two
piers,   area  24,150
square   feet   and   7,-
663   square   feet;   a
two - storv   concrete
building  294.630  cu¬
bic feet, and part of
a    two-story    frame
lumber   shed   2,077.-
988   cubic   feet.     A
new concrete pier 90

feet   wide,   with   an   adjoining:   slip   and
bulkhead wall giving a total pier length







PLAN OF STATE BARGE CANAL AT GREENPOINT.





of 650 feet, is to be built. The present
piers are to be repaired and a bulkhead
wall  is to be  built.

The State pierhead line is 1.069.32 feet
and the State bulkhead line is 734 feet.
The distance from the pierhead line to
the rear of the terminal is 855 feet on
the southern boundary and 546 feet on
IS   IN   ITS   FIFTIETH   YEAR   OF   CONTINUOUS  PUBLICATION.





the northern side. The terminal is with¬
out access to the adjoining treet at pres¬
ent, but probably Dupont street will be
opened. The junction of Newtown Creek
and the East River is at the intersection
of Box and Commercial strets and is
recognized both by the Legislature and
by the special board appointed to revise
the pier and bulkhead lines along the
East River in 1875.