Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1926, Page 26

REAT GAS IS HQUSE-HE ESTATE. ATING MEDIUM ' OF FUTURE, SAYS ROGER BABSON Tremondous Growth of Its Use in Past Fifteen Years Spectacular Sign of Future Utility—More Easily Regulated BY ROGER W. BABSON. August 7. sales all purposes 1000,000,000 cubie times the amount ~Last manufac amounted to ov feet, or almost 915 sold in 1890, when the use of gas for lighting was at its height. Only about 20 per cent of the total output of gas is now used for lighting pur- poses, whereas ¥ s ago this was practically its sole use. About 30 per cent of the total output is now being used in industrial plants. The use of gas for cooking and | water heating, well as for air beating in domestic homes and in public establishments h mendously. It is estimated that there | fire today almost 10,000,000 gas stoves, | 3.600,000 gas ater heaters and 4,600 000 gas space heaters in use in the United States, r were sold 800,000 new gas ranges, 450,000 gas w aters and 500,000 gas space h Installation of house heating ms is a new devel- opment and is proceeding at the rate of about 100,000 a year. The new heating load developed by all these uses far exceeds the old lighting load lost to the electric companies. Advantages of Gas. The reason for this he use of gas is not hard k. s heat, like electri- a clean, convenient and controllable heat. Although not quite | €0 flexible as electrical heat, it is far || more so than that derived from coal | or oil. As compared with coal its use | eliminates the expense and nuisances | of coal storage and handling and of || ash removal. At rates prevalent dujf* Ing the past it has been more expen- sive than coal, but not so expensive ¥. On an equivalent heat aid to be about one-sixth | e as electricity. T under- an etficient gas manu turing sys ts up to 85 per eent of the possible heat In coal, while {n the generation of electricity. not more than 15 per cent is made avall- fible. The advantages of gas for indus- trial heating purposes are very marked. It has been adapted to lit- grally thousands of industrial proc- esses and this number is growing con- stantly. Manufacturerrs find that in processes where gas has been substi- | tuted for coal. products of better | quality are produced because the gas beat can be perfectly controlled. Fur- thermore, it has been found that there is generally ible a marked increase in product An industrial heating load is of especial value to gas companies in that it is an all-the- | vearround load. Many companies strenuous efforts to en- large industrial u { Big Futire in Domestic Heating. + The use of gus by means of special. fv constructed furnaces for the beating of homes promises to become a lusty competitor to coal and oil. Tt §tand that | s grown tre- |/ one there || tremendous | §/ Than Coal or Oil. jand Coke Co. of Chicago and Consoli- | datea | Co. of Baltimore, have already in ef- | fect a reduced cost for gas used as a ! fuel. Other companles, for example, Boston Consolidated Gas Co., are tak- ing steps to do the same. It is expected th: for the coun- try as a whole gas for house heating will be available at an average price of about 75 cents per thousand cuble feet. In the city of Boston, where a price of about 85 cents is expected to be put into effect, gas heat will he ob- tainable on & basis equivalent to Light and Power | THE EVENING about $22 a ton for anthracite. Al- though this appears at first glance to be too much of a difference, there are offsetting economies. For example, when a gas furnace is installed, an- other entire floor becomes available for various household uses, At the | Roston rate the use of gas will be only a bit more costly than a coal- fired furnace handled by a paid fur- nace man. In other cities where the rate is below the average gas heat 18 expected to work out cheaper than anthracite. Where,_houses under con- | struction can he properly insulated the installation of .gas will render more satisfactory results than where heat radiation is high. 1In fact, this question of wall and window insula- tion is something which architects should consider immediately. of the gas industry shows ¢ that in spite of the excellent progress heretofore made in expand- ing the use of gas the full possibilities of the industry have barely been started. Rates in many cities are still too high for the general adoption of !gas for industrial heating, notwith- tanding that a large consumption Announcement jority ownership of tors: Officers R. A. Drain, Pres. W. T. Galliher, Treas. C. H. Galliher, Sec. has many obvious advantages over both. Most of the things that are in | ur homes are there, not for economy ut for comfort. Certainly the av-| erage householder finds no comfort | in feeding the furnace and carrying | out ashes. A cleaner and { fortable method of heating is destined {0 become popular. Ol has been s the way to get rid of coal, rom the question of is even better than ol r no electric motors, no | pumps or other devices used by oil heating systems are required when gas is used. Devices 10w on the mar- ket for the burning of ga ore com- as safe as chief draw widespread installation of gas is cost. | Where natural gas is obtainable in quantity, gas is generally cheaper | than anthracite coal. Manufactured gas, however, is in most communities selling at rates which make its use for house heating much more expen- sive than coal. This is to be changed. Gas companies throughout the coun- try are becoming alive to the tremen- dous possibilities of heating homes with gas. Several of the large com- One of the Most countered in most new houses. inspection is certainly justified. Features: bathrooms). Complete bath, floor plugs and other features. To Inspect: 38th and Macomb north to Macomb St. 1432 K panies, like the People’s Gas Light D. R. Dougherty, Vice-Pres. R]i()R(i:\;\'[Zx\T]ON following a change in ma- Rosslyn Steel & Cement Company introduces the following officers and direc- Directors W. T. Galliher W. G. Galliher C. E. Galliher C. H. Galliher J. A Drain R. A. Drain D. R. Dougherty 3249 38th St. Distinctive Corner Homes in Fashionable Cleveland Park A pleasing digression from the stereotyped exterior designs en- The price is equally pleasing. Your 1déal location, on a paved street, % block from bus and car line; hollow tile construction: large living room, open fireplace; splendid kitchen, built-in ice box; instantaneous heater: 3 large bedroorhs. inclosed and heated sleeping porch, (two shower 2.car brick garage. Open Daily and Sunday—9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Take Woodley Road bus or Wisconsin Ave. car to Wisconsin Ave. and Macomb St.. walk west to .. or drive out Woodley Road to 3§th St., thence and extra lavatory. Plenty of William S. Phillips & Co. INC. Realtors Owner Must Sacrifice Semi-detached 7-room Brick—Large Stone Gar_age Priced Under MO ET T 1524 Buchan Open Sunday Ib AM. to 6 PM. e @ s b L. E. Breuninger Colorado Bldg. $20,000— 16th St. Highlands 2 doors from 16th St. A most unusual bar- gain with many added featuyes, such as Electric Refrigerator Kleen-Heat Oil Burner 1,000-gal. tank capacity, recently filled—all metal weather stripping and screened throughout ; awn- ings; billiard room-in base- ment; 4 large bedrooms; 3 porches: all modern im- provements; large yard, beautiful shrubbery ~ and rosebushes. an St. N W. * Sons Main 6140 & STAR, WASHINGTON, -D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1926. REAL ESTATE. S —— could easily be mecured at a good {profit It they were lowered. A fixed |allowable rate of return an gas com: | panies’ investment ix one of the draw- backs. With a limit on the amount they are permitted to earn there is but little incentive to initlate new en- terprises for the expansion of busi- I ness. Another factor which has held back many companies from developing the industrial and house heating business is the fear of having large amount of ' ness will plant idle through the Summer months. ven now the greatest need of the industry is for additional Sum- mer business. For this reason many companies are on the alert to obtain Summertime business and have not new capital. Many of the larger com- panies are prominent in the general public utility fleld. In_addition to| financing through banking houses | put has increased 17 times. many have sought to enroll their cus-| In view of the fact that gas com tomers as stockholders. The manu-|panies will continue to enlarge uw-‘ done much toward nding the | factured gas ihdustry, with equip-|industrial heating load they may Wintertime load. Notwithstanding | ment and appliance ~companles in-|expected to enter the field of house these drawbacks, investors in gas se- | cluded, represents an imvestment of | heating on a big scale wherever rat curities should greatly benefit from |about $4,000,000,000. Before the w 1 conditions make such enter-| picture anything these developments. annual requirements of new caplit orth while. It is only r 3 The rapld expansion of the gas busi- e only .§ 000,000, Today they anticipate further and require large amounts of 'are over $500,000,000. The capital of demands for new of fuels, and but |litical interferen e | enterprising companies. (Copyright. 1926.) B — P INSPECTING THE HOME | bl CROWDS LEE HEIGHTS MODEL 'ARLINGTON COUNTY A 28-Squaré- lile Segment Cut from the Original District of Columbia So RapidwlyM is Growing in Residential Development —that in a few more years—in months, perhaps—it will have to consider the advisability of becoming a city in fact as it now is becoming in aspect. ; Within this 28 square miles, now a part of the State of Virginia, where one can vote and exercise all the rights of citizenship, the locality which today 1s attracting home builders and investors in greatest numbers is— LEE HEIGHTS In the Country Club Section of Arlington County Feel the breezes in Lee Heights one of these days when it is insufferably hot in the city; stand on one of our hills: and see the enchanting view of Washington across the Potomac 400 fect below you; enjoy the immediate proximity of golf, tennis and the social advantages of a country club, and no one need tell you why the best people in"Washington are coming to Lee Heights to live. % ‘ $80,000 WorthSold in21 Days On July 10th our new Section Seven, Lee Heights, was placed on sale. In three weeks, or by August 1st, more than $80,000 worth of home-sites were sold. This is at the rate of more than a million dollars’ worth a vear. So great has been the public’s interest in our new Section Seven, and, too, in the Lee Heigins Model Home, recently completed -and furnished, that we have been running de luxe Fageol busses to Lee Heights to accommodate the crowds. TOMORROW=-at 11 A.M. and at 3 P.M. —busses will leave our city office for Lee Heights. Simply call at 1405 New York avenue and the bus will be waiting for you. .The.re will'be no obligation whatever on your part. Inspect the Lee Heights Model Home, furnished by Rubinstein’s Better Period Antique Shoppe, and ask one of our representatives to show you the attractive home sites in Section Seven. : . i § . ; ] Developer of Lee Heights on the Lee Highway 1405 New, York Avenue B —— e A the avetage gas company, according | Thess securitien ‘will probably find a to estimates, has increased 6.4 times| good market, for gas companies gen- since 1850, while the value of the out- |erally are showing good earnings, and they have the good will of the public With an expansion in their marke: ahead of them, further economies pos sible through ‘more efficient burning ittle prospeect of po , it is difficult it a very profitable n-| future for well managed, well located, 3 0 008 08O OO 0HCHOHOHCHOHCHC3 G G2 G OHOHOHGHOHOHOHOHOHOH O 0HOHOHOHOHGHOH 1HOHCHOHCHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOHOHCHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH OO OO 00 0 0 0 G- G108 0 0801 03 QHOHOHCHO-0-01-0H0HOHD 0000000 THOHOHOF-0-OHOHOHOH O O CHOHCH O 000 G HOHOH OHOHOHD CHOHOHOHO-CHO CHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH O OHOHO O O HOHOHHOHO OO, b