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11 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
the long slim oven out upon the platform, where
water is applied to quench it, while the finished
coke in tne bee-hive oven is quenched in the
oven before it is drawn.
The columnar structure of the coke is from top
to bottom of a bee-hive oven, as the heat is applied
in that direction, and when drawn is one to two
feet in length, according to the depth of die orig­
in il charge of eoal.
THE CARBONIZATION IN A RETORT ONION,
however, is across the narrow way of the oven.
or between the perpendicular walls or channels
of ignited gas, from which direction the principal
heat is applied. The heal pressure from each
wall being uniform, the gases meet in the centre
of the oven and force their way to the top, divid­
ing the charge of the coke into two sections, thus
ihe length of the retort coke when discharged is
confine! to one ha f the width of ihe oven, or
eight to ten inches—unlike the bee-hive oven, the
retort coke is always that size, regardless of
light or heavy charges.
While all coke looks much the same, and
ihe process of manufacture is much the same,
the uses the various grades are put to are many.
It has almost entirely replaced the use of anthracite
coal and charcoal in the production of iron—'
bears the same relation to coal that charcoal does
to wood—and metallurgical practice is its most
important function.
Coal with its dense structure when taken with
iron and heaped into a furnace is too compact as
compared with the porous, cellular coke, which
gives opportunity for action of draught, heat and
flow of melted iron. Coke for this purpose must
also be of a certain physical and chemical character
in order to conform to desired results in
mixtures. It is for metallurgical purposes that
our Pennsylvania and especially Connellsville coke
is best calculated.
Connellsville coke, or coke made from Connellsville
coal, to every iron worker in the world, is
known as the highest grade and most efficient
coke made. The Connellsville region is almost
at the door of our city. Commencing at about
Greensburg, Pa., and extending as far south as
Masontown. Pa., covering an oblong basin or
deposit of coal about three miles wide and sixty
miles long, where some 30,000 bee-hive ovens are
truly busy all day long, and night as well. Geologically,
the coal is part of the Pittsburgh vein.
Last year, the region known as Western Pennsylvania,
which includes the Connellsville region,
produced about 15 million tons of coke, which
was more than the combined tonnage of all the
other United States, and one-half more than all
Great Britain.
(To HE CONTINUED).
ORDER OF KO-KOAL GROWING.
From present indications the Order Ko Koal,
recently organized at Chicago by the trav­
eling salesmen, will develop into a creditable or­
ganization. As charter members, over 100 are en­
rolled, and the officers have already a long list of
applicants for initiation. The purposes of the
organization are mainly social. There will be
one or two big meetings a year, and various other
convocations. Good fellowship will be encour­
aged and the baneful practice of "knocking" ta­
booed. Qualifiacations of membership are wide
enough to let in most coal men of good standing.
The following is the appointment of scouts by
the Modoc, George M. Barclay: Ohio scout, Clem
L. Heck, Susquehanna Coal Co.; Indiana scout,
Thomas Huskett, Chaffin Coal Co.; Illinois scout,
J. B. Foster, Lehigh Valley Coal Co.; Iowa scout,
Paul F. Irwin, C. Reiss Coal Co.; Wisconsin scout,
Harry G. King, Cargill Coal Co.; Minnesota scout,
I. C. Cuvellier. "Northwestern Coal Dealer." The
mystic numbers of the Order KoKoal are four,
seven and eleven. The initiation fee is $4.11,
and the annual dues $1.17. The eleven officers
elected to preside over the affairs of the order are
as follows: Modoc, George M. Barclay, Lehigh
Valley Coal Co., Chicago; baron, Frank. H. Collins,
S. C. Schenck office, Chicago; baronel, H. B.
DePuy. Williams & Peters, Chicago; baronet, C. F.
Lemmon. Chicago. Wilmington & Vermillion Coal
Co.. Chiiago; pictor, Arthur M. Hull, "The Retail
coalman," Chicago; mazumer, A. F. Boos, Milwaukee-Western
Coal Co., Milwaukee; gazook. L.
Romanski, O'Gara Coal Co.. Chicago; pitboss, Sam
M. Stanley, Coxe Bros. & Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.;
acolyte. A. B. Lemmon, North Western Fuel Co.,
Chicago; swatta, C. R. Shabino, L. A. Barnard.
Chicago; spotta, A. J. Eggenberger, Hull & Co..
Chicago. Any three members can bestow the
privileges of the order upon an initiate by first
obtaining a dispensation from the modoc, baron
and pictor.
The October number of Air Power, published by
the Rand Drill Co., New York, marks the abandonment
of the publication, by reason of the con­
solidation of the Ingersoll-Sergeant and Rand Drill
Cos. The last issue is replete in interesting matter.
Abandonment of the publication is to be regretted.
Mr. P. F. Kobbe. Jr.. who has managed
the paper and handled the Rand Drill Co. advertising,
is a real publicity engineer, well grounded
in the technical features of the business which he
has represented and of exceptional and pleasing
originality in his ideas and practices in advertising.