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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
3
Business pitch urges readers to invest in a new briquetting plant with no initial equipment cost and a ten cent per ton royalty on products. It promises state rights and rapid national expansion, urging purchases at 1.50 per share to ride a forthcoming price surge and boost local Williston improvements.
Government records reveal 1899 and 1906 trial tests of Youghiogheny coal and lignite briquettes by Western Fuel & Briquetting Co. at St Paul and Newport. Data include steam pressures, consumption, evaporation, ash content, and remarks on burning quality, smokelessness, and potential briquette sizing for future trials aboard ships.
Washington April 20 The U S Geological Survey reports briquetted coal from waste slack coal as a superior fuel for heating and locomotives. Tests by Atlantic Coast Line and Chesapeake & Ohio show higher car miles with less coal, reduced smoke, faster speeds, and cleaner engines, indicating about 20 percent economy without fuel cost considered.
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