Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . better econ-omies in operating but accomplishes in-creased efficiency in the use of oil, almostentirely eliminating the carbon by-prod-uct. In the early days of oil-gas manu-facture the proportion of lamp-black togas ran as high as 50 pounds to the 1,000cubic feet; but by the new Jones processthe carbon by-product is reduced to anegligible minimum of about 4 set of the same size and style asthose installed at the Potrero is beingadded to the generating plant in Oaklandgas-station B, Alameda County District. Pacific Service Magazine 407 The Home Elec
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . better econ-omies in operating but accomplishes in-creased efficiency in the use of oil, almostentirely eliminating the carbon by-prod-uct. In the early days of oil-gas manu-facture the proportion of lamp-black togas ran as high as 50 pounds to the 1,000cubic feet; but by the new Jones processthe carbon by-product is reduced to anegligible minimum of about 4 set of the same size and style asthose installed at the Potrero is beingadded to the generating plant in Oaklandgas-station B, Alameda County District. Pacific Service Magazine 407 The Home Electrical BY far the most interesting as wellas most popular electrical exhibit atthe Panama-Pacific Exposition, and onewhich demonstrates most strongly thegreat strides electricity has made in theimprovement of living conditions in our Mission type California home, completelyfurnished in perfect taste, in \vhich nodetail of appointment has been over-looked. The veranda is generously lighted withMazda lamps in suitable fixtures and an. homes, is tlie Home Electrical, the ex-hibit of the General Electric Company inthe Palace of Manufactures. In the Home Electrical is sliown, asnever before, how every household dutycan be made one of pleasure and comfortIhrougli the use of some electrical device,generally no labor other than the turningof a switch being necessary. The oldtime drudgery, discomforts, and unpleas-antness attendant upon manual labor andthe before electricity appliances areforgotten and the up-to-date home is nowat all times shown to be a haven sur-rounded by comfort and economy. The Home Electrical itself is a pure Paeilic lixpositioii electric bell button is seen at each iloor. In the living room instead of the old-fashioned wood firei)lacc, with its ac-companiment (if (liiM anil labor, is anelectric mantle-type luminous radiator,giving warmth and cheer. Ilcri also, theunused piano is Iransforined iiitu an in-strument of pleasure through the mediumof the Electrclle, th
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