CHAPTER VIII

WHAT THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT

_Counting the Cost--The Cost of Service as well as of Material--Coke Furnaces--Radiators--How to Light and Stoke a Coke Furnace--Rubbish Burning--Some Figures--Two Examples of Houses in which Coke Furnaces are used--A Maisonette in which a Gas Circulator is used--Taking Advice--Gas for Water Heating and for Lighting--Gas Fires--The Gas Cooker and how to use it--The Cost of Gas Cooking--Cooking Utensils--Cleaning--Rubbish Destructors--Slot Meters--Reading the Meter._