The American Gas Light Journal 1892-02-29: Vol 56 Iss 873

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4. mM. CALLENDER & CO., Propricters. CC. E. SANDERSON, Manager. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT NEW YORK, N. ¥Y., jos. R. THOMAS, C.E., Editor. T. J. pe daciairia cance Asst. Editor. AS SECOND CLASS MATTER.

Published on each Monday of the year, at No. 32 Pine Street, N. Y. 8. ‘The Relation between Increase of Output and Decrease in Cost of Terms of Subscription, Including Postage.—For the United States and Manufacture and Distribution,’ by Henry Padan, Portsmouth, O Canada, $3 per annum. European countries, $4.50 (19 shillings—22} francs). 9. ‘‘Gas Burners, and the Gas Company’s Interest in Them,” by J. A. All payments to be made in advance. Single aayten, 10 cents. Faux, Pittsburgh, Pa 10. “‘The Present and Future Coal Tar Market,” by C. H. Welch, CONTENTS. Athens, O.

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An Asterisk denotes an illustrated article. The Question-Box will be opened as usual. Orr1c1a. NoT1IcE— The Chittenden Hotel will be the headquarters for the members, and

Eighth Annual Meeting, Ohio Gas Light Association ++ 299 She. geetions will be held in the Gas Company's employees’ hall, at the EpIroRIALS— gas works, one square from the hotel. CO ercRIEY,. SU CMMAE IDEN, . nce ehsipntncenbbinnsdeeauveusesouetean sashes 289 A model Stroh & Osius concentrator, of a size adapted to a small The World’s Fair and the Permanent Council of the Gas Industry 290 works, will be exhibited in operation in the scrubber room at the gas The Market for Gas Securities Sin atadeleheleseemeninsbicanerkineerts 290 works. ['wenty-Second Annual Meeting of the New England Association of There will be the usual public exhibit of gas stoves, etc. Gas Engineers—Official Report —Revised by the Secretary —Con- The Association badges will be ready for distribution, to those order- OF 9a; ; P " tinued from page 257 hiespueaeuede i, eanadweuneneaesasbeenare 290 ing them, in the latter part of February. Committee on Invitation to Attend the Sessions—Committee on Memorial- IRVIN BUTTERWORTH, Sec. Reading the Papers—*The Desirability and Advantage of Gas Companies Owning and Operating a Combined Plant, by Mr. Frank 8. Richardson—Dis- ae ccty i; a cussion—Committee on Nomination of Officers—Wood Gas Mains— First Day, OBITUARY—MR. JOHN ANDREW. Afternoon Session— Report of Committee on World’s Fair—Mr. Greenough’s —— 1 Re — Gas s y ct . . . . . teport— Gas Industry Goum il ¢ an ulars. The JOURNAL of a fortnight ago contained a brief announcement of February Meeting of the Gas Club of Chicago wametsabierinaniiaes 298 . ; ane ‘ s the sudden death of Mr. John Andrew, who for many years had served SPOOR d Memaneaeet COMBORDORIOTOG yo ins cc ccscsccsavenceseecocsnavavisebeveanccsses 299 ee , h Chelses ass ) Gi o y >as Sune nde Cooking by Gas—Standards of Light—Electricity at the Crystal Palace—The the Chelsea (Mass.) Gas Light Company as Supe rinte ndent. 1roug Gas Light and Coke Company. a self-evident typographical error, the date of his death was printed (rems OF INTEREST FROM VaRIOUS LOCALITIES ee eee . 300 ‘‘ February 17th,” whereas it should have been ‘‘ February 10th.” We Berlin Bridge Company Contract—Mr. Levey at Home again—Warning the have been at some pains to collect the notable incidents of his life, and

Consumers—The Price of Gas at Danville, Va.—Hints from Bath, Me.—The City Council and the Atlanta (Ga.) Company—Changes at Duquoin, Dls.— An- : . oe nual Meeting, Meriden, Conn.—The Worcester Company’s New Holder— they also disclose the fact that, despite his spirit of fraternity and die Hu Foreclosure Proceedings—Hints from Burlington, Vt.—New Holder, Chico- number and closeness of his personal friendships, he still lived much

pee, Mass. — Personal—Annual Meeting, Clinton, Mass.—Street Lighting, Bos- le ° . . , f o far as the making wr . rEC( s tom, Winen~Giailien 42:2deu Rewaitiek Ol5:s dee—aeil Daher See. within himself, so far as the making of written or printed records of the

while our researches prove the fidelity and steadfastness of the man,

epochs of his life is concerned.

John Andrew was born in New York city, in the spring of 1829, and, having received a common school education, early turned his attention Fighth Annual Meeting, Ohio Gas Light Association. to the struggle of youth with life’s later and sterner duties, We have

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28 authority for saying that he was in the service of the old New York Gas

Light Company, during at least a part of the year 1849, and that, on the lhe Eighth Annual Meeting of the Ohio Gas Light Association wil! incorporation of the Chelsea (Mass.) Gas Light Company (1851) he, on

OFFICE OF SECRETARY, February 12, 1892.

be held at Columbus, O., on March 16 and 17, 1892. the recommendation of the New York Company, one of whose capital-

The following papers are promised : ists was interested in the Chelsea venture, was appointed Superintendent

- 1. ‘A Basis for Equitable Rates to all Consumers,” by M. A. Ge-|of the Chelsea works, taking active service there during the year 1852. muender, Columbus, O. At the inception of this enterprise Chelsea only claimed a population of

‘The Prevention of Errors in Reading Meters,” by N. F. Nash, 8,000, and it was uphill work with the youthful Superintendent, but grit

Windsor, Ont. and determination were successful, as that combination usually is.

' 3. “The Relation of Holder Capacity to Output,” by G. N. Clapp, Chelsea grew and the Gas Company kept pace with that growth. In Middletown, O. 1864, owing to a difference between the Superintendent and the execu-

4. ‘‘ How to Put a Small Gas Works on a Paying Basis,” by C. H. tive as to certain matters of policy in the management of the Company,

Marden, Coshocton, O. Mr. Andrew resigned and at once took charge of the gas plant of one of 5. ‘The Testing of Ammoniacal Liquor,” by George Osius, Detroit, the large mills in the neighborhood of Providence, R. I., where he re-

Mich. mained until 1871. Then justification came to him in the shape of a

6. ‘Should Gas Companies do all Gas Fitting,” by W. H. Anson, Co- hearty call from the proprietors of the Chelsea Company to resume his

lumbus, O, old post of trust, with largely increased powers and responsibilities. Re-

7. ‘The Determination and Regulation of the Proper Proportions of sponding to the summons in the spirit in which the latter was tendered, Primary and Secondary Air and of Steam in Regenerative Furnaces,” he returned to Chelsea, and the record made by him there since is an by Fred, Bredel, Milwaukee, Wis. open book to those who watch the progress of our industry. Chelsea

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prospered, perhaps not so much so as it would had her local rulers been of different mould, and their ill-founded prejudices against what they were pleased to term ‘‘ monopoly” naturally hampered the gas suppli- ers, but these have little to complain of, when the net is figured up. And

to the cleverness and finesse of Mr. Andrew much of their success over

Chelsea’s political hucksters is due.

Mr. Andrew was elected a member of the New England Association of Gas Engineers, either at the annual meeting of 1872 or 1873, and while never prominent on its lists of officers (he, however, did much valuable work on committees), no other member of that body was more bound up in its success, or was more loyal in its support. He was elect ed to membership in the American Gas Light Association, at the Octo- ber (1876) meeting, held that year in Chickering Hall, this city ; and he was present at the organization meeting of the Guild of Gas Managers, of which body he was the initial Treasurer, serving as such to the time of his death. He wasa prominent “Mason, having acted as Treasurer for many terms of the Star of Bethelem Lodge, F. A. M., and was active in the ranks of the Palestine Commandery, Knights Templars.

About the Ist of Feburary he was prostrated by a severe attack of in- fluenza, which confined him to the house for several days. At the end of the 10th day he had so far progressed toward recovery as to be able to walk about his room, but that evening he passed away, without almost a warning sign. Mrs. Andrew, three sons and one daughter survive him.

The funeral services were celebrated at his late residence, 61 Third street, Chelsea, on the afternoon of Sunday, Feburary 14th, follow- ing which the remains were removed to the Masonic Hall, where the full Masonic service for the dead was most impressively rendered. The gathering at both places was a notable one, including, as it did, the high and the low, the rich and the poor—the officers of the Chelsea Gas Company and its stokers and laborers as well. Delegates were present from the New England Association, and the Guild of Gas Managers, both of which organizations also sent beautiful floral tributes. orary interment was made in Woodlawn Cemertey.

Joha Andrew was a man of singular’y beautiful character, and he who ever clasped his hand in the friendship of fellowship and met his cheery eyes in recognition could not down the feeling that a friend without guile was before him. Honorable and even-minded, warm hearted and staunch, his life in its effect was as the sunshine that ripens but does not scorch the swelling grain.

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THE WoRLD’s FAIR AND THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE Gas IN pUsTRY—Not the least interesting portion of our current instalment of the proceedings of the New England Association is that reciting the action taken by the convention in respect to the report presented by the representatives of the Gas Industry Council as to the progress made by them in securing recognition of the gas industry of the country at the hands of the World’s Fair Commissioners. While our readers have been posted from time to time as to what was being done in this diree- tion, a more extended history of the affair, like that detailed on pp. 295, 6, 7 and 8 of this issue, will no doubt be appreciated ; and, being appre ciated, it should be acted on, and at once. Mr. Greenough’s speech sounds the keynote, and should outline the course to be taken. The Council is a representative one, and a strong one, and one that is to be trusted to the utmost possible limit. Money is needed to carry on the work, and it is imperative that the work of construction be not delayed —that is, if the industry is to be represented at the Columbian Exhibi-

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TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF GAS ENGINEERS

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First Day—Frs. 17—MORNING SESSION,

COMMITTEE ON INVITATION TO ATTEND THE SEssi0) The President appointed Messrs. A. B. Slater and C. D. committee to invite visitors to the city, and identified with the ¢ ness but not members of the Association, to attend the sessio; ti

Association.

On motion of Mr. Lamson, seconded by Mr. Nettleton, the was requested hereafter, in the event of the death of any meml Association, to notify the members of the fact and of the date rangements for the funeral, and to incur whatever expense may essary in so doing.

Committee On Memorial.

The President appointed Messrs. H. B. Leach, G. B. Neal Robert Amory, a committee to prepare a memorial of the late My Andrew, of Chelsea, Mass.

READING THE PAPERS. The President then Mr. Frank 8S. Richardson, of Adams, Mass., who read his paper entitled THE DESIRABILITY AND ADVANTAGE OF GAS COM NIES OWNING AND OPERATING A COMBINED PIA But for the fact that there is an individual responsibility in ever ganization this paper would not have been written, not becaus:

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unwillingness to help our industrious Secretary, but for the reason that there are many members more amply qualified to interest of such a meeting as this.

The paper will be short, which may commend it to everyone details will be statements of actual results in a plant—that, less 1

years ago, made about 5 millions cubic feet of gas annually was sold at $3 per 1,000, that now has an output of nearly 24 per year, which is distributed at $1.85 and $1.60 per 1,000, an nishing 140 are and over 500 incandescent electric lights, from ac:

Thes ures are given solely for comparison, and not to amplify the beauties

‘*The Berkshire Hills’

The last paper offered this Association by the writer was just aft

station under the same roof, with commendable economy

aS a gas center.

water gas question had convulsed this Commonwealth, and ab time that promoters of electricity gloated over the poor gas mer ing, by turns, white, from fear over the prospect of their properties ing useless, and green with envy at the prosperity of their hated for whom nothing too good could be said. At that time a manager gas plant hardly dared to mention electricity at home, or in an) ing; nor even to-day ought we to make this new light more pro than the always reliable gas jet; for lam still a firm adherent for indoor illumination, notwithstanding the benefits and profit come from operating a combined plant.

$50, Ot in 1885, a few merchants organized an Electric Light and Powe:

The North Adams Gas Light Company has a capital of

tion as it might be, as it ought to be and as it shall be.

Delay now is inexcusable, and if indulged in will be unpardonable.

Pride and profit are not to be nurtured and reaped unless effort and money are freely

yielded.

The Market for Gas Securities.

During the week the fluctuations in city gas shares were merely nom- inal. Consolidated to-day (Friday) opened at 112? to 113, and quiries were not of a nature to promote changes in holdings. Equitable is held at the advance noted last week. By the way, it is said that some of the engineering staff of the Equitable Company hold the view that the absorption of the Standard by the Equitable would not bring any great amount of credit to the latter.

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Of course, that is something about which we are not competent to pass an opinion; but the cold fact is that a deal of some sort is underway.

The Brooklyn consolidation scheme has progressed to the point of an appraising of the real estate, but that may not mean much, as an ap- praisment of these plants has been made before, and nothing came of it. Chicago gas is down to 764, although it is pretty well settled that the Economic opposition scheme has been throttled by the old Company. The general situation is all on the side of shareholders. ,

pany solely for their own benefit, with a capital of $5,000, whi increased to $7,500. They hired power from a grist mill, and too us, as customers, the larger number of stores. careful survey field convinced me during the following year that we were losin; ness, and, by virtue of a purchase of stock, I found that the

given at annual meeting was evidence sufficient to prove the w of the public to pay well for even defective service, thereby maint

steam power that was being run at a terrible waste.

Within two years a personal purchase of a controlling interest Electric Company was made, at various prices and by devious wa We then directly petitioned the Gas Commissioners for authority

lerate and furnish electricity, which was granted after the Boa:

shown there was no opposition, that the Gas Company was tl owner of all the shares of the Electric Light Company stock, an no increase of the capital stock of the Gas Company would be ma A tion that $25,000 would be sufficient to build and equip a new ¢

At this point our trials and disappointments began. firm

station was quickly followed by the stern necessity to expend $45,000 ; but our experience has shown it to be a wise expenditurt

only because the very best machinery and workmanship were se for every need

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\djoining the retort house, from which was taken down the wall op- site the retorts, we built the boiler house, made sufficiently large for and in which we erected one Hazelton boiler, of a rated capacity of horse power. This room is 20 x 37 x 25, accommodating, besides

e boiler, the damper regulator, feed pump, hot well, fire hose and all coal bin. Adjoining this room, and extending in the same direc mn beyond, isa room 36 x 55 x 18, in which are placed a 150 horse

wer D. C. C. engine, the condenser, a heavy main line of shafting fitted with friction clutch pulleys, all the dynamos and switchboards, with ample floor space remaining for another engine, and dynamos

jual to our demand during the natural life of the present system of venerating electricity for lighting purposes. Digging to the depth of 18 feet a large well below the river level gives a generous supply of excel lent water for the condenser, and small driven wells yield more than

enough for all used in and around the gas works. We built well, only what was needed, and upon land already owned, which, taken as the first advantage, let us consider the other points of economy that satisfy me a gas company is the only proper purveyor of artificial light. Our process being coal gas entirely, we not only ive the tar for sale—which amounts to a good round sum—but also a quantity of coke that is sufficient, save during the summer months, to fire the boiler. Our market did not yield quite 6 cents per bushel for the coke, so the electrical department is charged with all coke used as fuel at that price. The first feature of which special mention is made is the Hazelton boiler, and, although granting that our ex perience is small, yet the results from such a steam plant must stamp it as the very best, in every respect, that is to-day of fered to any one desiring power, and es pecially to gas companies furnishing elec tricity. This boiler is peculiar, as the cut indicates, and is itself the stack, for the large heating surface gets the entire bene fit of the draft. The cold coke is fired upon stationary grate bars, and at two points, the fire being circular, extending completely around the base of the shell, and directly beneath the lower row of the 30 inch tubes, 4 inches in diameter, of which there are 640. With the feed water at about 112°, which is without use of a heater, weevaporate over 7 pounds of wa ter per pound of coke, and almost 10 pounds with soft coal, the former costing 6 cents per bushel and the latter $4 per net ton. This is an average of over 20 pounds of water evaporated per indicated horse power per hour, upon an average of 1.9 pound of coal per horse power per hour, and 2.2 pounds of coke per horse power per hour. We carry 100 lbs. of steam, the engine making 125 revolutions per minute, and the entrained water with steam at the high pressure cylinde:

showing nearly 8 per cent. This is perhaps high, but as we never ex perienced the slightest bit of trouble in that direction there is no cause for worry. The boiler is blown off a little each day, the outside of the tubes cleansed by means of a steam hose every week, and it is inspected every three months. The one at North Adams has been in constant use 20 months, and, as far as can be observed, is in perfect condition to day The special advantage of this type of boiler is its ability to retain heat We bank the fire of coke with soft coal at daylight, at about 85 Ibs. of steam, and without care or attention, it heats the works, runs the ex hauster and a small water pump, witha loss of only 12 to 15 lbs. of steam. The fire doors are kept open and the damper closed during the day, and with such a fire and steam pressure our plant can be in full operation in 10 minutes time.

The placing of engines and dynamos all in one room may not be original, but I have never known of the plan being in operation. Our experience, though, has been more than gratifying. The floor of this room is not attached to the side walls—every foundation is separate, thereby avoiding the possibility of a jar or shaking, and the weight of the dynamos alone comes upon the floor, which is supported by piers.

Under this plan one man runs the engine and tends the dynamos The engineer in charge starts the plant, and the extra man in the gas yard fires the boiler until the regular fireman reports, whilst the assis- tant engineer comes on at about 8 o’clock and completes the all night

which, with coke for fuel, one office, one superintendent, no duplicate assessment of taxes, and one collector, the necessary expenses are kept to a minimum, whilst it is easy to conclude that a station can be built more cheap'y at a gas plant than elsewhere

We run all service pipes for gas and set the meters without charge, furnishing burners free, and charge for wiring for electric lights the

exact cost of installation within the buildings. Our commercial circuits

for both are and incandescent run only until midnight, with a rate of from 32 to 40 cents per lamp per night for the former, and from 83} cents to $1 per lamp per month for the latter.

The town is supplied with eighty two 1,200-candle power arc lamps, for which we receive but 30 cents per lamp per night, burned all night and every night It is a low rate, considering the small number of lamps and the number of hours they are burned ; but with the com mercial business, and the advantages under which the electric plant is

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run, we are enabled to maintain the service without loss.

The wise and protective laws of Massachusetts compel a standard in light and efficiency in service that really make it impossible to take any advantage of the suspicious public; yet, in earnestness, I doubt if any progressive management, at this day, possesses such a disposition.

There are scores of larger and better plants—plants of which much more might be written ; and it was largely with the hope that this pa- per might provoke discussion from which I might learn to remedy our faults Having been somewhat out of the fold, as many of you know, during the past four years, I may be pardoned in believing we are running a fair-sized combination plant very economically, when, In point ol fact, others may be doing very much better.

From the fact that our gas consumption has not fallen off, and be- cause retort house help are not supposed to run engines and the like,

little change or saving is found there; but, together with the features already considered, a joint ownership always grants the knowledge of what the opposition is doing, what prices are to be given by both sides

in street lighting—and, to my mind, that is worth good money, besides

being a sure saver ot nerve tissue and mental anxiety. Serious thought ll! show many frequent reasons to influence a gas company to own an electric plant to operate; for a few thousand dollars

k, will simplify most

paid as premium, if necessary, for the latter’s stoc local situations, prevent the possibility of a ‘‘ war,” long or short, the majority of fair minded citizens will be on your side in such an honest commercial transaction, the customers will have better service at lower prices, and your earnings will not be in a chronic state of menace.

The field is a wide one for steady growth in each direction, with none

so able or better equipped to develop both as the gas company.

Discussion.

Mr. President—We have heard a very interesting paper and Mr. Richardson will be glad to participate in any discussion that the mem- bers may off Mr. Stiness would naturally be the man to lead off.

Mr. Stiness—Although I have been an electric light man so long,

these matters are none the less interesting to me. I believe I was read out of one Association because I was more of an electric light man than I was a gas man What Mr. Richardson states as his experience has been my experience now for more than fiveyears. I believe an electric light plant can be run more economically and will give better service when in combination with a gas plant than in any other way. We

yreat many advantages in running a combination plant, not the

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least important of which is that mentioned by Mr. Richardson of learn-

ing what the opposition is doing, because you are thus enabled to get ,

into the fold: be the electric light business you are in a position

to know what the electric light companies are doing. -I will only say that our electric light department has grown beyond our most sanguine expectations, while the gas department has never sutfered from the introduction of electricity. I have, since last May, been engaged in the construction of, I think, as large an electric light plant

that is, covering as large an area on the ground) as any electric light

plant in New England We are spending about $150,000 on a plant of 1,000 horse power capacity, when completed. I fully believe there are 1 great mavy places where the combination can exist; and there are other places where it is not really practicable for it toexist. In some cities the field is so large that it is wide enough for each to keep a separate and distinct plant to advantage. I think Mr. Richardson has

stated it very concist ndeed; and I judge, from the reading of his paper, that he hasa very excellent plant for one of its size—and, as we recognize his ab we may know that he has undoubtedly erected a plant covering all the desirable points that he has mentioned. He

speaks of having the engine shafting independent of the main floor, and

run. By this arrangement we employ but three men at the station,

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ment with 15 feet studs, our shafting is all in the basement. We belt through the floor to our dynamo room, upstairs. I have here some blue prints of the elevation of our building, which the members can see at any time.

Dr. Amory—It struck me, in listening to Mr. Richardson’s paper, that every new form of boiler has its admirers; but after all the economies of electric light development are very largely due to the boiler economy, just as the economies in gas making are to be found in the retort house. I am not familiar with the Hazelton boiler, and I would like to study it a little—I do not know as much about boilers as I ought to, and soI may notunderstand this; but I believe that in economy of space the tubular boilers at high pressure are more economical in the long run than any of the horizontal tubular or vertical tubular boilers. I believe every electric light company established has to practice economy in every method in order to rival the profits which are derived from the gas business. I think all of us who have had experience in the manu facture of both gas and electricity, realize that the profits of the electric light business are by no means commensurate with the profits that come from gas lighting. Although the first cost of an electric ligh plant is by no means so great, I believe that, starting on a given piece of land, the value of which depends very much upon the locality, you could lay out, for a 1,000 horse power plant, a system which would cost $250 per lamp. That is about my experience, and I think that is about the experience of Mr. Stiness.

Mr. Stiness—Yes ; a little less than that perhaps may do it.

Dr. Amory—I think it is fair to put it at that rate. We built an electric light station which, I think, will cost us less than $70 per horse power ; but that, of course, does not include the line, nor the apparatus in our old station. I think $70 per horse power will cover everything in the way of steam plant, and the additional electrical apparatus that we are obliged to put in.

Mr, Richardson—Our plant is small, and it has not yet been two years in use, but I have endeavored to give the simple, cold facts of this matter in order to provoke discussion. I agree with Dr. Amory that every new boiler has its champion, and every year brings some new convert to some new system of steam use. Before I adopted this I ascertained the experience of the United Company, at Springfield, Mass. They have there doubled their steam planton this system. The peculiar advantage of this boiler is that it retains its heat without care during the day, which is a necessity in a gas house, as the exhauster must be run. The boiler itself isa very pleasing study. It economizes space, it is a very economical steamer, and it isso built that it gets superheated steam. We did not have room to build in our gas house yard any very extensive steam plant. The 150-horse power boiler (so rated) is really equal to 200-horse power. It cost us, complete, $2,700. We did not have to build a stack. That was the cost of boiler with 200-horse power, and the stack complete. We get very excellent results. It is easily taken care of. Inshort, our experience so far would stamp it as being a very successful and economical boiler.

The President—Has Mr. Nettleton anything to add ?

Mr. Nettleton—I can only say from my experience of five years that I think a combination works well with small companies. I question if it is desirable in large companies; but that is a problem I have not had occasion to solve. Merely speaking for my own Company, I can say without any hesitation Iam glad we went into the electric light business. We have not made much money out of it, and I doubt if we shall ever make very large profits. The stories that were tola years ago of the profits to be made in this business were exaggerated, to put it mildly. One point made by Mr. Richardson in his paper I would like to ask him about. I think I understood him to say that with a pound of coke in his Hazelton boiler he evaporated 7 pounds of water; and that with a pound of good soft coal he evaporated 10 pounds of water. I may be displaying my ignorance and want of experience (for I am not very familiar with steaming), but I had always believed that the facts were just the reverse. I think that from experiments made on an extensive scale by Mr. Dwight, at Springfield, he determined that from a pound

of dry coke he could evaporate considerable more water than with a pound of coal. I was therefore surprised when Mr. Richardson made the statement that he evaporated 50 per cent. more water with a pound of coal than with a pound of coke.

Mr. Richardson—I was also surprised at the result. I had supposed that there was more water evaporated with coke; but these tests have extended over a period of 8 months, and have been conducted by the chief engineer of the Fitchburg Steam Engine Company—we have one of their engines. After our plant was installed I hired him from the Company (with whom he had been for 18 years), and he gave me a mem- orandum of the average ; and it was from his own personal efforts upon

the boiler, with his own engine, that the figures I have given were de rived. I had nothing else to depend upon, and I got every figure from him. What I have given is the average of 5 different tests, extending over a period of 8 months.

Mr. Harbison—When I read in the AMERICAN Gas LIGHT JouRNa) that we were to have a paper from Mr. Richardson, on the advisability and advantages of a combined plant, I hoped there would be some al], sion made to the advantages to the gas department from having an elec. tric light department connected with it; but I either was not attentive enough to the reading of the paper, or to the discussion following, or else that feature has been entirely omitted. I am not able to learn yet what advantage a gas company receives from having an electric light plant connected with it, from anything that has been said here to-day, or from anything that I have heretofore heard, except it be as an outlet for surplus earnings. I am led to infer, from what has been said both by Mr. Richardson in his paper and by Mr. Stiness in his talk with re gard to it, that they are industriously putting their surplus earnings de rived from the manufacture and sale of gas (after paying dividends) into the electric light business, because no allusion has been made as to from what source they get the $40,000 that has been put in the oae place, or the $150,000 that is being put in another, with all that has heretofore been expended. We would naturally conclude that this surplus comes from their being already the happy manipulators of the gas industries in their towns. Their profits, if such is the case, must be exorbitant, and they ought to reduce prices at once far below those that have been stated. I had hoped that Mr. Richardson would tell us how many gas stoves had been put out in North Adams in the pasttwoyears ; and how much he was able to reduce the cost of production of gas and increase the illuminating power in the same two years that he has been devoting more or less time to the electrical industry. But he has not given us any information on those points; nor has my friend Mr. Stiness, have had no intimation yet as to how many millions have been added to the output of gas in either case because of the fact that there was an electric light plant established. I think those are points that perhaps a majority of those present would feel as much interest in as they do in the question of whether a shaft is put in the basement, or on the next floor, for an electric light station ; or as to whether the fact that you have an electric light plant gets you ‘‘inside” of the electrical ring. I believe we are principally an Association of men engaged in the gas in- dustry ; and while I have no objection at all to the information and in fact am desirous of getting all the information that I can in regard to what is being done on the outside, yet I trust that gentlemen who are so competent to give us information on the one point will not entirely over- look our first love. I apprehend that all the time given by a gas man- ager to anything else but his gas business 1s given at a loss to the gas industry with which he is connected, or else he is not anything like fully worked up to his capacity in the gas business, as I think most of the men here are. Some of these gentlemen may have leisure time to devote to the electric lighting business, but if so I hope they will not lose sight of the fact that the gas business still lives, and is likely tocon tinue to live, and that there is still some money to be made in fol- lowing that business ; and that there is no town or city that is to-day selling one-half the quantity of gas that can be sold to advantage in that city or town. I think, Mr. President, that a remark of yours in your address, to the effect that gas companies might well follow the line and example of people engaged in other mercantile business, and employ commercial men” as we call them in Connecticut, and not ‘‘ drum mers” as they are called in this neighborhood, for we give them a lit tle higher title, and give them a little better standing in the community.

Mr. Stiness—Ambassadors of commerce.

Mr. Harbison—I think we could well employ them to our advantage in increasing our output of gas in various ways—not as Brother Rich- ardson suggests (because he did make an allusion to one way of doing business) by giving away service pipes, meter connections, and burners. To be sure they are not yet giving away their gas, but I apprehend they will be disposed practically to do that when they get their electric light station running and earn the large dividends which they are in hopes

may come from that source. I think that is a point worth keeping in

mind.

Dr. Amory—It would be hardly right to this audience to allow the hu- mor of Mr. Harbison to pass unchallenged. I think we should rather commend the writer of this paper, or any other writer upon any sub- ject, in endeavoring to present to us some new features, rather than a statement of the general experience which those of us who have had competition to meet in connection with electricity and have felt it incum- bent upon us to assume risks in making experiments, even if we should not succeed in making the vast fortunes which we find that gas com-

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panies have been gradually acquiring during the last 15 or 20 years. I think that not many years ago the gas companies generally throughout Massachusetts, and particularly in the smaller towns, were suffering considerably from the fact that they were making no money from their consumers On account of the vast expense of laying pipes, starting new machinery, and trying to keep up with the progress attained even in their sister cities. I know that that was the experience in our smal] town of Brookline, where for years Mr. Sherman engineered the Com pany, and where for many years the profits were not large enough to declare a dividend. I think this matter is one which needs discretion

and ventilation, and we desire to learn the experience of everyone who

has had the opportunity of acquiring knowledge as to the economies of electric lighting and gas lighting. Now, I think there are many ad

vantages to a gas company in having an electric light plant; and in our case we have not taken from our surplus earnings to build up the electri

cal department, but we have employed a separate capital for that pur

pose. Some of these advantages are small and some are large. When an enterprising concern established an electrical plant in Brookline it met with the greatest favor among our citizens, who insisted apon havy- ing their own choice; and the consequence of its introduction was the reduction in our sales of gas which is shown upon our efforts. We had up to that time been increasing largely year by year in the output of our gas, but for the two years following the introduction of the electric light our gas output diminished, and in one year it was considerably less than it was the preceding year. We had of course to compete with the electric lighting company. We undertook to buy stoves, and to in

duce our customers to put them in their houses we loaned them the stoves. We bought a line of stoves, and those stoves, our superinten

dent, Mr. Spaulding, has now carefully stored in the cellar—together with those which were returned to us by consumers because they did not want them after they had tried them. We also purchased new lamps, but, as our worthy President has remarked, they were a drug upon our hands, as they have been to the Cambridge Gas Company but, since having acquired the whole field of lighting, we have been en abled to keep the price of gas up to a reasonable sum, and to pay our stockholders reasonable dividends. If we had met the competition in the way it has been done in other cities and towns near us, we would not have been able to make enough money to pay reasonable dividends upon the amount of money that has been expended from year to year as well as upon the original investment. That is one of the advantages of com- bination, and there are others—one of which is the avoidance of the waste of gas in street lighting. Those companies which have lighted long lines of street, having long mains and but very few houses upon the mains, say from 20 to 25 houses per mile, have found that the leakage of gas was very much larger than in other places where the lines of dis tribution of the gas were more closely populated, as, for instance, in manufacturing towns like Lowell, Lawrence, and other large cities.

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When we reduced the amount of gas sold we found that the percentage

of leakage increased very perceptibly, and of course the city never paid us for leakage. We have also found that by the use of the are light in our retort house we can reduce the annual expense for gas used to illum- inate the retort house for the workmen. We also found that by intro- ducing incandescent lamps, properly protected by iron cages, into the

purifier house we could make the men work up to 6 o’clock at night in

winter days, when before we had ordinarily to shut down at 3 or 3:30 o'clock. These are some of the small advantages of combivation. It vould take too much of your time to detail them all, but if my brother Harbison desires I would be very glad to buzz his ear privately and give him some of our experience. Mr. Harbison—Speak it right out here, for we al] want the benefit of it. Dr. Amory—I hardly like to take up more of the time of this meeting

in a defense of what those who have tried it find to be to the advantage

of their gas company. I think if Mr. Harbison is among those of the members who will go out to visit our new gas works to-morrow we can show him that we have not wasted our energies upon the electrical de

partment to the neglect of the gas department; and I think we can show him perhaps as much thought and care devoted to the laying out of our new gas department as we have devoted to the laying out of our elec-

trical department. Mr. Richardson—I was aware that perhaps the facts stated in my pa-

per were rather trite, and with other people here I knew that our friend

Harbison believes that Hartford is the Hub instead of Boston. The paper was assigned to me under the title of ‘‘The Advantages of Running a Combined Plant.” If I had attempted to show how the op eration of an electric light plant increased our gas business, I should have taken a different course, and should have written differently. In

ing town, and our consumption, from the 1st of October to the middle of March, is three or four times what it isin summer. We have a small dwelling house consumption ; but if we had lost the entire commercial lighting which we have from stores, saloons and other places of busi- ness, we should during the summer be almost entirely without any gas business. In Massachusetts it is more conducive to combination than it is in other States, simply from the fact that the State law forbids another company to come in and operate on the same ground, unless defective service or exorbitant prices 1S found there. I think there are reasons stated in this paper (which was very hurriedly written, and was not re- read until I read it before you) to show why in our experience there are

advantages, and many advantages, in operating a combined plant. I

might add we have not poured our surplus earnings into the electric light plant. Upon our investwent we have earned 12 per cent., from our electric light business, run as it is in our place. We needed the bus- |iness, and I believe very company of our size, and under our peculiar conditions, needs it, too. I believe any one who, from one or two years’ operation goes through the mill of placing contracts for lighting streets in towns of our size, over 16,000 people, will agree with me that the man who can offer both systems is the best fortified, with saving of time and lots of money. I ama firm gas man yet, but I am also a firm believer in the advantage of operating a combined plant. Perhaps it would not

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do in towns of larger size, but in our town it is a success, and we are making money

Mr. A. C. Humphreys—I would like to say one word upon this sub- ject, having had some experience with combined plants. I think Mr. Richardson in his last remark has touched it off very well. He says that in small works, and with his conditions, it is well for any company to go ahead and puta plantin. I think that every gas company must investigate the subject for itself, and take a very careful account of the |local conditions. I do not believe it is possible to lay out any hard and fast rule on this subject. I think it depends to a great extent upon the

-|question of the percentage of necessary waste in the business. We

know that in small companies the percentageof necessary waste is much |larger than it is in large companies; and this enables you to put in a certain amount of additional lighting business in a small gas company, and by so doing reduce the percentage of waste. I think toa great ex- tent that will determine the question. With regard to the question of the relative value of fuel, I would suggest that we cannot lay down any hard and fast rule there either; for you must take into account the style

lof the boiler to be used.

Mr. Richardson—If we had a market where we could get 12 cents per bushel we could not afford to run our boiler on coke. Our dwelling house consumption is so small that we have no field for gas stoves ; but there is a field for the electric light there, and it is to that field that we furnish, and do it at a good profit.

Mr. Harbison—W hat is anthracite coal worth in your town ?

Mr. Richardson—We do not use it. Soft coal costs us $4.50 per ton delivered.

Mr. Harbison—W hat is anthracite worth there for home use ?

Mr. Richardson—The chestnut is $6 per ton. Mr. Harbison—And you only get 6 cents for coke, when coal is $6 per Mr. Richardson—That is all. The President—I think Mr. Jenks has had considerable experience with a combined plant. Mr. Jenks—It is so small that it is hardly worth while for me to say lanything about it. We have had absolutely noexperience with a steam plant. We operate a couple of gas engines there as a sort of thorn in ithe other fellow’s side. That is all it was intended for, and that is about |all it has ever amounted to. Mr. Harbison—I will say for the benefit of Mr. Richardson that an- thracite coal is worth $5.50 in Hartford, and coke is worth 10 cents per bushel

Mr. Stiness—That does not argue anything ; for some peopie will burn

it and some will not. Mr. Harbison—You must educate them to it, and show them the ad- vantages.

The President—I think Mr. Lamson looks as if he wanted to say some- thing on this subject.

Mr. Lamson—Then my looks belie me. All that I can say is that I would not advise any gentleman here to take the positive stand that Mr Harbison takes. Some of us know that he took a like positive stand some time ago with regard to coal gas and water gas. Frommystudy during the last few years of this electric light question I am inclined to

think it will be well enough for us not to be too positive. I think itisa

our place there are many peculiar local conditions, It is a manufactur- very serious question and worthy of our careful consideration. I will

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frankly say that in the last two years, as the result of my study of the)

subject, I have been led to change my opinion more than once; and that Iam not certain now whether a combination plant is for the bene- fit of companies in large cities or not. I have talked with friend Stiness here, and I have partly formed my opinion based on what he has told me. Within the last few months, since we have decided in Worcester to keep the two interests separate for the present, I have been ap proached by several men in the gas business, who have an electric light plant in connection with their gas business, and within a month I have had two men come to me, one of whom said that we would make no mistake in letting the electric business alone, while the other man came to my office and said, ‘‘ You do make a mistake if you do not consoli- date the two companies. Go into it and you will make money out of

it.” That is the way it has been for the last two years. I think attimes

I have been about ready to believe that the gas business has got to pay

the dividends. I am inclined to think that practically you can run an

electric light plant in the city of Worcester, run it and furnish light at the prices that you will be required to furnish them, and make the elec- tric light business pay for the running of the plant. ButI donot believe

you can pay out very much in the way of dividends. You will have}

the gas business entirely in your own hands ; and you must earn money enough in the gas business to pay the dividends on the combined capital. That is practically what they are doing in most places. I think that

there is where Mr. Richardson has the advantage ; he can charge what

he pleases, for he controls both plants.

Mr. Richardson—We only get 30 cents per night. Are there any lower rates than that in Massachusetts ?

Mr. Stiness—Very few.

Mr. Lamson—Then, again, Mr. Richardson has a small plant, and he can run economically with regard to the cost of labor ; but one who has a larger plant cannot do that. I will say also that within a couple of months I have had startling figures given to me with regard to the elec- tric lighting business, and those figures have shaken all my previous opinions with regard to what electric light can be furnished for. If those figures are correct (and they are given to me as absolute figures) I am inclined to think that there is more money in the electric lighting business than I have heretofore supposed.

Mr. Richardson—We make 12 per cent.

Mr. Neal—Perhaps too much time has been spent in the discussion of this paper. I think we are very apt to occupy too much time where there are several papers to be read. In the main I agree with the re marks made by all the gentlemen, except those made by Mr. Harbison. If for some unforseen cause the Hartford Gas Light Company should go into the business of electric lighting between this and the next meet- ing of the Association, I have no doubt that Mr. Harbison weuld then appear here and advocate it in the strongest terms.

Mr. Harbison—Then he would have good reason to do so.

Mr. Neal—Mr. Harbison once said a great deal against water gas ; but he don’t now. (Laughter.) Now, with regard to the business of fur nishing electric light, speaking fur the Charlestown Gas Company (and I can speak also for the Lynn Gas Company, in which I am a Director), I can say that it has been and is now to the benefit of those two Com- panies to furnish electric light. I will notsay anything aboutthe Lynn Company, because Mr. Prichard is the Superintendent and a Director of that Company, aud can speak for that. But for the Charlestown Gas Company I may say the gas business paid the dividend, and more than the dividend, for the past; and all that was earned in addition—and it was quite a little sam—was earned by furnishing electric light. Five years ago last September the Charlestown Gas Company commenced to furnish electric light, and also to manufacture water gas: and we of the Charlestown Gas Company (speaking for the Company, the officers and myself) have never have had any reason to regret that we commenced at that time and have continued since the manufacture of water gas and the furnishing of electric light. We propose in a very short time tocome out with a new name, and instead of being the Charlestown Gas Company we will be known as the Charlestown Gas and Electric Company, and I think that will look very well indeed. Our first installation of an electric light plant was with a 60-horse power Armington & Simsengine and two 30-light Brush machines. We putthem all in in a very crude and simple

way, in the condenser room at the gas works, and to the astonishment

of many we cleared a profit that year of 20 per cent. That set us right . tn) up. Wedonow a larger business than we then thought would be possible.

Since then we have moved out of that room, built astation house, en-

larged it two or three times, put in more machinery, and although we do not earn 20 per cent. now—we do earn something ; but I will say that if you can earn 20 per cent. in making gas you may perhaps earn 10 per

cent. in electric lighting You will earn something

the Charlestown Gas Company has not lost any of its gas business, s has sold more gas every year since putting in the electric light plant, a

its business of electric lighting has increased. Therefore, to sum wu)

whole thing, I will say that the Company which I represent has se

no cause to regret having adopted electric lighting as a part of its bu i ness. I donot see how Mr. Richardson ascertained the

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obtained from the number of pounds of coal used, in the electrical ; Ast

partment furnishing steam as he does for the use of the gas works

have tried to do that, and have found it impossible. wast Dr. Amory— Before any members leave the room I desire to extend t

all an invitation to visit the new works of the Brookline Company

morrow afternoon. You can go there by special horse cars, leavi:

Scolly’s Square at 2 o’clock, and you will return, after spending a reaso:

able time at the works, in season to leave the city by the evening train :

I extend that invitation through you, Mr. President, to all the membe: M The President—You have heard the invitation of Dr. Amory, and

trust that as many as can will visit the works. I know you will be we

repaid for the trip.

Mr. Neal—I had no idea it was so late, and, therefore, I will postpon¢

my inquiry to Mr. Richardson with regard to his ascertaining the nun wis ber of pounds of coal per horse power until another time.

Mr. Lamson—I have one further suggestion to make, and that |that, in making up the figures of profit, it often occurs all that can be ‘drawn from the electric light business is figured in with the gas busi ‘ ness -not taking into account the land on which the buildings ar erected, nor the salaries of officers. Very few people figure the thing out carefully, and charge up to the electric light department all th: items that should go to that account. Mr. Harbison—lI rise for the purpose of moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Richardson, but before doing so I want to ask the indulgence of th: members for a few minutes. I want, first of all, to say that there is no feeling of hostility, so far as I am concerned, towards the electric light industry. If they will do an honest business I wish them all success and I think that all here who are connected with it are doing an honest business. I want also to say, with regard toone or two little intima tions that have been made here by some members of the Association as to my former kind feelings towards the water gas industry, that then I felt did not know it all,and I am very happy to say I do not now think that I know it all. Although did not then think that I knew it all, I di think that I knew what I knew. The condition of the water gas in : dustry to day is not to be compared with whatit was ten yearsago. Ve. great advances have been made in water gas processes withiu that tins and I am happy to say that I know enough to take the benefit of tha advance ; and we are experiencing the benefit of it every day, and so are our consumers. I may say that if anything further comes out in our business which I think will be an advantage to our company or to our consumers, I am going to take the benefit of it. We have within the past two years put in a water gas plant that has done the Hartford Gas Company good service, and has done the people of Hartford good service; and my friend Lamson has done the same thing. He was elear headed enough not to decide the matter until after he had com: down to Hartford, looked at our works, and consulted me; and then within 48 hours of that time he had made his contract. (Laughter And he is not the only one who has done it. I want to say with regard to the work of the electric light business in Hartford, as compared wit! the gas business, that we have two electric light companies there, and that our business did run down very rapidly from the introduction of the electric light, for one-eighth of our entire business in street lighting was cut off—one-eighth of our entire output, before the electric light struck our town, went for street lighting. But I am happy to say to day that last year we sent out within 4 million cubic feet as much gas as we ever did in any one year; and for the present year, beginuing with the first of December, we have more than gained that 4 million feet Our gain for the first 14 days of this month was more than 100,000 fee per day as compared with the same time a year ago. A year ago last October we increased the candle power 23 per cent., by the admixture of water gas, over what it had been previous to that time, and did so

without increasing the cost to the consumer. Dr. Amory said, when 01 his feet the last time, that by means of the combination, and by their controlling both systems, they were able to keep up the price of gas We do not want an annex of electric light to enable us to keep up the price of gas. Weare trying to get it: down, and we have put our price

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down until it will compare very favorably with that of any gas com pany in the country. Weare selling as low as $1.10 in Hartford, and from that up to $1.40 or $1.50. Everybody gets a discount of ten cents per thousand feet if the bills are paid within five days. Some get a larger rate of discount because they are larger consumers. We have

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t out less than 22-candle gas within the last six months; and seen it vary a half-candle power within that time. Our people etty well satisfied with it. We have not got any gas stoves piled cellars to rust; and yet we do not give them away, but have ian 2,000 at work in Hartford; and they are all doing good We sell them ; the people buy them ; we educate them how to stoves. My advice to any brother in the gas business is to give ‘lose attention to the gas business; and then if you have any me you may fool around with these outside matters. \nory—Mr. Harbison misquoted me. I said we were enabled to ) our price to a price which would enable us to earn dividends

e reduced our prices every two or three years since we have

the gas business. I make this correction because I do not wis sunderstood.

Ht. M. Lane—lI do not wish to take up the time of the Association; but

like to say that I have been running a gas works for 15 years,

though I have belonged to this Association for only two years,

ive noticed that a large part of the time of the meetings has been

ip in discussions of electric lighting. I would like a chance to

i word on the other side. I am in a small town, and three years ago

started the electric light there, which 1s practically owned by the

son-Houston Company. They are furnishing the light toindividu less than they are furnishing itto the town. They are furnishing the ght forstoresat $50 per year, and the incandescent light for almost rice that they can get, their metered rates to houses being 20 cents pe! watts, or Lcent perampere hour. The first year they took away from sumption, but during the last year we sent out more gas than we

sent out when lighting the streets ; and weare notselling atany such

eas Mr. Harbison is selling for in Hartford either. I would like to ask

gentlemen who are in favor of a combination plant, whether they recommend itin small towns if the gas company can earn from 5to r cent. dividends, and the electric light company is running as h the other way—whether in such a case they would advise the gas pany to buy out the electric light plants, and run them together

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motion of Mr. Harbison the President appointed the following emen a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year rs. F. C. Sherman, W. H. Snow and G. D. Bill

Woop Gas MAINs.

r. Saville—I brought here this morning from our gas works some gy that I thought would be of interest and acuriosity to the members eu the works at Lexington, Mass.,were established, 17 years ago last

instead of putting in iron mains we put in wooden gas mains.

ve here a piece of wooden main which was laid in 1874 and taken out

fall, after 17 years of continuous service, which, as you see, is as

ind as when laid. When the pipe was laid the price between wood

iron was a trifle in favor of wood, but the theory was that the wood ild be more durable, as the gas would tend to preserve the wood. ild say our gas is manufactured from oil by the ‘‘ Hanlon” process. 2-inch wooden pipe caused us a great deal of trouble; it leaked bad

ind we were subjected to much expense for paying for trees de-

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omfort to families in the winter time, when the ground was frozen the gas followthe service into the cellars.

r. Harbison—In what kind of soil was it laid

r. Saville—Part sand and part gravel.

Mr. Neal—Why did you take it up?

Saville—There were some leaks in the main, and as the town re ted us to remove the wooden 'gas pipe, we replaced it with iron iaps 1 length in 20 showed signs of decay.

President—How many thousand feet of this did you have

‘lr. Saville—We have a quarter of a mile of it still remaining in the

et. We laid about 1 mile of 4 inch and 14 miles of 2 inch pipe 2 inch pipe rotted out so quickly, it was made of sappy material, we had to remove it in the course of 2or 3 years. We still have it a quarter of a mile of this size, which we shall remove in a year vo. Itis coated with asphaltum. It was laid in the fall of the year. en they put the pipes down and butted them together, enough care not taken, and sometimes the tenon would split; or, in places re the asphaltum was knocked off, rot would develop. To put in ices we tapped the pipe by boring right into it.

lr. Prichard—In a town in Michigan where several miles of this

was laid, they had sttbsequently to take it all out. On inquiring the esxuse I was told they laid the bulk of it in the middle of sum-

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ner, and it was t ut from morning until afternoon, then put in their pipe and thro the f ne. which was sand. The result was that the sand got thoroughly heated before it was put on the pipe, and heated and checked the vood so the pipes leaked badly.

Mr. Todd—The ¢ any whi I represent have about 600 feet of 3 inch wooden pipe that has been in the ground for over 16 years. Two years ago I went over it and stopped several leaks, and again, last year, when I found that a number of joints had sprung apart and were leak- ing. Of close examinatio found that where the tar coating on the outside was c00 yn the pipe seemed to be the same, but where that coa f ] hole with my finger clear in the

il Oallng I Phe cal or lunch I ) A FTERN N SESSION he Associatio it 2:30 P.M Com TEE ON WoRLD’s Farr.

The President—I e the Committee on World’s Fair have a report to present

Mr. C. J. Russell Humphreys—I believe 1 am first named on that Committee, but as I am not familiar with all that has been done during the last year pon Mr. Harbison, of the Committee, to report for us, as he sted with regard to the matter than I am.

Mr. Harbiso v Pres and Gentlemen of the New England Association yme time ago you honored yourselves by appointing a committee to represent you, in connection with the industry in which we are engaged, at the W ls Fair, which at some time or other is to be held in the icago. The members of that committee, I be- lieve, were ©, J. Russe H phreys, the senior Mr. Slater, and your humble servant Your committee, as might be expected from such ac- tive, energet and ha working men, have faithfully attended to the duties for which the ere appointed, and in a very commendable way, from their standpoint ey have performed those duties, and are now ready to report at the duties devolved upon them have been very thoroughly an liciently attended to, and that the objects which the

Association had ¢ far as your committee are concered, were fully attained ; that e of your committee, as representing in part all of the Associat e country, in connection with a gentleman who IS now al yn this Association, and at the present time at the head of the m this continent from the fact that he holds the exalted pe yf ire lent of the American Association, visited Chicago and inte ewed the representatives of the World’s Fair Com mission, and received their assurance later to the effect practically that nothing would be done f s. Sinee then various efforts have been made in various directions to accomplish the work which your commit- tee had so successfu irried forward up to that point, and the succes sors to your committee in active service have continued somewhat in the same line that your committee had laid down, and for a time with equally gratifying and successf il results the meeting of the Amer- ican Associatiol nm Ne York, in October last, a report was made by the committee representing it Association, telling in glowing terms what they had accomplished, and asking for the discharge of that com- mittee: and the iving faithfully performed their duties, the Associa- tion wisely relieved them from further active service. Then they ap pointed another con ttee to take hold of the good work at the point where it then stood, to progress with it further if possible. That com- mittee labored ind with more or less satisfactory results.

Your committee to this time, having faithfully performed the work

for which they were appointed, now present this their report, and ask that the report may be accepted and that the committee may be dis-

charged. But before the vote is taken, and while on my feet, permit me to say tha ecurrer centlemen connected with the industry that |there might yet be some work to be ace: mplished as a final consumma- tion of what had been p rhed in advance, and the seed sown, so that 1 there might be some reaping of fruit later A number of gentlemen were called togeth n New York to consider the situation, to, if pos- sible, devise the 1ys and means to make a final completion of the work ls hand That meeting is held two or three weeks ago. There were present at the meeti i4 or 15 gentlemen, representing various sections and various interest There was a unanimity of feeling that if the matter as it then stood was taken hold of earnestly, good might be ac- complished and the obje ew attained. To that end they appointed

a Council of 7 m¢ ers to take hold of the matter and endeavor to ac-

complish what we desire. Those gentlemen represent thoroughly and

well the gas industries of this country and its appliances. The names will shortly be give yu of those who were present at the meeting thd of those ho were named a# & Gcuncil of 7 members, whe areinx

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special charge of the carrying out of the work. What we now want to do (if you will permit a motion) is to accept the report and discharge the committee ; and then to ask the New England Association of Gas Engi- neers here assembled to put itself on record, as an Association, in favor of the action which was taken in New York by the appointment of this Council of 7 representative gentlemen, and who are not only representa- tive, but are efficient for the carrying out of the work undertaken, and who have already made good progress, as you will presently hear. I want this Association to put itself on record as approving what was done here in New York, and in commending this Council of 7 to the gas industries of New England and of the country at large, so far asa certificate from the New England Association by this action will go; and approving of their plans and of what they propose to do. They will need money, and a good deal of it, and they must get that money from the gas industries. If the Association will give them a sort of cer- tificate of good character, or something of that kind (some of them may need it, others not so much, but it will not hurt any of them), [ think it would do them good, and will show our good faith in the work they have in hand. It isa labor of love on the part of those who are en- gaged in it, and I think it will prove to be a labor of great good to the gas industry. My first motion is that the report of the New England committee be accepted and the committee discharged. carried I will then ask leave to say a word more.

The President—You have heard the motion offered by Mr. Harbison —that the committee appointed in reference to the World's Fair at Chi- cago be discharged, and their report accepted. (Carried.)

Mr. Harbison—That gathering in New York was presided over by our esteemed brother, Mr. Malcolm S. Greenough, and he is a member of the Council of 7. He has, in company with a gentleman who has been present here to-day, and who is actively engaged in the enterprise, visit- ed Chicago ; and I will ask Mr. Greenough at this point to say what he may wish to say in connection with this whole matter. He can give the names of the gentlemen who were present in New York, and of the gentlemen who composed the Council of 7.

If that motion is

Mr. GREENOUGH’S REPORT.

Mr. Greenough—The matter has been delayed slightly, so that this meeting has had to come together without the members of the New Eng- land Association first receiving a circular which, had it been received, would render unnecessary what I now have to say. This circular, of which I have a copy here, will be received by each of you gentlemen in the course of a very few days ; and I think perhaps the best thing that can now be done will be for me to read it, in order that you may under- stand exactly how the matter lies at present. There are really two cir- culars, the first of which is dated January 28, and reads as follows :

Circular No. 1.

Jan. 28, 1892.

Gentlemen : This circular is intended to reach all the owners and managers of gas properties in America, and all interested in the gas in- dustry and in its proper representation at the World’s Fair, in 1893.

As the result of considerable correspondence and conference, a meet- ing of gas managers who had become specially interested in this subject was held yesterday in New York, to effect an organization for the se- curing of proper recognition of the gas industry by the authorities of the World’s Fair ; and, in case such recognition was obtained, to pro- vide waysand means for the erection of a building to contain all exhib‘ts properly classified under the heading of gas ; and to provide means for properly equipping this building, and maintaining a creditable exhibit.

The World’s Fair Committee, appointed at the last meeting of the American Gas Light Association, fully co-operated to make this meet- ing a success, and the Committees of the New England, the Western aud the Ohio Associations are giving this movement their support.

An organization was effected by the appointment of a permanent Council of Seven, to take charge of this entire scheme. The following were appointed assuch Council: Eugene Vanderpool, A. Hickenlooper, W. H. Bradley, M. S. Greenough, Wm. McDonald, W. H. White and Alex. C. Humphreys. It is believed that this organization provides for the carrying out of a complete scheme for gas representation at the Fair. While the details have not yet been determined upon, it is de- signed to show gas in all its lines of application ; to show it is a light of luxury as well as the light of the poor. By individual exhibitors there will be displayed ail sorts of gas appliances, for lighting, heating, cook- ing and ventilating ; gas engines in operation for various purposes, gas processes, etc. In addition to this, the Permanent Council expects to arrange to make a general display of gas and its applications, outside of the effort of the individual exhibitors, and the undersigned express the belief that, if the hearty support and co-operation of the gas men of

America is obtained, this exhibition will be the best exhibition of gas

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and its applications ever yet made—not even excepting the elaborate y re exhibition made at the last Paris Exposition. It is the belief of the roba undersigned that such a thoroughly well organized gas exhibition cay y rtio’ not fail to materially benefit every gas company in this country : and supp consequently, benefit those allied to the gas industry, as manufacturers The

and dealers. To secure this desirable result, the opportunities to be afforded must Sig

be properly taken advantageof. You are earnestly requested to give

this matter your prompt and careful attention, and to give a hearty Whit

sponse to such appeals as may be made to you by the Permanent Counc] Ext The World’s Fair Committee of the various Gas Light Associations

take this occasion to congratulate the Association and the gas men of

America in general on the interest displayed in this important sub

by the gentlemen joining with the Committees in this circular, and also Phila

on the business-like permanent organization which has been effected to MeD

protect their interests in the matter under consideration. News Signed.|} Wm. McDonald, Chairman, Albany ; C. W. Isbell, New

York ; John McIlhenny, Phila. ; D. Cressler, Ft. Wayne; H. M.

Hubbard, Chicago; W. E. Barrows, Phila.— World’s Fair Committes LED

of the American Gas Light Association.

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(7a C. J. R. Humphreys, Chairman World’s Fair Com., New England Asso., Lawrence, Mass.;: Geo. G. Ramsdell, Chairman World’s Fair e cf Com., Western Gas Asso., Phila. Pa.; A. Hickenlooper, Pres. Cincin- 1 nati Gas Lt. & Coke Co.; Eugene Vanderpool, Pres. Newark Gas Lt. iS S€ Co.; W. H. Bradley, Engr.-in Chief, Consolidated Gas Co., New York D City ; Emerson McMillin, Pres. Columbus Gas Lt. & Coke Co., Pres Laclede Gas Lt. Co., St. Louis., V-Pres. Standard Gas Lt. Co., New M York City ; Frank Hambleton, Chief Engr. Consolidated Gas Co., Bal G timore, Md.; J. P. Harbison, Treas. and Gen. Mangr. Hartford City 1S Gas Lt. Co.; A. B. Slater, Sec. and Treas. Providence Gas Co.; §. T. Bodine, Gen. Mangr. The United Gas Imp. Co.; W. H. White, Pres American Gas Lt. Asso.; M. S. Greenough, Engr. Boston Gas Lt. Co is J. B. Crockett, Pres. San Francisco Gas Lt. Co.; C. W. Blodget, Sec e

Williamsburgh Gas Lt. Co., Gen. Mangr. and V-Pres. Brooklyn Gas Lt. Co.; Alex. C. Humphreys, Gen. Supt. The United Gas Imp. Co

Mr. Greenough then said: That circular was sent out by the geneial Ba committee of gentlemen whose names you have heard, and who certain- ly may claim to represent the gas lighting industry of the country. A ( second circular has been prepared by the committee which was appoint- ed at that meeting to take such measures as they could to secure a repre sentation at Chicago, both by getting the permission and by funds. This is dated February 20, 1892, and reads as follows :

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We enclose herewith a circular signed by those taking part in a recent meeting in New York, at which time the undersigned a were appointed a Permanent Council to organize and maintain a thor- f ough gas exhibit at the Columbian World’s Fair. This Council held its first meeting upon the day of its appointment, and effected an organiza tion by the election of officers as shown in this circular. The Council also appointed, as its executive representative, Mr. W. E. Barrows. Mr. 3arrows has had a wide experience in World and other fairs, and we believe he is eminently fitted to act in the capacity named. Weare glad to be able to announce that Mr. Barrows and Mr. Greenough at once made arrangements to appear before the authorities at Chicago, to se cure the recognition of the gas industry heretofore denied by these offi- cials. Messrs. Barrows and Greenough have been successful in their efforts, and we are now able to announce that we have secured the al- lotment of a space for the erection of a gas exhibition building, 150 feet by 300 feet. This concession affords this Council much encouragement at the outset, and especially when it is borne in mind that at one time, not long past, such a result was thought to be almost unattainable. This building must be erected in time for the formal dedication of the buildings, October next, and, therefore, no time can be lost. Already our competitors of the electric light are well ahead with their building You are respectfully asked to bring this matter to the attention of your associates, at the earliest possible moment, and notify any member of the Finance Committee of the amount of your subscription. Asa gen eral guide, we would say that it will be necessary to secure

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an amount about equal to $4 per million feet of gas yearly manufactured in the United States and Canada. We shall hope to receive generous support from the concerns incidentally interested in our business. The Financ¢ Committee will gladly correspond with the would-be subscribers, in ad vance of their final decision, so as to assist in arriving at a decision as the amount of their subscription. Should an amount be raised in e

cess of the requirements, a rebate will be made to the subscribers in pr portion to their subscriptions.

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[t is hoped that the gas building may be in part equipped as an assem- this moment, from

— vn there will not go to that exhibition a very rate jy reading room and general headquarters for gas men. If so, it is considerable number of people; a \ink that it will be impossible for the probable that arrangements will be made to retain the advantages of this them to go through t ng (if our plans are properly carried out) an tion of the building solely for the benefit of subscribers, who will be without going home convinced that there are benefits to be gotten out of und oa ied with membership tickets in proportion to their subscriptions. gas which they had not ar ed; and - will be instructed by what ere The ‘93 meeting of the American Gas Light Association could, if de-| they have seen to burn more gas. In the next place, a criticism directed <ired, be held in this assembly room. against an exhi might perfectly well be directed to-

ist Signed. World’s Fair Industry Council.—Eugene Vanderpool wards such a m ng as we ive here at this moment. Thirty years ve Chairman), A. Hickenlooper, W. H. Bradley, M.S. Greenough, W. H. ago the gas managers of the country sat in their own offices, and said, re White, Wm. McDonald (Treas.), Alex. C. Humphreys (Sec.) What is the us¢ a meeting of gas managers? We know it all. Executive Committee.—M. 8. Greenough, Chairman, 24 West street, What is the use of o The meeting will profit by ns Boston, Mass.; A. Hickenlooper, Cincinnati, O.; W. H. White, 32 Pine what I know, but iunything from the other fellows. of street, New York City ; Eugene Vanderpool, Newark, N. J., ex efficio. Let us stay at t Ne Kngland Association to dem- ect Finance Committee.—A. C. Humphreys, Chairman, Drexel Bldg., , onstrate the fo reasoning. It is certainly to the lso Phila., Pa.; W. H. Bradley, 4 Irving place, New York City; Wm. honor of th ( at here was held the first meeting to McDonald, 51 Lancaster street, Albany, N. Y.; Eugene Vanderpool, for social and business purpos¢ and that the results were profitable is Newark, N. J., ex officio, shown by the way ch Associations of similar nature have since

W Form of Subscription. Sprung up fron end or tl! ountry to the other. And what is the i — (s|§ ee ee Rae aN ate a anne oe result ? The res ist 20 years the business of gas making \LeEx. C. HUMPHREYS, Chairman Finance Committee, World’s Fair} and selling yunti is at least quadrupled, and the price of gas

Gas Industry Council : has been cut in two ( ty in this country, and yet there never

ad he undersigned hereby agree to subscribe ...dollars, to| was a time in t tory of this country when there was so much money ‘ir e controlled and expended by your Council for the erection of a gas| made out of gas as there is being made at the present time. Now, if n- \ilding, and the maintenance of a gas exhibition at the World’s Fair, that is true of su os as we ho ere of this New England As- t. 1s set forth in circular issued to the gas men of America under date of sociation, and of neetings as are held by the Western, the South rk b 1892. Payment will be made on this subscription at the ern and the Amer ow much more true is it of the S ll of your Council. World’s Fai is never anything which did more W Mr. Greenough, continuing, said : cood to this coun World Fair at Philadelphia ; and Gentlemen, we have at last got an opportunity to show whether the there never e a ng that will do more good to this country than y gas industry of the country takes any interest in making a representa- the World’s Fa is going to do. The World’s Fair at Chica- mat the World’s Fair. So far we have had cold water thrown upon £° gGing to be la veyond any question, that has ever been s. our undertakings and efforts to get any opportunity to show that the seen. People yuntry, a thousand miles away from isiness of manufacturing gas is one of the largest, securest, and most Chicago, have no idea dings that are going up, or

editable with which a man can be connected in this country. At the |of the rush a ut there is on the part of hundreds and thou-

5) resent time the members of the World’s Fair Committee in Chicago sands of people in ee that everything is properly done. It ) ive seen the folly of the position which they took, and when Col. |!5 perfectly ti show. America is going to Barrows and myself went out there a fortnight ago we were treated make its exhibit Amie we have invited foreigners to great civility. I was given an opportunity to explain to the|come here and ive got. Now if we can get our- Chief Engineer of Construction what we desired to do, and he was so selves together Chicago and make a show which shall be a credit to h interested that he said if we would carry out what we had under- our profession 01 is we can do if we get the help we ought to

ken our show would be one of the most interesting there, and that he get from the gas es and the associated gas industries), there is

‘ id be very glad to recommend it if I would go before that Committee nothing to pr - rselves in such connection with Asso- Landand Buildings. I went before that Committee that afternoon ciations on the other side that we may get from them things that will th Col. Barrows. The committee were inclined to put us off| be of great interest and value to us. I do not know about the Ger- slightly, although they treated us with great courtesy, but said that} man meetings and English meetings are held in the

they could make no assignment until they had received a written appli |spring ; and I difficulty, if the thing is properly ation. I was therefore obliged to take upon myself the responsibility put to those Assox teresting them that we may get over

if asking for an assignment of land for the erection of a building. The [here from tl lels, certainly plans, of the things which

! result was that the committee passed a vote assigning to us a space 150 they are doing o by 300 feet, and calling on the Chief Architect to find a place to locate Such matters v

e building. Now the question is, can we get the money to do what is| sion in this coun required? If we cannot get the money, then all the talk that we have managed, will be

made about the erection of a building has been mere ‘‘ poppiecock,” and ciation meeting ve might as well shut up and admit that the gas industry, although it

us to have a capitalization of 4 or 5 hundred million dollars, really there is one oth ]

connected with t

. ° . 1 4 ’ reé cannot raise money enough to make a proper representation at Chicago, couraged to Go so her

lf weecan get the money then the committee will devote a very con-| any other sent siderable part of their time during the next year to seeing that the thing} hesitate a little, is properly done, so far as it is in their power to do so. Now the ques-|sentiment beyo1 tion comes at once for each man to put before his directors, ‘‘ What ad-| surrounded as antage is it going to be to me to have an exhibition in Chicago ?”’ shores of Massa

Well, in the first place, this is to be considered, that a portion of the in the valleys

exhibition which we propose to give will be based upon the plans| unwilling to appé

lopted by the French companies at the last Exposition in Paris. We| land has often b opose to show that gas is not only the light of the poor man, but, that| first to the p! perly handled, it is the light of the rich man. We propose to|think that the irnish rooms in a section of our building in which gas shall be used properly, and only for the purpose of lighting (which electricity can do) but for| hands to the p purpose of ventilation (which electricity cannot do). We propose ‘‘ We commend

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intities of light can be obtained, and the air at the same time be kept lution will be p ire, and also to show that gas is not-only the light of the poor man, has been taken (is the light of luxury as well. We also propose, of course, not|and that we uly the ordinary exhibition of gas stoves, and appliances of that sort, (Applause we propose to show them in operation. We propose to have Mr. Slater—! restaurant where it will be made manifest that gas is the best fuel that} well how this n an be used tocook by. I think there is no gas manager in this room at the sense of this

how by the use of modern appliances, that from gas much larger put this thing thro assed by this Association endorsing the action which

side in France, Germany and England. ery great interest, indeed, to the whole profes-

In fact, the World’s Fair at Chicago, if properly

9 than an international Gas Light Asso-

whi ’ e only of great benefit to all companies country. And then, on top of that,

ng Ww I hesitate to bring up, and yet I feel en-

V a man appeals in a business meeting to

ment except that of the acquisition of dollars, he is apt to because there are so many people who sneer at any it of busimess. But, gentlemen, here in Boston,

am at this meeting by people who either live on the Bay, or amongst the pine woods of Maine, or

ver, I feel that I am not absolutely

il to what might be called public spirit. New Eng- now, and in various situations, clapped its hand

and s] n the way that the country should go. I gland Association of Gas Engineers might very themselves and the profession, put their

now, and say to the gas industries of the country, ind so far as in our power lies we will " And. therefore gentlemen, I hope that a reso-

yse of us who have been already working at it ; ]

lp the scheme deserves.

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hink the members of the Association understand very

iatter stands at present ; and that we may put on record

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Resolved, That this Association approve the action of the represen tatives of the gas industry, at a meeting held in the city of

New York,

on the 27th day of January, in the appointment of Permanent Council, in connection with the World’s Fair Commtitee of the American Gas Light Association, to take such active measures as they may deem ne- cessary and proper to secure an exhibit at the World’s Fair that will be worthy of the great industry which we represent ; and we heartily en dorse the action they have taken. mously adopted.

Mr. Harbison—Before this matter is finally

Seconded by Dr. Amory and unani-

disposed of, I wish Mr Greenough would tell the Association something as to the probable amount of money that the Permanent Council will require to carry out successfully what they have in mind.

Mr. Greenough—I think the Chairman of th: Mr. A. C. Humphreys, who was elected a member of this Association

Finance Committee,

this morning,.can better answer that question

Mr. A. C. Humphreys—It is of course easily understood we are not yet able to speak very definitely, hut we have in mind that we shall have to raise from $200,000 to $250,000. thing at all, we must make it first-class in every way.

Of course, Mr. Greenough has said more on that subject, and said it more effectively, than I could say it if I talked a year. issue must be.

He has clearly indicated to you what the Our active competitors (if we can talk of them as such and I think that we cannot get along with less than the sum I have named. I believe, however, that with the generous support of the gas industries that amount can be raised. There are a great many companies in the business, and all the companies will have a chance to size up about what they ought to pay, and what we think their responsibility is, by the estimates that will be put in the circular. Of course, to help along with the average, we shall expect certain assistance from the allied in- dustries.

are making vast strides in the direction of a magnificent display ;

(To be continue

February Meeting of the Gas Club of Chicago.

I herewith send you a memorandum of the meeting of the Gas Club of Chicago, held February 18th.

The Club was called to order about 4:30 p.m. After the reading of the minutes, the Secretary’s report on applications for new membership showed six new members, who were unanimously elected to the Club, as follows

Edmund Cathels, Superintendent, Butte, Mont.; F, O. Ellsworth, of J. W. Ellsworth, dealer in gas coals, Chicago John J. Griffin & Co., Chicago ; A. R. Waller, with the Globe and Heat Co., Chicago; H.S. Battin, Engineer Economic Gas Co., Chi

cago; A. T. Prentice, Representative for R. D. Wood & Co., Chicago.

The report of the Managing Committee for the session covered ar rangements for the usual supper, and the theater afterwards.

As this was the Annual Meeting in laws, the report of the Secretary and Treasurer upon the work accom-

plished was next read. It showed that during the existence of scarcely

six months 68 members had been acquired and five successful meetings i g

held. formation of the Club and its objects, were the best evidence of its suc-

The names of the members, and the general satisfaction at the

cess. The work of the Secretary, in circulars and correspondence, was

referred to with the expectation of gaining a large membership in the next six months. The finances of the Club were satisfactory, as the re- ceipts from dues (moderate as the $3 membership fee is) are greater than the expenses, commended. Several especial plans for entertainments were referred to for coming meetings, and a general res e of the Club given. The re- port was accepted and ordered on file

The next report was from the Special Committee on the World’s Fair. This Committee had been appointed at the preceding meeting, in order

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that the Club should properly go on record in the matter. I give here- with the report in full Gentlemen : The Committee, appointed by The Gas Club of Chicago

to prepare a suitable expression upon the Worlds’ Fair matter on behalf of the Club, would herewith report as follows

Your Committee have met in both formal and informal for consideration of the subject. The Worlds’ Fair matter

session has been gone over by a review of the reports in the Gas JOURNAL. the reports of previous Committees from the several Gas Associations dence with the Chairman, Mr. McDonald, of the present Manufactur- ers’ Committee, and interviews with Col. Barrows, Executive Officer of the Gas Industry Council, the latest organization ffected (Jan. 27th).

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February, called for by the by-

The policy of the Club in this respect is certainly to be

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for consideration and action in the Worlds’ Fair matter. The result all this confirms the Committee in its belief that The Gas Club of Chicago should be slow to be drawn without invitation into a matter that has been already and directly assigned by the various Associations, and hag been taken up by leading gasmen in the country, to handle, and a mat ter that has already caused sharp discussion, not free from some fee] ng send criticism

The Committee agree, however, with the Club in creating it, tha |suitable and conservative expression on behalf of the Club is not oy |of place, (in view of the Club directly. representing a large proportion local gas interests), both operating and commercial, situated in th, Worlds’ Fair city, and especially conversant with Fair matters. Th, following resolutions, therefore, are offered for your consideration an action

Whereas, The Gas Club of Chicago has, in formal session, discussed the matter of the gas interests and exhibits at the Worlds’ Columbian Exposition, in 1893, and

Whereas, The Club, representing many gas interests, both engine ing and commercial, situated directly in and about the city of Chicag jis especially interested in the matter of gas representation, both owing to local pride and a wish that the gas exhibit may be successful and rep. resentative, and from a desire that the business interests of its members shall be adequately represented ; and

Whereas, The Club is desirous of furthering the above in any wa that it may be able, and is desirous of going on record in the matter, it is herewith Resolved, That the Club heartily congratulates the gas interests of th: |country upon the securing of, and the persous who so secured, the def nite recognition of the industry by the allotment of space 150 feet by 30 feet by the Committee on Grounds and Buildings of the Worlds’ Fair Feb. Ist, whereon a suitable building may be erected ; and

Resolved, That it heartily commends the efforts of the Committees

from the several Gas Associations to secure a complete and united ey hibit that shall fittingly represent the great industry in question ; and

Resolved, That it is the hope of the Club that such a building as w be erected will, among other things, contain a central meeting hal where visiting gas men may find their associates, and all the usua accessories and conveniences of bulletin boards, catalogues, maps, d rectories, daily papers, journals, stationary, etc.; and

Resolved, That it is the hope of the Club that special arrangements van be made whereby the Western and the American Gas Associatioas and others in addition if best) can hold their convention for 1893 in the above building, situated in the center of such a concentrated exhibit and representation of gas interests as will be within its walls ; and

Resolved, That the belief of the Club is expressed that exhibits should not be left to be supplied by manufacturers and commercial interests }only, but that an especial effort should be made by gas engineers and superintendents as well, to exhibit plans, models, drawings and designs of gas works and devices and apparatus of personal invention, and also exhibits of gas office, and gas bookkeeping appurtenances and systems

}as well, and

Resolved, That it is the hope of the Club that support of the gas terests at large will be given to the Committees at work on the matter both by personal thought and effort and by sufficient financial aid, in order that the exhibition of gas interests may be made all that is possible viz., an exhibit surpassing any similar that the world has ever witnessed and

Resolved, That in the promotion and furtherance of the above entir matter, The Gas Club of Chicago herewith puts itself on record as heart ily in accord, and in addition offers its co-operation and services to aid the Committee now at work in any way that it may be actually able to do Respectfully submitted

F, H. SHELTON, C. D. BRADLEY, S. 8S. STRATTON, Geo. A. YUILLE, EK, E. MORRELL,

Committee

The above report was accepted by the Club without alteration, and was ordered that it be engrossed upon the minutes and that copies be sent to the AMERICAN Gas LIGHT JOURNAL and to other papers.

The election of officers for the ensuing year was next in order. The Committee on Nomination submitted the following report :

To the Officers and Members of the Chicago Gas Club—Gentlemen Your Committee on Nomination of Officers for the coming year beg leave to submit the following names for your consideration

For President—Geo. A. Yuille, of Chicago. Vice-President—Jas. G. Elwood, Joliet, Ils. Secretary and Treasurer—Fred. H. Shelton, Chicago.

The Managing Committee consists of five members, three of whom are the above officers. For the remaining two members of the Manag ing Committee we present the names of-

Carl D. Bradley, Chicago

E. G. Cowdery, Milwaukee, Wis. Your Committee also desire to mention that, in a recent letter received from Vice-President Fred. R. Persons, he writes, in consequence of his

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large part of his time, he will not be able to take any active part in Club matters. It had been the desire of his many friends to show their ap preciation and recognition of his services in organizing the Club by tendering him the nomination of President, and it is with sincere regret we find it impossible for him to accept the position.

Very respectfully, S. 8. STRATTON, ) H. D. Harper, Committee. R. F. Firz.

The le . . ‘ . + ab 7 7 led , rhe gentlemen whose names were above recommended were then

inanimously elected with much applause. Each made some fitting and graceful remarks in recognition of the honor bestowed upon them, and pledged themselves to do everything in their power to promote the inter ests of the Club while they should officiate during the coming year.

An address by the retiring President being called for by the by-laws, was the occasion for a felicitous speech from Mr. Howard, in reference to his departure from Chicago to Galena. He dwelt upon the great pleasure that it had been to him to be connected with the Club, and the honor that had been given him on being its first President, and his wishes for the success of the Club hereafter, were all that could be de- sired. The most pleasurable event of the evening then occurred, and was a total surprise to Mr. Howard. Several of his friends, on behalf of the Club, tendered him, as an expression of their good will and best

sets forth that the lectures were largely attended, and the visitors gener ally admitted that gas stoves were thoroughly efficient. Some com-

plained about the cost, which, in practice, turned out to be more than

was shown by the experiments. No doubt the latter were quite correct, and the cause of the discrepancy is ascribed to the ‘‘stop cock that one

forgets to turn off The Belgian committee have here hit upon one of the greatest diff ties that has to be encountered in extending the use of gas, and it is not only in respect to gas cooking, but also to many oth- er things, that there is a startling discrepancy between the results ob- tained in the experimental laboratory, by means of careful and accurate experiment, and those at the houses of the consumers, as exemplified by the quarterly gas nfortunately consumers are prone to ascribe this discrepa o the wrong cause. Any suggestion as to the possibil- ity of diminishing it r causing its total disappearance, is met by a meaning smile and one of the stale, time-honored jokes about the intimate relationship en gas meters and excessive charges. Just

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will faney that he possesses strict proof of the meter working when gas is not passing through, so they refuse to believe that the forgotten stop cock may figure a g item in the matter. Mr. Preece recently

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wishes for his prosperity in his new field, a handsome silver mounted gas manager to direct attention to this waste. imbrella, suitably inscribed with his name and that of the Gas Club of! The Belgian committee meet the matter boldly. In answer to the Chicago. The sentiment was given that it was emblematic of the over- question as to is responsible for these irregularities, they reply, spreading good wishes of the Club, that as 7¢ would surround him com-_ ‘‘ both users and sellers.” The consumer, or the consumer's wife, as the pletely, so do the good wishes of the Club surround him in every re- case may be, does not take any interest in the economy of gas, or see spect. It was also suggested that the article would be of good service that a servant who claims to be able to understand the gas stove can do in the operation of the gas works at Galena—he could equally well it without wast In their judgment the competent management of a poke it into stopped service pipes, or through an obstreperous con-| gas stove includes working it at a less cost than a coal fire. As regards sumer ; in the latter case he was advised to open it when it was in the! gas companies, they say that sufficient pains has not been taken to set consumer. Mr. James G. Elwood, of Joliet, made the presentation forth the cost of cooking by gas, and even suggest the possibility of speech, with his usual ease and happy wording. The whole affair was drawing up a sort of ready reckoner, from which the approximate cost most enjoyable, and the Club took great pleasure in feeling that Mr for any number of dishes, or of persons in the household, may be Howard was pleased. obtained They make a point of the fact that gas is less troublesome The last business of the meeting was the reading of a short paper, by than coal, as likely to induce cooks to use reasonable care in the preven- Mr. Frank D. Moses, upon a method of repairing certain leaks in the Ition of waste of ga In these days of threatened competition from bottom of a gasholder tank. electricity and oil, 1 ters treated of by this committee are worthy An interesting description was given of the work. It chiefly covered of careful consideration the details, appliances and methods of getting at the leaks and holes} The sperm candle is again to be put upon its trial before a committee through the concrete bottom of the tank, the keeping of the same|of experts appointed the Board of Trade. Seeing that it has already

clear, while preparing to repair them, and the actual method of filling with concrete, etc., in such a shape that the suction pipes and bend pipes of the pump, etc., would not become clogged by the escaping cement, or earth or sand. The arragement appeared very effective and simple, and was illustrated by suitable drawings distributed among the members. In subsequent discussion President Howard also described some holder tank experiences of his own in the stopping of leaks in cracked walls, etc. The pertinent question was the cause of so many leaks in tank walls, and it seemed to be the opinion of the Club that a majority of the trouble came from filling tanks with water before the cement had fully set. The pressureon green walls started leaks hard to cure afterwards. An instance was cited of one tank—22 feet in height, 16 feet of which was above ground, with no restraining earth iround the walls. This tank was not filled with water until several months after completion, during which time the cement fully set ; its strength was so great that even without embankment no leak whatever started. A vote of thanks was given Mr. Moses, for his courtesy in giving the paper to the Club.

After the usual vote of thanks to the departing officers of the Club, for their work during their term of offices, the adjourned to a substantial supper served in thesame building. After that the members went to the theater ina body. The entire session was generally thought to be the best that the Club has yet had. It was very enjoyable to the members present, and it was felt that those that had not gone there, had simply ‘‘ missed it.” Very truly, F¥, H. SHELTON, Secretary

Special English Correspondence.

salle COMMUNICATED BY NorRTON H. HuMpurys. SALISBURY, Feb. 10, 1892. ‘ooking by Gas.—Standards of Light.—Electricity at the Crystal Palace.—The Gas Light and Coke Company.

In 1890 an exhibition of gas appliances, with the usual cookery demonstrations, was held in Belgium, under the auspices of the Belgian

Association of Gas Managers. A report just issued by the committee

been condemned as inferior to Pentane, the Methven slit, and amyl-ace- tate, when applied as a standard of light, the committee’s duties appear to partake of the characteristic known under the title of ‘‘ fogging a dead hors¢ Some fresh material has been placed at their disposal by the recently published researches of Dibdin, Methven and others, but otherwise I do not know of anything likely to alter the position of the

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matter. The appointment of the committee, who, by the way, have

elected Professor ‘ an B. Lewes as their secretary, has attracted a great deal of attention, from electricians as well as from gas people. A considerable amount of discussion on the subject has appeared in the columns of the Journal of Gas Lighting, the gist of which is to show

the unfairness of burning the gas to be tested at a fixed rate per hour irre- spective of thesizeof flame. It is suggested that a fairer way would be to adjust the gas supply so that the chimney is well filled with flame. This in other words means taking a hint from the French standard system, n which the gas is made to give a certain fixed amount of light, equal

to the Carcel standard, and the quality is calculated from the quantity of gas used per hour. There is the difference that a fixed size of flame is required, and not a fixed degree of illuminating power. But it has also been suggested to adopt the French system entirely, by adjusting the light to be tested to a uniform 16-candle power, and then noting the consumption of gas. This inquiry is probably an outcome of the diffi- leat

culties that have lately arisen between the London Gas Companies and

the Referees anent the gas testing. Tne Referees seem to be rather too

scientific for the companies

The elect ans have promoted an exhibition of appliances on a large scale at the Crystal Palace near London, which is apparently intended to act as an advertisement to the new science, and especially as a means r those local authorities who are wavering between two opinions, who think tl izht not to be behind other towns in the matter of adopting the electric light, but at the same time are rather

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nervous on the score of expense. It is managed by a numerous Coun- cil comprising all w nown names of those interested commercially

or otherwise in the advance of electricity, and has enjoyed the honor of a state visit from the Lord Mayor of London. An official catalogue has

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exhibits, short introductory articles to each section in which an attempt is made to treat the science from a popular point of view. The preface comprises a most ingenious combination advertisement, setting forth the marvels of electricity and the attraction of the Crystal Palace in one breath. At the head of the first section we have an account of the phe nomena and laws of electricity, after this a note on electrical measure- ments, and then a description of primary and secondary batteries. Be- fore section D is an article on dynamos, and section E is preceded by

some remarks on the transmission, distribution and regulation of the electric current. Sections F and G deal with electromotors, and then

we come to the main feature, electric lighting. The author evidently believes in the principle of not letting the Frenchmen have the best of it, and like some others of his class, appears to be ignorant of pro- gress in gas matters during the last quarter of a century or so. Elec tric heating is next treated, a special feature being made of the fact that ladies may purchase curling tongs heated by electricity at the exhibition. Electro-metallurgy, welding by electricity, telegraphy, the telephone and other subjects follow, and then a return is made to electric lighting, section P being devoted to the history and sta tistics of that subject. I have referred to these sections in detail because they furnish a fair idea of the character and scope of the

undertaking. The exhibits are sufficiently numerous to fairly fill the spacious building, which I shortly hope to have the pleasure of visiting.

After this I may have something more to say on the subject, unless led away by the opportunities for social enjoyment so ably suggested in the

preface. Once there was a man who set off to go to Barnet fair. When

within a mile of his destination he turned in to a small drinking booth by the side of the road and remained there until he was taken home by

the police, without having seen the fair at all. There are dining and

smoking rooms close by the entrance to the electrical exhibition. Verb sap.

The accounts of the Gas Light and Coke Company for the half year ended 31st December last have been issued, and scarcely show such deplorable state of things as might have been expected from the fact that a rise of 11 per cent. in the price of gas had been decided on. On the contrary, there is a little improvement, the balance of profit being £22,000 or so more than that for the corresponding period of last year. Coals have cost less and some noticeable reductions have obtained in other items. On the other side the sales of gas have fallen slightly, ow-

ing to the mildness of the weather. A large portion of the advantage

ing the fact that it was only about one-fourth of the sum so secured and further was more than covered by the cheaper cost of coal. Mr Geo. Livesey made a spirited attack upon the management, claiming that half a million sterling might have been raised during the last three years, which would have avoided the increase. He failed to find any evidence of the appreciation, by the Board, of the effect on the consum ers that was created by the step they had taken.

Items Of Interest From Various Localities.

THE mill building of the True Blue Marble Company, of Rutland, Vt., which was recently destroyed by fire, will be replaced by an iron building, the contract for which has been awarded to the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, of East Berlin, Conn. The new structure is to be built entirely of iron and marble, the sidewalls being of iron and marble, the roof to be of corrugated iron. The dimensions of the struc ture are: length, 254 feet; width, 80 feet. Not only will the exterior structure be of iron, but the interior framework for carrying the gang saws, shafting, etc., is to be of the same material. Thus, woodwork will be most notable in respect of its entire absence.

Mr. C, L. Levey, the Electrical Engineer of this city, has just returned from an extended trip through the Southern States, where he was en- gaged in installing a number of electric lighting plants.

Mr. NATHAN A. SLEEPER is no longer in the service of the Peoples |Gas Light Company, of Manchester, N. H.

Mr. JOHN M. DANIELS, Superintendent of the U. G. I. Company’s Columbia (S. C.) works, is after the peddlers who are trying to coax

the residents of the city to put governors (?) and the like on their meters.

One of his methods in this respect is to the effect that the Company will not be responsible for any leakage or assume the expense of rearrange- ment of any meter connections disarranged or interfered with by parties who have tried the aforesaid devices.

In our last we noted that the authorities of Dansville, Va., who are the operators of the works that supply gas at that point, in view of the profit made on gas sales last year, proposed to order a reduction of 25 cents per 1,000 in the selling rate, but a local critic thinks the price

gained on the coal is lost by a drop in the price of coke, and here it may ought to be cut 50 cents—or to $1 per 1,000. He seems to have the best of be remarked that the Company pay more for the coal, and get less for|the argument, too, as the net receipts for 1891 go to show that at the their coke, than the other London Companies. Notwithstanding the ad- dollar charge the city would come out even on the transaction, not to

vantage afforded by the extensive chemical works, where the liquor is worked up into sulphate, and the tar distilled and otherwise worked up into merchantable commodities, their returns for residuals per ton of coal carbonized are less than those of their neighbors. The amount available for dividend is of course by no means sufficient to pay the usual rate,and a small concession is to be made by declaring 12 per cent. instead of 13. This will require a sum of some £450,000, whilst that at the debit of the net revenue account is only £329,000, leaving a balance of £121,000 to be taken from the reserve, which is now so depleted as to be unable to stand another similar draught. The increase of 4d., how- ever, is evidently intended to secure a rapid restoration of the reserve, as it is considerably more than the sum necessary to make up the maxi- mum profits ; but perhaps, as indicated in my last, it is impossible to forecast, with any great approach to accuracy, the working of this great undertaking.

The directors anticipate more favorable circumstances which of course will still further help their balance of profit, So it may be questioned whether the interests of the shareholders would not have been better con- sulted by temporarily accepting a lower dividend, and tiding over the dif ficulty without increasing the price. Already feelings of great discon- tent are becoming manifest amongst the consumers, who are unable to understand why they cannot be supplied as cheaply as their neighbors. It remains to be seen whether these growls will make themselves evi- dent in a practical way by showing decreased returns for the sale of gas. The 7 electric companies, with a capital of 4 million sterling—a capital far in excess of their present requirements—may safely be trusted not

to lose sight of the excellent opportunity afforded for increasing their business. Such a considerable advance cannot but check the use of gas for engines and other technical purposes. These are considerations that can scarcely be ignored by a Company loaded with a large capital in proportion to the sales. The usual meeting of the shareholders was held last week, and the chairman, as might be expected, spoke in favor of the policy of the Board. He blamed the decreased returns for coke as the chief factor in necessitating an increased price of gas, overlook-

pay any attention to the additional profit that would come from largely increased sales at the proposed low figure.

THE proprietors of the Bath (Me.) Gas and Electric Light Company have, since the absorption of the gas plant by the owners of the electric light works, been rounding up their charges for an electric lighting service, until the tariff now stands about like this: The city, under contract, pays $150 each per annum for a specified number of 2,000-

|candle power arcs, kept in duty all night, and $100 each for a specified

number of arcs maintained on a moontable. Commercial users pay (for 1,200-candle power arcs, on a service terminating a 11 P. Mm.) the following rates: One light, per year, $96; two lights, per year, $180; three lights, and up, $240. For an incandescent service the charges

are : 16-candle lamps, $9 per year; 25-candle lamps, $13.50. In the

meantime it is interesting to note that the Company, which originally

proposed to reduce the gas works to a picturesque (or otherwise) ruin,

having become acquainted with the value of a gas works as an invest- ment, will rebuild the gas plant in order to help out the electric end of the enterprise.

THERE seems to be ‘‘something up” between the authorities of At lanta, Ga., and the proprietors of the Atlanta Gas Company, judging from the following resolutions recently adopted by the General Council at the instance of Alderman Woodward :

Whereas, There seems to be a general complaint among the citizens of Atlanta that they are being furnished a very inferior quality of gas, and that the charges or reading of meters are exorbitant; and,

Whereas, The city attorney and his assisstant both advise that the

State has right, through its General Assembly, to enact a statute pro-

viding for the regulation of the price to be charged by gas companies, and to regulate the quality of gas to be supplied, and to otherwise regu- late the business of gas companies, and that such power can be dele- gated by the General Assembly to the Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta ; therefore

Resolved, That the Mayor and General Couneil hereby recommend

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that the legislation indicated in the foregoing preamble be applied for at tendent J. W. Wilcox v not retire from their service. We congrat-

the next session of the General Assembly of this State, to the end that ulate the © und Mr. Wileox. too. the city and people may in the future be protected from monopoly, op pressive charges and inefficient service by gas companies. CHE n Manufactures, Massachusetts Legislature, to whom nese ints te were referrs innual reports of the State Inspector of Gas and Gas WE are indebted to ‘‘M.” for the following respecting the recent Meters (Mr. C. W. Hinman), have reported a bill which provides that change in proprietorship of Duquoin (Ills.) Light, Heat and Power Com- the gas fury ed by every Gas Company in the State supplying more pany: ‘‘ Mr. R. M. Foster, of St. Louis, Mo., has sold his stock in the |than 50 consumers s b spected at least three times a year, and Duquoin Light, Heat and Power Company to Messrs. Joseph Solomon that at least one-fourth of ich inspections shall be personally made and W. E. Brookings. The Company was reorganized on the night of by the State Inspe the 12th inst., when the following officers were chosen : President, W E. Brookings; Vice President, Joseph Solomon; Secretary, J. M THE application of t nsurance companies that were recently de- . ‘ ‘ . Y . faata h sit ‘ —- +h as mnnwar ae, . one ; Browning ; Treasurer, L. S. Smith: Superintendent, Harry Mazuire feated in the lit Db oht against them to recover on a fire loss sustained The stock of the Company is now owned and controlled by citizens of by the Lynn (Mass.) Gas and Electric Company, for a new trial, was Duquoin.” recently denied by Judge Hammond. They asked for new trial on the : : : : ; : iground of newly dis ered evidence, but Judge Hammond’s reply, AT the annual meeting of the Meriden (Conn.) Gas Light Company - ae ; 4 ; after examination of the affidavits, was that the newly-discovered evi- the following officers were chosen: Directors, Jas. KR. Taylor (Brook i ae et rm a . ; eae dence was not sufficie o warrant the disturbance of the verdict. lyn, N. Y.), F. C. Sherman (New Haven, Conn.), Walter Hubbard, “ie ae ear ee : . ; a 4 ? ; ocore anowne TY rotne a lar George R. Curtis and Samuel Dodd ; President, G. R. Curtis; Secre tary and Treasurer, Samuel Dodd ; Superintendent, J. A. Hadley. ['HE proprietors of the Manitoba Electric and Gas Light Company, of Winnipeg, wl! concern, as its title indicates, was originally formed Mr. DANIEL COLLINS, who has acted as Gas Inspector for the city of : ; : Z : a eta pial é Ales s .|for pushing the sale of electric currents, with gas in second place, re Buffalo, N. Y., since May 2d, 1885, has resigned; and the Board of ene eign i : See : port that they now have 100 more gas meters in use than at this time a Public Works has appointed Mr. John Gallivan to the post. Mr. Col a al aE : é ‘ : ; year aco. This state of affairs is due to the fact that 100 consumers of lins instituted many reforms in the methods of public lighting , nd hedd hexeadbes 46 wane wee " ‘ electric currents have eciaed hereatter to use gras. Buffalo, and was a very competent Inspector. His successor was form.- erly in the employ of the Erie Railroad, and is said to be equal to all Ir is stated on good authority that the Economic Gas Company, of demands of the post to which he has been appointed. Chicago, has be ‘tually absorbed by the Chicago Gas Company, ee al while on the othe ind, and at the instance of equally good authority, THE contract for the new gasholder (rated capacity, 1,000,000 cubic A . . . , . t is said with much fervor that these interests are as far apart now as feet) for the Worcester (Mass.) Gas Light Company has been awarded ; eT i rene ‘ mpan} they ever were. In fact, one would need to be ‘‘ up a very tall tree” to to the Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y. tell . el] ist I j Ani¢ r eo 2 b ¥ [HE re-arrangement of the gas plant at Riverside, Cal., has been com a ; ; : #8 oP : : i THis afternoon special meeting of the stockholders in the Charles- pleted, and the results thereof are satisfactory to both the proprietors ing ae , é |town (Mass.) Gas Company will be held for the purpose of voting upon and the consumers. ; ge S42 a - . a proposition to insert the words ‘‘and Electric” in the Company’s THE Central Trust Company, of New York, is before the Chancery corporate tit! i “OCeeO) AC ¢ . . of 7 ad . ; a Canes pet spat ceedings to foreclose 9 are — the property of the THE pla ( ng students, ‘‘ medical or otherwise,” to take the Metropolitan Gas Company, of Elizabeth, N. J. It is a most complica statements of the gas meters in use in Chicago, has resulted in failure— ao <6, : Ikame an . te ca 3 pant ; ce acee : é ted case because of numerous builders liens and attachments on the partial, if not co at The ‘‘ students,” it seems, hit up a plan last ee a quarter for averaginy e consumption, and the result was a how] that THE Worcester (Mass.) Telegram says that it is only a question of ™@@e even — short time when the Worrester Gas Company will have acquired a ae es : : ? ling int ste the level aleatiite Bi roe , AT the a meeting of the Clinton (Mass.) Gas Light Company the ontrolling interest in the local electric lighting concern. ; : pis ome - ” following officers were elected: Clerk, H. N. Bigelow; Directors, nt iid wate Eli Forbes, H. N. Bigelow, John E. Thayer, Herbert Parker and John THE electric lighting business at Burlington, Vt., heretofore done by R Fost the organization meeting Mr. Eli Forbes waschosen Presi- the Burlington Gas Light Company, employing the Brush and West dest is ointed Treasurer and General Manager. and inghouse systems, and the Citizens Electric Light and Power Company, wy, fH Spa ng was named as Superintendent. The affairs of the using the Thomson-Houston system, has been consolidated. The new] pony am excellent condition, and the gas department flourishes corporation will be known as the Consolidated Electric Company of ois) 1ttention that the Company gives to its electric 3urlington, with a capital stock of $150,000. The controlling interest 1 , ir ended 1891 the gas sold enaanied to 7.500.000 . a “ - if VISION f yea 1G ‘ ii § c 9 a is held by the Gas Light Company. This union is likely the result of mise feel ( y has a most complete electric annex, which is ‘ . - ; CUDIC ict . ALLy Mas ’ , t. the dexterous handling of the diverse interests involved by Mr. F. H. now supplying current to 60 are and 2,500 incandescent lamps. The don ay tag , : —— : 2 “ . Parker, of the Gas Company. electric construction is of the best type throughout, which is readily shown when the remark is made that, with over 40 miles of wire in line, Mrs. Oscar ROSENBAUM, a resident of Fostoria, Ohio, recently dis-| and in spite of the severe storms of the past two years, not a public or a : . Xie 3 , — he ayd ‘¥ — $ 7 ¢ Y ; covered an ingenious receptacle for the safe storage of bank bills. On commercial lam} n shut off. Messrs. Bigelow and Spaulding e 5 . : 2 svidentlv now to keep the system going. retiring for the night she placed a roll of bills, in all amounting to $400, °Y'°°" , ide P e covering a gas jet. ‘ vas well. : ae . inside of a glob ‘ sec a gas jet, go all v as go Tn the mor ning to the annual report of Superintendent Shea, Boston was Mire. Hi. Wal Gp Setore inal ig i te a aid of a gas jet to llighted last year by 8,924 gas lamps, 1,447 electric lights, 2,781 oil and , a hha S ’ ‘ 2 vas pac Th: Bae - MESS ne show her the se he lig ert jet and the gas “ the rest. That} .9 naphtha lam} vr a total of 13,232. The average rate for gas . Ss were extri: ld Ye p27 . the i ] ; , : Bic wee een oe sat pein esti : “f nee ages the mall supplied was $ 000, whieh, with cost for hghting, extinguish- ers were in Hames, mcn aetriment Of Mrs. y.'S ° ing and cart iocht the total cost of gas lights to $285,395.24 . the oil ; Pea eee |and naphtha lamps cost $44,838.44, and the electric lights cost $211,262. ATTENTION is called to the advertisement of the Bragger Automatic B : : . . . . ° The gas lamplighters are paid at the rate of $2 per day, while those who Injector, for cutting frost in service pipes, the manufacturer of which is 5 genta agatha ni ' Z rT 4 rw look after the oil and naphtha lamps receive 563 cents per lamp per day. : . N 100 ATI i Ay ous : a) Mr. J. B. Wise, of Watertown, .¥. During the year 11,863 lanterns were reglazed. The total appropriation : Titles g az : lon publ lighting account for the year was $441,500, of which THE proprietors of the Chicopee (Mass.) Gas Company have decided $420,179.21 was expended. The average cost of each electric light are to erect an additional holder, the same to have a capacity of 80,000 cu- ominal 2 eandle power, burning: all night and every night) was e I . n £ : bic feet. The increase in the sendout last year averaged 10 per cent. $146 over the quantity supplied in 1890. The Company will also make im CoLONEL NEWELL ought to be satisfied with the showing made by the portant main extensions and possibly add an incandescent electric light- supplied by his Company in New Brunswick, N. J. It is as good ing equipment to its present are lighting station. as any sold in the State—in fact it is as good as the gas sold in this city, and there is no better gas distributed in the world than that supplied in It is with great pleasure that we say that the Directors of the Macon this city, with special reference perhaps to the district bounded on the

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Tar For Sale.

Macon Cas Light and Water Company® Bids will be received by this Company, rar Product, f.o.b,

until March 15, for this

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cars Macon,

Coal Tar Bids.

Product of the Danville, Va., Gas Works.

200 to 300 bbis., f.o b. Danville. Address bids, until M FRANK TALBOTT, Sec. and Treas Danville Water, Gas & Elec. Lt. Dy 872-4 Danvyi

Gas Stock For Sale.

125 Shares of Ogdensburg (N. Y. Cas Lt. Co.’s Stock For Sale.

Address OGDEN,” a70-4 Care this Journ Vi FOR SALE : ’ fi Whree Purifiers, 414 x 4% x 3 ft. vil

One Purifier, 6; x 64% x 3 ft., with center seal

One Hydraulic Main, D-shape, 17 ft. long, 20 1 6 +. +. D- shape, Bly SS. Stand Pipes, Bridge Pipes, and Meewthpteces H for 13 retorts One Station Meter, 4x 4 ft.; capacity, 3,400 hour. One Street Governor, rhe above are all for 6-in. connections. Address or ap}

Edward Pierson, 869-9T

Morristown Gas Lt, ( Morristown, N

FOR SALE, A Gasholder,

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65 ft. diameter and 20 feet deep, with columns and gird The holder is in a fair state of preservation, and could be taker the down and erected in some small city or town. “ ST. JOSEPH GAS AND MFG. CO., fri 855-tf K. M. MITCHELL, Supt., St. Joseph, M ex Braccer's Automatic INector

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For Cutting Frost in Service Pipes.

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Re LLLEOLLELEL OOLL LLLP AE ELLAL

Uses Methylated Spirits or Chloride of Calcium.

' Ga. Monthly ship- Send for Circulars. Manufactured by ents of 40 barrels MACON GAS LIGHT & WATER CO.. 873-2 Macon, Gia J. B. W ISE, W aterto vv n, N.Y. JAS. MCMILLAN, Prest. HUGH MCMILLAN, Vice-Prest W. C. MCMILLAN, Sec. & Treas.

- H. WHITING, Gen. Supt

Detroit Pipe & Foundry Co,

Detroit, Mice.

Flange Pipe, Branches & Special Castings.

Ceneral Foundry Work.

Feb. 29, 1892.

American Gas Light Fournat.

ef WANTED, Link-Belt Machinery C0. One “Standard” Scrubber, ih CHICAGO, ILL., i be pleased to furnish designs of ),000 cuble feet capacity. State price, condition, and ensive. Write : oats sia eicceeta teren,ie| Sik Elevating ant Conveying Machinery A. B.,” care this Journal. ich. Ammonia Work s, Detroit, Mich. an — payin, aay ©, UEIGS, ©

Hoses G. Wilder, Mech. Engr. Illuminating Gas! Fuel Gas!

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$16-18-20-22 Cherry St., Phila., Pa. Th he Loomi tal Process.

Volumetric Lamp Governors Now in successful operation at Works of . Russell Cutlery Co., Turner’s Falls, Mass., and

Henry Disston’s Sons’ Saw Wor Theuns , Pa. FOR GAS LAMPS & HIGH-POWER BURNERS.

Governor Burners for Street Lamps & General Use

Governors For Argand And Other Common Gas

Plans an Estimates Furnished

The Cheapest Gas Generating aoe in the World.

BURNERS IN ALL SIZES. BURDETT LOOMIS, -— Hartford, Conn.

Horizontal Governors

sco wegh METER REGISTER. Se o “4s 4 Stamj dials, pointers and n

Specially Adapted for Gas Stoves, Furnaces, ete,

umber of

a if 7 Soy Mer ts ( te a card direct from the Meter. ; . : lf,l 1 METER REGIS RO. Wakes a permane ne re ading mn which there ws O POssil ty of mistake. ons ours Qi 7 ELPENs and sail oT re-readings. — P " y 7 7 : : “4 A M fi ler a s not have to WS light or pe vi. ij alt Peg ? ] 7 4 J 7 . — . It is well known that a large majority of all High Power Gas 2 / . LCA aga nat Je tte ng the re ad- Lamps in the United States have my Governors attached, and| © P they are always used by the leading makers of these lamps. To| 2 J , remove any excuse for the use by anyone of inferior and in- - IS€ thé CONSU —— Lion OJ Jas by reducing fringing Governors, a reduction in price has been made, andall 2 th, ; CONSUME? A nd s upplier. exclusive contracts are cancelled. o

Correspondence Solicited with all who require a Reliable Governor,

METER R REGISTER R C0, 52 to 56 Illinois St., Chicago, Ill.

The Hazelton Boile

The Handiest, Safest, and Most Economical Boiler.

The Highest Standard Of Excellence

Patented in the United States and Foreign Countries.

Three Registered

The Porcupine Boiler.

The Hazelton Boiler.

Trade Marks,

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All Genuine Hazelton or Porcupine Boilers bear our

Beware Of Imitations.

The Hazelton Boiler Co.,

Manufacturer

General Office, 716 E. Thirteenth St., Weske. Gessmae D and Thirteenth St., New York. U. Ss. A.

This Company is pre pared to furnish Plants spection of those n in operati

cation. All imitati ms of the substantial f l prosecuted to the full ¢ xte nt of the law Corres

The following are a few of the Gas Companies using this Boiler:

HE NEW YORK MUTUAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY... New York City PAUI HT COMPANY sevcsceunneoncttee WUE, BEADED HE NORTH ADAMS GAS LIGHT COMPANY .. North Adams. Mass NEWARK G ig 3. % Serer Toy ‘ Newark, N. J [THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY -.eee-eeee Washington, D. ( CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY Baltimore, Md. INSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY New York Cit) NASSAU GAS LIGH MPANY Brooklyn, N. Y ONSOLIDATED GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Port Chester N. ¥ MILWAUKEE GAS LIGHT COMPANY Milwaukee, Wis. HUDSON COUNTY GAS LIGHT COMPANY ‘ ‘ Hoboken, N. J PITTSBURGH AS LIGI COMPANY Pittsburgh, Pa

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The Continental Iron Works

THOS, F, ROWLAND, President. rHOS. F. ROWLAND, Jr., Sec rer. WARREN E. HILL and CHAS. H. CORBETT, Vice-Pr t 4

Tako es fom o 2388 Foro BROOKLLY x, INT. “X’.

Builders Of

Gas Holders}

SINGLE-LIFT aud MULTIPLE-SECTION GAS HOLDERS A SPECIALTY

Wrought Iron Gas Holder Tanks,

poss BENCH CASTINGS, RETORT LIDS, hae ill Hydraulic Mains, Condensers, Scrubbers,

mo 98 PURIFIERS, VALVES, Etc.

SELF-SEALING Retort Mouthpieces and Lids.

For Round, Oval, or “D” Retarts.

FREDERIC EGNER CHURCH'S TRAYS a Specialty The Weston Standard VOLTMETERS AND AMMETERS.

These or stri ] the irate, f® lia ble. cba sens

Gas Engineer,

Weston Electr

Instrument i, Office & Factory, 114-120 William St, Newark,

Sst DO gs ae 240-244 W. LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. ‘ ie ini “nd aaa OFFICE AND WORKS, #48 to 954 River Street and 67 to 83 Vail Av. TROY, N. ¥. a.

306- 310 haga Avenue, New York.

We make LEVERS IBLE BI DLTED “TRAYS TN THE MARKET.

Manufacturers Of All Kinds Of

Cooking c& Eieating

as Appliances. Sroveg 2%, a? P. C. VAN WIE, Manager. bes eS +. if CHAPMAN VALVE MANUFACTURING- a0. & e a NUFACTURERS OF

- Reals a8: ar Valves and Gates for Gas, Ammonia, Water, Be A Q 3 E g z& : Also, Cate Fire Hydrants With and Without Independent ce : é E auaaadl cope en All bales wince E86 ESE Indian Orchard, Mass. 72 Kilby & 112 Milk Sts, Boston, Mass.

Feb. 29, 1892. tailed Gas Light eourual. 305

Jewel Gas Stoves

B scsccneamg Lea ao!

10 Gas Heating Stoves,

From $4.50 to $16.50.

65 Gas Cooking Stoves,

From 75 Cents to $65.00.

Send for Catalogs and Discounts.

No. 390. $25.00.

George : Mi. Clark Company,

MAKERS OF JEWEL GAS STOVES, 15'7-161 Superior Street, Chicago.

Standard Oil Company,

Gas Naptha Depvpartment.

Gas Naptha. Gas Oil.

Correspondence Solicited. 26 Broadway, New York City.

Coal Tar Genealogical Tree

MR. T. VINER CLARK EH, of London, Hne,., Having compiled a novel Chart or Map illustrating the various

Chemical Products Derived From Coal And Coal Tar,

In the form of a Genealogical Tree, including all the products discovered to date (the total number amounting to near 700), offers for sale a

limited number of copies in Colors, mounted on Linen, with Rollers. Price, $3.50. Orders may be sent to

A. M. CALLENDER & CO., - - No. 32 Pine Street, New York.

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CHAS. M. JARVIS, Prest. & Chief Engineer BURR K. FIELD, Vice-President. FRANK L. WILCOX, Treasur GEO. H. SAGE, Secretary

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construction recommends itself for this class of buildings, where the danger from fire is great Write for Illustrated Catalogue.

Office and Works, No. 6 Railroad Avenue, East Berlin, Conn.

GASHOLDER PAINT, Coal Tar.

J. W. FORD, 153 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.,

Is always ready to buy Coal Tar.

Use Only

The Covernment Waterproof Paint

Proot against Ammonia, and Absolutely Waterproof. Send for Prices and Particulars.

THE GOVERNMENT WATERPROOF PAINT 00., 122 Milk Street, Boston, Mass To Gas Companies.

We make to order CAP BURNERS to burn any amou

jer a stated pressure. Send for samples

j Rappleye’s Rheometric Governor Burner, 4 1s0, ae E eugene ea ie

N MAIN PROVING APPARATUS. N : - : : H Cc. A. GEFROR Free Sample and Special Price to Gas Light Companies. wi. . 248 N. Sth St., Phila., Pa. eye R I ITA? AS LIGHT ¢ Brooklyn, N. M . Mr. H. W. RAPPLEYE, 145 Arch Street, P! , Pa Dear Sir—In re} MeN Riis, sete ee eee uel and Its Applications c t . : this Company, with wl I r district was covered about the Ist of November last if this time, come fully up to y r representation of them By E. J. MILI Se. F.R.S., and F. J. ROWAN, C.E., assisted j A 5 rhe superiority of the t furnished by them, and the curacy of their adjustment f by others, ncluding ae. 5 ts Semesetion controlling the quantity of gas consumed, are certainly to be commended r w ¢ ti es teak CHAS. H. STODDARD. Pr . ithsonian Inst., Wash., D. C.

i + PLATES, AND 607 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. ROYAI

i H. w. RAPPLEYE. 2814 Poplar St.. Phila... Pa. OCTAVO, PAGES xx, 802. HANDSOME CLOTH, $7.50.

4. 1. CALLENDER &€ CO., 32 Pine St., N. ¥.

. X a 2 CG 1 Cc In Three Volumes. Price per Vol., $10. King S rea 18s€ on. oa as. Sold either by Volume or in Sets. A Standard text-book for the Engineers and Managers of Gas Works, and for all who are concerned or take an interest in the manufac

ture and distribution of Coal Gas, and in the utilization of the Secondary Products resulting therefrom; treating also of the Gas Engine

and*“of Gas Cooking and Heating Appliances. A, M.;CALLENDER & CO., 32 Pine Street,

N. Y. City

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Feb. 29, 1892. ahi was Light Aournal, 307 ami GAS STOVES. es GAS ‘METERS. GAS STOVES. Rie eer Established 1834. Incorporated 1863.

Manufacturers Of

Gas Meters.

Station Meters, Meter Provers, Photometers,

Experimental Meters of all Kinds,

Standard 3 Diaphragm Dry Meter AND St rd 2 Diaphragm Dry Meter

Apparatus for Testing the Quantity and Quality of Gases,

a Ud ni

Meters for Measuring Natural Cas.

MANUEFPACTORIES, 508 to 514 West Twenty-secona St, N. Y. Arch and Twenty-second St., Phila. Nos. 244 & 246 North Wells Street, Chicago, Ill.

Agencies,

No. 177 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. No. 222 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal No. 810 North Second Street, St. Louis, Mo.

CAS STOVE SHOW ROOMS, No. 242 Sixth Avenue, New York City.

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Roots’ New Gas Exhauster.

We will take pleasure in furnishing estimates on complete plants, including GAS EXHAUSTER, ENCINE, and GAS GOVERNOR, 31! connected, complete, on same bedplate. Also, estimates for GAS VALVES, BYE- PASS VALVES, and PIPE FITTINGS, arranged in any manner to suit the exhauster room or main connect

All flanges of pipe and valve fittings faced off, with bolt holes drilled, all ready to go together.

COOKE © CO., Selling Agts. 163 & 165 Washington st.,N.¥. P,H. & FM. ROOTS CO., Connersville, Ind,

The Walker Tar Carbonic Acid Extractor

A very general demand exists, in both large and small Gas Works, for an apparatus that will be absolutely efficient in the ren of the Tar which passes the hydraulic main and condenser. Many attempts have been made to accomplish this, but, I believe, w success, until the introduction, six years ago, in England, of the C. & W. Walker Patent Tar and Carbonic Acid Extractor. D g these years this apparatus has been adopted by many of the most prominent Engineers, not only in England, but also on the Conti of Europe and in other parts of the world. Several have been erected in the United States.

‘The C. & W. Walker Tar and Carbonic Acid Extractor has been in operation at years, and I have used several kinds of apparatus and every expedient which these works for the past six weeks, and is an unqualified success. It removes every to my attention for dealing with the difficulty, but without success. The Wa particle of Tar from the gas in once passing through the apparatus, and a large per- paratus occupies comparatively small space, is less expensive than other syste centage of the Carbonic Acid. I also feel quite sure that it prevents the formation requires but little attention. I carry 24¢-inch seal, and have an automatic tar and deposit of Naphthaline, because since started the Washer I have had no stop- vaive. This Tar Extractor is indispensable to gas makers. pages from this cause. These works have been seriously troubled with Tar for many ‘Cc. A. GERDENIER, Supt. Bridgeport (Conn.) Gas Lt

® This Tar Extractor will perform its work with about one-fourth the usual back-pressure heretofore required. It is simple in construct and can be supplied at a very reasonable price—less than anv other ever before introduced. Satisfactory results guaranteed in every inst

GEO. SHEPARD PAGE, Sole Agt. for the U.S., 69 Wall Street, N. Y. City.

SCIEN TIEIC BOoOoknKsS.

KING'S TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURE OF COAL) GAS WORKS—THEIR ARRANGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, DISTLLATION OF COAL TAR AND AMMONIACAL MA NUPACTURI wg tn PLANT, AND MACHINERY. $8. by GEO. LUNGE. New Edition. $12.50, GAS MANUFACTURE, by WILLIAM RICHARDS ito., With ¢, +5 T ku numerous Engravings and Plates, in Cloth binding. $12 Al ITS HISTORY AND USE, by PRoF. THORPE $3.50. A TREATISE ON THE COMPARATIVE COMMERCIAL 4 THE GAS WORKS OF LONDON, by COLBURN. 60 cents UES OF GAs ( COALS AND CANNELS, by D. A. G

Technical Gas Analysis. §$3,

+ ak cememenerens . HEAT A MODE OF MOTION, by JOHN TYNDALI e250 8vo., Cloth. GAS CONSUMER'S GUIDE. $1 ’ - : CIP T Ww F IPPLE. $ GAS COMPANIES: DIRECTORY, 1891. $5, GAS MEASUREMENT AND GAS METER TESTING, by F. w. MUNICIPAL LIGHTING, by F. H. WHIPPLE. $1 one apeanggiatee + Baca HARTLEY. $1.60 GAS WORKS, AND MANUFACTURING COAL GAS, Hugues. THE AMERICAN GAS ENGINEER AND SUPER! GAS CONSUMER’S HANDBOOK, by WILLIAM RICHARDS, C.E.: $2.20 ENT’S HANDBOOK, by WM. MOONEY $3. i8mo.. Sewed. 20 cents THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL GAS WORKS, by C. J. R. GAS ENGINE INDICATOR DIAGRAM, by W. E. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GAS AND VENTILATION HUMPHREYS. $1. Paper. 20 cents, with Special Relation t Illuminating, Heating, and Cooking yaNtUAL FOR GAS ENGINEERIN( STUDENTS. by D. LEE ILLUMINATING AND HEATING GA , by W. BURNS. by Gaa, by E. E PERKINS 1 ae : , eae oe TESTING PIPES AN IPE JOINTS >M. M. P CHEMISTRY OF ILLUMINATING GAS, by Norton H HUM cents TESTING PI \ND PIPE JOINTS, by M. M. Pa PHRYS. $2.40 THEORY OF HEAT, by J. CLERK-MAXWELI $1.2 cents f PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HEAT, by THoMAS Box. Sec- THE DOMESTIC USES OF COAL GAS, AS APPLIE ro DESIGNING WROUGHT AND CAST TRON WORK, ond edition. $5 LIGHTING, by W. SuGG. $1.40, ADAMS. Paper rhree parts, 60 cents each. STRAINS IN IRONWORK, by H. ADAMs. With plates. $1.75. DIGEST OF GAS LAW. & NOTES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, by H. ADA: The above will be forwarded by express, upon receipt of price. If sent by mall, postage must be addet

above prices. We take especial pains in securing and forwarding any other Works that may be desired, u receipt of order. All remittances should be made by check, draft, or post office money order.

A. M. CALLENDER & CO., 32 Pine Street, New York.

Feb. 29, 1892. American Gas Light Fournal. 309

The United Gas Improvement Co..

Drexel Building, Phila., Pa.

Owners of the Lowe, Granger-Collins, McKay-Critchlow (for car- bureting Natural Gas), and Other Gas Patents.

BUILDERS, WESSEES of PURCHASERS OF GAS WORKS.

4 , x 3 i Z. ; rs r “tile + a, tee ; PL ; ; 4 : ‘ iH ‘ - 7 4 : ‘ ' neg AS ar 2 , — ; i 2 z . JES a L are it ee ; se Bn ae : ha oe ae . Rat ra ee . ' — Sa. -s= AS amt i23°- Gian pe pee) wae F ordi INE SS ee Sh ilewkse 5 oa J a a a Oa a OD ; on — x Bs As) Ss ‘ yah, .. pe re g C . , ; mr; A i FES

Standard Double Superheater ’’ Lowe Apparatus, Especially Designed for the Use of Lima Crude Oil.

Hirectors of

Water Gas Plants,

(Either Independent or Auxiliary to Coal Gas Works),

USING LIMA OR OTHER LOW GRADE OILS AND ANTHRACITE COAL OR GAS HOUSE OR OVEN COKE.

Pamphlets, Plans, And Estimates Furnished Upon Application.

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- NATIONAL GAS LIGHT AND FUEL CO.. No. 52 Lake Street, Chicago.

EFREDK HH. SHELTON, Manager.

Gas Works

Built, Remodeled, Leased, or Purchased.

The Sprincer Cupola System.

Also, by Special Arrangement with the United Gas Improvement Company,

Acents For The West

For The “Double-Superheater,” “Junior,” And Other Forms Of The

Lowe Water Gas Apparatus. Full Information Furnished upon Application.

— Gasholder Tank Construction, Etc.

Gas Companies and others about to erect Gasholders ‘will find it profitable to consul W. C. Whyte, who for over 30 years has made a specialty of

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Fifty Tanks now in operation show the sort of work done. Address

W.C. WHYTE, - No. 15 Cortlandt Street, N. Y. City.

Feb. 29, 1892

American Gas Light Fournal.’ 311

What Our Customers Say Of Iron Sponge.

LUMBUS, O. [ regard the Connelly Iron Sponge as the best TROY, O. Recommend Iron Sponge to any Gas Company. It

of oxide of i iron of which I have any knowledge. is as good and far cheaper than lime, cal far less labor connected E. McMILLIN, Eng’r. with it R. A. Dittmar, Supt. ;

OHIO PENITENTIARY, I take pleasure in saying that the WOOSTER, O We have used your Iron Sponge about 8 months

on Sponge bought of you two years ago, and which has been in con

t use ever since, has given entire satisfaction. It does all youclaira can do so with the success we have had thus far. t: in fact it reduces the cost of purifying to almost nothing—which W oostTER Gas Lr. Co. :

iinly ought to be satisfactory. R. P. GREEN, Supt.

with entire satisfaction, and we shall continue to use it as long “as we

HAMILTON, O We have been using your Iron Sponge for the INCINNATI, O. Our experience shows that by the use of Iron past 5 years exclusively—using no lime with it—and it affords us pleas-

Sponge in place of lime we have effected a saving of 1.4 cents per M.

st of purification. A. HICKENLOOPER, Prest. 16 months. D. H. HENSLEY, Sec. SANDUSKY, O. The Iron Sponge has been a great advantage MANSFIELD, O Our Company has been using your Iron saving to us over old method. THOs Woop, Supt. Sponge for 2 years in our works for purifying. It has been very sat- f isfactory, and we would not know how to get along without its use. 4

CADIZ, O. We have been using your Sponge for five years with re satisfaction, and at about one-fourth the cost when we used lime purification.

ure to testify to its merits. Our present lot has been in use now over

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A. MICHIE, Sec. PAINESVILLE, O We have used your Iron Sponge for the 5

LIMA, We have used your Iron Sponge for two years, nothing past 2 years, aud sha ntinue to use it. If es perfect satisfac- :% se, and are s entinely satisfied with it. Lima Gas Lr. Co. tion. J. W ALEXANDER, Prest. e ab

CONNELLY IRON SPONGE AND GOVERNOR C0. No. 111 Broadway, New York.

WILBRAHAM GAS EXHAUSTERIRON Mass I

For Gas Purification

Acts immediately, and more efficiently than any other purifying agent now in use.

Greenpoint Chemical Works.

JOHN SCHRIEVER, Manager.

Greonpoint Ave. & Newtown Creek, Brooklyn N.Y.

Jarvis Engineering Co,

61 Oliver St., Boston, Mass.

Ontractors For Erecting

Complete Steam Outfits For Electric Ligh Sing Stations.

Steel Boilers set with Jarvis Pat. Boiler Setting To burn COKE SCREENINGS for Fuel. ARMINGTOUN & SIMS C0. ENGINES,

Belting direct to Dynamos, without using Shafting. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

Vw Ilbraham Bros.,

Gasholder Tanks & Gas Works Masonry Complete. ;

Plans Prepared And Estimates Furnished At Short Notice.

J. P, WHITTIER, 70 Rush St., near Division Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. a TaN Large Quantity of Ground Fire Brick For Sale Cheap. :

1891 Directory 1891

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Price, - - ” $5.00. ia

A. M. CALLENDER & CO., No. 82 Pine Street, New York City.

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Wood's Gas Scrubbing and Enriching Apparatus

Feb. 29, ta

End Elevation. “Side Elevation.

The cheapest, simplest, and most effective apparatus for removing Tar and Ammonia, and enriching Gas, ever brought to the attention of Gas Manufacturers. With ordinary condensers and scrubbers the condensable illum. inants flow off to the tar wells and liquor tanks and are lost, but with Wood’s Apparatus these illuminants are saved and retained in the gas, thus increasing its illuminating power and making a great saving in the cost of enriching material. Where set up next after the Hydraulic main, this Scrubber produces an 8-oz. Ammoniacal Liquor.

JAMES R. FLOYD & SONS, - - Nos, 531 to 543 West 20th Street, N, Y, city

FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC Co.

Os Wael, LTD.

Manufacturers Of The

Slattery Induction System LONG DISTANGE INCANDESCENT LIGHTING.

The Most Carefully Worked Out and Complete Alternating Current System of Electric Lighting in Existence.

W/O ODP Automatically Reeoulating

Arc Dynamos AND LAMPs.

Wood Dynamo.

Branch Of Fices.

NEW YORK, - + © {15 Broadway. PITTSBURCH, PA., 533 Wood Street. PHILADELPHIA, - ” 907 Filbert Street. DALLAS, TEXAS, - - McLeod Building. CHICACO, - - - - 185 Dearborn Street. TORONTO, CANADA, - 138 King Street, West. SAN FRANCISCO, ° 35 Now Montgomery Street. MEXICO, F Adams’ Successors, - City of Mexico. BUFFALO W.Y., - sd ° 228 Pearl Si CUBA, Maicas & CO.,, ° Havana.

Main Office and Factory, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Feb. 29, 1892.

American Gas

Light Hournal. 313

Gas And Water Pipes. Gas And Wate R Pipes.

ENGINEERS. nee D, WANNER, Chairman. A. H. MELLERT, Mangr. of Wks. B. KINSEY, Secretary. F. A. KNOPP, Treasurer.

HELERT FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. Ltd. and READING FOUNDRY CO., Ltd.

Reading, F’a.

specials—Flange Pipe, Valves and Hydrants Lamp Posts, HRetorts, etc.

General Foundry and Machine Work. JOH FOX, Selling Agent. 160 Broadway, N. Y.

Warren Foundry And Machine Co.,

Established 1856. Works at Phillipsburgh, N. J.

New York Office, i60 Broadway.

From Three To I . Also, All Sizes Of

Flange Pipe for Sugar House and Mine Work. Branches, Bends, Retorts, etc., etc.

The Ohio Pipe Company,

Manufacturers Of

(ast Iron Gas & Water Pipe,

Branch And Special Castincs.

yas-Honse Bench Castings, Hydraulics, Lamp Posts, Flange Pipe Specials, Architectural Castings, Building Columns, Joists, Cellar Grates, Sash Weights, etc.

GENERAL FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS Columbus, Ohio.

Office, Corbin Building, 192 Broadway, W. Y.

M. J. Drummond, Emaus Pipe Foundry.

DONALDSON IRON COMPANY. EMAUS, Pé

Manufacturers Of

Cast Iron Pipe And Special Castings

For Water And Gas.

Special Castings And Lamp Posts.

. |The Addyston Pipe And Steel Company.

Cast Iron

Cincinnati, Ohio.

fe PIPE For MANUFACTURED NATURAL GAS WATER,

Specials, Flange Pipe, And Lamp Posts

ly, J Os. R. THOMAS, ), No. 32 Pine Street, N.Y. City.

Consultinc And Constructing

tas Engineer and Contractor.

Plans, Specifications, And Estimates Furnished.

Contracts taken for all Appliances ‘ required at a Cas Works,

] Either for New Works or Extensions to Old Plants. :

James R. Smedberg,

Gas Exngegineer, 913 Jefferson Ave., Peoria, I1l.,

Will furnish Plans, Specifications and Estimates for the Remod- rextension of Gas Works. Also, Analytic Reports upon business condition and prospects of Gas Companies. Ample

a 4 references will be given.

The New

Handy Binder.

This article may be described as elegant appearance, strong, durable, and posse Walities of its own. It allows the opening of the pages per- d fectly flat, whether one or several numbers are in the binder Any number can be taken out and replaced without disturbing le others. The papers are not mutilated for subsequent bind- bg in permanent form. The binder is supplied with gilt side ttle, and is an ornament to any desk or reading table. The JOURNAL, filed in the Handy Binder, becomes a volume of great alue, always convenient for instant reference. Handy Binder, Postage paid, $1.00.

sssing many special

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4.M. Callender & Co., 32 Pine Street, New York City.

Electric Street Railway Installation.

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¥ -RETORTS AND F IRE BRICK, RETORTS AND FIRE BRICK. RE -TORTS A AND FIRE BRIC JH. GAUTIER & COMPANY LACLEDE FIRE BRICK MFG.co,, MANHATTAN satiisiiie ae MANUFACTURERS OF FIRE BRICK & ENAMELLED CLAY GREENE AND ESSEX sTREETs, Fire Brick, Gas Retorts, RETORT WORKS JERSHY CITY, N.S. oy. sguis STANDARD SEWER PIPE. ADAM WEBER.

MANUFACTURERS OF we cay Metetsl, Fie ay Fistiomgs hanes OLAY GAS RETORTS Clay Gas Retorts, Dry Milled and Crude Fire Clays, etc. ; é PE RN AND RETORT SETTINGS

Gas House Tiles, 901, 903, and 905 Pine Street,

FIRE BRICKS, TILES, ETC., Fire Bricks, Etc. Etc. iiincaienge Office and Works, 15th Street and Avenue C., N.Y

Ground Clay, Fire Brick and ReAMLEOIEED IN 1505.

Fire Sand in Barrels, B. KREISCHER & SONS,

H. GAUTIER, Prest. CHAS. E. GAUTIER, Sec. & Treas. — OFFICE FOOT OF HOUSTON ST., E.B., N.Y.

Cuas. E. GREGORY, V.-Prest. DAVID R. DALY Gen'l Mang’r.

Clay Retort & Fire Brick Works, Ges retorts,

(Edward D. White & Co.)

MaustacSastbucandener tue TILES, FIRE BRICK. VAN DYKE, ELIZABETH, RICHARDS & PARTITION STS. Office, SS Van Dyke St., Brooklyn, N. ¥. AND EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE CLAY LINE.

Works, ESTABLISHED 1864.— Office, Rooms 19 & 20, Lewis Block

LOCKPORT STATION, PA. JAMES GARDNER, IR. PITTSBURGH, PA, P. 0. Box 273

Successor to WiIiLTIAM GARDNER c& SON.

Fire Clay Goods for Gas Works.

SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE McILHENNY RECENERATIVE BENCHES FOR THE U. S. H. A. NORTON, No. 92 WATER STREET, BOSTON, MASS., — for the New England States.

HENRY MAURER & SON, Parker-Ruceel! °° ee

(ESTABLISHED 1856.) BALTIMORE EXCELSIOR FIRE BRICK & CLAY a d Mf C RETORT WORKS Mining and Mfg. Co., pe ToRT & FIREBRICK CO CITY OFFICE, : WORKS, Perth Amboy, N. J. Mermod-Jaccard Bldg., Rooms 307 & 308, MANUFACTORY AT OFFICE, 418 to 422 East 23d St., N. Y. ; 0 as Broadway & Locust St., St. Louis. Mo, LOCUST POINT BALTIMORE, MD. Clay Gas Retorts, PROPRIETORS OF THE BENCH SETTINGS, ODAKHILL GAS RETORT & FIRE BRICK WKS ’ Fire Brick, Tiles, Ete. Our immense establishment is now employed almost entirely in Clay Retorts, Blocks & Tiles the manufacture of GEROULD'S IMPROVED RETORT CEMENT. FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY A Cement - great pe me a Leg eg gd mouth- Materials for Gas Companies , , pieces. making up a nch-work joints, lining ast furnaces ) , e- om thore —" ini ts w ork. : Full 77 siee —- 4 stick —— Sicirakesande We eboae teeaianeb manatees, Go ceenea “ N D FIR E C EM E NT. PRICE LIST. heats of the furnace, and the abrasion of feeding and emptying In Casks, 600 to 800 f. -b. N. Y. , at 5 s per pound. We have the exclusive Agency for the West of the celebrated Red and Buff Ornamental Tiles and Chim a on 18 ‘0 : + i et ‘ oy Pipe (f Im Keg iessthan 01h, St. S Kloenne-Bredel Full Depth and pg in preteen ~Aedmam C. L. GHEROULD & CO., Semi-Recuperator Benches, 12x12x23 and 10x10x2 5 & 7 Skillman St., Brooklyn, N.Y. @ 4nd also furnish and build

Our Own Styles Semi-Hecuperator Furnaces WALDO BBOS., 88 WATER ST., BOSTON, MASS

for the use of Coal or Coke as fuel. Sole Ageuts the New Engiand States

Western Agent, H. T. GEROULD, Wichita, Kan.

Boston Fire Brick Works Gas Retorts and Settings Under the Personal Supervision of MIR. GHO. CC. HICES ate of Chicago. Fire Clay Goods of all kinds. Akron Sewer Pipe, Lime, Cement, etc. Agts. for the Arc Gas Lamp & Governing Gas Burners

Send for Circulars and Prices to

FISKE, COLEMAN & CO., Managers, No. 62 Congress Street, Boston, Mass

Feb. 29, 1892. American Gas Light Zournal. 315

Fred. Bredel, 6. E.,

Prop’R Of Kloenne And Bredel Patents.

Recuperative Furnaces, Purifying Machines,

x Gas Apparatus. x

Main Office, 118 Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.

New York Office, 22 Beaver Street.

FLEMMING’S Generator Gas Furnace

Materials furnished and Benches erected by

J. H. GAUTIER & CO., - Jersey City, N. J.

Address as above, or D. D. FLEMMING, Jersey City, &. J.

American Gas Light Journa'L

$3.00 per Annum.

A. M. CALLENDER & CO., 32 Pine Street, N, Y,

Manufacturers Of For

Streets, Parks, Public Buildings, Railroad Stations, etc.

Lamp Posts

A Specialty.

The Miner Street Lamps, Ut speci Jacob G. Miner, 40 & 42 COLLEGE PLACE, - - N. Y. CITY.

Gas Companies and others intending to erect Lamps No. 823 Eagle Ave., New York, N. Y. and Posts will do well to communicate with us.

The American Gas Engineer and Superintendents Handbook.

By WM. MOONFY.

B50 Passes, Full Gilt Morccco. Frice. £3.00.

AM. CALLLENDER & CO., 32 Pine St.. N.Y.

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Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co..

Wat Thiam, Mass.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND WORKS, Waltham, Mass. BOSTON OFFICE, loom 18, Vulcan Building, 8 Oliver Street.

SINGLE, DOUBLE, oS —— TUBULAR, PIPE,

AND a7 i AND

Gasholders, 3 B Condeiser

IRON ROOF FRAMES — HLOORS. Purifying Boxes, Genter Seal or Valve Connections, Bench Work.

Reversible Lime Trays. SELF-SEALING AND PRESSED STEEL MOUTHPIECE LIDS.

Coke Barrows, Coal Wagons, and all Apparatus Requisite for a Complete Gas Plant.

Gas and Water Pipe, Flanged Pipe,

Sugar House Work, and Special Castings of all Descriptions.

BHistablisahed isel. Imcorporated 18s.

Kerr Murray Mfg. Co..,

Fort Wayne, Ind.

Those who are in need of

Holders or (as Works Apparatus of any fleseription,

And Of The Latest Improvements,

will find it to their interest to

Gceh'T An Estimate From Us

before placing their order.

As we make a Specialty of this Class of Work, and are Practical Builders and Manufacturers of same,

with our long years of experience in the business,

We Can Guarantee You Satisfaction.

sietimarcs, YIADMs amc. Specifications Furnished on Arplication.

Feb 29, 1892 American Gas Light Zournat. 31

Bartlett, Hayward & Co.

Sie chaneneen, nAdCd. AIRS CY LALLA GDI LAE! VLBA EEG ee 9280.0 ere Q

Triple Double, & Single-Lift PURIFIERS. GASHOLDERS. CONDENSERS. ion Holder Tanks Scrubbers, eciieaniaaas BENCH “CASTINGS Cirders. B olL STORAGE TANKS. BEAMS. Boilers.

The Wilkinson - ‘Water ‘Gas Process.

THIRTY-CANDLE, NON-CONDENSABLE, FIXED GAS. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GAS PROCESS IN OPERATION.

Munich Regenerative Furnace, System Drs. Schilling & Bunte.

MILL’S REVERSIBLE LIME TRAYS. Gas Works antics and Constructed.

Pascal Iron Works. Delaware Iron Works,

Morris, Tasker & Co.,

INCORPORATED OFFICE, 224 — THIRD rile - ee ee PA.

Gas, water cc , Sugar Works

Bench Castings. Iron Roofs.

Condensers. Street Stops, Scrubbers. Valves, etc. Purifiers. Stand-Pipes. Hyd. Carriages. Water & Oil Iron Floors, . Tanks, all Sizes.

Single, Double, ond Triple- Lift Cas Holders.

SELF-SEALING RETORT LIDS. STAMPED STEEL RETORT LIDS. Locomotive Water Columns, Filters, etc. Boiler Tubes, Wrought Iron Pipe & Fittings. Plans, Specifications and Estimates for all kinds of Machinery furnished on application.

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Foundries & Works. , ens, MILLVILLE, FLORENCE, ron — and CAMDEN, N. J e Bh an

Machinists 40o Chestnut St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Manufacturers Of

Cast Iron Pipe

— Gas Holders,

SINGLE, DOUBLE, AND TRIPLE LIFTS, WITH OR WITHOUT WROUGHT IRON OR STEEL TANKS.

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Purifiers, Condensers.

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Heavy Loam Castings.

Hydraulic Work.

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Isbell-Porter Company.

G. G. PORTER, Prest.

(Successors to SMITH & SAYRE MFG. COMPANY CHAS. W. ISBELL, Secy

Engineers And Contractors For Thi

Ponstruction and Extension of Gas Works.

Special Castings, Tees, Bends, etc. Bench Casting’s. Water Gas Generators.

Exhausters. Engines. Steam Jet Exhausters. Hydraulic Mains. Exhauster Governors. Iron Floors. Compensators. Brenner Self-Sealing Retort Lids. Self-Acting Bye-Pass Valves Tar Gates and Hydraulic Main Dip Regulators Valves. Hutchison’s Tar Displacement Apparatus Multitubular Condensers. Standard Washer-Scrubbers. Tower Scrubbers. Walker's Tar and Carbonic Acid Extractors.

Valve Stands with Indicators. Purifying Boxes. Purifier Valve System. Center Seals. Street Governors.

Estimates, Drawings and Specifications Furnished for the Alteration, Improvement, or Extension of Existing Works or the Construction of New Works.

IS 23 FLals- POR Lei: COM EAN xX,

No. 245 Broadway, Na’a York City.

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“Gas Works Apparatus And Construction.

James R. Floyd & Sons,

Rs To Herring & Floyd)

Or egon Iron Works,

W. 20th & 2lst. Sts., bet. 10th & Avs., NEW YORK CITY.

Engineers and Contractors

For The

Construgtion Of Gas Works.

Manufacturers Of

All Kinds of Castings and General Ironwork

For

Gas Apparatus.

Bench Castings, Regenerative and Half Regenerative Furnace Castings.

Condensers, Scrubbers, Purifiers, Street Drips and Connections,

Valves,

Hydraulic Hoisting Purifier Carriage, Selt-Sealing Retort Lids, Improved Valve Stand and Indicator, Seller’s Cement. pecifications, and Estimates furnished for Construction

of New or Alteration of Old Works.

ol Foundry (0,

Founders And Machinists,

Chicago, Ill.

Gas Works Apparatus,

PURIFIERS, CONDENSERS, Bench Wor Kk

Specials. Lamp Posts, Scrubbers,

Iron Roofs and Floors.

ind Estimates furnished for new works or extensions of id works

Patents.

Gas Works Apparatus And Construction,

RaNstHaw, Prest. & Mang WM. STACEY, V Asst. Mangr R. J. TARVIN, Sec. & Treas.

Stacey Mfc. Co, ,

Single and Telescopic Gasholders,

IRON ROOFS, BRIDGES, LAMP POSTS, Water and Oil Tanks, Coal Elevator Cars, COKE on bea: CASTINGS,

And all kinds of Wrought and Cast Iron Work u in 1 erection of Coal and Oil Gas Works. Rolling Mill Machinery and Were: Castings a Specialty.

Wrought Iron Works: 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 26 Ramsey Street:

Foundry : 83, 35, 37 & 39 Mill Street.

Cincinnati, ONn1io.

184. Deily & Fowler, 112

Laurel Iron Works. Address, No. 39 Laurel eel Philadelphia, Pa.

Gasholders.,

Single and ‘Telescopic. Eioldcrs Built 1i18seoqo to 1891, Inclusive

Chester, Pa Little Rock, Ark , ( ( ( s. Me Victoria, B.C Hazleton, Pa. (2d.) Irvington, N. ¥ . York. N. ¥ Cont ‘ vi ul uver, B C Staten Island, N. Y. South Boston, Mass W I ( West Chester, N.Y Charlotresville, Va. Saugerties, N. ¥ Rye, N. Y. (2 M r, N Bay s re, L. I So Framingham, Mass Clinton, Mass. (Lan Mills)Woodstock, Ont 4 M Washington, D. ¢ W oonsoc Ke t, R Chattanooga, Tenn Maiden, Mass Newport. R. I at Simcoe, Can. Galveston, Texas. (3d.) Staten Island, N ¥ Morristown, N. J Pittstield. Muss, (2d) Fort Plain, N. Y Woodstock, (nt Lé n, P Chattanooga, Tenn. (2d) Brunswick. G Malden, Mass Oaklat ( Ss Bethlet m, Ay a. 2d Pr wt One ste r, N Y Paducah, Ky 1 Cent Ga tL On, Ne Vassar Coll "es. 7 New Re oi. hs Norwich, ¢ I ) t So. Chester Pa, Salem, N. I id Seatt Wet ) Cumberland, Md, Omaha, Neb 2d San Diego, ¢ N ‘ Auburn, N. Y. Lynn, Mass. (2d) Westerly, R tts n, I Des Moines, la

Greenough’S

“Digest Of Gas Law.”

Price, 833.00.

FRANKLIN H. HOUGH Solicitor of American & Foreign Patents.

925 F. St., Washington, D.C.

Phis is a valuable and important work, a copy

(NEAR U.S. PATENT OFFIC . : ‘ ; f which should be in the possession of every gus Personal attention given to the prepara i s~ompany in the country, whether large or small, if applications for Letters Patent. All busi a book of reference it will be found invaluable,

Patent Office attended to for erate fees. NO Agemey tm [t is the only work of the kind which has ever the United States possesses — rior facilities |aon put lished in this country, and is most com

for obtaining Patents, or for asce ning the patent ete Handsomely bound. Orders may be sent ability of inventions. Copies of patents furnisbed f § each, Correspondence solicited. 1. MLC NEEENDER & CO.. 32 Pine St. 8.

Wm. Henry White,

No. 382 Pime Street, - - - New YorE City.

Engineer And Contractor For 1

Erection And Extension Of

Gas, Water, And Electric Light Works.

° ° . . F oe il : ‘ orrespondence with Gas Companies contemplating extending or impreving their Plante respectfully invited,

Plaw apd Estimates Furnished

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Gas Coals. Cannel Coals. Gas Enrichers.

JAMES D. PERKINS. Pp . R K N S NY CO F. SEAVERNS

228 & 229 Produce H=xrchange, New York.

Cable Address, ‘‘ PERKINS, NEW YORK.’’ Post Office Box 3695, New York.

Ceneral Sales Acents For

The Youghiogheny River Coal Company’s

Ocean Mine Youghiogheny Gas Coal,

HOnNw. W. TL. SCOTT, Prest. M. H. TAYLOR, Vice-Prest. This Colliery is located at SCOTT HAVEN, PA., in the center of the Youghiogheny Gas Coal District, and produces the ONLY RELIABLE YOUGHIOGHENY COAL for gas purposes. (See Map on p. 87 of this Journan, Feb. 16, ’85.)

YwroiInN TS OF SHIPMENT,

Locust Point, BALTIMORE. Pier No. 62, PHILADELPHIA. ST. CEORCE, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. HARBOR.

Also, Shippers of the following well-known Cannels:

Breckenridge & Old Kentucky Boghead from Kentucky,

And The

JELLICO CANNEL, from TENNESSEE.

Within the past four years we have delivered these Cannels to over One Hundred and Fifty Gas Companies in Thirty-five different States, and to some of the largest Gas Companies in

Great Britain, On The Continent, And South America.

Single carloads or more delivered at any required point in the United States and Canada Cargo shipments from NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, NORFOLK, AND NEWPORT NEWS.

Particulars as to prices, ete., furnished upon application to the above address.

JAMES & WILLIAM WOOD,| gacoeestos.

Gas and Cannel Coal Contractors, AN AMELED

No. 40 St. Enoch Sq., Glasgow. No. 2 Talbot Court, London. Gas, Water Meter, and Clock

Proprietors of the BATHVILLE COLLIERIES (which produce the xX LL is been, e eelebrated BOGHEAD CANNEL), Shields, Shieldmuir, Drumpeller, and ALSO,

oe . oT: led Iron Plates in Colors, and the other Collieries. This Firm offer —— Senauk ankeanieh Saaineme

and Numbers.

STANDARD CANNELS, We make a specialty of this class of work, and, with our lonk

experience of over 30 years, can guarantee noi only satisfactioo

and correctness, but extremely low quotations. ESTIMATES Unequaled as Gas Enrichers. AND SAMPLES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.

Analyses, prices, and all further information furnished on application to Office & Salesrooms, 11 Park RoW, N.Y

Agency for U.S., Room 70, Nos. 2 & 4 Stone St., N.Y. City, 7°) ee

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Coke Crushers.

Gas Coals.

Gas Coals.

the Despard Gas Coal Co.

Miners And Shippers Of

Despard Gas Coal,

And Manufacturers Of

COk:; &E,.

MINES, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., W. Va. WHARVES, Locust Point, Baltimore, Md. OFFICE, 44 South Street, Baltimore, Md ROUSSEL & HICKS, r AGENTS. 2 BANGS & HORTON,

"1 Broadway, N. Y. ) 60 Congress St., Boston

Coxe Bros. & Co.

Cross Creek, Sugar Loaf & Beaver Meadow

Lehigh Coals.

Ceneral Office, 143 Liberty St., New York. Boston, 70 Kilby Street; Phila., 420 Walnut Street; Chicago, “The Rookery”’; Buffalo, Coal and Iron Exchange

Milwaukee, 91 Michigan Street.

gE. B. EIYYW, Gen’l Agent.

Llr’s Adjustable Coke Crusher

Simple, Strong, And Durable.

0, M. Keller, sec. & supt. Gas Lt.& Coke Co. Columbus, Ind.

Correspondence Solicited.

Electric Light Primer.

By CHARLES L, LEVEY.

A simple and comprehensive Digest of all the most important acts connected with the running of the Dynamo and Electric

Lights, with Precautions for Safety, etc. Price, 50 cents.

A.M. CALLENDER & C0., 32 Pine St., N.Y.

The Penn Gas Coal Coq,

Offer Their

Coal, Carefully Screened & Prepared for Gas Purposes

Their Property is located in the Youghiogheny Coal Basin, near Irwin and Penn Stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and on the Youghiogheny River.

Principal Office: 209 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILA., PA.

Fointsa of Shipment:

Pennsylvania Railroad Piers; Greenwich Wharves, Delaware River; Pier No. 1 (Lower Side), South Amboy, N. J.

|Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Coal Agency,

R Ti Sale Of The

Superior Kanawha Gas Coals, Cannelton Cannel,

Also, SPLINT AND STEAM COALS.

From the aude and New River Regions, on the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio R’way.

C. B. ORCUTT, General Agent, - - No. Broadway (Room 217) New York City

EDMUND H. MCCULLOUGH, Prest CHAS. F. GODSHALL, Treas.

H. C, ADAMS, Sec.

The Westmoreland Goal 60.

Chartered 1854.

Mines situated on the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, in Westmoreland County, Penn.

FrwrwroiINTsS OF SHIPMENT:

PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, SOUTH AMBOY. N. J. WATKINS (SENECA LAKE), N. Y.

Since the commencement of operations by this Company its well-known Coal has been largely used by the Gas Companies of New England and the Middle States, and its character is established as having no superior in gas-

giving qualities, and in freedom from sulphur and other impurities.

Principal Office, 224 South 3d St., Phila., Pa

‘THE CLERK GAS ENGINE Co,, Main Office, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1018 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.

WM. W. GOODWIN, Prest.

E. STEIN, Sec.

The utility and convenience of the Gas Engine being no longer an open question, it only remains now for intending purchasers to select the BEST. We claim for the CLERK GAS ENGINE that it is equal to any other manufactured as regards steadiness in runn ng, simplicity, and ease of kee ping in repair, and that it gives the greatest amount of power for the least money (both in first cost and expense of running) of any engine made. In support of this claim we refer to the test of the Gas Engines made under the direction of the American Institute of New York in December, 1885, and heretofore published in these columns. These engines are especially adapted for continuous running under heavy loads, and we can refer to Engines which have run 22 hours a day for months at a time

Made in Sizes of 5 10. 15' 20. and 25 Horse Power. Al! Enaines Guaranteed for One Year.

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JOHN J. GRIFFIN & co.

s. 1513, 1515, 1517 & 1519 Race Street, PHILADELPHIA. No. 52 - Street, NEW YORK. No. 75 North Clinton Street, CHICAGO.

Manufacturers Of

e me, Whe 3 & , , iS S ; rays ‘d y - Beh) ALCS (a oP ji A — ‘ it eS 4 au ae / Oe ao tl Sy Oi

IN ANY WOrU0 ME.

wee” + Provers. Gauges, Registers, Etc., Etc Sea WS EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS,

Careful and Prompt Attention paid to Repairing of all kinds of Meters and Apparatus.

Estimates Cheoeerfully Furnishcda.

NATHANIBI TuUPtTSs

No. 153 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass.,

Manufacturer Of

DRY GAS METERS. Station Meters of any Capacity.

Test and Experimental Meters, Pressure Registers, Pressure Gauges Pressure and Vacuum Gauges.

Bry Gas Meters.

sas athies for nanan METER PROVERS, PHOTOMETERS, STREET LANTERNS, ETC., ETC.

litie sor ws

ed to fi lial work - ° A wer ayn — Patent Cluster Lanterns for Street Illumination

Charles E, Dickey. James B. Smallwood. Charles H. Dickey.

The Maryland Meter And Manufacturing Co.

Established 18866.

BALTIMORE, North & Saratoga Sts. CHICACO, i122 & 124 Michigan St. NEW YORK, 838 Broadway. SAN FRANCISCO, 22! Front St. BOSTON, 92 Water Street, Rooms 21 and 22.

CONSUMERS’ & STATION METERS, PRESSURE GAUGES, Etc., Etc.

“Success” and “Perfect” Gas Stoves.

A. HARRIS E. L. HARRIS J. A. HARRIS Established 1840.

Harris Bros. & Co.,

welfth and Brown Streets, Phila., Pa. Agency, 67 & 69 S. Canal Street, Chic S. S. STRATTON, Manager, Chicago.

Manufacturers of Wet and fjry Gas Meters.

STATION METERS, METER PROVERS, BXPERIMENTAL METERS, SHOW OR GLAZED METERS

Pressure and Vacuum Registers, Cauges, Photometers, Drip and Bell Pumps, Etc., Etc. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL ORDERS METERS THOROUGHLY REPAIRED ESTIMATES FURNISHED STATION METERS OF ALL SIZES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

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Gas Meters. Gas Meters. Gas Meters.

GEO. J. McGOURKEY WM. H. MCFADDEN, Vice-Prest. (Phila. WM. N. MILST! WM. H. DOWN, Sec. Established 1834. Incorporated 1863. VET AND DRY GAS METERS PRESSURE REGISTERS METER PROVERS. STATION METERS. PRESSURE & VACUUM REGISTERS PORTABLE TEST METERS. EXHAUSTER GOVERNORS PRESSURE & VACUUM GAUGES EXPERIMENTAL METERS. DRY CENTER VALVES CRESSON GAS REGULATORS AMMONIA TEST METERS. GOVERNORS FOR GAS WORKS. MARSLAND WATER METERS BAR & JET PHOTOMETERS Manufactories: GCJAS STOV ESS. . Asgoncics: 512 West 22d St., N. Y. SUGG’S “STANDARD” ARGAND BURNERS, : ie ne Se Sean ee Chicago : SUGG’S ILLUMINATING POWER METER, axa mail: Shcciacsal icine aa

Arch & 22d Sts , Phila. Wet Meters, with Lizar’s *“*Invariable Measuring’? Drum. 222 Sutter Street, San Francisco,

EABSTLNME & MeiLHENN yy,

(Established 1848.)

Cas Meter Manufacturers,

Nos. 13839 to 1349 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pa., WET AND DRY GAS METERS, STATION METERS, EXPERIMENTAL METERS, METER PROVERS,

Center Seals, Pressure Registers, Governors, Indicators, Photometers, and all other kinds of Apparatus for use in Gas Works. FOULIS’ PATENT STATION AND DISTRICT GOVERNORS. REPAIRING DEPARTMENT. We employ a special force of skilled workmen repairing meters of all makers.

D. MoDON ALD & CO.,

Gas Meter Manufacturers.

(Histablished 1854.)

51 Lancaster St.. Albany,N. Y. 34& 36 West Monroe 8t., Chicago, Il.

STATION METERS, EXPERIMENTAL METERS, METER PROVERS, PRESSURE & VACUUM REGISTERS, PLESSURE GAUGES, ETO,

We use only the very best materials, and employ the most skilled labor, and by ir ik ! 37 rs nd personal supervision cf every deta we feel justified in assuring the public that our goods will give perfect satistactior I Meter ting fro our establishment will bear the Stes Inspector’s BapGe, and will be fully warrented by us. Our Annual and Calendar will ent to Gas ¢ panies up ipplicatior

SPECIAL. Having purchased the sole right to manufacture and sell meters with the HEARNE IMPROVED VALVE, in the U.S., we respectfully O a solicit orders for the same , The superior feature of this meter 1s that it avoids the danger of displacement of the valves, and

consequent loss of gas, either in shipping, handling,

or by dishonest consumers. DRY G AS METER lo ci slonate from the regular Glover Meter, TAS WVLF Jes , : 3 sain yi” also made by us, we style the above the HEARNE-

— STATION METERS. GLOVER Met

M E ER PR ERS. Tt vorth your consideration. REPAIRING. Full descriptive circular sent on application.

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W. WALLACE GOODWIN, Pres E. STEIN, Vice dent. WM. E. STEEN, Sec. & Treas. H. B. GOODWIN, Superintenden

The Goodwin Gas Stove And Meter Gomprky.

1012, 1014 & 1016 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

113 Chambers St., N.Y. 44 &46 Dearborn St., Chicago. Agts., Waldo Bros., 88 Water St., Boston.

Sole Manufacturers Of The

“Sun Dial’ Gas Stoves,

In A Great Variety Of Styles And Sizes.

The Most Economical, Efficient, and Durable Gas Stove Made.

SIZE. Stove. Oven. Broiler. Top. 31 inches high. 944 inches high. 10 inches high. 21 inches high, 17 inches wide. 15 inches wide. 15 inches wide. 16 inches wide, 1244 inches deep. 1244 inches deep. Length over extension shelves, 2 inches,

This Stove has three Boiling Burners in the Top or Hot Plate, and single Oven Burner

The consumption of this Stove is 35 cubic feet per hour, at inch pressure with all burners.

Three-eighth inch supply pipe should be used when the pressure is 14

inches or over.

All Fittings Are Nickel Plated.

Catalogue showing Styles and Prices sent free on application.

Gas Cooking Stove No. 7C.

DRY and WET GAS METERS

Station Meters (square, cylindrical, or in staves), Glazed Meters, King’s and Suge’s Experimental Meters, Lamp Post Meters, etc., etc.

METER PROVERS (Sizes 2, 5 and 10 feet.)

Pressure Gauges of all kinds, Pressure Registers, Pressure and Vacuum Registers, Pressure Indicators (sizes 4,6 and 9 in.), King’s Pressure & Vacuum Gauges.

Dry & Wet Center Seals, Dry & Wet Governors, Exhauster Governors.

Photometers of all descriptions. Letheby’s Sulphur and Ammonia Test Apparatus Complete.

Also, TESTING AND CHEMICAL APPARATUS OF ALL KINDS, AND OF THE MOST PERFECT DESCRIPTION, FOR ALL PURPOSES RELATING TO GAS,

Goodwin’S Improved Lowe’S Jet Photometer.

Agents for Bray’s Patent Gas Burners and Lanterns.

Special attention to Repairs of Meters and all Apparatus connected with the business. All work guaranteed first-class in every particular. Orders filled promptly.