The New York herald., 1850-01-16

BY his lain statement Of the amounts paid by
the gas consumers ot this city TO these odious,
wicked. and abominable monopoes, the public
can Understand the extent TO which they are
cheated. Let the public make estimate ac-
corting TO The ratio of ciff.rrncr in those two
years, of the aggregate amount Of the swindllng
pracussd upon them by the gas monoPolles IN the
year lS49 over ls+s, and no matter what rule of
arithmetic each may adopt, he will fad that these
soulleff, ard heertless and ches ting, and swnding
noropoiCs extract ansuely from The hard earn
ings of our heavily taxed and suffering populauon,
an aggregate sum perfectly astounding THIS sys-
TEN oi peculaiioa, Il robbery, OF swindny, OF
bsrt.iactd extoftion Chere is no use in mncIng
words) would. i praciisfd by an individual ia his
profession or business. not only swamp his repu-
tation, but consign hm 10 the state prison for
tenn Il years And We veniure to say that there
is not smother community the face of the earth
that would submit to have their pockets picked IN
This way, but the public Of Ne~ York. How Il Is
that they have borne this grievance go long as
they have-how IL 10 thai they have no, agitaicd
the matter before this-hOw n Is that they have
allowed few roncpoiists and stockholders to
Plurder sud pillage theuiio suck the very marrow
from their Domestic depnve them Of their toll.
earnC means-is ind ed a my siery that We cannot
uBiavel The tim-, luckily, however, has arrived,
when this long-saflering, patient. Psacelbe. and
wei-disposed community have decided upon cub
mitiing no longer 10 the sx'or;ions OF those mo-
ncpoliss They have a. length resolved that they
Will not sry logger BE- ylundered of their hard
earnwgs-that they viii no lolger contribute 10
swell the incomes a. a few purse. proud and sris-
toerSue stockholders, whos- only connection or
link with the Of the people Is the swindiing
Prerogaii,e which they have 60 loag and so eiTec-
tgay exercised. Letus t,se a few EXAMPLES OF
their eXtouon The Union Place Hotel. Tor ia
stance, used ,wcuy-four burners less m Istg than
II did IA 1873. eRd e the bill for December. 1910,
amOunfstofcil ,hrt dolafs and .evcny Eve cents
more then the total ior December, lsis Aud this,
too, whsn iweIU.iour lees burners were used. If
ihis is not downright, palpa5e, uablushing swInd-
lng the word had better be stricken out OF the dc
,'Unary aud exirpst,d frum the English language.
Let ~ instance, Hgais, TIE American Museum.
Every one knows that that establishment burns as
much one year AZ ~ does IN aDother-therc being
Ffobaby, not diff renee ola thousand feet IA a
year, and Yet the bil tor enc month"; IN one year,
svelled irom two tru5rcd md one dollars 10 three
hundred asd twenty -uinl dollar. In another
Look, too, az the enount of swIndiinQ pfacts-d
spon the Herald esiablsl ment-six,een hundred
dollifs year over end above what we raid IN
pact ysars' Is any additional evidence required
OF the euortion d those monopolis,s and Of The
necessity which exists of extracting theirf,n,.,
W. place these facts and statements before the !
rsbo, and we request for them a careful |
consideration We call upon the Common Council
% act IN the matter. We call uron the Legislature
cor relief, and we respectfully urge upon gas con-
sumers to move at ouce in this business, and IN
sst upon and demand ol their public servants re.
drss fer their grievances. The city government
must suprly with gas. II is az es.ential 20 so
ci,y as water Whist would be thought, BY our
oiuzens, u the Cro,on was under the control OF a
e,t OF soulless monopolists, and doled out to the
public at exorbitant prices Yet this Is the manner
IN which they are treated in the matter Of gas let
the meeting ct the Broadway House. this evening,
be well attended, and let a voice 90 forth from