American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-06-13
once OF the Washington Gas Company

JUNE IL, lo51.
ATA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
N held this day, it was deemed expedent, in view
any Misrepresentation existing in the public mind, t.
make the following official statement:
To meet the largely increasing demand for 1llumiDa
ug Gas, and furnish light Of equal brlliancy
at greatly reduced rate Of cost the company hay,
ibe firm of Battin, DUNCAN Co., of Philadelphia. 70,
The erection of entire works, additional to the pre-
ent for the production of very superior Cas- from btu
pletsd in january next viii be conveyed with met,
md twenty-five feet of service ppe from the main by thu
contractors and ut their expense and afforded to the
<umer at the low rate Of $500 thousand feet Street
mains to be laid, of ample dimensions and sklrfu
workmanship in every portion of the city where deman
for Gas exists In short object and desire fs to
works creable to the cty to place this whole business
the most satisfactory basis and by carrying the gh
the greatest possible number make the interest
Ill TO use 1t, because it will be cheaper than any ote,
light; and shall thus confer public benefit, and best
-ubserve the interests of the company.
For a site for such works lo,o position, water
communication, indispensable; and time since six
lots In square extending from Maine to Maryland ave-
Iuss purchased and the works have been
nenced As prejudces known to exist against gas
actories from the objections experienced in manufactur
ing from OIL rosn aud grease the directors happy to
the public and TO demonstrate the fact by inds
utable testimony, that be reasonably enter.
tanned against the works now in progress If the com
Iany commit any nuisance 1t and must be abated
md yet they stake the result In this square,
expenditure Of one hundred thousand dollars Tho pro.
is such, indeed that 1t Is hardly possible that
nuisance should BIZ engendered The Gas is made from
he best bumnous coal and passes from the retorts with
through the cooling and washing
INTO purifying boxes Of lime, and becomes entirely inc
iorous, and pure that il is incapable Of soing thu
most delicate white surface Nor is there any other sub
stance, simple or compound, used within or around tn,
PREMISES productive Of disagreeable odors. The high
Kinney $50 feet in the of erection the cent
If the square around which the be bull
for drd-not to carry of smoke, except during tn,
very few minutes required in supplying the rcors with
soal for with this inconsderable exception there
c,ally smoke about the works. When the Gas i,
evolved from the coal In the retor the coal is deprived
If its btumen sulphur, and other extraneous or volatile
turn supplies the only fuel used in the furnaces
Certainly nuisance need be created by works Of THU
description; nor has complaint been urged against
Of the factories built by these experienced and
cessu contractors in the cities Of Hartford New Haven
Rochester Albany syracuse Newark Paterson Reading
by the rapid rise Of property immediate vicinity OF
those works, in instance From the Of evidence
before them the Board have selected for publication but
three prove how unounded are the OF
who fear injury will be done the anu
comfort OF the neghborhood and decrease effected in
from Dr. Porcher OF Charleston, s. Ca gentleman
entirely disnterested, and of high standings the
from responsible and wellinformed gentleman Of New
aaven, writing 10 the Hartford Daily Courant; the
last from Professor silliman, perhaps the most scenhc
authority In the Union
"My residence is nert door TO The Gas Works. and have
experienced, as yet, the works had been In operation
years annoyance from its proximity, either from
the smell If the gas, from any noise made during the
night In conducting their operations At the time
can state that owing TO the great used in fitting up
Of hydraulic PRESSURE escape Of gas takes place
TO the annoyance of the occupants The whole plan and
great Of these works reflect credit the skill and
assiduous attention Of Messrs Battin DUNCAN.
"F Y. P0RCHER.
"CuARLEsroN, January 8, 1850"
al by your papers that Gas Company has been at
last organized at Hartford and that Messrs DUNCAN
tin Co. to erect tho works Our people all de-
lighted with the result of their experiment here The
Company had considerable difficulty in obtaining
site for their works. the ground that The manufacturing
ponid pr0re nuisance 10 he negborhood ccre should
be located HoU iceu founded his Wos, may b. jdged
their erection oos offered for ten dollars front foot
,po,o held at ftteen,' &c.
,"NEw HAVEN, Connecticut"
"The Gas Works at New Haven have now been in sue.
cessfu operation for year. and feel authorized
from my intimate knowledge Of all the details of their
construction, which, from the first outlines Of charter
may add grdGed-to affirm my great satisfaction both
In the of experiment and in the skill fidelity
and efficient zeal Of the contractors Messrs Batn
gan Co. b. SILLIMAN, jr"
Is the intention Of the company and the contractors
to erect model Gas Works here so perfect In the internal
arrangements, inviting 10 the exterior view and appro
pirate In every particular TO accomplish the objects
sired, as TO be ornament and benefit rather than
nuisance and an injury to our prosperous city In this
sudabe endeavor no time money will be spared and
we confidently ask the encouragement Of all who are in
erested IN the Improvement Of the metropolis in our
effort TO furnish every person who may desire IL CHEAP
brilliant, nodorous and unfaing light thus benefttine
all and irjuring none.
BY order Of the Board Of Directors
Jun'ls--st n. BROWN, seerst.ryn