Smyrna times., 1857-04-29
Gas in Smyrna Will it Paw, &C.?

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Our Legislature, at its last session. rave a
Charter for the establishment of n Gas Com.
Pany IN our town bat, as yet, only a portion
OF the stock mas been taken, aud at present for
so"" 'ause' the matter appears TO be in statue
quo.
That the successful establishment of such an
institution IN our midst would benefit the town,
oy creating new branch of Industry, and en-.
"""e,"g Tue VaIue vi property, is a result that
no intelligent man will be liable 10 Doubt Bnt
will 1t pay the stockholders! "Ave. there is The
rub" II, as Patrick Henry tells ms. mtbere is
no way of Judging the future but by the past"
we shoald unhesitaiiugly say that it will nav.
The best standard for estimating the resulis 10
be obtained from any business, is the amount of
success obtained from similar enterprises else
where The establishment of Gas comnanies
Is no untrled experiment for nearly quarter
oil century 1t has been the main Illuminating
medlum oil most OF the large cities in the Union,
ana Tor several years past appears to have been
successfully used in towns much smaller thn n
Ihls Even amid times of commercial Difficult.
w. when STOCKS are much depressed and vari-
oSs Incorporated pursuits brought down to bank
ruptcy and ruin. we hear Of no breakin or sus-
pension OF Gas companies. Light Is an article
tIat must be had whatever the mOnitary phases
OF the times may be. The necessary steadi-
ness OF the consumption create a steady and
certain demand, that must be comparatively but
little affected by other business pursuits We
possess here, or can cheaply obtain, all the in.
gredients Tor an economical manufacture of it,
Our navigation is uninterrupted for the greater
part OF the year, while the coal needed for its
| manufacture, would form an acceptab e return
freight for many of our river going crsfts.-
we therefore honestly believe that any of our
citizens who can spare from their business the
amount necessary for the purchase of stock,
VIII ind 1t much to their interest to do so.-
But 1t is not TO the citizens Of the town alone
that we would speak. The agricultural pros
perlty OF The past few years has distributed
considerable amount of wealth through the
county, that could be very proftably disposed
OF IN subscriptions to the ca pital stock of this
company. We are very much mistaken if it
Will not pay better and more satisfactorily than
any six per cent. mortgage in the county
Another benefit to the farmer, resulting from
It's establishment, will be the enlargement of
hone-market for his produce, by increasing the
number Of consumers.
Having thus, We think, inferentially shown
that 1t will pay the stockholders in the verv i'm
portant item Of dollars and cents, we will pro.
ceed to assign our reasons for thinking it will
pay the consumers. 1t will hardly he question.
ed thatlt possesses the merit of giving a clearer
ana more brilliant light than either camphene
Ournihg-tuId, oil or tallOw. While the weekly
catalogue OF accidents causing deto-mity, suf.
ierlng, aud even death, resulting from the ca rp.
less use OF the two first, affords an unmistaka-
Die evidence that it is much safer. The dirt
grease, and unpleasant Odor inseparahe from
the use of the latter, we need not tell our read
ers, especially the ladies, render them the aver
sion OF every tidy housewife. We regret that
we have not procured sta isti ics for showing lis
superior cheapness for domestic use. Citizens
OF Philadelphia have repeatedly assured MS
that they had found it much the chea pest arti
hcIal light yet used, An evidence of the cor.
rectness OF this assumption is found in the fact
that instances are not known of individuals or
communities, voluntarily going back to the use
OF Mud or camphene, which would likely result
III an increased cost of consumption. The case
with which 1t can be regulated to various shades
OF brightness. thus adapting it to "a compass of
any size, is another strong recommendation in
It's favor. For churches, public buildings, street
lamps, stores, offices, shops, &c, it is conceded
to be so vastly superior, that it would undoubt-
ediy, as matter OF economy and beauty, be
introduced into them all. thereby saving much
- N"S 'oOO' ohu luCiueut 10 Keep
ing the present race of lamps in working
order. In many towns north, smaller than
this. Gas has been very successfully introducen
the companies realizing ample pay in the
premises Ind benefiltlng pecu-
marty the citizens generally, by enhancing
the value, improving and rendering more at.
tractive their dwellings and places of business.
AT Salem. New Jersey, we learn, Gas has been
received recently with great favor, insomuch
that the citizens, at special town meeting
held on the l4,h inst, ordered the streets TO be
lighted with gas, at an expense of three hun
1red per annum.
There can be no reasonable doubt that gas
can be manufactured aud furnished al a price |
remunerative to both producers and consumers.
Indeed, We hazard but little in predicting that
the day is not far distant, when its use will be |
rs familiar IN villages and farm houses, as it
low Is in cities and towns. Let the stock, then,
De promptly taken, and our town no longer re-
main without this great institution of the age.