The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-15

AT this partituisr time, when every town
Of a few thou ami inhabitants y aspiring 20
the dignity of ga-, while many are already
eniov ing tho Vantage. olga. illumination IN
their dwelling. and stores, and on their pub
lie t;oro..hiare., the cost AMI selling price
IL ga. assume an unusual degree Of impor-
tance However eLeaply gas may be mann.
assured il cauro; lie expected that with
,le cost Ct tie works, laying PIPE, 6e, and
,i.e comparatively icw consumer. In the
smaller cities, especially at the starting Of
such enterprises, "a. can he furnished At sry
proportinnate rate But there i, reason in
all tk..y-, and espec.ali, IL the price II gas
It's public have no idea Of the small cost At
which gas Is manufactured A contemporary
CO. been posted somcwha, on the subject BY
friend who IS engaged IN the business In
III. case the cc-t u the building with TIE
APPARATUS complete for generating sufficient
80 e. 4upfiy seven hundred large burners,
wi4 = 300 The whole cxp.n.e u running
II per day, - a, follows
.sal .. bush atss ,.,.5..,...ss... 2ss
Lilac. -.-+-..
Gn
nriaei sAlas II c,kr and lar .oli. 49,. $50
Asisal isl, eo-i, - .z.......... o o.
~ sbont @l35o per annum The seven hun.
ired burners will consume about 40O,Ou
feet Of gas per month, which Mt charge u
- pcr loco feet would lie Sl2OO The ar
tnal cost q generating il is about Sll2,o
without interest on the original investment
From this statement il would appear that
the actual cost II making ga- Is only abait
une-tenth of the amount charged consumers.
There are no extensive pipes included in
he cost Of the establishment alluded TO
above, In this city We are charged $3.50
pes thousand cubic feet for ga. This is M
douhteily high price, but then the con
sumption i no, a, present probably such n
Il make gas stock anything remarkable Tor
it, premium quotations. IN the progress 81
the tunes and IL the age, the price of gas
must become reduced not only here but ey
cry place else. Indeed, we have no heSita
ton in yentur,pr the prediction. that in tea
year, from this time, the people viii he in .
manner independent al gss companies We
have no doubt, such is our confidence In ths
Inventions which rcnin. j. now bringing I,
iigat, that ten years hence every householder
and -torek.cper will have his own private
"a wor3s, which al a mere TRIVIAL cost
viii give him an abundance Of brilliant gas
..ads t,oa raie,, and free from all the objec-
iions made 10 coal gae. We pat the outside
Limit al ten wears, but believe the private
illumination era will arrive long before that
There are patents now in use by which ho.
tcls, large institutions aud even families are
rendered independent Of gas companies, but
these Inventions are On the old principle.
4 town IA France :. now lighted with gas
made from water, anu II trivial cost An
-.Ier.can has taken out a eavsat In this
seuntiy and j. securing patents abroad for
lighting cities, house, &c, with gas Iasna
featured from water, and At cost of about
cne-eighth Il the expense II making gas
from coal We shall bail the time with Joy
when every family may have its own gas
oncter AZ il now has its cooking stove, man
afacturing its own light IS simply and as
ehesply rs II does heat. We will add TO our
prediction above, that within ten years this
kind OF apparatus will he furnished TO FAM
ilie- cheaper than good cooking stoves. and
that the evenings illumination Of the whole
hosre, will not BE- 80 expensive a. the cost
e wood for cooking the family dinner
There then