The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-23
, The Gas WORKS MIR. EDIroa:

"s>-~A "CHbo Hydrogen" (,5cen.es River aud ka
nawEa Canal Co " hat name! Ii loot. a little
tie euperiDle ldeAt OF our Gas Works. will with.
draw TO anutter sp@ere # action" cur CcunCil
vi have 70 ,sppoint .n pres dag genits!' ior
| MUS! - 'geuus.!," What Kind OF an offi ser i,
! that! ANA when the face Created: The uoun-
| q nave no authority, - IA as am Informed to
appt int p! eeloing - n'u,' our Gas Works
They hare gu hositt u agpoint superintsLGeut;
bar thu UifiCst teen called or 10 ,ked upou
| as pr sd ~ genius.' nor Inde .s "Gas En-
| sheer tut SIMPLY aupeTlnteLaent. The sruih is,
| w dgn't Lie o have such grand aud hgh sounding
| names for oGr City officers They irignUen ia
jhs cea toat only very tcienl:tic ana highly ed.-
tats d sen:ismen eau manage cur Gas Wo.ks
| Nov, Mr. "CaybU hydrogen how Is 1t Thst lstGly
| we Pear 90 niucit about hngtLeerf, presiding
ger.iu5es" great experience, wonderful skill,
| wi h our Ga, " crks!
There are such blpeds, l admit. as Gas Engi-
| uesrs," whose duties are 10 "pian anG const net
ks tut when th,S Is done, there ID further
use for an Engineer and II theie would
| have, as on al former occasa IS, 70 import him
| from hew York or Philadelphia as all classes OF
our citizens, tax pa, ers'' well gas consul
| mers," are deeply interested III proper and eco
| u ,nllc;d manaR einens OF these " rks / contend
| that the peUFie-the rEi1ar pecple-shaii select
| their superintendent o1 u ., Work.. as well as the
| other city III -eTs
| Now. IS our Works are rp and in good WORK ing
| ord +, We have 10 earthly use Tor ',Ias En-
| glGeer." and TO Crea such Ctfce Wouid Cuty
snug ntst S0Ge 1ro'7t .'it nothing us the ror}d
| tJF h,m t. a., auS wDO would, i'll less than Six
m"Dlhs be kuocb ins at the dor of he Council Tor
increase OF salary ard pr1JaJty an assistant to
| aid HIM il his orduous duties.
"9 are It'd tha. ouf .3as Works are 'selfsustain-
HE,' and pay d 'haGd ,0m-' dividend TO tbs city,
after paying all expenses" What are he f4cts?'
he It port OF the Committee on Light, feb'y
1858, page Owe have Tue coat OF the Gas WORKS,
amounting 10 the small OF S299, I43 oy
Now, from the nature Of these works, we must
Put Gown at leas5 10 per 10 cover interest en-
tnls sum ana wear and ear-
1hs SlYet S29 ql4 SO
10 thl* add culrlht expeusca.. IS 235 %
On page So fLd:reclipts to be........ 81 625 81
sl3,3Z4 10
So then Mr. "Hydrogeo." instead of "leaving q
handsome surplus" have pratt ouer ne leN to
pocket OF sl3,sA 10 We are speaking from the re-.
cord and nsui we are told. CannoL preudricae -
From tiiis amount, however should be taken he
dcttdt cost It lighting ths streets aud pubic buiic-
especially with his books, will show which way
tue wiad blows" ami any Of cur cit zens who may
be aStiRg for Information il reg ard to this matter
can b. tully satiste d al this fountain.
Ii 1t requires uau of such superior attainments
genus and engineering kill t, operate these
willie the late Superntsnd mt was abs nt on visit
TO the Nor5hi During his absence be sas was gem
Grated; purified AMI distributed. or eRgiHetred II
shtJMty, ard Just as well as trough the Superin
tehdeut had been there "Gas EugInser'' is about
as nach needed at these work AS the dth wheel to
wagon Bat suppose for Instance. ,he works re-
lure gu h an Officer " no have we compete at 10
m AZ, 1e plaeS: ana II any, Why did the Council
,,Ensiaees" the constructions OF our present works?
"hy was not the work gwen cut to of our
urkiliut gas engineers" without going North =
Nc aretoit also, thar dtodorizer is dbo1t to be
constructed and tuat il is queer and Gsp gerous'
Utta0 IN inexperienced hands, being liable to ex-
plche" And then, ths re IS hs fire clay retorts"
0ut We are not informed As TO their liability to ex-
p'oae' The works are at present. ] believe with
ont either an Engin err Su! erintendsht 80 lock
oat Tor ne deodoriziHg apparatus" tor ip. "b0sRd
20 6u1 " And all tho presiding geninses'' and
it, ISL PiF''n'
four City Treasury IL too full, aud requires de-
petIoR 70 restore it TO healthy condition. we wonld
prescribe (alth0ugh we 10 pbysican) some
0ther treatment than that proposed by Mr. Carlo
hydrogen, TO wit: the addition of Ieech.s in the
az
what we want il acttce energetic business man
20 take charge of these w on ks one who will give
his tchote time 10 them and his daily personal AZ
tentlon. aid without which trey viii prove q con.
slant drain on the City Treasury. Our CITY Oaun-
Gil viii hardly sufer themselves to be humbu1oed
into the idea either by Mr. Carlo hydrogen or
anybody else, that our Gas Works now Ia eo9d
working order, require "Gss Engineer" They
are not quite so stupid as all that Nor can pubkic
opinion be MANUFACTURE into tbs belief
f. Sit TAX PAYER"