Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-13

CONSUMPTION OF GAS IN NASHVILLE AND ITS Cosl--
From an interesting article in last weeks Southern
I Homestead vi r-ake the following extract:
AS a slight eriience Of the progress Of the city,
! in extent and population, we would briefly notice
that It has been found absolutely necessary by the
I Directory Of the Gas Company, from the said IN
creased extension, to also extend the facilities and
capacity Of furnishing gas 70 the citizens aid cor
7 porate authorities.
The company have had, for some months past, IN
progress new tank and gas-hoder in the southern
end of the yard of their gas establishment and ad-
/ joining the old gas-holder
On recent visit there, we noticed that very Gun
siderable progress had been made in the excavations
for the tank and is expected that the tank and gas
holder viii be completed, ready for e. by the nist
/ Of October next The new gas-holder viii be ~
feet in height by 60 feet in diameter, with capacity
for holding about 81 900 cubic feet Of gas The Old
holder contains about 1900 cubic feet. IL is ID
seet HIGH by 60 feet in diamter. Total capacity Of
both is about l0l,000 cubic feet
The new Retort House has also been IN operation
for the last few months Each retort house has nye
stands of benches with three retOrs TO each bench
making altogether in both houses 80 retorts, which
will be found sufficient for several years 20 come,
unless there is some extraordinary increase IN the
population and extent Of the city 30 may II be!
a showing of the use made, or quantity used, OF
the gas and of the facilities for furnishing it, may
not be uIinterestng: The Nashville Gas Light Com
pany was chartered Nov. Zlst 1919 hessrs. wash
ington Barrow, John KIrkman,, Samuel X Ander-
son r. T. AllOway and William i. Berry being
commissioners Of whom Gen. Barrow was elected
land still Isl President The capital stock was orig
inally 100000 with power 70 increase to 9ZUVOOO-
The capital stock is now $l5OOOO. Inc sualss -
each $50 and are now held by about 40 share
ers. who find il remUnerative enterprise t'le
which sold in 1851 for IS cents on the ao4I otn
now be had for 20 per cent. premium C"9s ~
dends Of 10 per cent being annually p'iI. ti
times higher by other dlvdends Ihls-.Niy -l.I
the act Of incorporation was obtained inc company
went to work. They employed ine u ls'5l's ul9leu
gas engineers Messrs. Thomas JeHreys O. 70 %
erect the wOrks-the place selected being NOFtn
Water street. near the lower landing, on lot IA
feet front The work was completed VITA great
energy in about years time alter tner COM
mencement-the first gas being made February
1851 Since then the fires the retOrts have never
been out, and the company has gone Oh prospecting.
The number Of lineal feet, Of the gas main street
pipes laid TO the lst of last January, was 4l,cO6,
or aboIt miles. The number Of feet Of service
pipes for the houses is not exactly known though It
must be considerably double that of the mains.
The number of street lamps or gsseliers lsabout
200 consuming each, about 1000 cubic feet Of gas
per month and $4,000 per year. making for the
whole city, per day about CS49 feet and per y ar
2400 600 cubic f. The city gets gas for about Sl5V
per thousand feet which wolld make the cost, per
day, of gas for the city lamps, only, about Sl0 or
50 600 per year, not including other expenses The
number of private cOnsummers Is about SUI, using
within the city between 500 I'D 900 meters Num-
Der of burners about 10000 The cost of gas to
consumers is $3.50 per thousand cubic feet having
been reduced January LIST, from 81 per thousand
The private consumers use in a day about 35'6'O
cubic feet costing about Sis. They use per year
l2,300.000 cubic feet, costing about S43,OOO. Inc
quantity of gas manufactured in the first year 1851,
was about GO00OOO cubic feet, and In 1883 about
I5,0OO,O0O, showing that the population must have
increased very much. The concern has been pay
ing one from the first
The South Nashville Gas Light Company was
chartered by the last Legislature, and commission
ers designated. but whether they have taken any
steps towards an organization we not apprised.
Two MEN KILLED BY LIGuTNHG.-Two men, SAM
UEL SoUIE aged So and JOSEPH SoULE, aged 25, were
killed by lightning. IN Oswego county, New York,
few days since. They had taken shelter, during
severe shower under a large buttonwood tree, when
the electric fluid, descending the tree. struck them
both with fatal effect.
A CHILD SCLDED To DEATH BY CoFrEE.-A few
nights since little boy about five years Of age son
of a Mr.. DUcHEs. n Louisville Ky. was fatally
scalded by upsetting pot Of boiling coffee upon
himself The little fellow lived IN agony until the
day following when death relieved him of his SUI
ferings.
Last week, at Matthews Courthouse, Va num-
| Der Of SPURGEoNs sermons were burnt before a
number Of citizens who had assembled to witness
the bonfire.
The Hudson River Railway line shows an increase
of about $4,000 over last season, on the traffic Of
| the month of May