New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-19
THE WATER GAS IN PHIL iDELPHla.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.

PHILADELPHIA, oct lG ls1.
have 10 interest whatever in the mscsss or flu-:
OF this hotly contested question OF the watsrga.,
beyond the few dollars per AMMAN which is ingotuc-
ton into my premises may b e when j, becomes
tho,ougy established. Its inventor, Dr.. Sanders,
never saw, nor do those in ths city who, 10! two
year, have aboied to introduce i, know me aa the
writer oftts. Yet during this interval have llisty
ard carefully watched their progress tak'a with then
at their laboratory. where the gas was bsing manu-
featured, seen it burning night aftH night, heard
their explanations and those OF tier employees,
and discovered from repeated cateclisns that every
thing was fair and above board, tbough the socil
standing Of the parties would f)r5d t1e ides
that if any deception existed it mur be any other
,bau that innocent eelfdecep ion to which al en-.
thu,ast, after a colossal result are ofsen uneop-
scous ic.ins. have viewed tie question as great
scientific problem, in whose solution vas. pecuniary
resns were involved fer individual BENEFIT, Will, for
the whole civilized world the long souyht boon OF
cheap and abundant light was az stake. When Rid.
hs Her show cd 10 VOL deriDg crovds in Peaes old
Museum the working model Of his perpetual mo'ion,
kindred curiosity drew me 70 the spot. cat Tor
bours day after day, looking at the steady revolutions
of the vertical sh af whose movements were alleged 10
be ptIeuql, thinking, pond ring conJecturlng over
Ire scientific toy, but conouoded INTO utter neoa hu-
sySIess. One d. stranger 70 me came 1910 the roo
snd examined the affair under he eye of Redheii.r him
self The rar ger watched the revolving shaf. bat
few moments when striking his hand az nst Il, he ex-
claimed, This is trick.yonre dIiviog wi'n
crank" That etra ger was Robert Fulton. he insisted
On tipping mp the floor, add exposing The fbast froIn
end 10 end, AMI 10 ia dark room was f)uld de-
cIepd creature turning the crank which gave .uon
To the shaft. Futons praeticed mechanical eye h'1
qui, KY detected the unsteady e,kiog If the bifen
crank, ard the bnbbl, az quickly collapsed. Wnen
Woodwork brought to Phili ephis the noiel, not
two feet lotg, Of that wonderful planning na;Iiae,
from which fabulous MILLIONS Of money nave bsen
coir 3D. l was smorg the cary fey ~ho weat a<'1a
and sgau 20 see operate AID to witness lts uter fa
ure in ire then erode dtion 70 accomplish tie rghy
results " mch euJse quent mprc yeuent Of the original
pticn abled 10 achieve. 30, too win M
beress discoveries, meebaoical ana ec!enthc, Which,
f. many ears have challenged pablo notice hsre. ]
have seen examined, sDd notst most OF tIen and
most unfortunately with ont interest in any. some
lave teen enormously succesaful; others nave been
DISASTROUS failures. An invocation which work. clarm
ipgy in a model not nnfreq leuly breaks down IN
the woI king machine Theory, wrehes n m 4chin'cs
or -serce, utterly unreliable. Practice d91 )nsra
ton itself the only foundation for Iud opinion
With this same sazerDesss for clrious knowledge,
have be<n led 10 take notice of the waters az soop
as it Gene within reach and as its vast commercial
vsue, il valuable at all, wa readl compr3heudsd,
60 NY attention bas been closely given 10 II. AslA
con pEcstioDs have been numerous and inSsten)us,
wi ! rLdeayor 10 umavel them wit ont des ending
from my position spectator 70 that Of a partisan.
This " ater- gas invented and pa,eat-d by Dr..
Milton Sanders. 10 August 1888, Sanders, By bis at
toIney Browne sold the Patent for Pennsylvania I'D
Mary aud 20 Marmaduke Moore Of this city foI
800 vrc-oDe tn each and further tsnta payable
aDI ualy duIirg nine years. But this purchase ~
Moore vac on the express CONDITION thst ,oders
should first demons rate, 10 the salts action Of JOAN
&C CressOn, thief Engineer OF the Pnbsdsphta Gs
Works, that gas can be man1fac ur7d with f'pdity
on krye scala by said Sandsrss process, equ, 10
every respect 10 the gas ordinarily msds az said
wOIks and rot 70 exceed in oo1; more than ihirty
ctnts FOR each and every thousand uDic fee. thus
" made III first payment was at 70 be MAZE oy
Moore unit C,esson had certified as aforesaid. TaiA
rQQ Of sail
lie approved Of it tod Moore he would run no rsk,
tie City of Philai' lphis alone would pay 10000
ter such lrocess offered 10 aks the experi nent, II
Moore wcud Tay for the ne o promised % rep )r The
results 10 him, and thus distinctly accepted The position
Of uInlre bstweeo ssller aid buyer. The tn snt
on NJ der charge OF Mr.. Cressol, who 10 abou. six
months intiD sted TO Moore that The ss might possibly
cost over thirty cnts-thus relieving SAniers Of his
col tract; whereupon Moo g, drew up medication,
graduating the sum he WAS - pay by the enhanced
cost Tfs paper slso was suDuit,ed 70 and approved
by CTesson before being eAecu.ed by Moore and
Sanders.
Some months sf,er this, Sanders urged More for
money OF report, Whereuo)n Moore urged Cresson
for the latter. which he promi5 81 very shortly. telling
Moore it would be quite safe tOr MIN to psy sinders
some thou,ands Of dollars on accolGt. Moore VA
ready 70 pay whenever he 60. the report Up - the
present time, Creeson has failed 10 make any. Why
tie report fas Io; b en- frthcomns, Golsi;lt ss toe
gravest feature in this extraordinary cass. b.. while
waiting for oxpectirg IT, Moore dated with hin
three Of our well-snown citizens, and organized the
heNtlODe ihs company. ll9se ks 1tle lsn Henry
c. Carey, President; Abraha Hart the former well.
known publish'r now re icei wi ample fortune and
James G.. Clark, gen lenan Distinguished for 6aan.
oil sBi aud courage, who vent deeply ilto the ut
of The Lake Superior Cooper mines and CO ne out Of
then immensely rich. The pos!i Il Of these men In
thii community is sn,h that no implts ion of sinister
otj,cls 10 accomplish can be tolerated they are al
Practical man quick 20 com prehend a grea. iss com
peient TO apsyze it, ana sbuadi-tly supplied with
means to develop Il. nj p. john Z. Cresaon, tlelr
art gonis', is equally well known "a u man Of hixS
character scion from he I'D Quaker stock, and has
been for years the Chief Engineer Of he CITY ca
Works, wlere his attainments, sk H. aud gsn.len aly
Experiment bre universal, kno Hlejged. His con,
Dr. CTesson acts "a his asSs cat. The personnel OF
this imbroglo is completed by aiaiIg Ne. Moore,
member Of a business bouse here, ard NJ. Bro gne
both members Of the Key sone the later being sgsnt
Tor Dr. Sanders
WTile The experiments with water gas were going
On uu6er Mr.. Crss,D'r eys Professor Mipss sas sent
on by the New York Water Gas Company, 10 wi nes,
N verify Them and after naming there some DAYS
certified 10 his emp yers that SsIdorss gas e)lh be
maze for efs than - cents per Thousand feet. DE came
TO this conclusion from Data which Mr. Cnessou declared
Ieabe. This Mr. Cresson has denied alleging that Mr..
Mapes misunderstood him; but tue at,er reatrms HE
or ira report, add tnat tue beauty and Strength of
tie Wa er gas were tie L enc Of prase 60 muca go ~
to require him. In mtasure, 70 qualify the favorable
opinions that seemed prevail among all the odals
al the city orks Ofners teetfy u the light being
hyperion 10 the ordinary coal gas. TIE fret water gar
was n sde July IL, 1853, by slled employees under
Mr. CTosson sagent not taking par bl: being
present IN August, Gnd proyiDg toe thing IN haads
20 be success, /, wss in that month fornsy delivered
over 10 Mr. Cresson for him ~ referee u decis by
trla for himself between the seller AMI buyer Toe
evidence teenst be clear, that after this the sane
ntm uIe OF success was continued. 10 the Nh;er OF
1913 Mr. Cres3on tod Mr.. Hart that the process wis
Ieihct one but there Has saving IN - Tie Guy
"wcrks." Yet no formal report was foTthc )ming,
aud he Keys ono Company resol ed TO oy &c 10 III,