Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-14


APOLOGY OF THE GAS COMPANY We re-
ceved the following communication from \
Private in the Co ;" in reply TO some comments
we made upon the management OF the Gas Com
pany. with request for It's publication Our
CORE pendent s.Iys 1.-the richness of gas making
here 'bouts Is quite rs much in fancy as reality.
Will he sell his stock at par-we mean the ogIgi
nal stock. not The watered2 Will he sell il at
that rate, adding interest upon the investment
from the time II was nader Our impression j. that
lhe richness of gas making hereabOuts is REL lity
Upon a small capital the company. with ia earu
ings. have laid down miles upon miles of pipe and
made all the recent additions 10 their extensive
works. Ii these facts do not demonstrate the
proftabeneSs of gas making in Indianapolis. We
are at a loss TO know what evidence will be re
quired 10 satisfy an old stakeholder. or else his
avarice has no limit. If the present stockholders
will sell their interest in the company at cost.
adding fair interest upon the investment If the
dividends have not paid IL, or even ut n handsome
advance. there are parties who stand ready to
take il, with the guarantee to the public OF better
gas than under the present administration and at
less price Can the old stockholders "s.e"
this proposition? And in reference To the com
plant made in case we only speak the
common expression of ali who use Indianapolis
gas:
EpIroRs SENTINEL: An article appeared in
your issue of Tuesday making grave chirges
against the Gas Company Surprising The IN
dctmeut framed under a msapprehension Of the
facts in the case, allow a member Of that ilumin
ating concern TO explain little From be Ian
euage of YOUR article il would seem that the
Company is not furnishing YOU with the desired
Quantity of gas II your injury. and therefore you
complain. New. your gas flows through The
same mains that supply other consumers farther
off from the Works. and they have enough. II
follows As a tair inference thatths cause OF your
Lack Is somewhere ia the small pipes IN or near
your office. These pipes may be exposed and
under the extreme cold of last week, have become
closged BY condens ,iion. These pipes. too are
likely ia places as i often the case, under YOUR
own control and not OF the Gas Company but
whether an or not. n little hot water or warm
ashes applied at the ex posei points woull most
likely have removed the Instructions and given
4 you "A supply of gas IN less time than consumed
/ ia writing complaint against the Company
The street lamps DONE burn, because the ex
/ treme cold has condensed aud frozen the gas IN
! the small pipes vet no one seems 10 find fault
with the weather the real cause, but are liberal
! in complaints against the Gas Company.
Another charge in your article. even more al
random than the one noticed. is that though YOU
get little gas. the monthly bill will be thereb,
diminished The meter Is presumed to show the
amount consumed and it little gas Il burnt, little
will he paid for. To that the bill will be the
same whether much or little is used, presuppose,
payment made by the month. and not, as is thu
/ fact. by the 100 or 000 feet consumed
As to the fling at the Company OF getting rich
( an old stakeholder wOald be extremely vel
/ pleased To see It With gas at the old price. an'
labor. coal and other expenses nearly double
what they formerly cost and the whole consd
erably amplihed by special United States tax
the richness of gas making hereabouts-like cop
per mining elsewhere-is quite ~ much IN itnc,
a. reality. PRIvATE ~ rHE CO.