Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-04
A Reply.
WASHINGTON, February 4, 1861.

|
The communl caticn Of Joseph p. Brown,
{. Secretary in charge Wasnington Gas Light
| a singular document A single reading alone
/ suficed to conv vince me, that II was more q
attempt to inlnre the M, hrm g, OF =; w; thompson
! in connection with the Gas Light Company !;
| or, in other words, 1t was more an emanation
OF malice than an effort to prove faithful dis
! charge Of duty on his part towards his employ.
! srs. must confess that l was somewhat
perplexed TO understand the motive for such
/ an attack, " hen friend came to my aid with
! the suggestion, that Mr.. Brown, "Secretary in
| charge Washington Gas Light Co." Alderman,
! Police Commissioner, wood dealer, &C., &c,
DC, had recently become the proprietor OF the
| plumbing establishment lately conducted by
VIM L. Dove, and now under the name of
| Joseph Reynolds & Co., and that he evidently
/ expected, by slandering the reputation of his
most formidable competitors, to turn the tide
Of patronage toward this, his last enterprise
| ard crown it with success.
In my humble efforts las city legislator) to
prevent an ir crease in the price of gas, the dis
pleasure of Mr.. Brown has evidently baan Ia =
CURED. This is Gel tainly to be regretted, as it
is not my disposition to make enemies. Bat
the interests OF my fellow citizens more i'm
rortant than the good will of Mr.. Brown. And
if his interests are antagonistic to those of this
community, it is his mis- Tor tune-not my fault
The statements made by me in the City Coun-
ellis which Mr.. Brown pronounces "unauali
| fedly false" viz that our sgas mains would
bankrupt any company. being in a leiky con-
tIiOi, dbu mat are losing Dy leakage OF
mains from 25 to 50 per cent of their ga, ~ is
| true, notwithstanding the emphatic denial OF
the terdciouS "Secretary an charge" To convince
| any one CT this fact, let him saunter along the
streets OF this metropolis, and he will sniff it in
| at each RESI- iration. Let him look at the many
| beautiful shade trees that droop and die fir om
me poisonous fumes OF gas. Let him taste the
| water from our drinking wells, and be con-
| WINGED. fea,-lst him guard we'll his nose as he
! passes the sewer openings in our streets. In
! short of all the villainous smells that infest
/ nrpd0m 10 OF
| gas.
! Notwithstanding facts so palpable, Mr.
| Brown wishes us to bear this evil quietly, and
| pay for it as well. o, ye-whose gas bills cause
curses loud and deep, how will 1t be if our
! Secretary IN charge" succeeds in obtaining the
| increase Of 33 cents per thousand feet, for
| which he is so earnestly striving Doubtless
| he argues that You have patiently borne, in the
! face of Comptroller Brodhead's decision, the
! Government tax which the Company itself
| shonio pay; and that you will as quietly sub
init TO this reasonable addition Of ten per cent.
! TO your bills. Let him beware lest the 'slast
| feather break the camel's back
Seriously speaking, tn leakage of gas in this
| city is enormous, and the people are paying for
! i. 1t can and should be remedied, though it is
| hardly fair 10 expect that the s.Secretary in
! chorgc, in the multitude of his private pro-
| jects, can give the subject the attention it de-
| manGs conseq uently, not only consumers suf-
fer, but also the Observation-Disclosures goes up
! while dividends 60 down. Let Mr.. Brown give
the same attention TO gas pipe laying that he does
! 70 pol hco' Pipe loging and all may yet go we'll
| MT Blown states that am influenced by
| the most unre lenting hatred towards this COM
| pany.' AS l dPtest all monopoli-s. large or
! small. which Cypress the people, and particu-
| larry those which furnish poor gas at exorbitant
| rates am willing to give him credit for ha wing
! by sheer inadvertence. astonished the public
10y telling the trutn.
The statement relative to gas mains laid BY J
| w. Thompson Co, Whose contract was for a
| single year, while the gas company has been
III existence fourteen years. and who put in
goo services out OF a total of about $500 on the
| books OF the company, is a contemplate subter-
| fuge, even for Mr.. Brown. 1t needs no ans wer
The reputation of that firm cannot be affected
! by the assertions of jealous rival, especially
! when that rival is Mr.. Jos. +. Brown.
| append, however, the statement of Lloyd W.
| Emmart, (then in our employ, and who, as our
| foreman. superintendent the work. which 1
| respectfully submit, makes more indisputable
| than ever Mr.. Browns well.earped and &C
! krowledged soubriquet, Munchausen the
| Second" Respectfully,
ALIEN r. SHEPHERD,
Councilman, Third Ward.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 1864.
| A. X. Shepherd, Esq
Dear Sir-No:ciDg a communication in the
Stor OF the Sd inst, rejecting upon the manner
In which mains and services were laid by
| j. w. Thomr sen Il Co and having personally
| supeTintended all work done by you for the
Gas Company, l feel somew what implicated in
this charge, and wish to say Mr.. Browns state.
| nent is false in every particular; that he com
| plimenRd me in writing in the highest terms
upon the manner in which the work was done
| Geo w. Riggs, Esq, and Col. w. G. Freeman,
the directors, also praised its execution; and
here let me say that out of 282 orders received
tor work, 81 Of them were for repairs of gas
leakages in work previously done by the G as
Company. These l have in my possession
and can be exhibited if you need them. l have
been in Washington since your contract, and
do not believe they have ever repaired one o.
Your Jobs.
1 think you can safely offer Mr. Brown SlOJ
for every leak of gas he can show in your
LIoTD W. EMMARr.
CUROsITIps The greatest curiosity in this city
is to be seen at No 43S Pennsylvania avenue
store. 1T
No7IcE.-The watohmen en- ployed in the Public
Departments are cordially and respectfully invited
to attend The meeting of the messengers and
lsborers at Temperance Hall, this levening o.
O'Clock.
EDITOR or THIS srAR-Dear Sir: In justice to
myself and other justices Of this town, that it is
lot our faults that our town is without police jas
tee. Our City Fathers are to blame. it made
their duty under our charter to elect Justice II
their last NEE ting to serve the ensuing year But
they thou ht it best perhaps to elect who
not justice, and therefore could not act, and
resigned, But tina. wise aud honorable body
Nothing dsnnted tried it again at thernext meet
| Therefore myself and Justice Reaver. who had
tough it advisable to let them try experiments
r. II perdhaps VII not cost our town more than
A. GLADNos, Justice of the Peace.
Georgetown, February 4. 1854. 1t
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