The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-14

1857 ls6s and 1854 and this at cents bushe would
be go. .69l 81; showing the total n theqe
items Of gas coal and coke, from waste of material to
In the &C Oetition msnutseture of gas the nlu-
sumo vsp6s Without light 70 What * ent tSe Sti
for light below the standard cannot be esoertansd
Both were and are called upon TO pay for the qhant
works ought to have furnished or not From this the
S RTS snd b ts & haze Ss no & S
een price per lamp, and desires 70 increase the rate
the weak and diluted oondion Of the gas It fusnishe,
for the public aeco pmodation;
or officers appOinted by governments to test the duet
neiVals sna r NOT found M To- the Stpd srd an
ebatement Of price IS allowed 20 the consumers In
ard iss1lstsS Sy special isSi
densstion, in shape which those who have end "a
hed under oath Or aiirmation did moi understand
Be SS
greater or extent amount for the leakage OF pre-
S 6 SSs n' IN s"0eG sSF 1
Eg s5 T yb Nth 6 his d. duties les
moved should the stOkers AID helpers be ohsnged
hands whose only merit may be that they are parti
sSP %S@ mStnssef tsn fOF PARTY or the other
the last snnua1 report and anima iverted upon the
o SSes while they are mas the g great G wofk en-
TO sum up the whole, the failure IN the management
Of the Gas Works may be largely attributed TO the in
Ioduoton e. politics in the appointment of the rns
tees and their employees. Commencing back, the
evil has grown in force aud Intensity.
the spring of 1865 the dominaor Of one OF them beSsme
supreme, and then Wholesale discharge of their
Pd With wIR to
any Of hS past Or S 10
odipm they deserve for so prosttntinR atrust into
the PfSSf S
disastrous in the history of the works. he gro,s
Eor E Iss5' 6lS,gS 81
f: f: f: #::; #::E; EE?$i: fi$: + 8
The loss admitted by the Cashier in his annual re
only year the existence of the works when they
proved to be oling concern, al hough they get
estsblishment Of the like kind making money and
Too much of politics and not the proper standard of
heat tell the story of failure, to say nothing of mis-
takes in contracts and extravaganza in vrious drec
In the annual report for 1865 one of the causes as
qpelity Of the iron of which the Tetorts made,
How Of the reots SerS short Ted Sec Of
bad ircn or through unskilful handling whether they
e at ff
to aS ERehsF made DT Of S bs
TetGTt cannot % long stand qSskiitul hsndlipg and T
charged some Of il never cafbOSiass and il Po pr
pery carbonized il will not produce coed coke. The
KIND not kept up regularly, fails to gas, wastes
coal produces but poor coke and leads to the desruc
To what extent Inherent defects in the retorts and
the unskilful handling of them combined to 5duoe
Committee of the Trust their report Of defect We
tive They the
be mis-
m5ssement even If the charge Of corruption be
and receive W less Light while the works which % w{Te
nov SuTthsq to the city hs seC%rty Of the
known until after full investi ieaIiOnJ the works viii
S the s ss S s Rd h
Which are 50 sbunGsnt In our own State .n0 00A
NO one can peeye Pie tast man s
$s&
NO ordinary Individual; He NAV 30 honest, he may be
little IT, being the head Of the Werks ho is not con
takes BE must be- dsci pIir arian wsto6fG and en-
Sy heavy 70
once TO destroy his power and place him at their
The interests of the city, and the comfort and relief
and The works be- made dspart%ent Of
% %s Us E % er ase
the city, If not its light for nothing certainly at cost
an the sHff S Of G in
uIstng also not to put gas at higher rate to pryte
the committee do not feel disposed to the
% EI a Inv ot9
least half million of dollars annually to the public
! treasury. .. - .
bring them directly under the control of the city
thorities and to the people. AS they are
placed and managed, they in the nature of clos
aton away from pection and without check
whether when the change Is brought about, they
all to be naged by committee of Councils, bj
commissioners ppointed for that purpose the Cou
ellis having the right to approve OF and make the
propriatlons necessary to carry on the work, The
whole of the proceeds being paid into the city tire
suy they accrue Is question not necessary to be
discussed at this time.
certain cure for most of the abuses which exist Il
to put end to the Trust, and make it departmen
of the city and this the committee recommend to ht
| early attention of Councils.
! In conclusion the committee would remark that thu
proper management OF the Gas Trust s matter whcl
was superior to all party considerations Its supply
should be cheap and certain. They ask the adoption
of the anne Xed resolution.
JAMES PAGE,
b. W. GRAY,
THOs A. BARLOW, Committee
j. w. HOPKINS,
CHAs. M WAGNER,
December u, 1856.
! Resolved, That the Committee be discharged iron
| further consideration OF the subject,
TABLE OF CoMPARIsoN-No, ],
Per cent
Gas Made. Gas Sold Leakage of Loss
| 1868, 735 $50 eco 676323,49l 60,374 500 8.2O
1864, 794676 100 III 1855 .425 83 S916 1910
| 1865, 8446l6t00 77,O26,4N 4249Ob49 1888
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