The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-28
LOST. sTRAYED AND FOUND.

thief can g be be had. WILLIAM H. bRANphH' -
ITO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM
| BERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL The Com
mittee on Light submit the fifteenth annual report
Of the operations of the City Gas Works
BY an examination Of the supernte'ndsnts re- re-
mort we find that there has been used In the WORKS
5I2 or bushels COAL which produced cuplc
feet of gas-less in coal the last fiscal year over the
year previous, g. 743 bushels coal and made IN gas
The last fiscal year over the previous one, d127,a
cubic feet of gas.
Limo used in publication the last o,e-s,,,a,oI.
=, hs S year nrs;;os: s7S75 bushels
Coal carb?nzed the las, year 20 $50 Ssi feet
The year previous, coal carbo- ~, oo- ,,.r
Gas made in the same time Al, 53?, 1876 feet
Being, as above stated, a saving in coal of S!,as
bushels and an increased make III gas VI '''-'''''
In lime, the saving as above, with the increased
make of gas was over 3, ooo bushels: roe
Private consumption OF gas the last hsca year H't'
been 81 1856 500 cubic feet used in public build
ings 632 800 cubic feet leaving for loss ny Drcah-
age Of pipes, condensation, and the amount con
siImed in the street lamps, over 49, 10000 cupc
feet Bv reference TO the superintendent report
it will be seen that there were DESTROYED ny e
of the 3D. Of April, 1862 800 metres ana Sih'e 'n"'
time $40 new metres set. Nav
There has been put the posts since the Isl May
r%%1n the Auditors report to the Superintendent, it
will De seen that, without any charge Tor stree
ar u
ditires in Confederate and United states GO cnG "a
rency, for the year. l.; street Iamns 81 500 90
To which ada for ghi 'f bnI iI.s' at 60
Coke distributed acknowledgements. l'l'o o0
67,l5l 20
Less interest ON the cost of the works.. 23,264 s.
43, $50 6S
EXCESS Of coal, ~ per inventory, this year
over last 500 bushels at 80 Gents...... $3.50 90
Excess of lime, as per inventory, this year - m
over last, 80 bushels AT ~ cclts.....'..' 'V w
SIS, $50 90
From the above, it will be seen that by credtiing
,l, works with fair charge for gas consumed in
The streets and public buildings, and coke dlStrl-
buted without charge, and excess OF coal ana lllnc
hand, and charging 4S4lhst tte VOTES nn thsrn
,rnnjd he uroit credit To the works, SIS, 2s9bS.
The Auditors statement shows Il gain in Confede-
Loss in United States acknowledgements 1851 y
S?5, 80! o5
The gain Of $4,000 IN Confederate currency, up
to the ii Of April wa, to the works an entire LOST
from causes unnecessary TO enumef rate mere, an"
IN onr present cIIrrency was necessarily incurred
to Get the works in condition 10 supply the neces
sarv demand on them, they having entirety run
down We learn from the Superintendent that
since the last If June no less than ninety SIX new
rctorts have been put mp, with All the necessary
From Am examination OF the works, find that
they have been improved by Il new root ana gutter
on ne
hou~r and coal shed, and that new drp-b"X
or seal, has been put mp the whole llhe ol
condensors, which has been The means OF saving
a largo quantity OF SaS that was o,ner r",se
lost when working under heavy pressure
in winter months, when much larger qudIl-
titv of gas had to be made than the works
w,tr, rapacitacd for From an examination of the
SupcriutendontS report, and a thorough eHahlMt-
ton Of the works the commute are OF the nnar-
for ccononvs sake and the interest OF the city tha
the holding capacity, purifying ana Gondensins
simmer % that the works will be ina condition I"
20 through the coming winter. Inc works al lnr
present time are in good condition, ana thele VIII
hc no difficulty in getting through the summer
at small cost for rcrair~., ~, ........,.,.
The committee think it due to the superintendent
10 say that they are OF the opinion that he has
nauacrd the works with economy ami Judgment
and rT2l he has left nothing undone by his aten-
lion that could be done for the good OF the works
ana '"' '''''.'' - f. A. J. CLOPToN,
Chairman Committee Oh Light.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, TAKEN FROM THE RE
ToRT-H HOUSE JorRSAI, SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF
coat CARBoSIZED AND GAS MADE THE FIRST rlA
MONTHS OF TIE FISCAL YEAR, cnMPAkED WITH
InE LAST ~lN MONTHS Also, THE LAST YEAR
CuMPAKED WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE.
Goals used from the 1st Of Feb
ruary, 1855, to the last OF July,
l,d5, (sN months .,.'.,.''.'''''' ',''o'o0o
r pounds - tno Same time. ls,s67..5o
cubic feet, or >-lOO cubic feet
to the pound of coal
Coal used from the 1T OF August
1865, 10 the Dist of January, 1866,
(~iN months ..,.....'.''''..'.. I',-'''0
GAS ''' made in same timc.......... 80, 23s,o9o
cubic feet or 3 30 loo Cubc feet
to the pound of coal.
the first six months of the fiscal year OF 100 cubic
feet 10 the pound of coal 1,Il5,61 cubic feet of
gas increase on the amount OF Goals aSrd lhe i"S'
Lime used in the last fiscal year. - $50 bushels
Lime used the year previous 25'o.2 h hmsG@iIs'
Coal carbouzed the last year.....2I2,On bushels
Gas made in the time, o. 25OVSl cublc lect
Coal carbonizcd the year .o-,,
previous Observation-Disclosures. 30o,n-o puSileiS
vac ''"' f. 4. J. CLOPTON,
Chairman Committee on Light
II, the coupru qfMe city Of Ricimoad:
Centlemen,-The Committee on Light, to whom
was referred the resolution directing that an expert
shouId be employed To look into and make an eX-
animation of the City Gas Works and to report on
the causes of the large gas bills, have performed
that duty by employing Ambrose !. Wnlte, Esq,
engineer of the metropolitan Gas Works in the city
of New York. ,
lie came 10 Richmond, and after two days sRent,
in which he made Il thorough examination OF the
works the Goals used, and the gas made, he came
before the committee, and to the various qutStlohs
prOpuundcd to him by the committee IN RELATION 10
The works and the of the large Dllls, ne re-
ported to them, III substance, as follows mat
heretofore th" gas probably haa n?t oeth mo
large quantity OF sulphur, which would increase
its density, thereby becoming nearer the weight OF
the atmosphere in which condition, though the
pressure would be the same a. ii is now worked,
The gas would not issue from the burners with the
same velocity. thereby showing less consumption,
but in which condition il would be very offensive,
and To some extent injurious in confined apart
mentS. :.
The gas having recently been made pure IN
which condition found it having been made en-
tireIv free from those noXious limitations by
proper washing and lime publication, the gas ne
cessarily would be reduced IN density so much
below it, impure condition, the effect would be
that without the proper care being exercised by the
consumer in keeping the flow on the burners pro-
perly regulated. that being entirely under the con-
trol of the consumer, the bills would necessarily
be large. He stated emphatcally that the illumi-
mating power of the gas here would compare fayo-
raDly wi IN any gas the United States made from
Goals. In answer H. further stated that the qua
ard Of cas- Goals generally used besides, that they
contained u large quantity Of slate and sulphur,
which rendered tho gas made from those Goals