The New York herald., 1871-11-26

nrous iniquity, the gas monopoly. Your article n
this mornings paper calls for legislation. Ii ID
well to have good laws In regard TO the supply Of
gas, and ~ necessary. too, as 1t s for the supply
OF water air or any other essential Tor the
walton or enjoyment or life. Let be careful,
however, in altering or adapting our laws TO learn
what we have right to expect aud TO demand
from our next Legislature.
In order to realize the enormous losses sustained
by the present barbarous system OF gas monopoly
the pubic should DO made 10 understand something
OF the benefit that SCIENCE with generous hand, H
now really TO confer all who are guided by her
wise direction In this matter. Your reporter has
done well to consult the workngmen at the gas
works a. regards the qullity oil the Goals from
which our gas - smlpei.i But exceient
as thls source may be, and usefui AZ
may be the facts elected let him not stop here. Let
hlm seek wor.Inen Dad scientists OF the highest
characler--men who are consulted. and necessarily
So by the gas companies themselves for guidance
a. 10 lhe natare aud quality OF the coal 10 pe useU
anu every 0Cler comm )IIty and method oi treating
the same for the result required. cheap, whole
SOME, excellent iight or an equally cheap and efrcc-
i've method OF heating rs well OF ghung.
=, Science saSs NJ me voice Of God Of old said.
you shall have cheap lghi, abundant neat as well
As hight In every part OF every city town. ami free
under the most perfect control. There are
workTnen and scientists IN TINS city who
NOW iSs ny e s Hs
furnish all the heat required by families, aud SUI
perlor light into the bargain at less cost and with
every benefit increased, than the same annies are
paying for the inferior light they now tolerate,
SIMPLY and only because they DO not understand
how 10 use their gas, while the gas companies con-
sidcr themselves Interested IN preserving that bliss
lui state or ignorance OF the means OF eliminating
from the commodity they supply to their customers
the only dcsricrata the gas consumer requires
Your reporIcrs remarks appear TO bear more
Metropolitan Gas Company's district or above Thir-
tyiourtn street. And not without reason, Tor this
district appcars 10 he managed with as nttle con.
sponaent could taKe your reporter 70
quently left whoutlighf wnere they nave TO return
to our primitive friends the dips.n TO enable them
be lenn and would indeed he felt y most se-
verey but ior thoscsad lai,hiul and well tried old
friends. These SHORTCOMINGS on the part OF the new
and more dazzling fashionable friend 300 fre-
qucnty talse are demonstraOiy the inevitable effects
OF The grossest plumbers ON the par OF the oricers
OF this company
Your Reporters informant is at fault IN some very
important partculars--the most important OF all
particulars, especially rs regards the reasons why
some gas consumers are satisfied, and why others
are so supplied as tnat 70 he satisfied would De
papaple cheat private and public robbery
Your reporter, he win apply at the private rest
dence OF the writer, may, during any evening or
&C any hour OF the night such street gaslight.
From the windows OF tho apartment IN which your
correspondent now writlng, as, you say, the gas
company receive s53 (lfty three dolarsl per year
for. Yet so little gas issues from this checked
burner that only about one-hal or foot Of gas is-
sues through the burner in one hour The light ID
about equal the average throughout the night, to
that OF an ordinary Od-ashioned rushlight Or wax
taper at cost 10 the company OF about hall cent
for the entire night. THIS ~ submitted as q test =
fact illustrating an important principle. The next
nearest light Is opposite church ana gives toler-
able light consuming, Oh the average per night,
probably two or nearly three feet per hour. Your
reporters questions were not fully answered.
Worknen ut gas factories, Ike gashtters, are not
the most suitable or the best calculated to give
for such facts or queries as your reporter
from them. Nevertheless every queS-
zion can be answered by any competent scientlst OF
experC In the practical aud scientific exercise OF his
business
Have not we American citizens rights equal to
those OF The English, the French or the German in
his own country, And II we have, cannot laws, az
least equal to that protect tile foreigner, DO
devised 10 secure TO Americans the fair value for
nlrd cash that start iair III the race Tor
cheap tight. cneap heat ana happy existence In tnS
beautiful world CITIZEN.
The tiationai Gas Company.
which promscs-as well As all the other companies
promised when they began opcrauons-to furnish
gas to consumers at fair price, will commence
business next month. lt remains to be seen wnao
kind gas they VIII give and now long before they
Vii fan INTO the ways o the older companies.