, 1876-01-19

4 Few Facts About the Consumers Ga.
and Coke Company.
II It 1Tns Good backing, tho Same is MOI
Yet 1).sccrni1lc.
Ono Of tho 0orporators Donica that It Was
Organized for Black.1nailing
Purposes.

1uiry in regard 10 The Consumers Gaa-Light
afd Coke Company, which was brought into a
ratlor premature existence By tho action OF tho
Council Monday night. Tho task was decidedly
an unpleasant 1no IN 80 far i[,lling out ia real
financial status. Those who nro supposed sn
kilow, knew nosl,inE-that il, to The reporters,
and complscoutly placed their i,alls over t!lcir
mouths wlscn questioned, nod sad that which
gave no BatinfAction.
4 TH1nuHE reporter yesterday morning called
on Gan. McArthur. ono Of tie incogporatora, at
tho l'oEt-Of'jce. Tho General waa too much en-
gagged to aoo reporter. 4 !,nt.sliees of wrn1.
ptug-pnpcr, containing THE TninUsE inveast-
gator's namo. was eent within In tho
hands Of n medium -uizcd youth, who
returned rlortfy utter aud alatod
that tho General waa not ready to bo "pumpod" :"
by the reporters t'tpt yot or words which would
imply thn eamo 1ncaniny. 1lo. however, sent
out slip Of paper upon whfct, wero
TIE fo1.LowiSi EA,f:4:
"a. c. 1!ana, Charles II. Sasl. John Macarthur,
III. ". brown. These Ecnsiomon. it ssas Eiyeu to
pnuy, and, Of eoutsc. are thoroughly "rcApon4i-
blc," according to tho thcogpotators' own htntc-
nants. Among business men generally theBo
gentlemen arc not particularly tecognizcl as OK.
,tcnsiso carltaliste It y true Mr. Ilaul Ia rars
fowncr Of tho Raud j. 0a'c naphtl,a ratot'ted
process for manufacturing gas. aud Ia iolerab'y
VOL Off. s1r. NASH is not very vel, known
-horc. Gen. Macarthur owns q fonudry,
aud 1lr. Brown ~ u gentleman WHO Ia well
known bore, md who Inns Sunk .creat deal Of
money In Chicago. This was nbort all thut the
reporter cou1d lind otlt IN regard n
THE tSConpuEA7oN5' 1ISAsclAL ETASn'EG.
/ I is known tint the narhthn process IL uned IN
Detroit with SUCCESS. hut tlcro real capital
puel,cd tho matter. Therc sLe couccrn ercctcd
1 works. laid lnnfns and competed With tho old
I company, aud in now trying 10 bur 1t out.
In Now York, tho Mutual Gaa Company manu-
factu1cs eaA uuder the Bamo patcntH, bnl thcro
It joined With tllo lvo other companies In ex.
istenco In tint city. nt,l charges - contH per
1,1D0 fcot inDfn tbnu thoy do III Ecetion4 where
there III TO conrGlision or territory, otherwise
they charge from FILLS to $3.50, rs do tho old
It tn not to bo presumed that tho Consumers
Company vii! net any different here il thov over
build works. Tho pnrttcH it iH alleged, tried to
i fai thoir patent to tho Chicago Qas-LigAt nnu
eaiso from tho city. In ls71 they oudeayored 10
Oct 4 CHARTER,
but failed aud !ator nga'n last year, wllen the
schomo o1ico. moro fell through. Previous to
IN tho Consumers Gas Light mud Colo Company.
\ from Springfield, which they now hold. When
tho liHk Of ncorpoyato1H WAS 10 yal!antly handed
10 the reporter, through tho medium Of tho
snn!! boy. Yesterday, u failed 10 giyo the name
Of a1r. J: g. Grown. lie, however, ~ mentioned
ny oi1e Of the iacorporatots In tho bill, and his
ssar.al-wel. no matter. 1t consists Of Btooh In
a 1iunvNE rcpotter yesterday afternoon
little information was ohtatuci. Ho received
tho reporter very cout toously, but ia D very per-
abusive n1anucr tried 10 dodge tho inevitable In
tcFslow. This, however. waa failure.
49, MI. BROWN
tricd to explain how r,cn without capital could
build Eaa-wor(s through tic medium Of ulen
with capital. lIo named no ono wlto Wuuld
.,r, surely back tho eoncern, bnt ata:ed that
fIlomrbon Dean, Of Now York. or tf1. tia'Eson,,
Gas Company, might no tho fortunate men.
b1cEers. billings md Garrison. he Btatcd, lad
"ccaAed to love- as 1t were. aud tlcs tatts for
over iu the future we're wide apart, and this
,making Of gas. AZ TO 3Ir. Dean, hc and Mr.
Garrison wcro lportnl enemies. They would
nuver join capital over tho tscaeA, oven IN Chi
cnSo, for tho manufacture of gas. and that,
therefore, tho matter stood iu EraI1 blank for
tho future AZ 10 WHO would likely bo tho lucky
tngn.
THEY WOULD nrlLp wonKs,
however. within yoas, but who're. and when
thcy Would commence, was ono ol those peculiar
lnponotrablo tnSate1leH which AFo mover 1p1alacd
lie stated further, nnitl tho consolug fumes Of
fragrant Havana, ttllat tho thing was alt
right; Ia let It Alone" Tho Injunction IL GER
taiuly regarded, 'Time," lie eaiJ. "would
provo tLoir sincerity, and NOW that thcy hal tho
gu" !ia rnfttod tho statements nado in Mon-
Flay'a TRIBUNE Oh authority Of l.. Il. Watkins.
{lrcsilcnt Of tho Chicago Gna.1.teAt ami Coke
COMPANY, TINT Lls concern cscr trica 70 black.
had gono to thetu lately with authority fram any
one CONNECTED with tho ~ Consumers" l1o
stamped tho w!'oio thing as
"MALtcis,us ASD rALtE."
Ho denied tint any remuneration wsa offered
or Glsen to Auy monbcr Of Council for tic Pass.
aGe of thu ordinance mud tnat tue thing tii.ln't
cost 300 put s!Iro,els, ns ia generally as
saeEted. Iio acknowledged TINT ucu. alcArthur's
tInteEcAt cona6ted III getting tho rtpn contract
for tho now company for his foundry. ~ simcs
earo hart, and h9 wants to get LiH CONCERN III MO.
tlon. aud keop 1t no.
Geu. McArihur naturally. undor sucl, clreurn.
stances. wonl act rather discretionary, and dc.
clincd to state anything to tloso vicious, prsiug
reportoru, wlo arc always ltncarth!ng soncltllng
for tho intcrcsts Of the public, much to thu dis
Gtlat OF those shown up.
In conclusion, II III ut least safe 10 asaert TINT
tho Company may hhyo soina financial backing,
lnt it rcmainH from view; it IL wholly ircspon.
btlio at pfcBcnt, aud Tho aggregate capital Of
tho incorporators named IL very small indeed.
THE NAyoH.-llow HE srA:DH.
Yesterday afternoon q TRIBUNE reporter had q
very, brief .nsezyiew with Mayos Colslu lu regard
to tito mattor. Tho Council, OIL Monday oyon-
lug, when It adjourned, Ind bofore IL ~ motion
to reconsider" Which was not mado tho order
for any specified time IN tho future, AMI accord-
ing to tho Councils own ruling, tho Mayor can
approve An ordinance or resolution pending an-
othor meeting. The following IL tho intetylow I
Eop.-Do you think tint IA motion 10 reoon-
sider." peudpg III Council. proyonta YOU FROM
signing NJ. ordinance after 1t is passed?
Mayor-~I understand thai IT 1oos NOT.
nop,-1s that according to "CIlaAiue's Par
lianentAry Ruling"i
1layar--1 am HI informed.
llep.-Then will you stgn tho ordinance
layor-1f any ono asIa Won, toll hin you
idGn't kLolY [aud kllf1l he lAlGhod1.
! liop.-Thon you will probably sign It
Mayor-I hayo not set sufficiently thought
over tho matter.
1t ta understood, however. that tho aIa7or will
align the bill, probably to-day. and 10 tho Con-
4nmese' tlns-Lig9lt and coko Company will
como into actual existence and whothcr 1t
really las any mora backbone, outsilo OF having
obtauod a voty valuable franchise from Chica-
80, remains 10 bo Harn. -,