, 1881-06-12

Operations for the Year 1SS0-Extracfs
from the Annual Report to the Stock
holders.
PARIS, April %, 1SS1.-In accordance with
the law, we submit to you the results of our
working during the year 1850, and give you
the condition Of the Company on Dec. 81 last,
| The recent experiments i'll lighting the Rue
| du Quatre Septembre and tue replacing at 4
large number Of points Of the ordinary street.
! burners with gas-lights Of high illuminating
power, seems to have developed a demand
for light which constantly increases, and
which in 1850 has produced a large increase
| of consumption. This circumstance, united
| with the exceptionally favorable conditions
| for manufacture, both Of gas and our resi-
! dual products, has produced all Increase OF
profits which is made more prominent when
compared with the year lS79, because that
| winter was attended with unusual severity
and depreciation in the price OF coke, which
had been lleaped up for several years at the
| different works.
We are happy to inform you that the divi-
dend for 1850, while teStifying to the new
progress Of our enterprise, will to a certain
extent make up for deficiencies OF former
years; for itmust be borne in mimi that from
1875 to 1879 the profits have remained almost
stationary, although to provide for coming
increase OF consumption we have been
obliged to issue new capital to the amount Of
nearly S5,500,o 600.
CONSUMPTION Of gas-Durtng the year 1850
we have sent out G33:; 55 QUO cubic feet Of
gaS, which is all Increase over last year ot
about l3G, 600, 600 cubic feet. :. Ihe DAY
consumption, which results principally from
Industrial and domestic uses amounted TO
about one-fourth OF the total consumption.
Receipts for gas-TAe receipts for Eas,
Which IN 1870 amounted to S11, 1,133,olS,
amounted in 1880 to ST., oct, l43:
su1ners OH Dec. 81, 1850, was l4S,5l+-an in
crease Of 9,334S over those Uf the same day in
in 1919, and about tWo-thirds of these l1ew
CONSUMERS are upon the :: :Conduites Mont
from the expenditures made in putting in the
"Conduites Nontantes during the past ten
years. -.
Public lighting-Tlle number Of public
lamps on Dec. IL was, in Paris proper, 4l,El,
and in. the suburbs, !,s}; 4 total Of 10, Ia,
which is all increase of 3,02 during tile ycar.
OF those in the city proper which serve to
light the public streets there are 159 Of the
'Quatre Scptembre," each burning m tfty 1eet
Place de In Eepublique," consuming thirty
feet per hour each. These large burners are
equivalent to :, 40 fye-feet burners, 10 which
may be added G97 other large burners, which
are maintained by private consumers at
stores, theatres, etc
'.Conduites Nontantes'' have been placed
during the year to the number Of 1,5..i max
ine the whole number l5,415. i'll 1l,sl9 build
lngs, which have cost on an average about
Sl20 each; but the amount Of gas sold there
by during the year has brought In about
$1,000, 900, and supplies about 81 per cent III
number of our consumers ~,
Manufacturing capacity-The lnanufact-
uring capacity Of the Company during the
year has been or, ,0oo, goo cubic Ieet, and we
have been able to meet all demands and have
a reserve Of about per cent in case OF acci-
dent OF unexpected consumption. It is e5ti~
mated that in order to meet tile requirements
Of next winter it will be necessary 10 in- !