Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-19
Gas Light.
Works ol ths Company Nearly Completed - Description or this Valuable Improsem1at AnolLer Evidence O. Tucsor's Progrcss

. Aie-t7 'A AIpAtil progression and tO be.
 gin anew life in accordance with the requirements Of tbe people; and througI
 tine efforts Of the Tucson Gas Company
 light will be let into dark places auii our streets shine under the illuminatinp power oi an agent fashioned to the ser ! wee Of man. By the time named the l works whose aggregate cost will be near
 Sl2a,o01 will be completed and the great receptacle filled with its 5000 cubic feet of gas free from sulphur or conden-
 sation and equal Co the best manufac-
 tured article in the world. Their works are one of the most important innova-
 tions yet introduced among us, and well
 bespeak the confidence of people. in our permanent prosperity, when the present
 Gas Company asking but the guaranteed
 privilege sof putting and maintaining
 their works in place at a cost Of
 such magnitude and without the f.
 nancial assistance of any one. That.
 coupled with fair dealing, has been and
 Is the rock basis of their success. not only in Tucson, but in the many other towns in winch their works have been erected, and are now in constant opera
 ton. The works of the company at this place are situated near the north end of
 Meyer street. The retort house is an
 adobe, 3GxA0 feet, while the one holding the great tank and iron holder is of wood, and is about 60 feet square. Be tween the two buildings is an open court yard. in which is the well, and over it, at an elevation of A0 or 50 feet, k the zine
 water tank, for the use of the works. and for tine further supplying of the city, in accordance with any demand. To tEe rear or the retort building, and
 deeply imbedded in the earth. is a long,
 horizontal iron tank, resembling a great
 boiler, and is the receptacle for the crude
 petroleum oil, hroucht from the wells about 2S miles abO, Los Angeles. and
 from which the raa is manufactured.
 From the main tauk, placed under ground for safety, the oil is pumped to a number Of smaller ta. $, placed on a platform in the rear Of the retort house. and of sufficient elevation to convey by force Of gravity the oil to any desired locality. By a system of pipes 1t Is con- veyed to tbe rerorts, where, being sub iected to great heat, it first assumes its gaseous form, passing thence to a washer OF hydraulic main, constructed of iron and filled with water, it Is rid of its heat and grossest impurities, continuing it's deyious way through pipes, vertical and horizontal, never at rest, and ever sub iscted t5 the purifying influence of water. which, in jets and sprays. wash it unceasilgly till the holder IS reached, and from which, by its own augmenting force, to the main and pipes that will illuminate oU- streets and light our homes. The whole arrangement, from the beginning to the ending. is as per feet, as thorough and efficient, as ingen uity, experience and intelligence can de- wise. The works and all appliances per taining thereto are constructed on a convenient, substantial and systematic plan, and with a capacity for the manu- fracture Of gas sufficient to supply a town Of forty thousand population. The gas will be of t.irty candle power, and if burned in the same proportion, will be fully as cheap as coal oil, and for the same Illuminating power, possesses the immense advantages Of safety and convenience. The company will commeac- with about one hundled consumers and usa keep putting them ia, in accordance with the demand, which is expected to continually in- crease in Tucson as it has done m other places. The works ia San Diego were let on the -3 afl,5t June, wj,h twenty eight consumers, in place and now they have one hundred and f3uy-fvc. Two months ago San BenardIno had but fifty ei -h. and now ii has over ninety, so, if Tucson follows in the ways of other thriving towns her consumers will soon benumbered by the hundreds. The com pany have published their prospectus and invite the attention of the people to it. Their references are of thc best at their many works in operation can abundanuy testify They ibave now about four niles Of pipe down and the lighting up 0t the vauous places will be done ID rotation as application may be made. Under contract with the con struction company service, pipe aill be put in and gas meters set free of charge up to the tune of lighting up, after that tune an additional expense of twelve or fifteen dollars win be incurred by those wishing the use or gas. The same com pauy propose 90 supply water from their inczhaus,5le well at rates cheaper than can be furnished by others, and at much earlier season as ther pipes are now on the way and wi.hn the next thirty days they uiu guarantee to show a stream of water over the Nlson.c Hall and deliver water to all houses on the upper side of ,ae Military Plaza. The,r pumping capacity is at present about twenty-c.ght thousand gallons daily and can be in- creased Co any extent desired.
 The officers of the Company are H. $. Stevens. President; I. $. Fried, Secre- tary: Saml. W. Garretson, Constructing and NJ c. Elmore, Supern- tendent
 MR. 4. D. OTIs, of 4. D. Otis x Co, on Pennington street, is expected to re- turn home by about March 1st, to make