Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-07
new GAS
Another Great Discovery Pat
snted and AionoPOiized.
''RisOlo" in New York suu.

''RigOlo" In New York suu.
Considerable sensation is likely to
be created BY a new company moor
porated under the name OF the Equi-
table Gas Company Of New York.
The officers of the company are Ed
ward Stern, President, and j. r.
keeue, Vice President. Messrs
Brewster, Archbold and Rockefeller.
all OF the Standard Oil Company. Il
n. Dickefson. the lawyer, and Il
Jerzmapofsky, the engineer, compose
the Board Of Directors. The company
is a close corporation, and the whole
capital, S2,000,000, has been sub
soribed for by the promoters
The object OF the company is
to produce g's by the decomposition
Of steam and liquid hydro carbon on
highly heated lime. Almost pure by
drogen is thus obtained. the lime.
used over and over again, being con
stsntly revivi6ed by heat. The hydro
gen thus produced is carburetted in
the usual way, and gives a gas of be
tween thirty and fifty candles power
All former attempts at producing
hydrogen gas on a large scale for illu
minating, heating, and other power
producing purposes have utterly failed
on account of the high cosi
Of production. The main fea
ture of this process is rapid
p oluction at very low cost a. d
with very little labor. The process i.
the discovery OF that old genius.
Jessie du Motay, who died some tw,
and a hslfyears ago il a lodging house
in Twenty sixth street, and died poor
Of course. la partnership with .
young Polish engineer of the name Of
JerImanofsky, tue famous Freuul
chemist took out a patent for hi
process. Mr.. Jersmanofsky has heer
working ever since the death of Tes5i,
Ia Motay to perfect this process. and
obtained results which we're brilliantly
illustrated at the exposition given a.
the experimental works OF the Mu
nicipal Gas Company on Tuesday last
Officers Of different gas com
panies were present, aud OK
pressed unqualified admiration o.
he new process. All publicity 10 re
gard to the scheme has been avoided
and 1t wa with considerable difficulty
hat this information was obtained
the object OF the promoters being it
keep the whole thiog to them selves
The company has become the owner.
OF an exclusive licsnss Of the city ann
county Of New York, and as soon A.
the necessary buildings ere erected
will Supply the city with new gas at p
considerably reduced cost TO the CON
'umers. The Municipal Gas Company,
Of which Mr. II Stern is the o%rlgina
toF, has secured a free license TOR the
consumption Of the new gas "Tht
brilliancy OF our gas, and its low cost
of production, said an officer o.
the company, will make it the mosr
formidable competitor of electric
light, even should that light become
an absolute practical success. Oui
gas will be 50 cheap, that it will be
used for fuel, aud 10 a very few years
you will see it substituted for coal OF
steamboats, aud railroad engines if no.
in kitchens. We shall knock dowr
the price OF coal, too, for We furnish /.
clean, unsmoking substitute for it
and don't use a ton of coal ourselves
All the heating we want is done Will
oil"
The process has been patented in
every country, and the great Parii
banking house Of Baron Sellere Is
conducting the negotiations for tn,
introduction Of the new gas In Russia
Germany. Austria, France and Italy
England and Belgium being the twc
great coal producing aud coal cou.
suming countries, the ~patentees hav,
as yet reserved to themselves al
negotiations for them.