New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A GAS WAR IN BROOKLYN.
PLANS OF THE FULTON MUNICIPAL COMPANY TO
cprfcr rTs Rivals

A GAS WAR IN BROOKLYN
PLANS OF THE FULTON MUNICIPAL COMPANY TO
CRUSH ITS RIVALS.
What promises to be bitter and prolonged gas
war has been begun in Brooklyn by the Fulton Mu-
mcipal Gas Company, which has issued circular
announcing that after July it will sell gas at 81
thousand feet. This is q step In the action OF 'ne
supplying gas in that city This company was
started fewyears ago to furnish naphtha or wafer
s gas t ase c tRe that me the city was
divided d among six coal gas companies
The Fulton Municipal Company has steadily in
works. 1t first became the rival of the old COM
panies in the best streets. but did not cut prices
The next step TO secure control OF the Citzehs
Company in South Brooklyn, and supply the WAFER
gas 10 its customers Then in turn the metropolitan
and Peoples Companies fell under Its e9ntr9l ana
took the waer.gas some Oh the in
the Fulton Municipal, but 1t is denied that Inc
latter controls the former. ~, p,,
The two remaining companies, the BROOKLYN
and Nassau are the only direct competti,-
tors of the Fulton Municipal Company, anu Win
them the war will be waged. The Brooklyn CON- "a,
to 81 a thousand. 1t is expected that the Nassau
will do the same, for the Fulton Municipal Com
pany has just laid pipes in It's distrct IN norv
with the WILLIAMSBURG Company; as it has all the
pipes in its district. few months ago the Fulton
Standard Oil Company by change of directors, and
it Is said that that company intends to crush out
all the coal-gas companies en- IN B nSos.
ia Alter r. Spp9; I2s, II. s Sys1ss%s
to thousand feet lust maze Dy ans but the
reduction only III districts where tne lsst I'LL
panies have ppes where the pipes are All go
by the water-gas company the price remains AZ %
Thousand. ~ -.
Ii. N. Benedict. president of the Fulton Municipal
Company said yesterday that the sole OBJECT OF the
reduction was to sell more gas.
DEFENDING SUPERINTENDENT POTTER. .
The differences in tho Lexington Avenue Method
rat Episcopal ayschool, though practically st
mempcrs of the church and school, b. f. Mcirose,
of No 1913 Third ave-. formerly treasurer of the
sId Of the church difficulties:
have been very unjust to superintendent Potter,
who ia represented in Lem az wholly to blame L
have been treasurer of the church for several years
and no one knows better than do its condition and
the proportionate support given 1t by the members
wss also a teacher in the school, and MIR. Potter
was 10 my Bible class when Mr.. Hennihg, then
supcrip tendent of the school, prevailed on hm 10
take o class That he managed II efficiently was was
vacancy occurred in the office OF superintendent,
he was prevailed upon, against his own wishes, "
the hs ws' s baS
on very friendly terms with Mr. Potter, put ne now
changed his manner.
u Do you blame them with having caused the
sOf course, they were to blame There was no
discipline in the school until Mr. Potter took charge
Of it, aud that is the ground for the charge that he
was arbitrary and oyerbearing. But he Will not
take the matter to the courts. He desires only to
and than he Will unite himself with another church.
as many of the best members Of Lexington Avenue
Church intend doing"
suited by the eachersvf the Sunday school before
removing MIR. Potterfn
it had been represented to them that he had been
legally removed. The regulations require that q
Board consisting Of the teachers pastors and otcere
of the church should act on such questfons but II
was meeting of the Suuday-shc0ol teachers that
removed Mr.. Potter. That is the main reason why
he declined TO recognize tho action, and why his
friends, who are Q powerful element In INC CHURCH.
are dissatisfied with IT."
A HANDSOME COMMISSIONERS PUZZLED.
Two Germans of opposite sexes both young and
comely entered the Federal Building yesterday
morning and made their way to the Office of Com
missioner Shields. who is generally known as the
the most gallant of the United States Commission
The Commissioner, who was busy at ms Desk sT,
asked the newcomers what they wanted The
young man in a low tone of voice said that they
wanted TO be married: -
"a revenue case r asked the polite Commis-
sloner not hearing the remark made to him.
With sbrug that indicated that he was not, at
present troubled about revenue the young Ger
man explained in broken English that he wished to
The Commissioner blushed deeper crimson than
that displayed by the bride. and for moment was
In order that false step should be taken, TO con-
suit Assistant United States Attorney Eos
ter who. like Mr.. Shields Is deeply learned in the
criminal law as applied TO foreigners. The two Of
cials after long consultation IN the presence of
the youra couple aud after searching through the
Revised Statutes, succeeded in preparing docu-
ment W Inch they handed to the would-be bride
groom. The paper read, Mayor Edson City Hall
Park The joyful pair took the paper and on their
way out of the building exultingly told the ecva-
tor man that they had been married and exhibited
as proof the document prepared by the United states
officers. Some kindly disposed person afterward
directed them to the Mayors office, and they went
through more regular form OF the marriage cere-
uony.
THE REPORTED TAPPING OF WIRES.
Superintendent w C. Humstone of the Western
Union Telegraph Company is engaged in an nves-
tigation of the that the telegraph wires from
Long Branch July were TAPPED and false re-
ports OF the winner of the Ocean Stakes at Mon
mouth Park sent to Philadelphia. 1t is reported
that the sellers that city paid out Thousands
OF dollars on Kinney tickets on bogus dispatch
before they learned that the race had been won by
Pizarro No complaint has been formally made TO
the company by the Philadelphia booksellers. Mr.
Humstone supposes that they are making an inves
fieation of the matter themselves A brief inter.
ruption in the smooth working of Long Branch
messages aroused the suspicion of Mr.. Humst0ne
even before the charges made that swindle,
neengA I.swn