The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-08


and granted by the Finance Committee
On July 9Th, the Committee on Light mad,
Iapphcation to the Common Council for th,
sum OF $4,000, and the following Is copy
OF the resolution:
/" Resoired 1.-THE Board Of Aldermen concurriuu,
..lne I'm. we sommitte on Ligh; be, and are hereby
au,noilLeu 70 expend 80 800 In the purchase OF NJ
pae;,Y W ;, engine; boiler, and enlargng The ca
be paid out OF the $4,000 already appropriate
ior reinodeDing the gas works.
After the reading OF the foregoing, the
chairman OF the Finance Committee, anC
VINO Is eI-o1isio a member OF the Commit
zee OF Light, addressed the Council and
insisted that the report OF the Committee or
Light should be referred TO the Finance
committee, and in difference to his wishes
IL was so referred. and the Finance Com.
mlttee reduced the amount applied for tc
The sum Of SS,523, or s777 less than reso
luton calls for, and with the following
resolution. so as TO prevent the Committed
on Light from expending any more OF the
$4,000 without the authority OF the Coun.
Gil.
The following. which passed the Board
OF Aldermen, was concurred In:
Rssoiysd by the Council Of The city Of Rich
mond lthe Common Council concurrtng), Tha,
| the appropriation for remOdelllng the gas-works
by resola Ion approved 22d Narch. 1883, he, and
The same Is hereby. construed to cover the follow
| ing expenditures and no n0re-to wit: For re-
modelling retort-benches and furnaces under the
contract with Messrs. Taylor & Anderson. the sum
OF 81 1928; for the purchase OF an exhauster en-
Flying house The sum Of W Which Il Is e e gu-
! perlntendents estimate Of the cost with 10 per
cent; added. To provide the above sums, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, the Auditor Is
\ instructed hereby to issue, on the order OF the
committee on Finance, per cent. bonds Of the
1888, and expressing on their face that they are
/ payable at the option of the Council at nny time
| after the expiration OF ten years from said date
said bonds 10 be disposed of 10y the Committee on
| Finance at such times and In such manner as they
deem best for the Interest Of the city The Auditor
! Is hereby authorized and instructed to place the
proceeds Of the sales Of said bonds 10 the credit Of
an account to bo called Reno delling Gas orks,"
ana 10 pay warrants drawn by the Committee on
Light against said account, which warrants shall
show on their face that they are for expenditures
| authorized by this resolution.
The foregoing paper was prepared by
the chairman OF the Finance Committee.
and copy OF it read before the Board Of
Public Interests and submitted for their
consideration, and marked al" The paper
proves three things-vlz.:
First. That out OF the $4,000 appro-
priated only the two amounts aggre eating
S21,04G could be expended by the Com
mittee on Light without authority from the
Council.
Second. That in lieu Of $4,000, SS,523
had been appropriated.
Third. That the Auditor was directed to
open an account for Iemodelling gas
ioorES. and not retOrt-hOuSe.
EXPERT BENsON's RECOMMENDATIONS DE-
FEcTIvE so FAR AS THEY REFER TO THE
MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND STORAGE
OF GAS.
We desire to dissent from them for the
following reasons:
First. The increased consumption in gas
for the last six years amounted to 46,417,-
800 cubic feet, and for the eleven months
ending December 81, 1888, the increase
over the corresponding period OF 1882
amounted to 2.422, ,452 cubic feet, or 1852
cubic feet per night in excess Of 1882.
The foregoing figures clearly demon
strate the necessity for enlarging the man.
ufacturjng department, and for that pur-
pose would respectfully recommend the
following improvements at the lower
works-yiz.: Ten benches Of 6's; retorts.
14X2GX9 long, with full Tegenerating and
recuperative furnaces; one set Of Simmons
friction condensers OF 100000 cubic feet
capacity; one scrubber 4X4X42 high. and
an additional lime-kIln.
GAs-MAINs.
Second. Captain Benson. the expert, re-
cOmmends the laying Of n siXteen-inch
gas-main from holders on Dock street to
Fourteenth street, along Fourteenth street
TO Cary, and along Cary to Belvidere street.
This will be found to be almost impracti-
cable as well as very expensive, on account
OF the large gas and water-mains and sew
ers in Cary street. This street at its
widest point is not quite siXty-siX feet, and
the traffic in a portion Of it is OF such q
character that it would very seriously in
convenience business.
NEW GAs-noLDEE.
Third The floods of 1870 and 1877.
which put the city in darkness, admonlshes
us OF the necessity of having gas-holder
beyond the reach of high water. The
present storage capacity of the three hold
ers amounts to only 100000 cubic feet OF
gas. The consumption last winter reached
over 5000 cubic feet, and with like
consumption the coming winter there will
not be enough storage capacity. when the
average increase last year exceeded over
1000 cubic feet per night.
With our past experience and present
=
that a gas.hoIder be erected up town, TO
hold not less than 100000 cubic feet Of gas.
We would recommend TO run 16- or 20
inch gas-main from the holders on Dock
street TO Seventeenth, along Seventeenth to
Broad, along Broad to the new holder.
Broad street being nearly in the centre Of
the city, and OF such width-11S feet from
MAYO to Bevidere street.-the laying OF a
ot in rn m N r.
fere with business as on Cary street, and
in addition. by running two 10-inch mains
from the 1G- or 20-inch main far enough
north and south OF Broad street to connect
with several OF the small mains, the circu-
Iation would then be as complete and uni
form as possible, and toithOut The great
pressure so much complained Of at present.
III the Council should adopt Captain
Benson's recommendations, then the east
ern and centre portions OF the city will be
i'm worse condition next winter than the
consumers in the upper districts were last
winter. Without holder up town to
supply the pipes in that direction, the gas
would flow so rapidly in the 16- or 20-inch
main, to its very terminus, that, as before
stated, the eastern portion OF the city would
be without light.
Hoping that the foregoing will receive
due consideration from the Council, we
remain, respectfully,
.JoHH NJ. HIGGINs,
J. l.. PHILLIPS,
RICHARD NJ. TAYLOR,
Members OF the Committee on Light.
Mir. Higgins proceeded TO explain his
plan, when Mr.. Clark raised the point OF
order that the Council was considering the
report of the Board Of Public Interests.
The Chair announced that the Council
was considering q resolution made in the
rnr,nrf of the Board OF Pnhlia Interests.