New-York tribune., 1885-03-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
INFORMATION ABOUT GAs-MAK1Na.
,wc.,..r m nILLs-CAPAcITY OF WORKS


sur INCREASE IN BILLs-CAPACITf oF "o"A'
EFFECTS OF COMPETITION.
Tho S.,ote Committee investigating the methods
of The ras companies listened yesterday 10 Sevei h
Consumers whose bills were greater aftef 1nan "0
fore the asssfd ssat"ae en 'as S
ave. testified that the price OF Rss weaI "thers
hs sSa1t Of h; S; went ne
lax Com missioner. explained the aa99o Tnooanys Ua
assessed valuation of the Consolidated ConpahHb bs
real estate and plant, ana inc aSSo''"''A' -
capital stock Of the COMPANY: ,s.;fed in mart
as follows: A.. x,,;cr.,
cdmaanvs works T6oy are capable Of manufacturing
s: q dsgy Tine Tine feet
w,rc n manufactured the Municipal Company maze gas
Yer. Ns% n1s
EncKsrbocfers holder and rnn
s distance Of more than four ~ mes pss s now about
3Oeandls power When the specific graviyh ihrsusb the
the gas 9Ses ese sfs the consodaon methods have bean
employed to dilute gas On the the or hs
Ss Spsss ins 9ns Fss
average pressure at the consumers it
IS about one inch There has been no coumnSing ei
by Has.m as HisDns nss and
nccted them with ours. Tho Harlem was unable 10
readily supply all IN Its district' ,.
Albert NJ Smith superintendent OF the Mahnat-
tan Company's works in West Eghteenth-st'' tes-
titled:
The quality Of gas be reduced by using poorer nsl
Which used enrich The the fs quay asr
OF gas the readily it will pass tnrougn .ne ''''
a@d shr in the gas
the the consumer has TO payf A-io A'0''"'- NN
eJ Jcseph R. Thomas. Editor of The GGsGhtt, Jour
nal testified that he was engineer OF Ihe Wnti
ron in brooklyn had been to add more capital 10
the existing companies the latter buying up !ho
newcomers When there has been competluoaa
o1. fnr
Inv an increase i'm price He thought there should
be a limitation Of the number OF gas companies III
both cities. m .sr
HOW THE BARK CHAPMAN WAS LOST.
On the steamship City of Puebla, which arrived el
oH Havana sno Ths
sailed from Mobile for Lverpo9l ana WAS uLIser i've,
by a gale on the reefs of Cayo Blanco. Inc crew
reached shore safely and made thelr way W
Havana. One of them said to TRIBUNE reporter:
The Chapman bark Of 9s2 tons register CON- com,
manded by Captain Thomas Rutherford We let MOSs
IL For the st eight days the weather Vas pleasant StcR
and the ind fair On the night OF tins nintn day ,ch, &
foggy weather set and II Impossible 10 ge an Oh
serestion 10 deternine exactly our position When the
morning watch came on deck on the 23d tne snip TS Ta
under an plain sail, going ut about SIX KNOTS lne
wcaher Still continued thick and was WPs Ws.S 10
objects ssha. ses wepe se hroWn on he knees
by sudden shock The vessel nad str9eK. weEsd "s
Sns up spa anu out n''S where we wsre Just then
the fog lifted and showed the land directly on our
beam shortly three half clad natives came dSwm %
ON the beach, launched boat and pulled on 70 US FROM
them we found the island was called Msrllo eslLa
Blanca and was inhabited only by few native hsher-
80. -o,o ord
The wind began to increase and the sea rose anu
it was necessary leave the vessel! we lowered al o
boats and with the assistance OF the natives TOOK on az
our dunnage ships papers and other small articles ana
with them nulled the beach, where we soon iahIeu
hat nj sht it came on TO blow harder. and the snip
rounded heavily thrown higher up on the shore
Ne were taken TO Havana, leaving the captain and two
mates m charge of wreck The captain had MS wie
and two childIen with him. and they accompanies US V
Havana where they we're left among lrlonosL "o "ei0
sent home by the English Consul -
Commodore Deaken. of the Puebla had IN bis
room the Jaws of shark which was captured IN
fhe barbor of Progress by some o. the crew on the
last trip The shark was fourteen feet long and IL
is believed TO be the fish that bit off the leg of one
of the crew about two months ago. upon opening
two meat cans, large piece of salt beef and other
provisions sufficient for his cruising month III the
Nay