The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-11-11
An Explanation.
TIE Gas Company TO the Front.

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the Gas Company informed u
that we had done them great in
Justice i'm not 81 Stating hat a lacl
of a full supply of gas for th'
street lamps was caused by TIL
repairing Of the works.
When We called The attention
of the proper authorities to th,
fact that the street lamps wer'
put out at IL o'clock, We had no
yet learned that new retorts wer
being put in and consequent.
the supply of gas limited. 1t j
with pleasure we make this &C
acknowledgement.
Mr.. Albert Mickie. who is il
charge of The works, talked yer,
pleasantly and very candidly Il
representative Of the Sentine
about tie matter. He said he
knew that Gas Companies were
always considered legitimate OBJ
Jects for the newspapers and peo
pie 10 attack, but they were no
robbers and deserve nothing bu
what is lair.
We concede this distinction Il
Mr.. Mickie, because we believe
him 10 be an honest. estimablt
gentleman. nor wonld we for ;
moment charge that the Manage
ment that manages the Manage
ment of the Gas Company in thi:
place would want anything more
than what is fair.
But 10 resume: 1t is a fac,
well known, not only to a major
|ity of the members of the Coun-
ell, but to hundreds of the citl-
zens, that the Gas Company ha:
openly violated IFS contract with
the corporation on many occa
sions. For month after north.
during The past years, complaints
have been coming up from the
people about The street lamps in
this or that portion Of the town.
Night after night, for a week at a
time, one, two. three or a hall
dozen lamps on some streets were
not lighted and yet we have
never learned that the Gas Com
pany, actuated by a spirit OF fair
ness and honesty, has made any
reduction in the bills presented
to The town for payment. The
hawk never shows any compas
sion for the chicken it rends 10
pieces. It's appetite is remorse.
less. This may be untrue of Gas
Companies The town of Logan
stands ready TO make good every
obligation it has entered into
The guardians of the town should
see 10 it, that the people get jus!
what they pay for.
The public bosom should warm
10 Gas Companies because oftheir
fairness. 4 robber would want
everything in the public crib, but
a Gas Company would not take
more, probably than two dollars
for one dollars worth of gas. IL
couldn't and be fair.
When we spoke of the street
lamps being shut off at II o'clock,
we felt there would be some re-
dnction in the monthly bill from
the Gas Company. We knew the
Council was fair.
AT the Council meetin,, Tues
day night. our reporter notes that
a bill for SILLY was received
from the Gas Company for light
ing the streets the past month
This was The amount that should
have been paid if the lamps had
been lighted according to con-
tract. The Gas Company tender
ed the information TO the Sentl-
mel that there was a perfect un-
derstanding between that com
pany and the council regarding
this matter. but when The bill
came before that body it knew
nothing about the number Of
nights The gas has been shut off.
and referred II back TO !he finance
committee with orders to make
the proper reduction. 1t is esIi-
mated that for fourteen nights
The city was in darkness after ii
o'clock. A fair estimate of the
hours gas WIS burned on the
streets in the past month, will
likely show that for eight and
half Or nine nights of that time,
there Was no gas used at all
Now it should be said TO the credit
of Mr.. Niche that lie believed
there should be reduction of
the bill OF SILLY, and it should
be also known that the Manage
ment of the Manager of The Man
aSement of the Gas Company
thought that the Council should
paw The bill without reduction.
Is this corporation to be skinned and
made up into canes? There is not a town
in the state tina; is paying for worse gas
than Logan is to day. This Nay be owing
TO the repairs that are going on at the
works, but it is no less true that the peO-
pie have been the victims OF experiments
to make gas cheaply without lowering the
price 10 the consumer, ever since gas has
been introduced in the town.
Approaching fnIly the position of Mr..
Niche, We Still believe there would be an
eternal fitness in The thought that under
the pale, lurii li2ht of our street lamps,
The echo of Gov. Foraker's famous speech
might bear just faint semblance OF truth.
'.Let Lew Green now write q dia>
tribe on the beauties of tariff re-
FORM Public Opinion.
We will Captain when the cele-
bration season is over. At the