The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-10
GASE0USNESS.
How to Reduce Your Gas Bill to an
Unterrifyiug Size.
Gas Still Holding the Trump Card
With the Little Joker Hid
Away.

Albany, Ore, is considering the sdvisa
bility of granting an exclusive franchise
for gas works.
The Equitable Gas Light and Fuel com
pany, Washington, d. c., has been incOr-
porated. Capital stock, 100000. Charles
Mitchell and Others, incorporators.
At Dallas, Tex, the price of gas has
been reduced to $1.90 per 1000 feet.
The Norfolk Automatic Gas company,
of Norfolk, Va, has been organized with
@. A. Nash as president and IL. l.. Smith
stock is to be $4,000 and the maximum
Sl5O0OO.
Something seems TO be the matter with
the electric light plant at Winchester,
Mass. The citizens complain that their
illumination is unreliable and that if the
matter is not remedIed return to gas
will be the result,
i. s. Atwater, chairman of the commit
tee on lam pc, gas and water, Elizabeth, N.
j., tells us that the New York and New
Jersey Globe Gas Light company has
been awarded the contract for street light
ing,
The Archer Gas and Fuel company, of
Michigan, with headquarters at Detroit,
has filed articles of associations; capital
stock, S1,0O0OO0. The company proposes
TO construct plant for the manufacture
of gas for heating aud Illuminating pur-
poser, and also to sell the right for Others
20 manufacture, as covered by patents
now granted and yet to be grated to j.
b. Archer,
The We'll Gas Enriching company filed
articles of incorporation in the Camden
IN. j. county clerks Office on the 18th
nit, with an authorized capital of $1,000
600. The object of the company is said
to be to enrich gas by the use of liquid
hydrOcarbon. The incorpOrators are
Philip d. Spooner, Charles II. Baker, Rob
ert X. Reardon, Samuel L. Small and
Marmaduke B. Taylor.
A well-known electrician and inventor
has just patented a method of circum-
venting the fool-killer. 1t effectually pre-
vents that class of idiots who commit
suicide by blowing out the gas from &C
com plishing that end. Trying to make
the gas stay blown out is like contradicting
strong minded woman. 1t will have the
last say. To squelch it, it is positively
necessary to turn il off. Turning it on
lights it automatically.
Natural gas is not all Joy, says the Co.
lumbus co., Post, at least the commission
ers of Lucas county are now in lawsuit
over the cheap fuel. The schedule of
prices for natural gas in Toledo, as fixed
by ordinance, is $21 for the first No.
mixer, SIS for the second, $l5 for the
third, $l2 for the fourth 50 for the fifth
and $3.50 for the sixth. The county com
missioners have twenty-five or more of
these mixers in use in the court house and
claim that all after the fifth should be
charged at the rate of $3.50 each per year.
The gas company insists on charging for
the second six at the same rate as for the
first six, and so on; and to prevent shut
ting off of the gas and freezing out of
the court house the commissioners have
obtained temporary Injunction against
the company, and the case is expected to
take the run of the courts.
The Austin Gas Light and Coal com
pany has issued the following circular to
its consumers:
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR GAS BILLS.
First-To control the gas.
Any variation from the proper ignition
pressure will cause waste of gas and cor
respondingly increase your gas bills.
With Rappleye's rheometrio governor
burners this is impossible. Every light
but one on the premises or city may be
extinguished, and this remaining one will
consume just the same amount of gas as
when all were lighted.
Secopd-Adiust the size of your burn
ers to your requirements. This is of the
utmost Importance. 1t is frequently
found that burners OF twice or thrice the
capacity required are employed with an
result of large gas bills. Don't
blame the gas company for this; the faulS
is with your burners.
Price of governor burners, 80 cents EACH
Furnished on trial, and, if not entirely
no sale.
AUSTIN GAS LIGHT AND Coal COMPANY,
105 West Second street.
Telephone No. 1872.