Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
K. ADDlCKS GAS SCHEME
FBRKLY AS ATTEMPT TO ABSORB
A LOCAL CUhPANR.


tf0t 0t tic eas tOh'psa"S a.
tham, TIass.-A Narrow Escape
from "a Monopoly.
\ The following 10 reference to the mat
te1 Of supplyine fnel gas to the residents
o. Walthnm, Mass, Is from the Diiy
x}i6une OF that city: ,M..
Ameeting Of tue committee on streets
waa held "a the aldermsn's committee
room last evening TO listen TO the report
Of the experts secured by the Waltham
Gas Company TO fully investigate the
merits Of ths Loomis plan for furnishing
fuel gas. The gas company went nfst TO
the bat to take their innings and scored
nany runs, and are still not oat.
MI. A. M. Goocale WAS the first speaker
forthe Waltham Gas Company, and no one
oould help being convinced after hearing
his Remarks t1at the gas company was
PERFECTLY honest in this matter, and had
done all that any corporation coIld do to
ascertain whether or not it would be
good thing to introduce ct present the
Gu0mis GAS; for il it ia, they want to do
4 and il 1t ia not, they do not want
Rival company to lay pipes simply to
make gas war i'll this city. Ihe gas
aumpnny has taken MEASURES, no doubt,
70 secuEe n fair report, from the faca that
they Secured no less person than ROBERT
YoupR. the we'll known expert on natural
fuel and other gaseF, and who is now gas
engineer and superintendent OF the Allie
aheny Gas Company, who writes as toi'
Iowss
ALLrouESY GAS woRKs, ESdI~EER AND
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE ALLEGHENY Pa,
May 81, 1889 G.. a. Siearns E,q DE
Sra Yours Of the rs n insian chhs 10 hand
and contents noted. My advice to you is
MOTTO spend any money Ia the fuel gas
buSfness at present; that is, outside OF
what you can do Ia the way OF Introducing
Observation-Disclosures gaB for fuel. u can
eellit just about rs cheap, fof the amount
OF heat 1t Will produce, a4 any insi gas you
can DnGke. II is not IL question OF COST per
shoussnd cuolc feet to the consumer, but
how nuch will 1t cost me to do the heating
: and cocking In my house compated with
cosif We must 1nd some other method
for neatlng our houses before fuel gas will
be anopted for general nse. You might
gst& a tow who would bs Wilt
ing to pay you the price you
would require to get for it; but there Is no
; usa golng into tho business unless you are
bnre You can seilthe gas at a pricu very lit
f1o more than it would cost for coal 70 do
NE same amount OF work. have given
the fuel gas question cJrsidstabe study,
edd so far, even with tho experience ! have
! -@N'S
10 convince myself that can make fuel
tas and deliver Ii to consumers through
the city and sell 1t at price that Would
Instily Them In using II for all purposes In
MACE OF coal and make 1t tinspclal sue
tke for the company. SO u ven are ~,
Hmlned to pus up fuel ga plHps, You
Wal have TO apply to some pne else, for
coQld not advise you to 20 Into business :
/. orput you 10 any expense until l would
Is have some hope OF oisucces4. Ynns TiulY,
WW RnBEHT YoUNa.
aee Engineer aud Supegin enuent.
Then Mr.. Goodale stated that ii had
"a been published in the Boston papers as
an adyertisameps, that the Bay State Gas
/, Company hsd, sbopght the Boston Gat
Lieht Company aud others, and intended
So. scqulrine the Whitman Gas Light Com
r pa1y, auC. Ia order to secure ss conserva
M i've an expert hs possible. the Walthan
I!y bompary had engaged no less persor
81, or an f1pcrt than a gentleman ct0els
5 Dnafctfd .aith the RoSt9h Gas Gonna ~
yS cAfca, IF course, il a lo'trt eft the By Stat
N 9ompaay. and at q great ueal OF isxpens'
g vas aple 10 give the report Of that gentle
s ksn, who had been to Jackson, Mioh,, L
a Mses;iRate. Here is his letter:
a OFFICE OF THE Boron GAS LIanr Com
- sAkY No "a West srrast.-B TON, June IA
- 1909 -AhltlT II, IslHtlHl tSIs--brLl Oh
i, thkve Deen requested BY you TO give u,
e9eE; ,pinion upon the advisaoility OF the Wal
90 nam Gas Company'5 undertaking the dis
L .ribution OF iusl gas.
--s ID reply I would say that this subjact is 81
Interesting one to the gas engineers o
In the country tnat 1t would give many o
n hem great pleasure to see the e4perlmen
~, triet in Wa!haIn, but II would be impossl
.css biafor me 10 recommend It TO you, and a
''n flelsgme time 10 polnt AS an example I
sLn any other city Ia ths coultry in whirh th
l'.E bnsIness OF distributing manufactured fue
10, ' yas Il being carried on successfully and
NJ hprofit.
I, The towns which are 60 fortunate as /
i. Iisi I'd lhs natural gas district enjoy so muc
,sgs sumfoIt and cleani1le.S a5 compared VIII
.ads hose which do not, that there has bse
. much discus, ion and ejaculation during tn
Iii DattfsW Ssats as to the possibility OF th
FMa profitable m n'acture and distribution G
q I, yaseoul fuel. | Eas the gteat advantag
is3 u making no smoEa, ashes or dust; 1t Ca
'LnA l9 turned of or on At once as the temp6l
80. lture OF the UUside air RI 'hs or fals, an
ieRliy mAktS 20 much d,flttence 10 tn
Fotk OF reasonably sized house, as
a generally ENABLE a houStkeeper in Pitt
= purge to dispense with the services OF on
:" seryant.
an MANY people consider It as one of III
/. luestions Of The etmmediate future, and It
lg not impossible that htno distant dAteanel
..-s )etpn. AT present. however, thAre is onl
3nef City in tue couatry, and thar not
arge one, in which the believers In fuel n
4 5ave had 30 spfficienty the courage OF the
sbnvictions 10 induce them TO go regularl
:. INTO the business. The city Of jackson
Mich, to whica / alluda, Is a prosperor
Western city If atouJ 70, 200 population.
with. Is lit by coal gas EdIsoh incaude-cent ligh
Ii: IA RS8 Aie ltghie, aud the F4hneli-m fneal
rtng- 10 cent burner, II Is neadleas tu say that
I i nnf St active compai ion is going on for Gu
ho. n.y. toners, and That lights OF al hill DIS are sol
,naiT at rates whcL do rot show much prof
day Arc lights for all night Lighting being &sS
will. year; inoandescent electrlcs rs low a.
b inn seDts month coal gas from Sl.75 to ST.!
5 an ithousand, and fuel gas so cents thol
Ns.i N aud, with dlseouat 10 3J cents t s 900 fe
aAN AEsonth are consumed. Ii is obvious TIL
sunipetitioa II ovecdone and that money
---s pssnn lost. Il IS however claimed by Il
fuel gss company that they are me-
EFax Ing q liying, eld that II the
" San double their blsiness ttey ca
\ make hand oine profit. OF this they &
Ri u conhdeut, END are preparing TO increa
LasA9 their plant at considerable expense. Wnl
Q an3 the coal gas company sends out an amou
sfGgss aGgs pf gas not fac from $1,000 night the t,l
,graT. gas comp4ny sends out lSl coo. They ha'
c;meh steadily increased theic business from Il
niY. hrst, not OF course retaiDing every co
sumner, but always increasing their meter
z m They eent out 800 .0DD fest of gas a day Ia
10 winter. They haye nearly 500 consume
!. " and most OF the principle people are gtvit
nlorei the gas trial IN s0ma shape, heatin
sldss.. sld. G2oktng or lighting For furnaces 1t cam
M Il aRconomtcai used against anthracite
yeai. |ihon 1T being aouut one-third more co I
Ehs' sAE13wo OF the purposes mentioned-heu
.,,rn 5fand cookinG-it Ia better TO use the a
,pSis. kfus specially designed Tor the purpos
NM Yit is possible with some alterations