Telegram-herald., 1890-09-13

Monday Hyde FarksrS W. ke IN
dependent q ths Trust.
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6saDd Rapids citizens. WAC expset sooa
60 have cheap fael gas Ia tais ely.
The HfSl foog 0i nfgs cent gas Was
made m chicago yesfen4zF.
The Muglal Fuel Gas Comp2nv of
Hyde PARK ghted II nres IL TIE neW
plant 1t >egenty-talr1-si. ana south
Cnlcago-ave. TIE resi- CT TIE week y Il
te takea Up 10 testing the pipes ana ex-
peilng the All preparatory 10 using
. them Ter gas distribution through tie
forty les Of pipe. Monday gas wlli
b. ready Tor distribution. HYDE PARK
eTs are NON paying the Gas Trust = per
thousand feel, With rebate al = per
cent IA ease OF payment before the 18TH
0I tie month.
The new works have q capacity Of
2.o0, coo feet a day. Their construction
was begun last yeST aud yesterday
marked the completion Of the Work.
II WAS A eIImEEs' NoyEstEST.
The formation OF the Mutual Fuel
Gas Company OF Hyde Park was a
citizens movement for cheaper gas.
The company Was organized ia 1889 by
some OF tue heaviest capitalists ia HYDE
| Park. At the frat there Was little II
any idea OF pr0lt directly from income
| from the operations OF the company.
IL Was intended 10 be a protest against
| the methods OF the Chicago Gas Trust
which should mean something and
should accomplish more than the legal
| protests that mad been frultlessiy carried
on.
The company was formed with George
NJ. Bogue as president and John j.
| Mitchell as treasurer. The directors
are II. y. Higinbotham. 4. c. Bartlett,
A. T.. Smyth and Elbridge Keith. The
capital stock is 100000, and the COM
pany has not issued dollar of bonds.
The system OF gas manufacturing IN use
at jackson, Mich, Was adopted. An
| ordinance giving the night 10 lay mains
in the village of Hyde Park was secured,
and work on the plant was commenced
| last fall.
1--WE manufactured our first foot Of
gas today" said John j. Mitchell yes
| terday. This was the first test OF the
| plant and II was entirely satisfactory.
Our works are now practically complete
and ready for business; next week We
| shall begin TO deliver gas 10 our sub
scrlbers. Five gangs ot men are now
connecting service pipes and putting IN
| meters. We will start with 3O0O sub
/ scribers. The price at first VII! be 81
cents a thousand feet. We can sell II
/ cheaper than that II necessary, hut we
/ haye dec ded that will be fair price to
/ start with"
"Will 1000 feet of the gas be as eff
cient as 1000 feet OF the gas the Gas
/ Trust furnishes"
There is no appreciate difference.
/ 1t simply means that consumers are u
| have gas for lighting or for fuel 1t one
! half what 1t now costs them. We are
called a Fuel Gas Company, but the gas
! is for fuel and illuminating. The lighl
for illuminating is produced from a
comb of calcium which becomes mean.
descent in the flame of the gas. There
| is no Pickering. 1t is the nearest ap-
proacb to sunlight of any artificial light
/ IN use. Here are pile Of letters which
ecme from nearly every business house
in Jackson, Mich. There are 10 excep
/ tons 10 the commentator the people
/ there give. They all declsre i the mos
( perfect light they have ever seen"
Is or \ SOUND BASIS.
az believe the Mutual Fuel Gas Com
pany. of Hyde Park, stands unique
among all gas companies IN ts tinancis
situation. There isn't one drop ol
water in its makeup. We started with
capital stock of 500 coo. Every share
represented 500 ~ cash paid INTO tne
treasury There has been no outside
construction company from which di
rectors might reap profits. The wors
/ has been done at as low price rs u
was possible 10 DO IL, and the company
/ has only PAID ont the actual cost. We
I have laid IOrty-two miles Of mans and
completed all the accessories OF the
F. plant. Every particle OF Il has beer
I raid for IN cash. and we have about
$4,000 IN the treasury. There IS not 8
/ bond on the plant, and We haven't q
collar of Indebtedness. We have q
greater mileage today than the Con
sumers' Company. although that com
pany has S5,00O,000 of stock and nearly
a 900 600 OF bonds.
AT Jackson, Mich. the system ha
complete control of the held. Th'
Edison Company formerly did a large
business IN lighting there. It's stok j
now worth thirty cents on the dollar
WHAT WILL GAS TRUST STOCK BE WORTH
Chicago i wondering what Gas Trus
| stock Will be worth after the new com
| pany is well started.
The territory covered by the COMPANY
lies between Thlrty-ninth and Seventy
! third streets and the lake and Stsie-st
and by It's charter ITS mains may bc cx
| tended 10 the Indiana State line.
The burner TO be used viii he tht
Fahneielm incandescent. The light oh
tanned from it is said 10 be absolute Il
! steady and smokeloss; can not De blow
out and If the gas should be turned IF
and turned on again by mistake a.
escape Of Gas e impossible. for il i'm
mcdiately rsiguites. The product d
! known as water gas made from btum
nous coal and steam. u is a mrturl
of coal gas and water gas. II pOssesse
q hlgn fame temperature, "A absolutell
free from smoke. does not require thi
admirture Of air 10 secure a porfcc
combustion. IL has "A marked o6or. aut
ls regarded by a. VINO have experenceg
Us use practically ss An ideal fuel.