The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-06
TO BUILD GAS WORKS.
THE PINTsCH LIGHTING SYSTEM TO
BE USED BY RAILROADS HERE.

A Gas Manufacturing Plant 20 Be
Erected in the Grounds Of the Mu-
tusl Gas Light Company's New
Works on East Broad Street.-The
Savannah, Florida and Western and
Charleston and Savannah Railways
and the Central Railroad Adopt the
New System of Lighting.
William st. John. general agent Of the
Pintsch gas lighting department Of the
Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company
Of New York. was In the city yesterday.
Mr.. st. John is making arrangements for
the erection OF plant for the manufacture
Of PIntsch gas, with which to light the cars
Of the railway systems centeriDg in Savan-
nah.
The plant will be erected on the grounds
Of the United Gas improvement Company,
near the shops OF the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, where the Mutual Gas
Light Company has its new works, and it
will be run Jointly by the two
companies. The plant will cost
in the ueighborhood of $4,000 and will be
capable of supplying 500 cars daily. The
material is now being got out and will be
shipped to Savannah in few days. The
company has agreed to have the works In
operation by April.
TO SUPPLY BOTH SYSTEMS.
The gas will be supplied to the Coast Line
cars, which will be charged here to run
from Savannah TO Tampa and return and
to run to New York. The Savannah,
Florida and Western railway will probably
soon begin the use OF the Pintsch gas on all
itS NIGHT frafna nd tha GaYfral a ilroad 10
also contemplating the change. The
Central railroads new sleepers are all
lighted by the Pintsch gas, which makes
the handsomest light ever seen in Savannah.
1t Is probable that the Central will light all
its night passenger trains by this system in
short while The general managers pri-
vate car is also lighted with this gas.
A pipe line will be run from the works TO
the Central railroad depot and accumulat-
ors placed, so that il will be an easy matter
to supply whole train with gas for a
lengthy trip In a few minutes. A
pipe line will also be run from
the works TO the Tybes depot to supply the
cars on that line. All the Tybee cars, which
are now being overhauled and fitted up for
the coming season, will be lighted with this
gas.
THE PINTscH GAS.
The Pintsch gas is made from crude
huu Is u very IlCu ChuQl6 power
gas, which enables it to be compressed to
high degree without detracting from its
Illuminating qualities Ono foot of
the gas when compressed is equivalent
in lighting power to six feet of
the common coal gas generally used for
lighting purposes. 1t is supplied to cars Ia
tanks placed underneath the car, and a
sufficient amount can be stored under the
car to last several days. The Central rail-
road sleepers are now charged in Atlanta
for the round trip.
The Pintsch gas is rapidly coming into
use for lighting cars. Both the palace car
companies use 1t, and the system of lighting
has been adopted by such well-known rail-
roads as the New York Central, the Boston
and Albany, the Philadelphia and Reading,
the Wabash, the Chicago and Northwest
ern, the Monon Line and other northern and
eastern systems.
A number of plants for the manufacture
OF Pintsch gas have been established all
over the country. One is now in operation
in Atlanta, and one is in course of erection
at Chattanooga. Besides the one in Savan-
nah the company expects to put in plants at
Augusta and Macon
The Pintsch gas is also used for buoys and
beacons by the government. An appro.
priatlon OF $50, 900 for additional buoys of
this character is now pending in congress.
Should it pass the buoys at the mouth of
the Savannah river would probably soon
be lighted by Pintsch gas