The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-31
THE NEW GAS WORKS.
-zE p1NTsCH GAS PLANT TO BE
READY IN JULY.

,.-annah to be the Supply Point of
ere Piutsch Company for the Rail-
ads Centering Here-The New
cor.Iighting System Likely to be
Adonted by All the Roads-The
ocean Buoy Lights to be Lighted by
the New Gas
vCm st. John, general southern agent of
~. Pintsch Gas Lighting Company of New
vork. is stopping at the De Soto. He is
Ling after the interests of his company
- savannah, particularly the plant for the
..nufacture of the Pintsch gas, which is
LING erected on the lot of the United Gas
1u,nrovement Company. adjoining the Sa-
-.nnah. Florida and Western railway yard,
On Fast Broad street.
A MORNING NEWS reporter had talk
nth MIR. st. John yesterday afternoon upon
,ba subject of the new enterprise, and the
u.aof Pintsch gas by the railroads in this
ssction of the country.
Mr.. st. John said that the plant will be
completed and in operation by
.Sa middle of July. The
York has been delayed somewhat
Nv a change in the plans, it being decided
20 erect brick buildings instead of iron, as at
frst intended, and to increase the size of
Che nlant somewhat. The cost of the plant
viii be about S2O, 900. Piping has already
baen laid to the Tybee depot and to the
Cantral railroad depot, to enable the COM
pany to supply the cars at those depots in
their own yards. The plant will have a ca
nacity of about 700 cars day.
The Central railroad is now using the
Pintsch gas on its sleepers and on the Ty bee
cars, securing its supply from the Atlanta
nlant. All the Central railroad cars will,
probably, be equipped for the use of the
Pntsch gas system as soon as the plant
bare is completed. The Central has de-
cided to use this system Of lighting
entirely, and has ordered the two cars
which are equipped with the Frost gas
lighting system, similar to the car which
was burned a short while since, refitted for
the use Of Pintsch gas.
The Central is also using the gas on its
Asheville and Hot Springs trains.
Mr.. ST. John is now negotiating with the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
and the Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery railway, and these lines will prob
ably adopt the system shortly. He
also expects to supply the Florida
yestibule train on the Atlantic
Coast Line next winter. The Pintsch
gas is generally dlsplaclng electricity as
car light and is also used to a great extent
on boats and steamships. It is in general
use as car light upon a number OF the
large northern railroad systems. Mr.. st.
John says that he expects to supply the
Tybee hotels with this gas from the Savan-
nah plant, BY transporting the reservoirs to
Tybee, as the Central now does for the
Tybee cars from Atlanta
Congress appropriated $4,000 at its last
session, at the request of the lighthouse
board, for the purchase of lighted buoys,
supplied with the Pintsch gas A number
of these buoys are in use along
the Atlantic coast. AS soon as the
Appropriation becomes available, which
it is on July l, one or more of these
buoy5 will be placed at the mouth of the
Savannah harbor. They cost about $4,000
each and will burn six months continu-
ously without replenishing and without at
tention. The light can be seen ten miles
from ships deck.