The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-03
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Mr. NIcolai VIII Continue TO turh''"
CITY with OF.

MIR, NIcolaf VIII Continue TO uI"'
City with on. "a
The Committee on Light held q 0'''N'
meeting in the Office Of CITY A''o''',
Meredith Yesterday morning at ~ 100 ond
,rhor, ,vera present Chairman 1ui",'
$3.50 George B. Davis, Grimes 49,
,,-tcl-a and TAYLOR. The object Oh - 80, 90
- y,as TO reach some agreeillSSH. 81
tbe amour. TO be paid TO MI S.,Inie,,od
NiciIai of Baltimore, for the OH iui
60 the water-gas plant up 70 p,..a,,t,,,
W e.icb moved TO be of a lower gravity
80 re contract called for The proVis-
nc ~ the contract called for naptha Oh
80 Sc to % degrees for which the cry
- go nav at the rate of $3.50 per huilureu
gallons. 49,. s,,ted that Mr..
>-t,oIat had furnished i'm all sixteen car
toaas. Of oil. three of when caIue w ~
the standard. one was as low as ~
erees. while the others ranged from ~
aS degrees. lie added that on the rep
Of each car containing inferior on ne IaN
notified Mr. NcOai OF this IaCC
TOR mad acknowledged the inierlorty ot
the oil by charging only E-D Per H"''N'
gallons for the same. >-,..,.,
Mr. Meredith explained that Mt. NlCo'"t
had no right to send Inferior OIL, ana IhaO
Nv doing go he violated his contract.
yybetber or not the city paid him at the
d.st of each month for the oil furnished
aid not Offset Mr.. Nicolats Obligation
Mr.. Adams stated that there was haru-
~ any difference in the candle power OF
the gas made from oil of IS or 6S degrees
| rbe~e was only a slight difference in the
| notification. He also thought from the
| information which he had gathered while
| attending the gas convention in Chicago
that S. 50 was a fair price.
Mr. Meredith stated that under the cir
! cumstances the city was bound 70 pay
| the bills.
| Mr.. Adams explained, when questioned
| by Mr.. Taylor, that any gas OF high can
| die power did smoke, and If coal gas was
/ made of as high a candle power as the
present water-gas it would smoke him out
] Of the house.
Mr.. Davis moved that the bill Of Ar.
| Nicolai be paid as rendered by Mr.. Nj
! coIai at the rate of $3.50 Carried.
| When asked by MIR. Davis, the City
! Attorney stated that under the circum-
| stances the city could not cancel the con-
/ tract at this time.
AIr. Nicolai was then called in and stat
| ed that he proposed TO send the oil Just
the way the contract called for. lie eN-
| plained that Immediately after the award
| ing Of the contract, the Standard oil Com
| pany made a corner in oil. whereby he
was cramped TO some extent. He expect
! ed. however. TO furnish hereafter the
| quality OF the oil for which the contract
called He said that heretofore he had
/ been I'm the belief that the oil which he
ordered for this city was of the quality
which he ordered. while II afterwards
! turned out 10 be Of inferior quality. lie
! promised that hereafter there would be no
further trouble I'm regard to the gravity
! Of the oil.
! Mr. Nicolai then retired and Mr.. Mere
| dith explained that the former was not
at fault, for be only continued 10 furnish
! the OH until the city paid his bill for the
/ oil furnished. lie was OF the opinion that
| the city was compelled to pay the extra
| price for the oil furnished recently by
| The Standard on Company
After some further discussion, the COM
! mittee decided 10 continue TO take the oil
from Mr. Nicolai. provided it comes up
TO the contract.
The committee also decided 20 pay the
bill Of the Standard OH Company amount
| inZ TO sl3S5.5S.
The bill Of Mr. Nicolal, as allowed by
| the committee. amounted 10 Sl,3i356.