Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-14
CHEAP LIGHT and FUEL.
The City and County Gas
Company's Offer.

Trusts and Tia. One 81 the Finest PLANTS
In the Country-Thousauds sign reti-
t,on Favoriug II.
The question of economics is one
that Is being carefully studied by all
the people Of the civilized world at
This time. The issue between the con-
sentative use OF money and extrava.
yance has been forced upon the tax
paying and family supporting citizens
Of the various cities Of the country
by the trusts and combines that seek
to initiate prices OF necessities by cor.
nering their respective supplies. 1t
Is these unlawful aggregations Of
boarded wealth that bring about
Instructions and agitated controver.
~ between capital and labor
There are in Chicago many Of
these trusts, but In direct ef.
feet on the people none Of them Is
more kcenly felt than the gas com.
bine. The lighting and heating
of homes and the preparation Of food
are enhanced In cost by the gas com.
bination that fxes price for gas far
In excess Of its actual value. This
conclusion is arrived at by comparl.
son Of the gas in Chicago with other
large cities. Although there is an
antitrust law existing In Illinois, It
is an astonishing fact that all efforts
to break the iron bands that hold
the gas magnates together have so
far failed, and further, individual
companies that have offered to fur.
nish gas at a reasonable price provided
a franchise could be secured from the
city, have been inexplicably refused
and their proposition relegated to
the dark chamber OF a forgot.
ten past. There Is just now
budding iato prominence new
gas company, outside the thraldom
OF trusts, that has come before the
people Of the West Side particularly,
as q measure OF economy In the con.
sumption Of gas. 1t Is known as the
City and County Gas Company. This
concern should be given proper
hearing, as It is sure to be. by the
citizens Of Chicago when the proper
time arrives. The projectors Of this
company are men of high standing
and financial responsibility In the
commercial world, and they are de.
termined to carry out every detail OF
organization to give to the people Of
this city cheap gas irrespective Of
trusts or combines On May !, 1891,
the Cicero Gas Works, o company
formed to supply gas to the suburban
villages OF Oak Park, Austin and
Riageland, was launched. The
process Of manufacturing gas adopted
by this company IL known as the
Rev Process and Apparatus, and 1t Is
claimed aud has been demonstrated
since, that It Is the most desirable
method OF producing gas known.
The success that attended the career
Of the Cicero Gas Works evolved the
present City and County Gas Com.
pany, which was organized last year,
but the operations Of which will
eventually extend throughout Chi.
cag0. The company was organized
with capital stock OF &30, 900, 900,
with the following officers: Henry
C Rev, President; Nelson A. Nc.
Clary, Secretary; Irwin Rev,
Treasurer, and Edward +. Morrell.
Engineer. The plant OF the company
10 the same ~ the Cicero Gas Works,
but plans for extensions and i'm.
provements are being made for both
the city OF Chicago and Cook County
that will cost go, 900, 900, equally
divided. The present use is about
30, 900 feet Of gas per day, but by
September the company will be sup.
plying over 100. 900 feet per day.
They have . capacity OF about 8,00O,.
600 feet II required. In tact the
plant Is one OF the finest In the coun.
try. The present rate charged Is
about l35 cents per 1000 feet, but
even this cost may be reduced In a |
short time. The plant covers an
area Of nearly three acres OF ground, |
and every device known to modern
scientific gas manufacture Is in use.
In laying their pipes for the distribu.
ton OF gas on the West Side, this
company will MI a long.felt want by
large population, as many of the
streets and districts they propose to
enter are absolutely without gas or
lighting OF any kind except the
obsolete coal OF! lamp. Every house
wife who has used gas for cooking
during the hot summer months APP
preciates the boon gas is for women
as fuel. For heating purposes dur
ing the winter months it has no
equal, and Is absolutely the cleanest,
safest and should be the most mex