St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-22
THE GAS INVESTIGATION.
ANOTHER oar SPENT OF 4. YsRy
WINDY SUBJECT
THE TESTIMONY ALL salS,
And the arguments to Re Heard
ON Monday-Prof Jones, of'the
University, Furnishes the Re
suit of an Analysis Which
Startles the Company - John
Goodnow on ths stand.

The gas arbitration com Nitteel re-
sumed its investigation yesterday morn
Ing, when evidence in rebuttal was
offered by City Attorney Simpson.
John G0odnow was the first witness,
and he was called upon to give such
information as lay i'll his power con-
corning coal rates between Buffalo.
He testified that the rate last year from
Buffalo and Cleveland was 40 cents per
ton, the dockage 81 to 40 cents, and the
railroad rate from Duluth to Minneap-
oils was 81 on soft coal and $l.5U on
hard coal.
Replying to further queries. he said:
IF were selling coal to the gas coin
pany should add to the Buffalo or
Cieueland price the cost OF freight and
then allow a very small margin Of
profit"
HAS not the freight rate OH the lake
been a matter subject to great varia-
tion?" asked Mr.. jackson. lis 1t not
sometimes as high as dollar tOn?"
ut has run from 10 cents to IS cents
in the past few years. The figures last
The witness did not know about the
cost of unloading coal in the gas COM
pany'S yards.
The examination of Mr.. Goodnow re-
suited III number Of pleasantries and
considerable swift repartee.
w. ii. Levings, secretary of the gas
company. was upon the stand for few
minutes.
sWhat is fair allowance for extra
ordinary expenses as referred to by Mi.
Guldlin IN his estimates the other day?'
said Mr.. Jackson.
lit varies." said Mr.. Levings, ''per-
haps Sl5, 200 10 $4,000 per annum. That
would De .0S per thousand feet Of gas on
the output OF last year." The last was
based on an average Of $4,000, suggest
ed by MIR. Jackson
Prof. Jones, of the department of
physics of the university. was then
called as witness tor the city, and his
testimony rather discOncerted the wit
nesses who had testified for the gas
company, lnastnuch as there is wide
divergence between the latter and him
self concerning the candle power used.
Prof. Jones testified that he made
about 200 tests Of the gas furnished by
the gas company during the latter part
OF last March. He used a Bnnsen pho
tometer for the photometric test. gas
holder for measuring quantity, and a
water manometer for measuring press
ure. He used fiat flame fish-tailed
burner of the ordinary type. 1t was one
furnished him by Aid. SnydeE; the
burner was duly produced in court. 10
get the test fame be used an American
Meter company standard candle, which
he tested before using. ,nu
Ae produced chart showing that The
Ordinary pressure furnished by the gas
company burns about five cubic feet per
hour, producing candle power OF hi,
yl,ilas the cOmDanV claimed a candle
power of so. t9sG
MIR. Douglas, Of the gas company.
cross examined the witness at great
length. IN which the manner OF making
tests, and good de.u of technical
ceedings being enlivena ed by number
of breezy tits, greatly to the amuSe-
ment of the audience.
Prof. &. B. Frankforter, of the chem.
istry department of the university, was
called next.
Il made about thirty analyses OF the
gas in April" said Prof. Frankforter.
1.-The average Of twenty tests showed
the following constituents: -
Carbon dioxide,5 so per cent; oxy gen,
IL per cent; heavy hydrocarbonsa9.0
per cent; carbon monoxide. 20.4 per
cent: hydrogen, 292 par cent;
lnetham. Is. per cent; nitrogen, 16.1 per
cent; total. 1000 per cent.
81 he oxygen varied from 2 to 81 per
cent; the carbon diOxide from IA TO 60
per cent, and the nitrogen lilo to. ala
per cent?
After further testimony was elected
on the same line the hearing was de-
ciared closed and the arguments were
set for Monday at 9 a. m.