The morning times., 1896-03-18
oil. with a candle power of 90, perhaps, on

Oil, with candle power or 22, perhaps, on
an average.
senator Faulkner-You think then it
would be fair TO raise the standard from
% to 24 and use Brays burner No. as
the test?
Mr. Love-I do. sir.
Senator Galiinger-How would 1t be TO
raise it 10 26, the point at which you have
il in New York?
Mr.. Love-The difficulty about that would
be that the average OF 26 is made up by
taking an average OF a great number of
water gases and of very little coal gas.
In Washington you have gas which is COM
! posed OF ID coal gas. | think you would
| find that, on the whole, "a or 20 candle
gas with a flat flame burner, would be
| more satisfactory tnan 26 candle gas.
Senator Faulkncr-Without any refer
ence to the interests of the company, which
would make the best Illuminating gas, "a,
| 20. or 26, candle power?
| Mr.. Love- am looking at il only from
| that standpoint and not from the stand
! point of the interests OF the company, in
which ! have no interest whatever.
Senator Baker-What do you say about
what the candle power should be?
Mr.. Love- have tested il for two weeks
and ! think the average would be about
! "a l-2 by that burner.
Senator Faglkner-Throwing out of Cou-
| sidcration the interests of this company
what. in your judgment would be the best
| candle power. give the best illumination,
and give the best satisfaction with a gas
manufactured of onc-third coal and two
/ thirds water?
Mr.. Love-I should say "a candle power
| by a Bray burner.
Senator GaHnger-That would be Just
what we have now?
PLUS POWER MARGIN.
Mr.. Lovc-Just about what you have
! now You must bear in mind that the
company must carry the power n margin
above that. twill have to run it upto %.
| Senator Gllnger-You think that would
! give the best results?
| Mr. Love-It would not give as much
light as a 80 candle gas, hut with 80
candle gas the consumer would be very
much annoyed with smoke. / think the
| best practical result would be obtained by
| "a or 20 candle gas.
| Senator McAnLan-Here In Washington a
| great many people complain of poor lights.
Is that because OF the old pipes in the
! houses being rustc,l and not in proper con
| ditiOn, or what is the trouble? =.
! Mr Love-I have not examined that.
Senator MCMllan-You have had expert
encc i'll it?
Mr.. Love-It is very common complaint.
| l have found, in certain cases, that there
was deficiency of pressure. Where the
| essential that he has more pressure than
| If he uses al Argand burner. / have in
| veStgated this matter TO some extent in
| New York, and have found that the pipes
| may be small or they may be rusted ana, i'll
a great many cases, the burners them
| selves are very defective. understand The
gas company puts in burners for the con-
| sumers in order to obviate that here
| IndG is Very common practice IN New
York. In fact, they generally do try TO
| satisfy the consumers by giving them
| burners. If the house was Improperly
| piped when it was built, or the pipes are
| small, or they become obstructed III any
way, no matter what pressure the gas
| company puts on, you cannot get gas
| through The burner to give light
MR.. M'MILLAN's PIPE.
Senator McMillan-That was my exper-
fence in my stable and the back part of
| nay house. They were not lighted properly,
| and yet the gas in the front part of the
house seemed TO lie all right. l had an
| examination made and finally they dug
down and found the pipe was very small.
II had been put in there by Mr.. Gait when
| he built the house, and il was probably
| adequate for him, with one or two horses,
but when / bought the house / needed
more light there in the stable TO wash
carriages, etc. 1 put in new
|
| had Just a. good light in the back as
did in the front part of the house. have
been wondering whether that is not the
trouble with a great many of those who
complain about tie quality of the light.
Mr.. Love-That is u very common source
of complaint.
Mr.. Winship-Before you sit down, Mr.
Love, will you allow me 10 ask you how
high candle PC wer gas ii is possible to
make with pure coal gas?
Mr.. Love-Csing coal alone?
Mr.. WiuShip-Using coal alone; the best
qualities of camel and the best qualities
! OF Youghiogheny.
Mr.. Love-Do you speak Of the best il
is possible to make?
Mr.. Winship-For ordinary use.
Mr.. Love-If you Were going TO make
gas from coal alone / should think twenty y
candles was coed standa rd, but OF course
you can make it thirty candles. Nobody
would, however, want to use it.
Mr.. Winship-I~ am talking about Or
| dinary commercial gas.
Mr.. Loye-Yes.
Senator Faulkner-I would like to know
why they could not make as good gas in
Washington as they do in New York. The
proposition here is TO give us twenty-foul
candle power by that burner.
Mr.. Love-AS | have already stated, the
average in New York for the first two
months of this year was twenty-SiX candle
You would get, perhaps, twenty-five candle
and no man on earth can tell the difference
between-t he two in the illumination.
Senator Faulkner-Tbat would give a
good practical light?
Mr.. Love-It would give good light
In addition to that you have a very rigit
test here. Outside of New York l do
not know of any city where they have sc
rigid a test. In Boston they do not make
more than fifty-two tests year, a ones
a week test, but i'll Washington you have
a daily test, the same as We have in New
York.
Mr.. McIlhenny-we have Captain White
of New York here.
Senator McMillan-We would like to heal
what Captain White has to say.
Mr.. McIlhenny-He is an expert of ma
tional reputation.
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen Of the
oughly covered in this matter that it seems
committee: The ground has been SO thor
to me TO be almost useless to take up youl
time with any further discussion of 1t.
II understand now that we are to address
ourselves only to this bin with reference
to ma king the price Of gas one dollar pei
thousand. The question of competing gai
companies has already been considered"