The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-02

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4 IN Philadelphia yesterday before the spe-
clAl committee Of Councils the clerk read
!. the ordinance submitted by the Bay State
Gas Company. OF which J. Edward A6.
] dicks Is president. George l.. Crawford
appeared for the company and explained
that willis the application was made In the
nanie Of tho Bay State Gas Company OF
Delaware, the works would be operated
either by the City Gas Company already
chartered In this city, or a new company
The City Gas Company's charier was Sc
cured under the laws OF Pennsylvania and
1.-THE amount of its capital will be deterlnin'
Cd mon later Mr.. Crawford nusweredln
the affirmative the usual questions pro-
,, pounded by The chairman as 10 the ability
of the company TO do the work, it assets
etc, aud then asked the committee to hear
Mr. Addicks on tho business Side OF tho
proposition.
MIR. Addicks' thrn went on to give a
sketch Of the company no represents, say
y ing that it had been organized uuGer tho
laws Of Delaware and was in operation IN
Boston. He said that the directors ol tho
Subsidiary company, the CITY Gns o0lh.
-pany, ARC at present dummies, put .n'tv
4 rcpuiur directorate would be appointed
md the capital raised to S5,DOl,O0h.
N. Contrasting his, 0iIer with that OF lhe
y Knitted Gas Improvement Company Mt
AddicI;s asserted that his meant $4,000
per annuin moro TO the city than mat oil
the latter company. lilo then referred 10
his ancestry on either siie TO SNOW that
lie was not u stranger In fhisaun lNip III
yvhicb city he was born In lo.s After
innuinr his company without stint, Mr.,
Addicks won't on at n tangent and advised
49, .ssy mot W part wi Ii the gus works NJ
oil.
1t had been said, he pointed out, that IL
would require mil lions to put the gas
works In proper condition. That was all
Nrot.p For $4,000 he would put up u
: complete apparatus for the manufacture
Of gas Mt Point Breeze and another such
!. apparatus for II similar sum at Richmond.
This would supply tho entire city with gas
which, II 22'candle power. could be given
the consumer At fifty cents per thousand
teot. this figure tho street lamps could
be supplied free and the city he stil in re.
ceipt of handsome revenue for other
municipal purposes.
~ WHERE POLITICS COME IN.
!. Mr.. Addicks said further that tho chief
. Of the Bureau Of Gas Is halupcrsd with
I moro mon than no needs, who for political
reasons, arc put on tby mumbtrs Of Cuun.
ellis, In reply To Mr.. Soeds he said that per-
;fecliy manufactured gas should DO us
brilliant five miles from the work, as ono
mile
In reply TO tho chairman, Mr. A;laicks
admitted that The price Of gas to tho con.
sumer in Boston is 81 per thousand feet.
He reiterated his statement that SGOJ,uUJ
would make the plants at Point Brcczc
and Port Richmond complete, and added
that 1000, 600 more would b. enough 10 cx-
pend ON the mains and service pipes. In
reference 10 II quotation made by Chairman
Clay from tho Mayors report AS to the
condition of the gas NHias and plants
Mr. Addicks said tho Mayor knew nothing
about gus, and ii also appeared al iutri.
cate subject to the chairman. AIR. AtidiGks
concluded by saying that a proposition to
give the city siJOU11 IL year for the gas
lease was Il monstrou5 one.