The age-herald., 1898-02-11
HAS BORNE RICH AND
 LUSCIOUS FRUIT The Age-Herald'S Fight Against the Gas
 Company. IT Is C0NCLUSIVELYSETTlED That the People Will Not Pay More Than $i Per One Thousand Feet-The City
 May Earn Revenue Under
 New Fre-chise.
IT Is CONCLUSIVELYSETTLED

The Age-Heralds great reform work toward providing cheap gas for the peo- pie of Birmingham will soon bear ripe and luscious fruit. Its work has already been productive of good, but the results will be found more favorable than the most enthusiastic advocate of The Age-Heralds 5 course dreamed of.
 Birmingham is not only to have cheap gas, but the indications now are that the city will be put in position where 1t can derive a handsome revenue from the sale of a new franchise.
 Several weeks ago the board of alder men passed an ordinance declaring the franchise of the Birmingham Gas com- pany annulled. Since that time the pres- ent company has been operating without a city license. It has been doing business by the suffrage of the people, Its officers have been requested by the special cons mttee of the board of aldermen to make a bid for supplying the city and citizens of Birmingham with gas. Up to date the Birmingham Gas company has put in no bid
 ParryIng for Position Its president has appeared before the special committee of the board of alder men, but he has spent his time in parry ing for position and in endeavoring to find if the committee would close with his company. provided he put in a bld In the meantime, other interests have been at
  ing on supplying the city of Birmingham with cheap and better gas.
 It is understood that the special com mittee of the board of alderment will meet again on Saturday of this week to receive bids from any companies or in dividuals that might desire to bid for sup plying the city of Birmingham with illum- mating and fuel gas. The Age-Herald has it that bids as low as one dollar TOT H. luminating gas and perhaps as low as 60 cents for fuel gas will be rendered, and 1t is further probable that with such bids will be incorporated the present policy of the Cleveland (Ohio) Gas company, name ly that the city shall receive from the gas company for the privilege accorded it, certain percentage of the gross receipts of the said gas company. It might be that this per centage will be as high as five per cent on Illuminating gas and two per cent on fuel gas. The percentage, 1t is said, will be upon the gross receipts.
 Has Won the Victory
 The details are, however, matter of the future. The Age-Herald has won signal victory for the people. The. citizens of Birmingham will no longer have to pay $1.65 per thousand cubic feet for gas. They will get it for $1 per thousand cubic feet and perhaps less. Certainly not over H. This is the price The Age-Herald has been fighting for. This is the price the people are sure to get The matter will probably be settled finally at the meeting of the board of aeldrmen next Wednesday even ing.
 Whether there will be new company or an old company, it is certain that the board of aldermen will not allow any com- pany to charge exceeding s1 per thousand feet. That much is definitely, conclusively and finally settled.