People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-04

The Wellington Illuminating Com
pany. Welsbach Incandescent Bur
ners, Eclipse Electric Light-ln
Point of Cost and Illuminating Pow
er-Popularity of Cooking and Heat
ing by Gas-Geo II. Grouse, Super
intendent.
1t is quite safe to say that the i'm
provements in the manufacture OF llu-
minating gas have made as great pro-
gress as in that of any other industry
Electricity has become an active com
petitOr. and is largely instrumental in
squirting the gas companies to attain
the highest degree of efficiency coupled
with lowness in cost. That gas is now
the cheapest. best and most reliable
means of lighting has been established
beyond doubt by the introduction of
the "Welsbach - incandescent gas
burners, the advantages of which may
be summed up as follows: II doubles
the illumination from an ordinary ga;
jet. at the same time reducing the bill
about one-half The following would
be comparative table of cost: Ten
improved Nelsbach lights, consuming
thirty cubic feet of gas per hour, and
producing six hundred candle power,
cost six cents per hour, figuring gas at
81 per 900 cubic feet. Ten ordinary
flame burners cor suming sixty cubic
feet of gas per hour, aud producing
two hundred and fifty candle power,
cost twelve cents per hour.
The gas supply of Wellington is one
of the best to be found in a city OF its
size, as it has the highest standard of
Illuminating power. and is furnished at
a rate as low As any city having the
same consumption: in fact, the present
plant could supply twice the present
consumption without any material add
vance i'm cost, SO that our citizens can
readily understand that greater con-
sumption means lower price for gas.
The Wellington Illuminating Company
has been established since 1893, 1t hav-
ing taken over the original plant start
ed in 1886 Since its inception it has
made practical efforts to meet all the
city's demaad. The policy Of the com
panv has not been. what can we du?,
but what new appliances can we get
that will increase the quality and re-
duce the cost of gas. As the result
they have today modern plant, hav-
ing a capacity of $1,000 feet per day
and over twelve miles of mains
There is one department to which
the company is deyOting considerable
attention, and which is well worthy
the consideration of every hOusekeeper,
and that is, the use of gas for cooking.
In this respect they are being most
successful. there being large number
in use These stoves are more ecOnO-
mical than coal: wood or oil, and pres
ent so many advantages to the house
wife that anyone using them will never
be without them; There is nothing
affords greater comfort in cooking in
hot weather than there use, for it OBJ
viates the eXhau>ting work by coal
fire. The company mike special low
rate for gas used in stoves, and have
arrangements whereby the stoves can
be obtained "a very low cost. They
gladly furnish all information on tins
point.
The management of the company is
in the hands of Mr. Geo. H. Grouse, a
gentleman we'll and favorablv known
in the community. He realizes that
much of the company's success is due
to having the good will and eo-opera-
ton of their patrons, and he leaves no
stove unturned to secure this.
The management of the Wellington
Illuminating Company is public spirit
ed; and they fully realize the RESPONSE
bility that the company plays in the
upbuilding of our city, and are prepar
ed at all times to have the company do
its share We hope our citizens realize
that before reaching its present salts
factory condition the company had to
overcome many difficulties and spend
much money in improvements for the
management is resolved that the com
pany shall be 70 back nu': ber," but
constantly up to date and are under
taking of which our citizens may just
ly be proud