The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-24
FIRST MADE GAS FOR LIGHTING.
Hatchard the Name and 1889 the Year
Fear Of Hurting Trade Stopped Il.

Hatchard the Name and 1889 the Year
Fear OF Hurting Trade Stopped It.
I, Hatchard in the London Mirror. ,SsS
In the year 1888 the late lord Ddndona a
Gather Of Lord Cochrancl discovered The
sulphur In coal and produced from IL what
was then called "coal tar" which was
recommended to the government for tarrlnr
snip bottoms. | was emplovel Inv Erv
Alr. Hughes tageut TO his ordShlp tn write
lalr copies otSAe process TO be laid before
In l7s0 | witnessed some experiments. on
q small scale, Of the power OF steam. cte..
by my next door neighbor an elderly mln
named Campion, who had lost large sums
az Bristol In making mixed metals and
other curious articles He vas a Quaker,
ana had a comfortable annuity allowed b.,
his society. Ia course OF conversation /
stated Lord Dundoualds mode OF oxtrgctina
tar from coal and inquired of him II he
did not think 1t might he applied for ligh
10y baking the coal and setting fire TO the
smoke. He was of opinion tnat il could
and We first thought OF its Application In
lighthouses on the scacoast
ncNt had fireplace aud chimncv erect
"a IN my garden in Brewer street, Plmlico.
ON% the lire l placed an iron not wblrh
held about half bushel Of Goals. To- wai h
attached tin cylinder, made nlrtIgat,
me funnel at the top OF which was ab ut
three inches In diameter The smoke When
lghted produced n column of bright flame
apparently six feet high and eighteen in hes
IN diameter, which burned for six or seven
hours, and appeared not to be affected By
wind or rain
] next attached, horizontally. pipes ahout
Twelve Inches apart, about the size Of tho
touch.hole OF n muskct. On the upright
Pipe being stopped the smoke issued ous
or the holes and produced light equal to
iour penny candles from each hole, by stop
ping which the light became rxtingulshel
in moment now made several eNp ri
mcnts and thought of iluminatlons light.
ing manufactures with gas Instead Of
candle street lamps, etc
As ! was then daily engaged with an
eminent architect, Mr.. Campion. / com,
inundated my discovery to him and he
wrote to the Trinity company 4 few o.
the members came and stayed great part
OF the night, and were much pleased with
the light; and which, lf adopted would
have saved an immense sum 10 COVE I.
ment, since the coke, at that time, would
nave produced more money than the coal
cost
was Informed 10y MIR Camplcn that the
principal objection was that IL would In
1ure the oil trade. which was considered
nursery for seamcn. The gentlemen made
rs present, which betrayed unr expenses
and Mr.. Campion being about four score
and myself little more than one. tho mat
ter was dropped.
Mr.. Campion once told me that man
ufacturcr from birmingham had been with
him, and was DESTROYS of obtaining our pro.
cess, for which he offered liberal sum;
but Mr. Compion having heard much ~
the effects of former failures stopped the
negotiation, and, 10 use the old gentle
mans expression, 'auoThcr pitcher was
broken" and the conversation ended
About twelve years after the foregoing al
tempts, a person OF the name of Winsor
advertised himself the Inventor Of gus,
etc. The procesa Is 80 simple thai my
person requiring light may have II from
their own kitchen fireplace at very small
expense