The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10
new HOLDER
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Plans to be I'utio,1 Foot at Once Once
ftlsS'rl,is Addition 70 City's
ii 38.G3a Gas Plant.
NEED 3sFoR IMPERATIVE { e. ! E:
iOld8T1olders Inadequate ai1,tl No NC,
Provisional Accident OF
Emergency.

After many long years OF waiting anu
worrying, the light department Of Rich
mo,1d "a enabled ut last to udd to us
}ed,1ininent the much needed gas holder
for the West End. Isl b
Il, No tom Of tho budget ANNOUNCED Mon
EdnyFnlgM Is ofRmorc co,rnntdli'g'l w N e. 81
est than that which sets apart 1 soV'oVo
forsthe establishment of tho proposed new new
holder. This is but O portion OF "a W. ~ !
amount required but more VIII be FORTH
comini, when If is needed, AS the plan
81 Inc city government is understood IT
4 designed to prevent the necessity OF q,
bond issue and to substitute for ~ all
nppropriation or the amount III three
sll ccesslve yearly instruments %ssl y order
ato3lct tho work or construction proceed
az once tic money WILDE borrowed. So
VERY MUCH STATISTIC ED.
lii the light department at the a SS NY
HALL yesterday much ia faction W ,l1
expressed ovcrfthe prospect Of getting
the new hoeler.8 lN3sitc, has not yet been zen
chosen, but It will be ut some point
above Firth Street. 1t Is understood
that bids will 3be advertised u for very
shortly and that work will begin soon.
An effort Twill be made to have the hold
er rcndS3in time for use next win ter. az ~
which season of tho year tbs most need
gcd.$ E Es4 f ,33SS{ Y .ss{ gs'sS . 5f5@
the agitation for q new gas-holder IN
Richmond has becy going On with s5o y,
scni,t success heretofore. The # needs
were Erent, and as time sped on and
the old holders became more and more
rusty and worn and full Of holes and nc
cracks, tho city was CONSTANT el'joS1ng
tho sensa tionnl danger$of being az an!
moment OF the evening plunged into
complete darkness. save for the sputtoC75,
In
( On Il long day OF winter the consump-5
ton Of gas 1iniRichmond amounts to close
upon i 10000 feet. AZ This was about the
figure on the oath OF December last. Tho
combined cnpucityFof the three old ~ Is
fairs now in use in 7ao, 900 feet. The I'M
mediate result Of this state of things IS
easy TO see.W The valves had TO be KEPT
open and the gas sent II rough 70 INC
burners without storage. When the pres
sire e inches) began TO weaken, the gas
il the holders was turned loose, and the
Two streams were operated together TO
supply the city. The immediate effect
OF this was practically to drain the hold-
&ers OF the gas that should have been held
lfol emergencies. On any evening ~ lishti
upset lii the machinery, tho larger, portion
81 which is not duplicated and tho tlu -i
pltcatcd portion OF which had TO pe pHsf
10 use to meet the current demands,
would have caught the city with a gus
s,,rplyi that would have lasted Sabon two
hours. For Instance, ~ 2 break had Oh
&c,irrcd ats p. M. tho city would haEo
been IN pitch darkness l1y Q CLOCK = = 9,
only this. one old worn, out holder pracli-
cully controlled the situation. Before 't
could reach the two holders a the upper per
works, which Is altogether a repair and.
distributing point the gas had 70 pass
through theilower Works
Tho new holder will haze q ca pa,clty I! q
1000 coo feet. BY ways wi v be cons tr,lct-
ed around tile holder atE the lover WORKS
I'd as to give it an independe e 81 pplS:
BY means of this rev holder enough 8sns
car be kept in storage continually 10
supply the city in CO Sc of emergency'iN
further benefit will be in a, better regu--.
lation of the pressure In the West End
Gas In its operations is the converse OF
water, in tina 1t seeks the highest point
while fluid finds alevel. Therefore, when
the gas, which began at two Inches
reaches the high places of the West End
tho pressure Is about three inches. IS Un-3
less observant people, nware Of tho con Z
dtions, turn the light down, as the pres
sure Increases during the night tana
million cases. considerable gas is wasted.
The new holder will change all of this.
MUSIC IN TIE PARKS.
Another interesting feature OF tho
budget is the appropriation for music in
the parks The sum-S2 ,SD-is the same
us it was last year. America, and no..
tably this section of America. is lamenta-
bly, weak in those forms Of popular
amusement that are SO marked a fen
ture Of European life. The provision for q
music in the parks is a grateful depar-
ture that seems to commend itself 4 to
everybody, and particularly to the chill
dren. Tho arrangements this year Will
probably be similar to those OF the last.
FULTON NEWS.