Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-16
FOR GAS INSPECTION
NET EXPENSE SHOWN By an
NUAL REPORT.
Detailed Report of Receipts and Ex-
penditures Submitted by In
spector Of Gas and Meters.

During the fiscal year ended June 30 the
office of the inspector of gas and meters
was conducted at a net expense to the gov
eminent of 81. $500
Ihls state of the account Is shown by COM
partson of the appropriation OF 81, $50. made
for the conduct of this branch Of the local
government In 1906. which was Identical
with the appropriation for the previous
year, with the moneys earned by the in
spector of gas and meters during the year
lso4-o5. This latter amount, shown In
the annual report of Inspector Runyan SUBJ
mltted to the Commissioners today, reached
total of 1884 40 and 1t represents the
fees collected for testing and proving 5.62S
gas meters for the two local gas companies
and for consumers of gas within the Dis
trict of Columbia Inspector Runyan states
that the amount collected was paid to the
collector of taxes to be placed to the credit
of the United States and the District Of
Columbia in equal parts directed by act
of Congress
In his detailed report of the number of
meters tested. the inspector explains that
3.1S6 were new meters 917 were repaired
meters, 1Oo were consumers complaint
meters and $50 were company complaint
meters. OF the 1O5 consumers complaint
meters, 4o-ll per cent were fast 47.S0 per
"ciS toiieCt ana t.O9 per cent were
either slow or failed to register. OF the
so meters tested on complaint of the gas
companies q were found 10 be fast 6 were
correct, 900 were Slow and 273 failed to
register.
After stating that the gas supplied by the
Washington Gas Light and Fuel Company
Is subjected to examina ton in three test
ing stations, one at 1885 14th street north
west, where. under normal conditions gas
comes entirely from the company's nIant
at 18th and streets northwest; one at
900 ID street southeast, where, under normal
conditions. gas comes entirely from the
pant at 12th and NJ streets southeast. and
at the central laboratory, 10th and D streets
where gas may be supplied from either of
the TWO plants or may be a mixtur from
ooth, the inspector gives the results of
tests, as follows:
Results Of Tests.
During the past year S37 official deter
limitations Of candle power were made by
this office of the gas supplied by the Wash
ington Gas Light Company, giving mean
OF 229o candles, which is 95 of one candle
above the legal requirement. The maximum
candle power found was 2671 candles, on
July 8. at the southeast testing station. and
the minimum was 10 candles on January
26 at the same station
Three hundred and three of these deter
limitations of candle power were made at
the central testing station giving a mean NJ
228 candles for this station with q mayi
mum of 1852 candles and a minimum Of
2O.33 candles.
Two hundred and sixty-one determine
lions or candle power at the northwest sta
ton gave mean of 1881 candles with % 20
candies as maximum and PIT as a mini
mum. ~
Two hundred and seventy-three determt-
nations of candle power at the southeast
station gave a mean of q. SO candles. with a
maximum of 26.71 candles and a minimum
of 10 candles
On forty-one days during the year the
Illuminating power of the gas supplied by
TINS company was below % candles in one
or more testing stations. Whenever this oc-
CURED the company was notified in writing
or TINS deficiency and copy of such notice
forwarded to the honorable board of Com
miSsonerS."
The Illuminating Power
The Illuminating power of gas furnish
ed by the Georgetown Gas Light Com
pany to all that section of the city living
west of Rock creek was shown In the fol-
lowing report of tests made during the
year:
Three hundred and four official photo
metric tests were made of this commands
gas at the Georgetown testing station of
this ONCE, located at No. 1926 32d street
ne mean OF these tests was %. 40 candles.
winch is 40 candles above the legal re-
quirement. The maximum was 2s62
candles and the minimum was 1871 can
dies On twenty-seven occasions the can
die power proved to be lower than the
legal limit of p candles"
What the inspector regarded as a thor
oughly satisfactory condition was shown
in the report of analyses of the gas fur
nished by both companies, which proved
that rarely, If ever did the supply of
either company contain more than the
legal limit of ammonia sulphur or hydro-
gen sulphide.