The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-27
.R|CHMONDERSARE
PUBLICLY B Il { |. KISSED. j
asCommittee Mistaken
In Philadelphia for
Grafters.
. BALTIMORE WORKS
WERE INSPECTED
In Both Cities Richmond Com
mittee Found Modern Plants.
Likely That Great Good
Will Come Of the
Trip to the
North.

The special Joint committee OF the
Il Richmond Council, appointed TO invcsti-
fate and report on the question OIL Inc
inferior quality OF gas furnnshed con
sun1ers OF this city. was "dcnounced'
Kissed and jecred'' in the streets OF Phlla-
delphia, under the impression that they
8 we-c directors In the company seeking
~ nov 10 get control OF the Philadelphia
gas works. ~
n The committee was escorted py llie llie
sergeant t-arms of the Council from one
point to another, and the Philadeiphia
\ officer was denounced along tine strcets streets
\ wherever he was recognized.
one man shook his fist in the face OF
\ the sergcant-at-arms and declared that
he was did CRATER. and that ne was
a escorting the board of directors OF the
Il new concern which Is proposing % puuLi5
cha Sc the works. *
Committee Embarrassed.
s. Don't pay any attention to him, sa.d
the sergeant farms 70 8 thc itlehIut.u ~
\, committee. THAT Is only whskey tail
ing =
n Rnt there we're jeers and hisses all
i along the way, and while the Rich
q 4mond gentlemen were treated Is royaliy
4 hy the sergcant-at.arms, they did not al
all relish being denounced as crooks ana
q gratters by those on the streets who
recognized the officer In whose charge
they were. They say. too. that the ser.
geant-at-arms seemed TO be, widely
known, and that they received misses nj
frequent Intervals.
The committee Is composed OF Messrs.
! 5llennolds and Minor, from the Board.
and Messrs. Gates Grimes and Morton.
from the lower branch.
3&ss.S The committee visited Baltimore as
well as Philadelphia. and spent some time
inspecting the works in both cities
u The members EdiG not desire to 5discliss
their trip for pub,icaton.Sbn but interesting
q facts were CLEANED from some Of them.
& In both cities they found the gas WORKS m
this reason comparisons are hard TO
make.
Nothing Is Lost.
But they say the quality OF gas is all
+ right. and in the manufacture OF the
commodity every particle OF everything 8
used in the making is consumed. thereby
Z reducing the price.
Nothing IS wasted. said one Of them.
& "Even the smoke seems TO be consumed
and utilized in some manner.
q The works were found to be up to date
In both places. and a close inspection
showed that they were run upon a strict
sly business basis Not being gas experts.
they say they are not able to judge be-
tween the quality of gas furnished here
and in the other cities referred to, and
are therefore not prepared to say that
the quality of the Richmond gas now
being furnished Is inferior.
i93s'.I am reading by very good gas
light = said a member OF the committee.
when called upon at his home last night.
"If there is anything wrong here, it
must necessarily be discovered BY the
expert which we propose to get. Ny
own belief is that we are doing the best
we could possibly do with our present
a works and facilities
II is very probable that the cty5will
build an entirely new plant OF Its own.