The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-03
OZOMULSION LABORATORIES
% PINE STREET, NEW YORK.

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stand, had a number OF burners taken
from street lamps and tested at tho
Upper Works under one-inch pressure,
without placing pressure gauge on the
street lamps, from which the burners
were taken. In order to determine the ac-
tual pressure.
Then these tests cover the field of our
operation better than those made made by =. NJ Mr.
western half of the city. tFrom Eleventh
and Capitol Streets wesD.
These tests also confirm the fact that
We care for and furnish sufficient pres
cure in the lower sections of the city.
Note the readings of tests made from
lamp on seventeenth Street, between Ven
able and Darlington Streets, and on
Franklin. between Fourteenth and Mayo
Streets.
From the statement that additional
pressure could have been made available
ferred to evidently being the one in Dock
Street. on the 24.inch Main-put in on
, my Recommendation in 1902 and since
o ldea .S under r, my instructions it Is
and knew comparatively little of existing
conditions. During the hours of maxi
mum consumption from the hours of
to 10 r. Nd the greater portion. of gas
furnished the city is not suAlled through
the Upper Works, but from the Lower
Works. The valves leading into the Up
per Works being closed. cutting off these
holders. which are held in reserve until
the supply at the Lower Works Is partial
~ exhausted, or to use technical term
the holder thereat is uncoupled; then the
supply in reserve at the Upper Works is
thrown on the city to reinforce the pres
sure.
Had Mr. Bruce inquired of me as to
this matter. Il would have explained 1t
to him thoroughly.
-iality of Gas.
Mr.. Bruce reports the quality of the
gas as satisfactQrr, but assumes that it
is NOT so IN THE WINTER MONTHS,
bdsiig his assumption on INSTRUMENTATION,
learn, as to the number of changes OF
the purifying material in the purifiers.
He states that our purifying boxes We're
changed at times as often as ONCE A
DAY. / have gone over our records care
fully and find the shortest period elaps-
ing between changes to be four days
from December 9th to DecemlE 18th. 1901.
and the average changes during the years
1903 and I, was once in 1913 days.
For the year 1895. the first year of my
management, the average candle power
candle-power was 25.57-an increase of
6.s3 le-power-necessarily making q
stronger light for the consumer.
MT, sruee,s figures Ssh. show Y. a an ,.- average
His statement In which he says hold
ers were filled with water gas the night
before for repairs TO machines is value
less. as all tests We're supposed TO be
holders.
Services.
The complaint about small services is
due In the main to the fact that most
OF the dwellings in Richmond were sup
piled with pipes of ample size to more
than meet the requirements that were
expected to be made upon them. But by
the generous reduction of the price OF
gas by the Council. and the more general
use of gas for cooking and heating. the
demand upon the pipes has been far
more than was contemplated at the time
OF piping the various buildings.
The figures below will furnish conclu-
sive evidence of this fact. which show
that the consumers have increased 2474
in nine years.
The number OF meters in use in 1895
were 6,656, and in 1904 were 9,130: an In
crease of 2.4I4, and. further, the receipts
from sale of gas showed an increase of
Il per cent. for the year 1904, over the
receipts of year 1898.
This increase of consumers in the face
OF cheap electric light rates and the con-
slant increase OF the use OF electricity