The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

town Ga5light companies has during tbs
last fiscal year frequently been below III,
standard required by law is shown in III,
annual report Of Z. q. Runyan. inspector
/ OF gas meters Of the District. The repor
shows that Of 2.l75 meters OF the com
pany examined but q per cent were
found 20 be correct.
The regulations in regard 70 the candle
power and purity Of the Illuminating ga
supplied in the District state that The
Illuminating power Of the gas shall bt
equal 70 twenty-five candles by the Bun.
sen photometer, using the Bray slit unior
burner No. :. consuming five cubic feel
of gas per hour. and such gas shall not
contain more than twenty grains Of sui
phur in any form in 100 cubic feet. mol
more than five grains Of ammonia in any
form in 100 cubic feet. and shall be free OF
the impurity known as hydrogen sui
phide"
The regulations further direct that daily
tests shall be made 10 see that the gas
supplied comes up 20 these requirements
Four Testing stations in City.
To carry out these regulations. four In
spection or testing stations are main
tanned in the District Of Columbia. one.
the Georgetown testing station. at I22G
Wisconsin avenue. in the territory Of the
Georgetown Gaslight Company. and three
in the territory Of the Washington Gas
light Company. namely. the southeast
testing station. at Fifth and D streets
southeast; the northwest testing station.
at 1895 Fourteenth street northwest. and
the central testing station and Office
headquarters, ar Tenth and . streets
northwest.
With regard 10 the tests at the various
stations the report says:
During the year just passed, So official
photometriC tests were made Of the illu-
mmating gas supplied by the Washington
Gaslight Company. with mean OF 22.si
candIepower. (which was 09f Of one can
die above the legal requirement The
highest candle power was Z763 candles a,
the southeast station. on March s, 1857.
and the lowest 160i candles az the same
station. on September IS 1876
Below Legal Requirements.
Three hundred and five photometric
tests AT the central testing station gave
d mean Of % ~ candle power. with a max
imum Of 2I53 candles on March g 1877,
and a minimum Of 1872 candles on No
vember .. 1895. on seventy-f9ur DAYS the
tests Showed the Illuminating power Of
the gas az this station 20 be below the
legal requirement of 200 candles Feb
ruary and April were the months showing
the greatest number of defaults.
Two hundred and ffty-one photometric
tests at the southeast station gave
mean Of z10 candles. with. a maximum
OF -I63 candles on March 8. 1907. and
a minimum of 1906 candles on September
Is 1895 on s.xty-fye days the tests
showed a candle power below @ candles
Eighty per cent OF these defaults oc-
CURED while the water gas department
of the southeast gas works was prac-
ideally dismant.ed during the installa-
tl0u Of new water gas apparatus
Two hundred and sixty-fye inspec-
tions at the northwest station gave
mean OF 23S3 candles. with a maximum
OF 2515 candles on December 6. 1906. and
a minimum OF @62 candles on October
8 1906. on four days during the year
the tests showed an Illuminating power
below - candles at this station
On two days the candle power was
below - candles at all three stations.
and on twenty-nine days the average
candle power for the three stations was
Dei0w - candles. These low results were
nearly ali obtained during the time new
apparatus was being installed at the gas
works.
Georgetown COmpany's Defaults.
Three hundred and three official photo
metric tests wers made Of the gas sup
piled by ,thte Georgetown Gaslight Com
piny, yielding an average Of 22Sf candles.
The highest result was 2T55S candles on
October a. 1906. and the lowest. 1918
candles. on December i. 1906. On thir-
,y-nine days the tests showed the IL
Eliminating power of the gas to be less
than % candles.
During the year the Office inspected and
proved 6.S25 meters. Of which number 6.J09
were at the request of the Washington
S2sliGht Company and the Washington
consumers OF the 1.057 meters inspected
Tor the consumers. according to the re-
port, 40, OF 1913 per cent. were fast an
average error Of 622 per cent: g. or al
Der cent were slow. an average error OF
-S5 per cent: So. or 1854 per cent. were
correct. and one failed 10 register. The
lis company complaint meters showed
2. or l07 per cent. TO be fast; average
error. 5.7f per cent; 637. or 56-9S per cent.
we're slow; average error, 26.4z per cent;
-. or 1.91 per cent, were correct, and Az.
II 39.9S per cent, failed to register the
yas passing through them
Meters Not Correct.
Forty-three meters were inspected on
complaint of consumers in Georgetown.
If this number Il. or 25.5S per cent. were
asst; average error, A57 per cent: 2. or
80 per cent, were slow; average error. 4
,er cent. and so. OF 6a77 per cent. were
ound to be correct. Ten meters were in |
pected on complaint of the Georgetown |
iaslight Company. One proved to be s |
'er cent slow, one per cent fast. and |
light were correct.
In his estimates for the next fiscal year, |
IT. RunyOn asks that his salary be in |
reased from 5000 TO $500 a year. and /
ecOmmends the following increases in |
he salaries of his subordinates: 3. J. !
Waters, assistant inspector Of gas me-
ers from $1oo0 to 1880. and T. A. |
2itchie, assistant inspector, from $50 TO
l00o.
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