The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-18
Service.

ket St, Boyken st.
Service.
The charge for gas for illuminating
purposes was reduced from $1.70 ne
cash per thousand cubic feet to $1.4(
net cash on the first day of January
1907, and at the same time the charge
for gas for fuel purposes was reduc
ed from $1.45 net cash to $1.15 net
cash.
In the opinion of your committee
the company should De responsible
for and take jurisdiction of the ser
vice pipes up to the meter, thus elm
mating controversy between the
consumer and the company, as to the
cause of and liability for any trouble
If the quality and pressure are prop
er and sufficient at the meter, the
Company is doing all that it is called
on to do. and the trouble then lies in
the house pipes.
Supervision.
The variation in the brilliancy OIL
the light furnished has been a just
cause of complaint. This has prob
ably been caused by the works hay
ing been run without sufficient knowl
edge of modern methods of gas pro
duction on the part of the superin
tendent in charge.
We are informed by the company
that it will employ person educated
and trained in the best modern
methods of producing gas and quail
fed to run the gas works in such g
way that the product will be of uni
formly good quality. Dir. A. G. Hump
reys has stated to this committee that
he has instructions to procure such a
person. 1t is expected to have the
selection made and the new man in
charge very soon.
Your committee would recommend
that permanent gas commission OF
three be appointed, one to be selected
by the Civic Association, one by the
Business Mems Association and one
by the Gas Company, and their success
sors be appointed in the same man
ner. The duty of this commission
would be to make photometric tests
from time to time and to take pres
sure readings of the gas. Such find
ings could be communicated to the
consumers by the Gas Company when
bills are rendered.
AS your comm Ntee have not been
able to ascertain the exact cost of
making gas in Morristown, they do
not feel the would be justified in
saying what the Morristown Gas Co.
should charge; but inasmuch as towns
similarly situated are being supplied
at lower rates than are now prevail
ing in Morristown, we would suggest
as tentative rate for Illuminating
purposes $1.25 net and for fuel pur-
poses $1.15 net per thousand feet.
President Foote has stated to your
committee that the consumption OF
gas has materially increased since the
reduction in prices made on January
list, 1907. 1t would be of advantage
to the consumer and would seem to
be not unfair to the company to try
whether a further reduction would
not result in such an increased con-
sumption as to make the manufac-
ture of gas at the lower rate equally
profitable or at least sufficiently prof
table to the company
Electric Investigation.
In the investigation of the local
electric works of the Public Service
Corporation this committee was as
sisted by Mr. M A. Maxwell, of the
firm of Beadle & Maxwell, engineers
of New York City.
On application to Thomas N. Nc
Carter, President of the. Public Ser
vice Corporation, we were informed
that that corporation would be very
glad to have the committee examine
it's plant and furnish us with any 9th,
er information available.
With the consent of the company
and accompanied by its local manager
a visit was made to the electric light
station on Cole avenue and an ex
animation of the equipment at that
time was made by the committee &C
companied by it's consulting engi
neer, who under date of Feb. 9Th
1907, submitted his report, which is
attached to and forms part of this
report.
1t was admitted by the Public Ser
vice Corporations representatives
that the machinery in the works was
not in the condition it should be and
certain improvements were then said
to be in contemplation. These were
submitted in detail to our expert
Having these proposed improvements
in mind he reported as follows: eve
should consider the equipment, even
with the additions, as totally made
quate to meet the demands of the city
during the next few years. The ad
ditional equipment, excepting per
haps the boiler eve do not know
whether this is to be new or seconC
hand) has been used before, anc
neither the engine or generator art
of up-to-date manufacture.
Since the economy of the station
is away below that to be obtained
with large direct connecting units
we assume that the company intends
putting in an entirely new equipment
in the near future; hence the make
shift of using second hand appara
tus."
The committee was also assisted by
Mr.. Runyon, of the firm of Carey s
Runyon, Electrical and Mechanical