The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-01
MUNICH ALyAACY.
Eal..a BY JOHN kINDRIek BANGS.

AAAA1 -AAiuuHn tAAlhs hhN hNGh laaCeN
in charge OF tile municipal gas plant at
Higgsville, Ind. Professor Serihble has
had no previous experience In the man
ufacture. OF gas. but there is no man IN
the Hoosier state who can handle vari-
ons kinds of meters better tl.an 70.
and under his administration II Is
hoped the produce win more closely re-
semble the divine afiiatus than hith-
/ erto.
The estimated loss of $500 per diem
upon the CRY owned Staten Island fer.
~ In New York win be met not. as has
been feared. by an increase Of the ttx
levy. bnt by the printing Of sufficient
number of tons. of ferry bonds TO be
used'as fuel lis substitute for coal,
.theeeby- saving vast sums OF money
and the whole bond issue being con
s,ithed without adding any future OBJ
legations. interest bearing or otherwise,
TO 'rhe city debt,
I The city authorities Of Glasgow adj
initte,l 4. loss fast year OF 100000 on the
operations: Of their gas plant. AIR
SANDY MacSab, ilie humorist; OF Tropn,
las written 10 the Glasgow sunday.
American stating That these figures are
more illuminating than the gas. which
strikes the American mind as apretty
COED joke for a scotchman.
~
We hear on good authority that when
the city OF Chicago finally enters upon
the operation ef tile street car system
the substitution OF hammocks and
swinging chairs for straps is not seri.
ously contemplated.
! A sarcastic correspondent. who has
read recently that the operating ex.
| penses OF the Lakewood (0l electric
/ light plant show n cost of $l29.56
per are, writes to ask how this com
pares proportionately to The expense
OF running Noah's ark. The question
is respectfully referred TO the Union
Theological seminary. We frankly
! confess that we do not know the an
swer
4 People who live in glass houses
! should not throw stones 4 James.
town q. W man, who complained re-
Gently that the Municipality owned
electric lights OF Tint town were fire.
quently out all night was laughed out
OF court because he had 10 confess
} that lie was often out all night him
hSelf
one-tifth OF the garbage Of the city
! OF New York is consumed daily In or.
erating the electric lighting plant 10y
which the Williamsburg bridge is H.
Illuminated, n mile and half long. or,
counting both roadways. three miles.
This meanA that only per cent OF
New York's 800 miles Of street light
Ing could be Rrovidcd. FOR If all the
garbage available were used for that
purpose. If. therefore, rs has been adj.
yocated, the public\ buildings and thor.
oughfares shenld Ia lighted by cleo
tricity secured throuA III the burning Of
this commodity. 1t is Surely up TO the
loyal citizens Of New York 10 produce
more garbage than they d0\a present.
II Is to be hoped that this hut viii he
sufficient to induce the taxIAgyers to
net. for. II they do not. whoN knows
how long It win be. before tin city
finds itself at the mercy OF an nm
scrupulous. privately owned garbage
manufacturing company. organized feT
no other purpose than TO put the small
garbage producer out Of business and
TO secure the emoluments which he
long to and should therefore accrue TO
the benefit Of the people themselves?
AMlfml Rriti.h r.I.nhan. s....is.