Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-11
WAUvATosA GAS COMPANY.


When the Wauwatosa Gas Com
pany laid its mains and inaugurated
its service here over six years ago,
citizens of the suburb were not slow
to show their appreciation of an in
dustry that has added largely to their
comfort and welfare as well as in
creased values of city property. Be
tween seven and eight miles of mains
ere now operated in Wauwatosa with
a service that is fully equal in all re-
spects to that enjoyed by the citi-
zens of Milwaukee proper. Beyond
that, more are being added each
year, for the popularity and economy
of fuel gas is now recognized by ev-
eryone In the matter of cleanliness,
convenience and economy gas for
fuel now has advantages over all
other methods of cooking, and very
few cities of Wauwatosa's population
are favored with the benefits afford
ed by high-class gas service.
In days gone by the cooking stove,
whether it was a high-priced steel
range or a small affair of modest
proportions, was an expensive and in
convenient affair at best. A half
hours time and a quantity of kind
lings and wood, soft coal or coke,
we're consumed in getting up fire,
and twice the time taken to cool it off
and clean up the dirt and ashes. In
addition to this, in mild or warm
weather the cooking heated a por-
ton of the house almost beyond en-
durance and made life a burden to
the housewife three times a day The
gas range has supplanted all this,
and a new kitchen heater attachment
which burns either coal, coke or
wood, and which may be attached
at a moderate cost to any gas stove,
supplies all requirements in heating
kitchens not otherwise provided with
heat, at the same time saving gas
bills.
Gas ranges, stoves, heaters, illumi-
mating fixtures, and appliances of
every description are sold at the COM
pany's headquarters next to the First
National Bank in Wauwatosa, at ex-
tremely low figures. The Eclipse,
Diamond, Detroit Jewel and Famous
are leaders in gas stoves and ranges,
other good manufactures
are sold. Prices range from SIS to
S3S, including setting up and making
connections.
The uses to which gas may now be
employed are innumerable. few
years ago we had only the naked
flame. Today the mean
descent mantle lamps and inverted
burners, which shed the softest,
steadiest and most satisfactory lights
yet invented and consume less than
half the gas formerly necessary, are
almost indispensable in the house
hold and mechanical arts. Goods car
ried by the Gas Company includes
gas engines, instantaneous water
heaters for kitchen, laundry or bath
cheating the bath room in from five
to seven minutesl laundry iron
heaters, tailors and timers iron
heaters, cake bakers, portable stoves,
and all sorts Of contrivances used in
heating. lighting and power. An
opengrate heater in which terra cot
ia logs artistically arranged gives a
perfect imitation of the old fashioned
fireplace with its cheerful wood fire
AL except the smoke and danger
from flying sparks.
Service mains which run as far
eest as the viaduct are paralleled by
high-pressure mains receiving their
supply from the Milwaukee plant,
and the pressure here (which is reg
ulated by means of goyerners) is the
same as in Milwaukee. A complete
stock of stoves, fixtures and supplies
is always on hand at the Wauwatosa
office, which has large and complete
repair shop in the basement.
The Wauwatosa Gas Company is
under the management of Mr.. John
Hamme. who practically organized
the service here about seven years
ago and who has been in charge of
it ever since, Mr.. Hamme has lived
in Wauwatosa tweny-four years, be-
ing formerly connected with the Lee
feber store, and has an extensive and
favorable acquaintance. He was for
merly chief of the Wauwatosa fire
department, is. now the oldest mem
Der of that organization and takes
an active part in municipal affairs.
The Wauwatosa Gas Company has al
ways kept fully abreast of the times,
adopting modern inventions and inn
provemonts as they developed, and
extending its mains into new terri
tory as far as it is built up. This
policy has been a potent factor In
developing suburban residence dis
tricts and towns, and as a result its
plant is now one of the most com
plete and modern to be found in the
country.