The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-30


Inixture. as most gas men look at IT,
Mr.. MOORF-Then, assuming that this
bin establishing q limit should pass I
what would be the effect upon the H.
Eliminating service
Mr., LOVE-UpOn illuminating gasT
AIr. MOORE-Gas.
Mr.. LOVE-Df Washington
Mr. MOORE-NCs-
Would Be Hard to Increase.
Mr.. LOVE-They would have 10 stop
the manufacture Of water gas first, and I
If you keep up the standard TO - cam ;
dies and require them 10 furnish gas Of 4
that quality then they would have 10 I
look around to enrich it some way, That /
would result in producing a gas, which. /
L think, would make q good deal Of com I
plant in Washington, as il has every
where else on account of smOkiness. /
Mr.. MOORE-Would effect would that /
have upon the people Themselves who !
are the consumers of gas? Would they
have 10 pay more for gas in the end2
Mr.. LONE-Dowu our way the legis-
lature fixes il, and YOU have to pay #
or let g. alone.
Mr.. TAYLOR-CouId the gas be man
ufactuFed, coming no To the Z2-Candle-
power, as required IN Washington as
cheapIy as Il IS manufactured uow2
Mr. LONE-TO manufacture q coal
Mir. TAYLOR-Nes. and live UP TO this
standard coal gas that makes 22-can-
0lepOWer?
Mr.. LOVE- should say yes. by all
means they have 10 introduce g new
element, the carburetiug process. for
coal gas, Il 70 rs candlepOwer and they
have 10 bring that up to ..
Mr.. SIMS-Did YOU know that George
town is served with coal gas OF D.
CaudlepOWer by the same people,
Mr. LOVE-Cnul today j old not
know what they were making / heard
Mr.. s.NTsSThe same requirement as
to Candlep0wer applies TO them as 10
this city.
Mr.. MURPHY-CouId they get a sufii-
cieut supply of camel coal and other
/ Goals 20 enrich ii unless IL was coal
gasR
/ Mr.. LOVE-We have no such supplies
i In this country. Years ago we had sub
/ stances that produced a very rich gas,
I but those have been exhausted so far
I as / know. and II would be Impossible
/ 10 obtain in this country today the ma
/ teri8l, outside Of a little, 20 bring TO
/ Candlepower up to p.
/ Mr.. MURPHY-If those supplies could
T be found. il could be done
Mr.. Lowell could bee done, but it
/ would be a smoky fame
+ SIR. MURPHH-IOu could get rid Of
f that smoky flame with a Welsbacn
/ burner, could you uOty
/ Mr.. LONE-Oh, yes; because you con
vert then all your Illuminating material
/ ia il TO u0nIuminaut flame
/ Mr.. TAYLOR-Is II a fact that YOU
/ as good a light az 22-CandlepOWer2
Mr.. LOFE-Practicallyi it depends on
+ the flame temperature 81 the gas.
/ Mr.. SIMS-I understood you TO say
/ that IL takes about six gallons " oil 10
100 feet Of water gas 10 bring IL up
I 20 the Z2-candlepower; is that about
right2
Mr.. LOVE-That BE- the statement I
made, but ] wish to qualify that by
saving that / am not q gas engineer.
Mr.. sIAIS-Ihar was only TO refresh
my memory. Now how much OF would
iJ take 10 bring lO-candlep1Uer coal gas
up TO 22-candlepOwsr per thousand feet2
Mr.. LOVE-WeN. 1 could not say pos
itVely. but / should say perhaps a gal
lon and half or two gallons per thou
Mr.. sEIs-It would not take as much
oil 10 bring coal gas from 10 TO y as Dc
does water gas 20 222
/ Mr.. LOVE-Not at an.
Mr.. SIMS-SO the expenses Of making
/ coal gas with oil viii be reduced ln-
I stead Of increased
Takoma Park Heard From.
mr. LOVE-As far as that item is
[ concerned.
J. ARTHUR IL CLERC-As matter
{ of fact. sometimes in cities the pressure
of the gas Is so low that the gas actual
/ Iy goes out. and then a few moments
later the pressure rises and then there
, is q great deal OF gas escaping into the
b. room. due 70 some neglect, possibly
3 in not turning Off the gas Jet. Now,
would like to ask II you cannot suggest
} some legislative remedy for such low
. gas pressure as tlat2
/ AIr. LOVE-Certainlys make mini
Mr.. Ia CLERC-That is all right
just want To say, also
Mr.. MDORE-WhOm do YOU represent
Dir. lie CLERC-I represent the Ciu
/ Zeus' Association Of IakOma Park.
- Z have lived Iu Georgetown y years auf
% J have never had occasion to ind taul
y with the Georgetown gas. / never no
Mr. TAYLO8-Now. Mr.. lie Clerc,
. This time Is 10 be used for question
o . and not "a statement, you may go on
. We win Doe clad 10 hear from you ID
f the proper order
r Mr. lie CLERC-It directly bears on
that / wish TO say that now we have
- lived I'm Tak0md Park for three years
+ and the ceiling of the bathroom Is YER
b often covered with sODt, and in on
X case IL was the Georgetown gas ah
/ now we are using the Washington CIT
. gas. Ia case the gas escapes, uslh
Il water gas. DO you not think the DANCE
b. 60 the community which IS 5uDJecte
@ 90 that leakage is very much create
B.. than 81 we use coal gas2
u Mr.. LONE-The same question ma
q been asked hy a member OF the commit
# tee and answered
y Submits Two Reports.
Mr.. BARKER-In accordance wit
the suggestion made this morning,
have marked the portions of the re
50 ports OF the board Of gas commissioner
81 of Massachusetts for 1889 and 1880. / wi
say that, although these were issued s
g long ago, the facts and reasoning ar
r substantially the same as We would give
J. 7 think. II we had the question unde
.ei Confederation today, except for the oues
/ ton OF costs. which have, of course
been modified during the period that Ia
/ eIapsed since the reports were issued.
> Ma SIMS-MOdined which Way2
Mr. ARI<ER-Eeduced; that is, alOn
q certain Zines
4 l.he aztlacts from the reports n