The evening world., 1909-03-01
Consumers Throng DiSburs-
ing Bureaus, Where Claims
Are Promptly Met.
EXTRA FORCE IS BUSY.
East Siiars Swarm at Office
on ChryStie Street in a
Steady Stream.

Gas consumers In Manhattan and the
Bronx entitled to share In the $1,000,
no rebate fund began to receive checks
a. the disbursns bureaus this morning
for the excess collected by the COM
! pan!es. Only applications from current
| consumers Of record we're acted upon to-
day 1t Is said that before the immense
rebate fund has been distributed more
than 2IG.nN checks will have been
drawn by the gas companies in favor
! OF consumers.
| AT all the discussing bureaus an ex-
ira fore. was on hand to receive appli.
| cations. The companies do not favor
applications in person, bu; prefer that
consumers send IN their claims by mail
At each o, the bureaus blanks for this
! purpose are provided. The companies
have engaged nearly loo extra clerks
to receive and check the applications.
East sIders Swarm for Rebates.
At Nos. lA and 100 Chrystle street.
the Offices Of tie Consolidated Gas
Company, which is the disbursing
bureau for a great part OF the lower
east side, there was steady stream of
applicants for rebates from the time
the Office opened. at . o'clock. AT no
time, however. was the crowd SO big
that the extra clerical force could not
ban ,,.g,h
consumers of record were given checks
which were cashed at the Company's
office. No. l2I Hester street.
At the Central Union Gas Company's
Offices, No. $50 Alexander avenue.
Bronx, F. A. Hooker. the auditor in
charge OF disbursements, said hundreds
OF applications had been received in the
morning mail, but there had been conf
paratively few applications in person.
At the Northern Union Gas Company,
No. 1915 Webster avenue, A. c. Lord,
tine auditor IN charge, had practically
the same experience.
Blanks are provided for consumers al
the discussing bureaus, which are really
merely information offices. Three OF
the blanks are for users Of slot ma
CHiHes WIN nave pau the -V-Cenl eA-
cess. One OF the blanks Is for con-
sumers who have all their receipts and
does not require the signature Uf no.
tary. Another is for consumers who
are known 10 the company, but who
have lost their receipts. Another is for
persons who have lost their receipts
and who are not known TO the com
pany. The two latter class Of blanks
must be attested before notary.
There is blank form provided for
the consumer who has moved to al.
other address, or has moved sey raj
times In the same district.
Location OF Bureaus.
The disbursing bureaus where claims
may be filed for excess charges and
where persons may obtain Information
are located at the following places in
Manhattan and the Bronx
Consolidated Gas Company, Nos. lOl
and lO6 Chrystie street. No 80 Fltth
avenue. No. Al West Forty-second stree;
and 1913 Madison avenue.
Mutual Gaslight Company. No. To-
East Nineteenth street
Central Union Gas Company, No. 355 |
Alexander avenue.
New Amsterdam Gas Company, No. |
800 Fourth avenue.
Northern Union Gas Company No. .
1915 Webster avenue,
Standard Gaslight Company OF New |
York, Nos % and % West One Hun |
bred and Twenty-iifth street.
AS early as seven O'Clock persons were |
waiting in front OF the Consolidated |
Gas Company office at No. 1913 Madi- |
son avenue, at the corner OF one Hun
dred and Twentyhfth street. When |
the doors were opened at nine O'Clock |
there were about one hundred and nifty |
men and women In line, and the i've .
clerks got right TO work. The majority |
of those who presented recelpted gas
bills expected TO get their money right
away There were a few disputes and
many questions were asked. BY eleven
O. clock more than three hundred had
been at the office.
At the office OF the Standard. Nos.
1925 West One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street. two clerks looked after
those who presented bills. Up to noon
about one hundred and fifty had made
claims for rebates and the only trouble
experienced was the explanations which
had to be given to those who expected
to go away with the money in their
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