The Washington times., 1909-02-01


discovered at the time su e2Dios IN would
Lay e iA an probability taken place. with ssri-
- r1 results as the family was gathered
around the stove waiting dinner
Here f. "a letter from MIR. Morrison.
Iiio mas charge OF one Of the dIVis C-ls
OF the bureau of plant industry, IA
which ne says.
The low Of gas is poor. having gone OFT
more than once iu my range Cooking with
gas IS almost impossible at times.
would like TO know whether the gas COM
naLy could he held responsible, or rather.
lteuie lof any damages resulting from an
explosion due to alJ-e.
l have a letter from one OF the officers
OF me Bliss Electrical School, Clarence
NLaJLheWsOn, IN which he says
distinctly remember two occasions in DC
toner when the flow Of gas ceasetl entirely
at about 4 o'clock 2. m.
Here is a letter from Daniel Miller,
corner Of oak and Tulip avenues in
Iakoma; do not know his official
capacity
Mr.. TAYLOR-PossibIy lie is a private
citizen. U.aughter)
Mr.. LIE CLERC-It may be; there are
some out there.
g.. IN The evening from 10 $50 the pressure
IS so low that it is almost impossible 10 cook
with It. and repeatedly goes out thereby en-
dangering both life and property.
From Robert 7. Brown.
A letter from Robert T.. Brown, one
Of our oldest and most respected citi-
zens Of Takoma Park, an employee Of
the Treasury Department, in which ne
says.
II is almost impossible to cook any meals
w nave numerous gas jets going in my
house self-lightlug and they are co tIBusIIy
going out and nothing but the strc.R smell
OF gas escaping warns us OF the E.ct and
o all NIL
should do US ssrious damage / consider the
p L-e-Lit CCliulLou OF thlhgs very olsc0uraEinR,
as wen as extremely dangerous.
Now, Mr.. Chairman and members of
the committee these are letters which
/ have obtained from citizens Of Take
ma Park who have exDerienoed -
going out. / have not sought to GET e,yi-
dence from D., Ole who nave low gas
pressure. That IS universal everywhere
m Ilkoma Park, and this represents
only part OF the people who have
SdSughtS going out, because 1 could NOT
get at them. L saw them as / Was going
ih ana out on the street cars. but we
iIs - shreg members of the COMMITTEE.
anu each OF us has had the experience
OF having gasiightS to go out.
ny IAfLOh-HaVe you ever gone TO
the company yourself, or your con- nit
tee ana explained the situation. and
sure?
Mr.. LIE CLERC-I have been myself
10 the gas company, and L was not sat
lsIled 10 see the underlings. / was tsLken
% one Of the sidcrooms and was eI.1ygn
20 Wnefe somebody said the secretary
WaS-l do not know whether it was the
secretary or not. / told him The cOnd3-
uoH or things / told him. "Y0u are
rendering yourself liable to damages on
account o. fire" j said, 1.-THE Bliss
tiectflcaI school has just burned down.
anu IN all probability. although we
nave not any proofs for it. ia all prob
ablllIy tnat was due to the low pressure
OF gas ana we are all liable to have OUr
houses burned, besides being liable 10
heaiJh and life He said: ''VeII. we
VIII nave better service out there ia
ABOUT ten days, We are BUILDING q main
across Fourteenth street to T{rI1j7tvror.i
ties VIII be solved"
IGat was the early part OF November.
ana / nave just read TO Won a letter
written last night by MT. HedgCoclz. ia
Whlcn ne says that during the past two
mSehs ms E5s Jets nave gone out. Two !
weeks ago three people called me uD on
tiie phone and said, Our gas lets have
gone Out now about y8urs2'' I said ct /
can sllll see with ours; see a little bIt-Is
1dL their gas Jets had gone out and IL 4
was dinner dme. ( Is a question of /
I4dl.i' however we want a main sufi-
Gent 20 supply as with gas. We .,re not /
troubled; we are not making any zicl<
about the gas
ar, TAILOR-Y0u heard the state 1
Hieht or Mr. MCIlheuuy YESTERDAY and /
ne said that matter was very easily 1
solved, and that If there was such = 1
lack or the pressure 30 could be cor
rected by a larger main.
Mr. LIE CLERC-I asked him that
y 4e7tloH - b1ng up that point, because /
~ ne IS an engineer and a stOCkaOIdcr
iH 'A9 company ne ought to know: and