The Washington times., 1909-02-01

the Department OF Agriculture. sent to
ME last night ia which he says.
Within the past two weeks all the gaslight
7 burners went out In my residence at A5 Cedar
street 1ahon8 Park. ID. q. My gas oven
frequently goes out from low pressure while
my gas jets are burning
You can see TO what dangers we are
/ SUBJECTED out there when you have con
olJonS Of that sort prevailing Here is
a letter from -. \. Shoemaker, who IS
also q scientist in the Department of
+ AgLlcullufe' 1T is quite an agricultural
1 community out there
MI shoemaker SAYS:
The gas jets in the room and the<vkn have
repeatedly gone out while being used. n This
70 the great danger OF every one concerned,
lot !. las4,ienLly happened that one light OF
burner would go out while the other ola not
/ have a letter from Mr.. orion.
pathOlogiSt in the Department OF Agri-
culture, who says:
I wish TO cali your attention officially. to
ile unsatisfactory condition of the gas serV-
ice Ia Iakoma Park. We experience diff
cuity IN securing adequate pressure. espe-
clally. between and p. M during which
time II is often almost impossible TO read,
even by our WelsbaCh lights. On one coca
sion the name In our gaS oven went OUT and
had IL not been discovered in time. q serious
accident would have resulted.
Mr.. TAYLOR-Let me ask you right
there-has there been any accident
Mr.. lie CLERC-You know the Bliss
Electrical School, of course. burned
last November endangering the lives Of
some 200 students and IL is q question
thcre whether II is or is not due to
the low pressure Of gas and subsequent
coming on Of gas. II is only because
the Lord has been on our side we have
not had accidents.
Mr. TAYLOR-My question was not In
any critical vein. / asked you If there
had been aUW accidents
Mr.. LIE CLERC-There has been no
accident, because we have noticed these
leaks IN time. Here Is letter from
+. B. Linton, who IS the chieI clerk IN
the bureau of chemistry:
on one occasion. when the gas went Off
entirely, a number Of gas Jets we're lit Our
cook failed To turn of one and when the
gas came on again. this one was not noticed
by the cook and she liz other jets In the
on November % a similar incident occurred.
The gas went of about $3.50 D. ia. The cook
failed to turn on the burner under the baker
of the stove, but when the gas came on
again, Ut other Jets iu the room. entered
the house q few minutes later and detected
the odor of gas and discovered the burner
that had not been turned Off when the gas
Within the last two months the gas has
gone out entirely several times.
Here is a letter from L. Nj. Douglas,
who Is an official in the geological s5r-
yey, ia which he says.
From about $3.50 20 1880 p. M we cannot
use our gas stove at all 90 cook with On
one occasion the gas IN the oven went out
although turned on fun force. We are forced
TO use kerosene lamp each night for light
at dinner from to Z. / have TO Use an oil
lamp o. read boy until about p. pa. The gas
pressure during the early evening is not sut-
hcieut TO light WelsbaCn mantle on nay
desk so 7 can see to read at a distance OK
feet from the burner.
II seems to- me that it cannot be possible
that the gas company is fulfilling It's contract
with The District, as it falls 10 light the
streets properly before p. m- None OF the
street lights ] have seen In IakOnia Is uD IL
standard caudlepower-
That is another question which should
that the District Is paying for these
lights. and yet We are not getting any
street lights or street protection until
after Q O'Clock practically 3. / mean
Here Is Il letter from III. 3, shaw IN
which he says
Last winter IL was O. common occurrence
To- all the lights 10 duCtuate and finally go
Cut entirely.
and in a later communication from
III. Shaw ne tells me that within few
weeks he was IN his darkroom down I
stairs working when he was suddenly
called upstairs and he turned his light |
low, intending 10 return to the dark /
room. but for some reason or other he
was detained from going down there. I
and forgot ali about the fact that he /
had light and the next day ne went
striking a. match and entering the room I
when he noticed the Odor of gas. and II I
is "A good thing he did not strike that I.
match, because he would have had an /
explosion. and probably his family 4
would have been killed.