The evening world., 1909-01-04

-. --.....,,. ', $40. rb, E,vanln M
NY community ~ was lne H'e"'"'
World that hammered and hammere'
Nsavay un,il the whole gas question wa
,., 49,, -, ,,,.i,, srnther o
p'ousn' '"' 'o"' ""'''' -, ),
legal twists and turns ana eNPpseu
the light Of publIcIty
o,, a, MI aacision wII grow great
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REFORMS III the government " pun,
sseryice corporations BY setting up the
,on,a,,,o, tho, cornorntion serving the
.o".e"''." '"'' w. .,.., ,s,s .,
people mas rlgh' 10 'ia'rn p'o"'' W
what the people give 1t. the CONSOLIDATED
snrr,o. ',ht ,n ,ho n,',,Ii, ~ the United
s,a,s. .rha Tonsn,ido,ed Gas Company
Ssa'us ,@ GO ,,,t,',t,,' v,,s,t'" onl ,bs I'ni,ed
g. ap S,'nra,,a ,e G',,r, go, n side
S'a'es SUPREME N"",' S''
Fight lasted SIX Years.
Tho so cent ms matter has been before
anp ~ He',n ~, w., n,,,m ,u". sbana ,bro,yh his
nanr rnr puo,,v ,nr III ,ha "'' mast ak Years Even
pphen ,ic ' otiest,nn had been releRated
NY" ~ t, - i,,,,,a,i,r n and iittie was
heard OF it through the ordinary chan.
ne!s, ihe H mEen'ls Mo,tu MEL nset 't1 fnr i i,s
readsrs nn,S re- WINE anu Wv" " pe'" ''
nraser,Ing me I,e''s n ora w. ~ ron,r"vrrti
pesen.ms an array pt .",ua u,r, r,,s,ion t'",
Isc,s s anu nsures, l, anu " vo a,v 'oi hrnmgbt
& NE liza Ia ,,os,isn,inn o.I. - ,he gas sitin.
aooui ',e ,.'Ss,sa.,o' VII, ~ ~ Slos;wo .,,I COM.
,ri,,. Jt =" i >H ,,idnh thsS,.s M J.. IImrhss now
Governor Was snnointed counsel BY
sirtna n, ,ba srSdnnno yatbsrad hy The
Cnnmi,tae ruu 20 "" n law ''C, Was nassed hv the
Iesislatr,re Of 1904 fixlnr the price Of
gas i'm certain parts of New York city,
/ Including Manhattan and BROOKLYN, at
/ so cents per thousand feet.
This law was to have gone into effect
| on May |, 1906 The authorities failed to
take any steps to enforce 1t and the Con-
eolldated Gas Company, except where
estopped by the Gas Consumers League
, ignored II. On May is 1905, the Consoli:.
dated Gas Company, upon the, advice OF
Joseph Choate, secured from Judge La
combe, In the United states circuit
Sourt, an injunction restraining we
Ety ana Slate authorities lro,n eh'9rr
5ns .ne PROVISIONS 9t the iaM. ine
"a, hcu r,ni pshnS uiS demnsi, sn ths o.
per cent. difference on all bills with
limited states Commissioner shields
Masten as referee.
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susce taSo,noe appo'',u =, WI, ntnoa,
,.1' aHn1' lawyer, OF 40: ., ,ss Mam s'fest; eel
Speu,a. Mas,ef 20 heai e'vr.e The CnrI ",u
a ~ EI.eS =" uou, s''.s, .a, ,,, ~ ,So, ~.
IA ri
~ ,es ,non m .,,t,,t,ona Wns ooi'''s'a'o'S anu
"nsre,ure un.Vhs'isu.,o,,raI, .h Eon.n,,ao,.d IA. c,,,
Sounsei Ior tne .9nso''ua'eu otda,, trns ov,m,
pahy maintaiheu va. .ne u'rpuIa''un m
was enttled 70 talr return upon lts
least per cent. Inen
nt put IN, unaer the nead OF investment;
franchises which cost the Consolidated
sGas Company and Its associated zas
iserving corporations not a cent. at
valuation of Sl2. .00O They also put in,
As the valuation Of the real estate used
Tn the manufacture and supply NJ gas,
the sum OF sl1,sS5, 1876, upon which they
claimed the right TO collect dividends
Special Master Mastin, in a long de-.
cision, after hearing evidence and arR,,.
ments Of an exhaustive nature. upheld
sverv co,tert,on 90 tba cor.o,aa,.d ua,,d
iS;as Comnanv He renorted ~ tSs
IInited statas c,rcu,, rorrt ,h,, ~
Consoiidatad Gas Cnmn,nw shn,,td ' ne
~ Tho vaIue n, ~, prop,S ,ropnh is percentage
vi '"e ,"''e VI "'e 'rancH'ses'
The Report Confirmed.
.1udse uorgb % who,, .he r,,or, =,
the referee was submitted, confirmed
the report. largely as a matter Of rou-
III, III, i'd nenause Hrs atcns,oh l wouLd haSe
oeea @ appra'eu IRON hhu ne necined the
TaS. rs .t w Miule matter 20
~. ~. n,, .,I,,, Itates ,t supielmr Cour' WIN
a, issno n.as ,i,a' , Ny ,uhi',iieHtal ne poln'
Ss,aS cs w"S we iIS"' W .ne Iphs9n-
STarnbis"s "' ,or ,nr"'pnnE @ 10 naP',a,,no lts
The ,,.hoio 1"a pIu''t-tahlns @ purposes
tnryeS oh,,, IueS,io" ot 'o"Ils's.on re-
tba, ui,h H. .",, po,ns p,,i ~ appehrea
tnnsib,n nronn,,,. , oi,ai.'eu as
,naJa a,i soi, 80 ~ ca np"nE N"uIl
a nrce, ", nor So 80 ~ 3" 'e"'s anu earn
1ndga por,o, u,,,,.so,. ,,. p,
a%d l.,ornn,.' t.onor, s LIZ, WI, LuI,
tba caso hafora ~ r-,'iaah ' ~, aleSeo
nra,ne cour Enr ,ha rnsn,,I nvS ~, "a
Gas Comnanv 1ap,os NJ A. poor o''Iti,'nIeu ,,,,,5o,
Notbswssor amd ~ III, ~ ~ni.es