The Washington times., 1910-04-13

portions Of the city with gas, having
/ laid IN this period nearly twenty mics
/ Of street mains
/ We now have TODAY over G21 miles
! Then this account speaks about the
annual consumption OF gas at that tliil-
which I viii not weary YOU by reziQlne'
/ but this eXtrac may prove interestiIi6-
With a capital Of but S4Z4,"pD &C
/ tually and economically expended IN
the business and unenCum oered Dy
I debts. with works Of acknowledge eA-
ceAence capable Of producing a supply
of superior gas equal 10 any demand .
with twenty miles Of street mains
covering, as with t. WORK. aitie7t
all the pOpUiOus parts Of the city ana
50 laid rs TO admit Of any future eX-
tension; with 1851 consumers. ana
Z this number daily auEmentlng- ON
] business systematized and now Sener-
/ ally understood the Nmpany hdS
] every motive for not on accomHlo-
dating the public To their utmost re-
/ quirements, but also for reducing Jne
/ price 81 gas, from time 20 tlme- a. me
adoption Of every valuable improve
I ment and increased consumption may
| Justify.
want 10 say N this connection that
| the records show that although the gas
company was under no legal requirement
Z 10 reduce gas ~ those days yet IN IdGlf
in the TWENTY-FIVE or thirty years pFeced-
Ing. they voluntarily reduced the piicS
I Of gas nine or ten times doing precisely
what TIE companies have done this last
year and which they viii do again ~
Z
J Mr.. Rothermel-Tou mean that you
I viii reduce the price Of gas2
| MI GoiGsbOrOuEh-Un the
| price OF Eas viii be reduced again. uH-
prohibiuye degree A - that. We al
! know that the tendency all over the
3 country - toward an advance I'D prices
! The Chairman think u would pe
/ well for Nj GOldsbOrough 70 conclude
! MS argument and let US conform 20 the
/ resolution and then we can ask Cues-
/ tons.
] Mr. GoldsborouEh-T rose for the pur-
pose Of ma King the explanation Whien
( had the honor 20 make 20 the comm zee
I 20 take Up the time until the committee
I was ready 20 proceed with the other VII
( nesses. / want TO argue this case later
/ on and 10 read for the benefit or me
| committee the decisions Of the supreme
Z COUr not only on the subject geneTaliy,
[ but in cases that have gone up 90 q.
/ from this Jurisdiction that concern thls
{ gas company as 10 these very matter !
4 here IN question
I thank The committee very much for
/ It's kind attention
Mr.. CouGrey-T think the best thing %
do iu order 20 get ~ the meal IN Il-e
/ cOcOanut is 70 have some Ofncial or the
I gas company appear before the com
Z sir. CIoIdsboroueh-uVe have some one
I here TO answer your questions IN regard
20 the amount Of money made Tor the
I last ten years
Mr.. Coudrey-Hss he prepared a state
ment?
Mr.. GoIdsborouEh-Yes. sir
Mr. COudrey-That is the thing which
/ would interest us most have Letters
! here-my mail Is increasing very ma
/ terially- my letters from people al
I around, through no tault OF mine inc
/ resolution was not introduced -or that
/ purpose. but the thing for Us 70 do IS q
I stick TO the resolution I would
Ike To have some official OF the
I gas company. II he Is here
/ Mr.. Conference.-The IS here with 4
/ statement answering your question
Nj Godfrey think he should be put
Mr. GoidsboT0uEh-we shan he glad
I 10 do that
! made the statement that the gas com
! any has reduced the price OF gas1
Mr. GoIdsborouEh-Yes sir
/ Ny Csry-That il only apparent
Mr.. GoldsborouEh-No- IL IS real re-
M. Carl have bills here 10 prove
that the gas company has not reduced
the price Of gas, that the price Of gas
70 the consumer has not been reduced.
| M COudTCy-When was the last re-
duction2
Mr. GoIdsborouEh-The 1st DAY Of last
july f. has not been IN force one year
! I M Cary-These bits put in my hand
exhibiting are bills which have been
. paid BY certain gentleman Within the
past two or three OF four years and still
the price today 81 higher at II cents thar
T 20 was at 1Zlz cents 7 viii put them iu
the record They START In In 1857 and
. come I'D 20 March 1Gth 1873.
. Mr.. GoldsborouEh-I y7u want me 90
explain that 7 can only make fEe exc
PLANTATION that Dr. Humphreys has made
+ that f. has been the experience hereto
fore everywhere that when prices arr
Z reduced people uuco0scicu-IE use more
gas.
Dir. Cary-But this man does NOT He
has 70 close Up al certain time and
he does close 40. He only uses The
same number Of Jets snd ne has never
used any more. How IS n thar eIS Ess
bills arc higher AT the reduced price,
ATr CToIdsborou El1-PoSsibfy his meter
does not register coTrec.fE
Ar Cary know Of case where z