Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
GAS MEN Of J. 6.
GATHERING FOR
CONVENTION
Feature of Big Meeting Will Be
Exhibition of Appliances
at Auditorium.

The men who have done more, per
haps. TO throw light on various sub
iects throughout the United states,
Canada and Mexico than any other
group of Americans, are arriving in
Atlanta today for their national con
vention. which opens at the Auditorium
next Monday and lasts all the week.
They are the gas makers OF the coun-
try, the men who put ball bearings in
the meters. the folk to whom living is a
pipe They are coming from as far
West as San Francisco and as far East
as Boston to discuss ways and means
for inducing consumers to cook with
gas. warm by gas, read by it, sleep by
it, have teeth pulled by-it.
They are bitter rivals of the electric
companies, it may be said, notwith
standing the fact that SO per cent Of
them also are the main works in their
home electric plants. They expect to
get together on a campaign which will
make them rich as gas producers and
break them as electricity makers
thereby preserving the balance and re-
manning in comfortable circumstances
To Show Appliances.
The convention is that Of the Ma
tional Association Of Commercial Gas
Companies. Almost every city where
there is gas plant and meter reader
mas a member. They come armed with
papers on chemistry. metallurgy and
engineering, besides several reports on
the psychology OF knowing how long &c
wait before cutting off the gas Of de-
inquent consumer.
But 1t won't be all convention. The
biggest thing Of the week to the aver
age man or woman is the exposition OF
gas appliances which hundreds of man
nfacturers will have at the Auditorium
The exhibits have been coming in by
the carload for the past week and are
being installed in the Auditorium and
connected to the miles OF gas pipe which
the local company put in to furnish the
Juice for the show.
There are gas stoves just the size fol-
a one egg breakfast and on through the
ordinary small family size up to range
which would furnish food for the con-
vention. There are gas irons. ready tC
press hubby's trousers while he waits
in the bath room. There are gas heat
Ners, for the bath, warranted to produce
a tubful of boiling water while you dis.
robe. There are gas heaters which stay
h.,
water through pipes when you turn tn,
spigot and wait awhile.
Also Some Lamps.
There are gas lamps with 756 kinds o.
incandescent mantles. each better thar
the other There are gas lamps which
stand straight up. upside down ant
sidewise And-these are for manufac.
turers' interest only-there are gas me.
tiers OF a hundred types, all high gearet
and well oiled, guaranteed to work day
and night. whether In a union house
hold or the home Of a plutocrat. There
are quarter-in the-slot meters ingeni
ously devised to shut off the gas JUS
when the visitor in the household hai
drawn his fourth ace and is ready t.
rake III tue pot. tOI ueldiLS VI tAllDl
see catalogue
Off1cials OF the Atlanta Gas Ligh
Company are hosts to the convention
and this company alone is spending
thousands of it's hard earned dollars OF
entertainment and other expenses. Ri!
pipes have been run above ground from
the mains to the Auditorium, which
formerly was lighted by electricit!
alone, and smaller pipes lead to ever.
square yard in the great building
ready TO be tapped for various appa
ratus. The amount Of gas used mex
week will keep the company hustling
for the exposition will use as much a!
all the hotels. restaurants and public
buildings combined. The local com.
pany and its officials plan a dozen din.
ners and a theater party at the Crane
when the whole house will be reserved
for the visitors More than 1900 dele.
gates are expected to be present by
Monday
The exposition will not be open t
the public every day There will b.
days when only the manufacturers ant
dealers in gas fixtures and appliances
viii be admitted. For it is to them
rather than to the public, that the man
ufacturers OF appliances appeal. Nearly
every gas company in the country sell.
fittings and appliances in order to en-
courage heavier consumption Of gas.