The Washington herald., 1912-04-16
SUMMARY ON GAS
ISSUED BY BUREAU
National Bureau of Standards Makes
Public Interesting Circular on
Municipal Requirements.

The National Bureau OF Standards has
prepared a summary of the gas ordinance
requirements in force previous to 1911 In
American cities Of more than 5000 popu-
lation relative to the candlepower, heat
ing value, purity. and pressure OF gas,
the accuracy OF gas meters. and the
methods OF enforcement or inspection
provided. In addition to the data given
for these larger cities. there are In
cluded at the end of the tables a con-
places.
From rs cities practically complete in
formation has been collected. Sixty have
more or less complete municipal require
ments as TO candIepower. heating value,
purity or pressure Of the gas, or the
testing OF gas meters; 100 are under State
laws on these subjects and have no ad-
ditional municipal regulations; seven are
supplied with natural gas only; forty
seven have no requirements on the sub
jects considered; three have no such re-
quirements, but these matters are at
present under investigation or subjects
Of legal controversy. and from eight
cities the information furnished is so IN
The sixty cities referred to are Aurora,
Ill; Baltimore, Nd; Bay City. Mich.
Birmingham. Ala; Buffalo, n. Y; Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Chicago. H.; Council
Bluffs, Iowa; Danville, Ill: Decatur, Ill.
Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit. Mich; East
ST. Louis. Ill; Elgin. ILL.,; FL Paso, Tex.
Erie. Pa: Fort Wayne, Ind; Grand
Rapids, Mich: Houston. Tex; Indianap-
oils, Ind: jackson, Mich: Joliet, Ill ;
Joplin. Mo; Kalamazoo. Mich: Kansas
City. Mo-; Knoxville, Tenn; Lansing,
Mich; Lincoln, Nebr.; Little Rock, Ark.
Los Angeles, Cal; Louisville, KY; Mem
phis, Tenn; Milwaukee, Wis; Minneap-
oils. MINI; Montgomery, Ala; Nashville,
Tenn; New York. N. Y; Oakland, Cal. /;
Omaha. Nebr.; Pasadena, Cal; Paw
tucket. r. l.; Peoria, Ill; Philadelphia
Pa; Pittsburg. Pa; Providence, r. l.;
Pueblo, Colo: Rochester, N. Y; st.
Louis, Mo-; ST. Paul, Mimi; Salt Lake
City, Utah: San Francisco, Cal; Scran-
ton, Pa; South Bend, Ind; Springfield,
Ill; Springfield. Mo-; Syracuse, n. T.;
Tampa Fla; Washington, D. c.; Water
loo, Iowa and Wilmington, Del.
In Fifteen States the municipal gas
regulations have been practically super
seeded by State laws. The States thus
affected are as follows: Connecticut,
Georgia. Kansas, Maryland, Massachu-
sets, Nevada. New Hampshire. New
Jersey, New York. Ohio. Oklahoma, Yer
mont. Virginia, Washington, and Wis
consin.
New York. Buffalo. Rochester. and sy-
racuse, n. Y; Milwaukee, Wis, and Bal
timore, Nd, are affected by the State
laws and also have additional require
ments.
Many Have Natural Gas.
In the following cities only natural gas
is supplied: Covington. KY; Dallas, Tex;
Lexington, KY; New Castle, Pa; New
port. KY; StLJoseph, Mo- and Shreve-
port, La
The following cities have no gas regu-
lations on the subjects considered in the
circular. In q few cases no Illuminating
gas is distributed: Allentown, Pa; Al
toona, Pa; Austin, Tex; Battle Creek,
Mich: Berkeley, CAL; Butte. Mont /;
Charleston. s. c.; Charlotte, N. c.; Chat
tanooga, Tenn: Chester. Pa; Colorado
Springs, Colo; Columbia, s. C.: Daven-
port, Iowa; Denver, Colo; Dubuque,
Iowa; Duluth, MINI: Easton. Pa;
Evansville, Ind; Flint. Mich; Galveston.
Tex; Harrisburg. Pa; Hazelton, Pa;
Jacksonville, Fla; Johnstown, Pa; Lam
caster, Pa: Lewiston, Ne; McKeesport,
Pa: Mobile, Ala; New Orleans. La I;
Newport, R. l.; Norrtstown. Pa; Ogden,
Utah; Portland, Ne; Portland. Greg;
Reading. Pa; Sacramento, Cal; San An
tonic, Tex: San Diego, Cal; San Jose,
Ind: Warwick R. l.; Wheeling. W. Va /;
wilkesbarre, Pa; wiliamsport, Pa I;
Wilmington. N. c., and York, Pa.