Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-31
BOARD MAY Reject
GAS LEASE OFFER
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pany meant by the terms better gag
and better scrvice"-the principal
benefits which. according TO tho COM
pany's advertisements. will accrue to
the people as the result Of lease
Mr.. Evans replied that the term Dot
ter gas" was relative, and that It meant
gas and service that will In the long
run. satisfy larger percentage OF gns
user: than Is at present satisfied with
the city's product
GOOD GAS AT HOLDER
MAY BE POOR AT BURNER
Il don't want any qualifications" re-
piled Mr.. Mccarthy. You advertise that
you VIII give tho city better gas Do
you mean to say that you will make
better gas than we are making at the
gas plant today"
Mr.. Evans was loath to make such
claim. What is good gas in the
hoider Is frequently very poor gas at
the burner. he said. and II all comes
back to the question OF service.
Mr; Mccarthy arose from his seat ex-
citediE You won't answer my ques-
tion directly" he said You can't.
deny that you can prove that Won
can give the city better gas than It has
now You have been using language
III your advertisements which you your
SELF don't understand or you have been
using misleading language in your ad-
vertisements purposely. You can take
IL any way you choose.
Il think you are deliberately mis-
leading the people OF the city by vour
ao'eEtlsements. You promise In these
10 give the people of the CITY better
gas THAN they are getting now, but
you viii not say TO this body that
YOU can do that
McCARIHi SAYS COMPLAINTS
ARE DUE TO OLD FIXTURES
You propose to give them better
service. How are you going to do tbato
VIII you force the people that are now
using antiquated fixtures and made
quate services TO discard their fxturcs
and put in modern fixtures and larger
pipes: suppose they don't want to do
IL, how VIII YOU make them do II?
II me city hasn't the power to make
them modernize their fixtures. how Is
lessee under the city going TO sue
coed?
That's the only trouble with the
Gas Department to-day The gas is
all right. There are thousands ar
houses equipped with old and made
quate fixtures. and the owners prefer
10 retain them rather than tear them
out and put in new ones Poor FIX
tures-that Is the only source OF com
piaiHt. hr. glasgow told us that more
than year ago. Will You be any more
successful in converting the people
than the city has bcen?'
There followed rapid fire OF oues
lions and answers, in which Mr. Hirsch-
berg. Mr. Folkes, Superintendent
knowles, OF the Gas Works: Mr.. Evans
and Vice President PollItt, OF the
Southern Gas and Electric CORPORATION
participated.
OFFER Is TESTATIVE
AND NAY BE CHANGED
Attorney a. II. Sands, for the Balti-
more company. referred to the leasing
offer. He amplihed the statement OF
Mr.. Evans that the offer was tentative,
and may be changed In substantial re-
spects after further conference with
the city. Nevertheless, he thought. the
offer as presented was reasonable
You think the offer is reasonable
do you, Mr.. Sands" Inquired Mr. Nc
Carthy.
II do, in view OF the hazard the COM
pany is assuming" replied Mr. Sands.
"Mr. Sands, do you mean to stand
there and tell me that your company is
assuming a hazard in Offering to take
over the gas plant on tho terms that
1t proposes" demanded Mr.. Mccarthy,
again rising to his feet. why, I'll
undertake to submit q proposition that
Is 81 100000 better than yours by next
Saturday and raise tho money in New
York"
Mr. Sands explained that by hazard
he meant the chance tho company was
taking in carrying the gas-lease matter