The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14
NEW GAS LINE
! FOR ABSECON
Consumers Assured of Better Ser
VICE in That Locality = New
Mains to be Completed.
AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL

Absfcon is to have improved gas
service and plans to accomplish this,
which have been under consideration
by the Pleasantville Gas Company for
several weeks, will now be completed.
About six weeks ago the company ap-
piled to the Public Utilities Commits
sion for permission to increase the
capital stock, and this application for
additional securities has been APPROX
ed, as well as the line of work the
company desired to accomplish.
The Civic Club, of Absecon, took up
the gas question recently and through
a committee made application to the
Public Utilities Commission for i'm
proved service to the city. This ap-
plication caused the Commission to
have Inspector Charles NJ. Keebler
visit Absecon and make an inspection
of conditions. The company had out
lined It's plans for the increased and
improved service before the appliea-
ton was made to the Commission and
when Inspector Keebler looked owe
the situation thoroughly, and then ia
miliarized himself with the improve
ments which the company had in
mind, he found that with the improve
ments installed the objections of the
consumers would be met, and even
beyond that Absecon would have gas
facilities that would take care of its
needs for a long time to come as a
result.
The company will start work at
once to install a temporary main that
will more than take care of all gas
needs for Absecon this summer. Then
in the fall a permanent main is to be
laid that viii take care of the territory
for several years. The main will be
started at Hughes and Franklin ave-
nues and will tie in with the present
main at Lorraine venue and Main
street, in Pleasantville, and tie in at
Absecon at Bolton avenue and Shore
road. This will take are of the press
ure asked for by consumers, and as to
the quality of gas, the company is
about to install a new testing appa-
ratus for testing the heat units in the
gas, which will give all the results
desired as to quality.
Inability to secure material has been
one of the causes for not making
needed improvements before this time.
Three years ago, when the present
company took over the gas company,
which had been in the receivers
hands, the plant was in a ~deplorable
condition, and 1t has taken time to
remedy the conditions then existing.
The present plant is capable of taking
care of all needs and much more be-
sides. Inspector Keebler, who is ia
miliar with the local plant and condi-
tions, stated unhesitatingly this week
that the plant is 0 ''in a number
one condition and on its feet again
after the r~eceivership and a u down
condition. He says the first class con-
dition today at the plant is due to the
persistent efforts of the company and
the untiring work of General Manager
Harry Lovett. Now that materials
are available for the installation of
additional mains, and as the company
has the sanction to Increase its CAPT
tai to furnish the funds for improve
ment, the mains will be put in shape
to distribute the gas which the plant
is fully capable of furnishing.
The company's application for the
increase in capital from 100000 to
100000 was approved by the Public
Utilities Commission on June 18th.
The Board of Directors of the COM
pany approved it on June 29th at a
meeting held for that purpose. and on
July 9th the stockholders will have
a meeting to vote on the increase.
Already the work of improvement
is going on. Proper material being
available, the first work was started
to improve the conditions in the direc-
ton of Somers Point. The work of
installing a new 4 inch main, begin
ming at fremont avenue and New
road, is progressing satisfactorily
now. This main will run down New
road and come out Tub street to Shore
road. where it will tie into the present
s inch line at a point distant 300 feet
from Mill road, in Bakersville. The
line is being laid at the rate of $50
feet each day now, and the work will
be completed by the end of July. This
will serve in the location
of the main to much greater advan-
tage than at present. When all the
improvements have been made and
the permanent main for Absecon is
completed, the Pleasantville Gas Com
pany will possess n of the most
complete plants in all New Jersey for
handling the volume of business that
will come for several years in the
future.