The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1903, Page 2

«1B WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, OSITIVE PR GAS Despite Denials of the Frantic tionists, the Public Is —s One Main. And Readers of The Evening . . by the Hundred Continue to plaints Are Made, by Send Evidence of Overcharging. ‘As ¢ar as I know they do not tap each other mains, ¥ ‘of gas, whether they use a Consolidated, Mutual, East River forded by the digging of the subway could not be overlooked yf larger dimensions was substituted. All the new apartment- the Consolidated Gas Company. Proof of this fact, which concl. it 48 along the'line of the subway excavation, is in progress of © READ THIS ABOUT THE GAS TRUS1 + An observant janitor, whose letter follows, has called the Bvening World readers to the fact. He writes: i Yo the Editor of The Eyening World: Of the many fights which The Kv for the good of the people the mo: bring the robbing Gan Trust to term, * An instance of the poor quality of gas now being serv fact thet a match ts invariably blown out when it 1 to light the gan, und alno that the airbol , be almost entirely closed, therehy fo mest nothing bu « a mixture of gas and a Tell your read: the hope of getting ali supplied from ter gan, for (he reason that supply pipe entering thelr ho} taken advantage af ¢ abellcd Conxolidnted, Mutual, etr supply, ense In the four houses where 1 work n @nd in the adjoining house: d the same thing has und. been done every er JAN MORE COMPLAINTS COME IN. creases in their gas bills. The unfortunate consumer, under present conditions, can redress against the company nor relief from the extortion, electric light, where the construction of his apartment-house finds at the end of a month that he is doubly or trebly muleted he pays for gas used in cooking. commodity, and that all the profit goes into the voracious by New Yorkers for illuminating and heating purposes. holders pay to the oi! magnate philanthvapist. sdepartment. My men work night and day to see that all cor attended to. We are getiing on an average thirty or forty ever “I keep a man at the Cousolidated Gas Company's factory Standard’s and. one where the meters are made. There are meters in tle city, and we have to watch every one, that at least one out of every six or seven is wrong, I migh Of every four fast, so that the consumer gets the worst of it NOt mean that the company is dishonest. We have to test Umes, and even then the State gives the company a leaway of Sumer went through to have his moter tested, First he mak Plaint, and then if his meter is a No, 3 he pays thirty cents, 20 to 45, seventy-five cents, and No, 60, $1 Wo one but the gas company can estimate how much that in, _sharged consumer is at its mercy, - Enepector Alexand ee _ The Gas Trust says there are no complaints Pe hot for publication unless desired, Through Consolidated, Mutual, East! River and Standard Meters from) False the Assertions that No Com-| . “The various gas companies in this city are not in any way affiliated. said Robert A. Carter, Jeoretary ‘ot the Consolidated Gas Company, to The Evening World. If Mr. Carter, who denies the existence of a gas trust in Manhattan, will familiarize himself with the workings of the construction department ~ of the Gas Trust, he will learn to his surprise, no doubt, that consumers Company meter, are supplied in many parts of the city from a common main. After the consolidation of the gas companies, effected some three years ago by Rockefeller capital, the pretense of separate organization was main- tained through the use of old meters and mains, but the opportunity af- Mmagnates, who neglect no chance for increasing their profits, and the array gt service pipes with which the streets were filled was removed and one pipe | within the past two years are now served from one main, Which ja that of ively demonstrates the existence of the | Gas Trust, can be readily obtained wherever a new building, particularly if World han underinken praiseworthy in the fight to it comes through the pipes i that it In no tae to get meters changed tn In the face of Secretary Carter's statement that no complaints of over- sharging are being received by the company, The Evening Wor! seipt to-day of hundreds of letters, each telling of utterly unaccountable in- If he installa | | if he turns in despair’ to the use of oil | stoves, he soon discovers that he is paying an exorbitant pr pocket, which is filled by the profits of the guns, electric light and oil used Rockefeller capital controls the gas and electric lighting companies of Manhattan, and a re- | course to oil brings no surceuse to the exorbitant tariff which the house-|home, no ecal could be had and we had * a 74 y ory ATEA maT ae cook with it, and my bills for October, the last six months on the| 3 ONE METER OUT OF SIX DEFECTIVE, | November, De January were! Same day as the Kas company's man, iif Of the 125,000 gas meters examined annually by the eight State ingpec- | onl $23, & hardly more tl they compare exactly with the tors tinder the supervision of State Supt. Jastrow Alexander, whose office |{{4" ! samuel while the houre was, ade out at the gas company's office is at No. 1 Hanover square, one out of eve Ix 16 5 \e sed. So the gaa, which ts of an infertor aual- | on I: . quire, One out of every six is defective, principally| ¢ made a kick about the summer ci) the pipes with an|{ fast, In other words, the majority of meter’ are so constructed as to be|months, but had to pay just the seme ye which works the! i ‘An favor of the company and against the consume As though we were at home, I know)? | Pho office of State Inspector of Gas Meters was established in 1830 Up | Noses asl isa for I had on 1998, to Das. 19, | we car BAT AT. arkca that suppited the upper part e N was Was $1.12 1-2 por ¢ the time that Gov. Roos velt appointed Mr. Alexande ) office the place | house turned off, and the cook was ji. 1.000, was 2, while my bul from Sept. | | fas regarded as a sinecure. Since My. Alexander took“®ffice he has abol-| bed at § o'clack every n ight my neigh to Dee #2 (omly 91 days), and gas! | hed the sinecure idea, .although hampered for lack of funds bors assured me, ony Sl sper 1.000, waa 85.80, being $1.68 “I can do littlo,” he sald to-day. “I think that the cause of the ine {Eo a fommpanicn Shaige s ! what| more nine days’ lesa supply Pine ners’ + they please, 1 hope you vil show them| and gaa F 1,000 fost erease in the consumers’ bills is due to a bad quality of gas, I have no: A. Mrs. VAN REVEL. Moof whie Ws conclusively that Jurisdiction over the quality of the gas, That is in Commissioner Munroe’s It is fair to assume! to $21 and my lat bill was $19.0. Mr. Alexander then went on to tell the modus operandi that the con- cents (the two usual sizes for the average dwelling); No. 10, itty cents; Nos, “If we find the meter fast,” Mr. Alexander sald, “we refund the fee to! ‘ the complainant and make the gas company pay it. We give bim a certif- até and the gas company reimburses him for the extra money he haa fpent. Nevertheless the Gas Trust is very kind r has but $2,000 @ year to spend on expenses outside EXTORTION TO THE EVENING WORLD. from its victims, To refute this statement The World will print all complaints sent to this office. ommunication must have name and address of the OOF THAT AN IRONCLAD 1905. / TRUST IS PLUCKING THE PEOPLE. {extor- Served) THE INNOCENT PUBLIC, WHICH HAS TO PAY WEL World Prove} ing 10 HERE IS WHERE THE GAS TRUST GETS IN ITS DEADLY WORK ON THE PIPER IN THE EN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? of the salary list, which tneludes $5,000 for himself, $1,500 each for four! Gas should he made and controlled by or Standard deputies and $3.50 a day for the inspectors, Stamps alone cost him $709, and | the “lty government, They furnish us vater. Why. ne he has to pay his own stenographer. H. M, FISCHER, Not 07 Highth avenue. His Hope Is Jn Candles. To the Editor of The Evening World For ways that are dark and tricks thet are vain the Consolidated Gas Company tn peculiar. Suppose we object to the price of gas. whic s increased in my case 25 per cent., and decide not to use, how will the same Institution treat us if we de- cide to use the electric Nght? If 1 were known to that company as offer- ing a protest all ol! dealers would be TRUST WANTS A BIG YEAR. When the gas bills began to jump consumers thought that the cause was due to the desire of the company to make a grand showing and pay big dividends on the past year. Not so, It is to start the year proper! At the end of next year the profits will be tremendous, as is shown by the result of the annual meeting a few weeks ago. It was shown then that there was a surplus of $2,100,000 compared with! $1,500,000 on the previous year. President Gawtry then sald that the scarcity of coal had caused the company some anxiety, as it cons\med 3,500 tons a day, but that, by reason by the trust houses built rection, of the coal shortage, the gas company had sold 11.65 per cent. more gas| notified that if I was supplied with | than It 414 the previous year, even that class of thiumination thelr : ly woul . ‘Therefore Attenton vet President Gawtry, in his review, said: pusn]y \wrould) be vout of aay what are we to do? A SUFFERER IN THE TOILS OF THE MONSTER. More Than Highway Robbery, ‘To the Editor of The Bvening World: The practices of the Gas Trust are more than highway robbery. bill “AS near as can be ascertained at this time, the net earnings from the business for the twelve months, above the amount. paid in dividends, will be as follows: “Surplus earnings, $2,100,000; sales for the year, cubic feet, 18,368,478,- 000; increase during the year, 11,65 per cent.—1,915,658,000. Increase for. |last three months, about 20 por cent.. ed tn the Average candle power, 24.27; water) Per month has been from $1 to $1.50. My | 4 main, 1,763; sewers, 198,637; meters, 566,003—increase over last year, | January bill 1s $210. It Is not going to 32466. Stoves, ranges, &c.. sold and rented during year, 46,632; electric|°” 7" ‘Mrs, WAGNER, No, 406 West Eighteenth atreet, Eee Servant Commits Suicide. Julia Dorn, twenty years old, a ser- vant, of No. 307 Kast Eighteenth street, attempted euiclde this morning by Grinking carbolic acid. She was 1 currents sold (kilowatts), 88,500,040—increase 18.36 per cent. “Customers gained during year, 4,700; expended’ for construction, $5,022,987; charged off for repairs, $1,335,428; charged off for depreciation, $744,400; charged off for taxes, $1,785,685; increase over last year, $85,490; |employees on payrolls, 7,639; paid for pensions and employees’ benefits, $18,916; con! and coke used during year, gross tons, 947,053; daily average Gross tons, 2,600; average use in November and December per day, 3,350,” ed, TIN CUP FOUND IN. ETHAN ALLEN'SCELL But It Is Not Probable that It Was the One Used by the American Patriot in Prison. When workmen who are razing the old Hall of Records got down to-day Allen, of evolutionary fame, they found on the floor of the cell, which la five feet below the street level, with an arched roof of brick, an old tin cup From this lutionary arose a report that reyo- relics had been found. But unfortunately the vessel is entirely too new to be accepted as the one used by the American patriot. Ethan \Allen, when arrested by the British Provost Marshal's guard, was put in the front part, facing Park Row, The seven hand-made iron bars that prevented his escape still stood Moved to Belevue Hospital. where eho | UPright when the workmen reached the cell to-day. to the cell that was occupied by Ethan} HE 1S OLED UNDER NEW COE Daniel Harkins Must Answer for Shooting Lizzie Connell Ac- cording to Penal Law Inspired by McKinley's Assassination. HE MAY GET 25 YEARS. Court Grants a Postponement of Trial in Order to Give Defense a Chance to Test the Validity of the Indictment. The first indictment of its kind that hae been found in this county was died with Judge Foster in Part I. of the Court of General Sessions to-day by the Grand Jury, It charges attempted murder, a conviction for which is puntsh- able by ‘mprisonment for twenty-five years Shortly after the assnesination of President McKinley, the State Legisla- ture passed the law under which this indictment was found, Daniel Harki:) is the defendang under this indictment He was MARIO as a gardener on the te of Mrs. Colils P, Huntington at hroggs Neck. He was disoharged on Sent, 1, and two days lator he returned to the place and, it is alleged, fired four shots at Lizzie nell, a servant em- ployed by Mrs. Huntington. He thought that she was responsible for his die- change, All of the bullets took effect in the Woman's body, but did not cause her death, But she was permanently paralyzed. . the indictment was presented and Harkins was arraigned, his lawyer, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, ask: that the pleading be postponed for a time as he wished to demur to the in: dictment. He said that he believed that he cquld raise some questions of law that would invalidate the indictment. Judge Foster said that Inasmuch as the statute under which the indictment had been found was a comparatively new one and had not been passed upon by the higher courts, he thought the re questa reasonable one_and postponed the pleading untll next Thursday. CAPT. BROWN STILL ON DUTY His Application for Retirement to Be Acted on March 1. Considerable surprise was expressed | at the Atlantic avenue station in Brook- Jiyn to-day when an official document arrived there addressed to Capt. Ed- mund Brown. Capt, Brown had mado! application for retirement early in the) week, and it was reported that it had | been acted on. It was learned to-day, | | however, that that his application be not actea upon | unt! March 1. as jou TOR, MORE STORIES OF ROBBERY BY GAS TRUST VICTIMS, Victims of the Ga send proof of overcharging to the Fvening World. Here are some of the latest ones: { Id is in re- Trust continue to Pelled to pay, although I know full well 1 was overcharged. MRS. P. MUNTER, No. 784 Elghth avenue, The Meter In a Joke, To the Editor of The Evening World With the scarcity of coal, owing to the} (strike last summer, gaa bills began to increase “untll they are nearly double what they were one year ago. | This goes to prove that, although the Logisinture passed a law reducing the | price of gas from 81.25 to $1 a thousand, the consumer's bills have not decroa meters apparently register! I have taken the figures reg- | find neither House Cloned, but Gas Bill Went On ‘To the Editor of the Ev T own a large ho and September 1 admits, he In the price ng World In July, August out of town with all my family. Only the cook was left In charge. No gas was burned at al! When T came home my gas ($15, $18 and $20 for each of thone monthx respectively This winte: ice for that Rockefeller with the whole family | to heat the entire house with gas and ine calve io benefit trom 1 . the reduc the, orig of gas per plaints are Is ‘This Not Plain Robbery? te reat LV, 0).) a aes to the Editor of The Brening World Mast Fighty-third scrent orale the gif December las! now my gas bill was ‘i | In the following month I aia not 650,000! use any more gas and the bill jumped Coste More at #1 than at 81.25, Ve ume hat one burner and our bills nes $50 every month nich is gross SAY one out layne mane bo al REST a Rial ie luxtostion. ‘They aharge more now than ;. of Gas Meters and have him| \% wie eae Si atineni By this T do! snveotigate, as these bili are outrage. | "De wae WA PAP RRO MEE A meter AIX | ous, ALICE CORNISH per cent.” | it Fitty-seoond atreet of The Mvening Worlt 3 be ‘ Wittiam MOORE, Cmicr. jand could not sleep nights, stooping. RA iA To Editor ov 0 Evening World When T first A my place of busl-| ness I burned my gas to 12 or 1 A, M , and my ges bill wae only $4.50, and now) taking them was entirely cured 8 of Bills tor Her. es the com- No. 6 forty | To the Maitor of On Jan, 10 Brening Wortt I got , bill tor 87 a A T olose my place at 939 PM. or some-|after exposure or loss of sleep and irregular meals, It is also a great medicine to tone up a man's | om the New Amsierdam Gas Compa - 3 | P ' ; i 18 represented the alleged. consum “| HIYA At SP AE ays me pile areup.to system, Other members of the Polite force are using and recommending Swamp-Root, They, like Of was in @ four-room flat for one Matus) Held fim Up, mysel{, cannot say too much iu praise of this great remedy. Ay ee pean or er eae stan] To the RAitor of The Evening W The Officers (whose signatures accompa this letter), as well as myself, thank you for the good bill came for $00, This was followed LA ee. ane f the overcharged vie-| you have accomplished in the compounding of Swamp-Root, v1 on the he gan at tims of the Mutual Gas Company. Ite , 7s from @ lawyer hired by the} Sad Ddills whieh never ranged above $1,|To Dr. Kilmer & Co fay F; MW eam Roundeman, ompany. but in summer when there was jesat)’ Binghamton, N.Y. 4 Altes, G e7E— Chief of Police, 4 sp shown by these conflicting Dili, our 1] (A¢dress Inclosed.) HG. Officers of the Binghamton, N, Y,, Police Department, | feat. Patrolman, The Poor Suffer Most, Yo the EAllor of The Reesing Bomething should be done atop the high charges by t am satisfied that either of them is just plain robbery MARION @MYTH, warld new aiscovery. Dr, Kilmer's Swamp as your kidneys are well they will at once to} Gas Trust He Ie In with Other Vie(unn, [io the Halter of The Yrening World Piedse pur this gas swindle along with! auffer most. 1 |the resi. Tor December my bill wast) has been $2.40; January, $4.80; February. $2.10. I! month, when gas was $1.25 made # complaint’ A man examined my| to $1.00 now With gas at $! per thor meter and said it was. K. ‘Phere was! All my nélghbare who use « |nothing teft for me but grin and pay os/#aine complaints to make use Nght and my of over- nd have the} and irritable, |burn oi}. Rockefeller has that up near H. WEINSTEIN, | night, ly vut of V also. W. MILLER, Np, 46 Blanton ‘atreg. SPECIAL ©, 837 Hast Wighty-vighth street Can't Account for the Jump. | fy) that @ spacial a She Had to Pay the Hold-Up, Te the Editor of The Evening World have a sample botile sent absolutely . In my place of business 1 use the or of The Evening World wame © her of lighte the same num- ber of noure the year round, My bilis varied Out slightly for several yeard, tam now paving per cen, more * ever before. have met man eured by Swamp-Root, | My January and Feornary bills tor the os Evening World when sending your ji 1908 ware $5.40 and $5.60 reapeofively. Dhis ear my bills were $11.40 and $0.29] 0) Fespictively, and 1 oan watély sy ieee! than ‘ ae Was used, Nevertheless 1 way coms) others ‘ Test for You lam, After trying a sample bottle with good results Of course, aw usual, it fe the poor who} Or#&ns to health. A trial will convince anyone. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for many, had heart trouble; {nereased from $1.10 «| kinds of diseases, and if permitted to continue much suf-/no btrengt! per thousand, | fering with falul results ave eure to follow, Kidney troudle jirritates thu nerves, makes yon dizzy, restless, sleepless Makes you pass water often through the’ | day and obliges you to get up many times during the! Unhealthy kidneys cause rbeumatiam, gravel,|ful remedy that science has 6 NOTICE —Swamp-Root, the great kidney Agement has been made by which a Also a book télling all about kidney and bladder troubles and containing many of the thousands updn thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women HN asl Jo A ROL MATH, Pr GrntLemen :—Some two years ago I was so run down that I lacked strength, had no appetite Sometimes it seemed as though my back would I had to get up many times during the night to urinate and go often through the day. | Closes Parlter; Bill I» Higher. | after having the best physicians prescribe for me without relief, I decided from my symptoms that | the medicine I needed was Dr. Kilmer's Swanip-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, , I purchased six bottles of the regular size and after Swamp-Root is a wonderful remedy when a man is not feeling well, If you are sick or “feel badly,” begin taking the famous catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache in the back, Root, beca' s soon joints and muscle: help all the other) get Swamp-Root is leading hospitals, private practice, a of our reade; free by mail, dress to Dr. Kilmer & Don't mak the address, agen ge rself the Wonderful Curative Propertics of Swanp-Root,: To Prove What Swamp-Root, the World-Famous Kidney, Liver and)” Bladder Remedy, Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of The Evening World May Have a Sample Bottle FREE. causes indigestion, stomach and liver troubl sallow, yellow complexion, makes you feel as though you cause they recognise in it the greatest and most success- liver aud bladder remedy, 16 so remarkably success: | N, ¥., om every bottle, <—h a By 2 W.H.FREDENBURG. JE? | ROURMOSMAN- reak in two after makes your head ache and back ache, you geta you may have plenty of ambition, but | e@ak and waste away. pleasant to take and {s used in the recommended by physicians in their nd is taken by doctors themselves, be ry been able to compound, who have not already tried it may/ the captain had asked | 1 | Drivers Drunkards Cured Secretly. Any Lady Can Do It at Home—Costs Nothing to Try, A new tasteless discovery which can be given In tea, coffee or food, Heartily in- OUR PAPA DON'T DRINK ANY MORE. dorsed by W.C. T. U. and all temperauce workers, It does its work so silently ant surely that while the devoted wife, sister or daughter looks on the drunkard’ is Claimed, even against hik will and with his knowledge. Send your name and a dress to Dr. Haines, 485 Glenn cinnati, O., and he will mall package of Golden Specific free to shi how easy It {s to cure drunkards with ow this Boy's. ‘Suit or Overcoat. , This is exactly what a fair store would charge above cost. We save you this profit if you come on Frl- day. Our object is to intro- duce our Boys’ Clothing to you. Suits $1.75 to $8. Usual Peices $250 to $il. Ages 3 to 16 Opaa Until VINCENT 6TH AVE., COR. 12TH ‘\ SHEA.—Peb. 24, PLIZABETH, beloved wife ef the Inte Walter Shes. Funeral from her late residence, 12 Convent ave., Friday morning, Feb. 27, at 10 o'clogh. TIMONEY.—At his residence, at Storm King, N. ¥., on Feb. 2, FRANCIS TIMONY, 8r.. brick manufacturer, formerly of Werplancl Polnt, aged 73 years 6 months and 20 days. Funeral will leave his late residence at 8 o'clock Friday morning and Fishkill Landing at 8.47, Interment at Verplanck's Point. Laundry Wants. A.—-Laundress or ranted on tinen and Troner Food position pique skirt fark Aro: 1024 DR to solicit trade for laundry; AL po- Laundry, #89 W. that. ‘experienced drivers to collect an@ Gellver on private route for steam laundry; must be experienced and furnish AJ referoncen: Food muiary at party. Address J 333 World. ‘Young man with Al refer Call betneen 9 and 10, Rossmore te lass. “London Laundry, . fret. 4st het. 119th & 190tb ate. FEQDERS aud folders wanted. Giorean Bream Laundry Co, 546 E. 1384 at. FHEDORS AD DEBS WANTED —Modern Steam Laundry, 108-114 Bast 434 St. FRMDERS and folders (wanted. Modern Steam family ironer wanted; work. Laundry, Tass come ready to RONDR—Wanted, an experienced family Ironee; steady. work. Laundry, 167 84 ave. family ironer; wendy 4th et. aleo family froner. 92 ate lo learn perfect birt ironing. Laundry, 4th at. me EN to learn shirt troning, ial 378 B. 4 'PRESSERS WANTED on, new enti Call at Salomon's Steam “ irta; learners: Laundry, 410 |. Al. 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