The evening world. Newspaper, March 10, 1905, Page 7

Q SA GAS TRUST HAS NO LE OF SAFETY FOR Doubles Its Bills tn City with Entire Impartiality and Ap- parently Without Burned—Complaints to Meter Inspector. ', Seatrow Alexander, @tate Inspector @f Uses Meters, requests the Mvening ‘World to make !t know to the public that he {a doing the best he can and will inpect meters as soon as he can, Dut complaints are increasing at an enormous rate, and there has been no forease in the force of testers. At the present rate of complaints the total number of meters complained of will be over 20,000 this year, Hardly any of these metere is strictly accurate and the variation in most onses 1s againet the consumer, but je enough to account for the doubling, ‘trebling 4nd quadrupling of gas bills, Meter inspection is a State and not a Qocal matter, It 1s significant of the New York sftuation that there are more complainta from the Borough of Man- hattan than from all the rest of the Btate put together, and that these com- plaints havo been steadily increaaing @ince the price of gas was reduced to In citles where the price of gas has iained constant for some years the number of complaints of excessive ga8 | pro, bills shows little variation, Just Plain Hold Up, Tt also appeara that the Gas Trust|" has no systematic system of increases, but goes on the theory that the public should pay eo much a month and appor- |in tone the amount to sult itself, Mr, Alexander's jurisdiction 1s con- fined entirely to the testing of meters, He has nothing to do with the quality of the gas. Any one who desires to have a gas meter tested need only send word to the State Inspector of Gas Meters, at No, 1 Hanover square, The fee for the averago meter is 4 cents. It the meter is proved to have been running too fast, the consumer Is en- titled to a rebate from the gas com- pany and also to have his fee returned. ‘The gas companies make trouble about paying these rebates, and often Ls “wear out" the consumer, This is noth- ing new, for it appeared in a recent hearing that the gas companies them- Belves owe the State over $40,000 for testing new meters and for the expenses of the State Inspector's office. The Con- solldated Gas Company, and the Brook- lyn Union Gas Company, are several yeara in arrears, Some More High Billa, Here are a few more of the thousands of complaints which the State Inspec- tor hus received: Since three or four months ago my billa, which at that tlme averaged about $2.00 per month, have steadily increased from 90 10 40 cents per month, until the last bill rendered calls for $3.40. In- quiries made among other tenants in the building lead me to belleve my bills are twice as much as theirs, DENNIS A, LONERGAN, No. 87 Bridge street. The last two bills received from the Consolidated Gag Company for gas sup- plied at my residence, No, 33 East Six- ty-ninth street, are so large and entire- ly out of proportion to any 1 have be- fore recetyed, that I am sure my meter is not registering correctly, EDWARD 8. BAYN, No, 8 East Sixty-ninth street, On the first of Fobruary the Consoll- dated Company's meters in our factory bullding, Twenty-fourth street and Tenth avenue, were tested by the Na- onal Meter Testing Company, the following result: with lt | per cent, fast. 4 de2 per cent, fast. ‘d to have you make your convenience, MIT LL VANCR CO, Nos, 886 & 838 Broadway. My bills ure two to three dollars high- er eyery month than they used to be, Kindly sond a man to test my meter. H, HPRMBLIN, We wou an examin No, 1025 Second avenue, My bills for the past few months have been outrageous, dnd I can see no reas Son, 48 we have not been ene more ig this winter than hefore, and there 8 no reason why my bills should be so Much larger, 8. MANDEL ‘ No, 4 West Blichty-thira street, We are using the same number of burners for the past ren, or two, yet in comparing our bills we find them to vary between $5 and $7.00 more per month than our old bills, R, WW. BLOOM & SONB, 08, 783-735 fone, Less Gas, Higher Bills, My gas bills amounted to $5. Then they jumped to $7 when I was stil! con- EXTORTION VICTIMS Every Section of the Regard to Amount the, of qa. hearwed. Dyting the winter they sang ran oie font ‘orm in gusued key, Mr. Hog admit that yg vethage tele hoes. ery tone, sos danger my bias 3 A fi fhe advent of wann, muggy weather 0, 1088 Ascendn they fave been lifting up thelr voices 0 etn ba, P ‘e) fn jungle gong to the terror of the | i ‘No. 62 Rast Petes erase neighbortrood, bf Yi pigs wy A delegation of citinens called at the Ro 16 ee 90, A. Haméiton avenue station jest night and 4 fa Ri et my complained to Capt, Formova of the ! bg Se operatic efforts of the Ming boaniers, } + Hite only, ‘a in the They assert thet their children were ‘and only for t hours, hiding tn cellars and fs and What ni ie ead my. seldom the women folk ‘were Priore to venture ™ 8 or % monthly, bot TRAIN Te [lt of doors, Aw additisnal cause of for the three months I have Hi. G complaint they wverced that the King sin) 8, re one wa boarders sleep tn the daytime and de- eee . When Howat to siglghes lve of Buen the hig destructive kerosene or : aN er OP) BY. INSPECTOR wet, a rent. prime to King ( D hy ake ror hoardin ne No, is Riv Ravine on stieet, thai andl bil of the pan: pen’ 9" ga Yas, 380, fen Dor, {ary bode that prenibies the weeping ‘Thete must be somethi the rat of aximals on household | premises, a & e Btbae pilios’ court toting. MOT SoH: 1686 Third ee aa a satcasS vhate Ra i laine shave {25 dag tietere » Which wa tached against him he vent ee ante otis ohn H. Halt Brother Brother of Inspeo-| unt necwas keoping the’ ones TFs tis atseuitinest | top Donald Grant, Who Has | iss"st dates wnt solte rp we iy of them as @oon as possible, sideraty eats “yh ther ore 4 ago, when @ are Pale o . 188-140 Weat nrteenth fa ieana tome One to look after the we Fuk Y tore: T have never bi ae one month asm) iis No, 69 Jefferson ole pergived a bill from Nor ee in exoeas oF revio xoe4s of a bare enoae bai a Trane: My bills 2 Ft 4B M4 i ms in a. Bay page doo pat a ar month, pte ie rig iy isthe a No, Pi bgt gee Hundred ahd and Pah. The near ik "a y pout ateat Thin walteth "ath tf Test ‘bi’ for t Balt ts as $880, M, CARO, Pine No, 313 Bighth avenue, lave meter teat , rk avenue le, me edenoe” Sang iy a MERA ay, As i from monthly, HERVEY: NO, 100’ Melrose avenue, ——— ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF SHOOTING EMPLOYER. tnt Saye He Never Fired Pistol and Doesn't Know How to Use One, ‘There was rather @ strange case tried before Judge Newburger and a jury in General Sessions to-day, Arthur Hyde, nineteen years old, of No, 100 West One Hundred and Third street, was charged with shooting his “employer, John Tin- kelbaugh, a milk dealer, of No, 2213 Eighth avenue, Jan, 2. Tinkelbaugh told the jury that while he was in a closet Hyde had opened the door and thrust a pistol into hig face and shot him, the bullet going into his cheek, Only the moment before he had paid him his salary and the boy had left the store, Young Hyde denied , the shooting stoutly, He sald he had never carried 8 pistol in Ms fife and wouldn't know i hes ison District Attorney O'C re | recalled ‘Tinkelbaugh to the stand, Ho Tepeated that he distinctly saw Hyde's the BF at ‘athe time and {twas he that phere W Was 89 mugh fullt that Judge Newburget nwtructed the jury to acquit the youth, eauaitcab ia see) MARINES NOT NEEDED. Reserven Held for 8an Domingo Ase signed to Warshi NORFOLK, Va., March 10,—Orders under which @ largo company of United Doy berwice at Guantanamo ar® Ban No- mingo, had they been needed, having been revoked, 160 of the marines, un- ‘ler command of Second Lieut. W, A. MoNell, will leave to-morrow for Wash- ington, where they will be drilled for | assignment to auty on board the new armored oruiverg Pennsylyania and Maryland, Thinty of the marines also will leave to-morrow, under command of First Lieut, Robert Y, Rhea, for outy on the Dry Tortugas (Fla.) nayal station, a GET THE THRILL. Thero fs a thrill in every tine of a Sherlock Holmes story unlike any other in shor Read The Adventure of the Priory School” in The Evening JOHN H. GRANT, THE FORMER INSPECTOR, WHO NIED TO-DAY. Lohg Been a Sufferer, Ex- pired To-Day, Former Inspector of Pollce John H. Grant, died of Rright's disease to-day at his home, No, 825 Enst One Hundred and Nineteenth street, He had suffered trom the complaint for fifteen years, Inspector Grant was a half brother ot Inspector Donald Grant, now in charge of the Staten Island district, and was very popular while on the force, where he worked himself up from the etreet to an ingpectorship during the thirty-six years he served, In that time he gained a record for honesty and fairness among his fellow officers, John H. Grant was born Dec, 28, 18: ang was appointed to the police fo} Jan. 12, 1866, Ho was made a rounds- man Nov, 3, 1870; a sergeant July 19, 1876; a captain July 16, 189¢, under the Roosevelt board, and was promoted to an Inspectorship Oct. 13, 1897. He held this last rank until he retired, Oct, 24, 1903, @t which’ time he was in charge of the First Inspeotfan District, He was {nfluenced to retire by Bright's disease, Inspector Grant was a veteran of the clvil war, serving with distinction in PRESIDENT POTTER Hopes Are Now Entertained for Potter of the Long Island Railroad, w past, showed decided {mprovement this morning any fecovary. A ing, after having | been unconscious, ex- cept for a brief pertod yesterday, eince Saturday night, meningit! DIAMOND DYES SIMPLY FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. TAR WORLD: G ae EVENING, MARCH 10, 1005, . CROWDED TRAIN KING'S BOARDERS CAUSE TROUBLE Neighbors Compiain of “Musi- cal” Efforts of Panthers, Bears, Camels, Deer, &. and Police Take a Hand. Joseph Wing maintains a boarding- hoube at No. 108 King stroet, Brooklyn. Here is a iat of his boarders: Four Siberian deer. Four camels @ double-humped.) ‘Three panthers, One black bear. Qne grizsly bear, MUCH BETTER TO-DAY. Railroad Maguate’s Recovery— Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, The condition of President W. FF, ho has been serfously {ll for a week hopes are now felt for his Was consoimis ithis morm- He is ia ering from cerebro-spinal For the Housewife have been manufactured. They give fast, beautiful colors, and aro prepared for home use. RING REPOSES IN CHILD'S TUMMY’ Mchers are anxious, and ohildren are wider eurvellance In South Orangs to-day, for one of @ number of ehildren haa swallowed a ting and no one knows who the child ds, ‘The ring got Into the midst of one of JUMPED TRACKS: Commuters on the New Haven Road Escaped Injury When Rails Spread, but Were De- the South Orange oblidran at a birth- layed by the Accident, day party given to Lee Graves, the —_—— seven-year-old won of Mr. and Mra, William Graves, who celdbrated his birthday on Tuesday last, “When the time for culiing the ake came, the children crowded @ibout ex- citedly, Some oif them wanted the rag and all of thea were hungry, The tacts ‘of the cake made them forgot all about ‘the ning, and they ats ravenously, Sume site the station, railroad men say, the /oniiq ewallowed the ning, and then raila spread and the engine suddenly | there was consternation among moth- loft the track and ploughed up tles and | &w. roadbed, pier howe The engine ran about three hundred feet on the ties, but was stopped with- cut Injury to any of the passengers, a along the line hundreds of com- ne were gathered waiting for trains lanhattan, but the derailment held e TOR rhe jreatbound local track was gomplstely locked and al) trains ‘be run on the westbound expreas i the trains drew into the Mount (Special to The Byening World.) MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., March 10.— A looal train on the New Haven Rail- road, filled with commuters, and due at Mount Vernon at 7.85 A, M. to-day, met with a peculiar accident while run- ning ipto Pelham, When almost oppo- Phyetolans are in readiness to pel the first. time @ chi Oppenheimer Treatment CURES Vernon station mey and women climbed i over tl ence. wate hepa ates the ex- A Cc O H OL § the peal track, 8 little @ mate used vy employees became choked br. rig heh aa Way imate, had narrow @ injul apprise tant he ahs New oe imbue co ada hard ing their places of business No detention from business, Craving Overcome within 48 hours. The Oppenheimer Institute, 159 West 34th St., New York, DowntownOfiice, 170 Bi way, a Missing Browgley Ie Found, BALTIMORE, March 10.—George W, yp hd Srigiebrgd agent fae & pot> hy Who Gapped hotel NowarkN.J,, BklynOmi » Momickigeest, “aa Gove Bt Literature and full information, &0., free on request, Bast Liverpool oy from a New or vor Match 1, 1, and for whom a genéral alarm ‘Was eont out, wae found y, by Ms Monin oid reside in telegram sta’ A Med vat he ‘was ait Matit WM. VOGEL & SON ‘Usual defect Sagging collar, (Gait defect Our new States Marines were beins held here for | the Highlanders, Seve tyeninth New department York Volunteers, and. belng’ wounded ° See during two engagements in Benth Caro» Re: ni sample eo PEC TO Ty na, capturing crooks, In appearance he was & stalwart fn, And was noted for his fearlessness in siting Book ogi 45 Dyed Gamples Free. DIAMOND DYWS, Burlington, ‘Vt. 7 All Cars Thanstte Jo Lenni 10 5 Ave 59°60" Sr itis alvays iy to remember, but particularly so at this time, that All Cars Transfer to Bloomingdales’, Our store is so well situated and so easily reached that we are prac- tically immune from any such transportation disturbance as is now affecting other and less favored locations. It is just as convenient as it ever was to come to Bloomingdales’ from any part of Manhattan, New Jersey and Long Island, and equally as easy to return home again after your shoppin; ri rs Are Always Co MEN’ WOM! HEN’ NEW $1 KID GLOVES, 69c, $1 KID GLOVES, 596, COATS, spcclal at $2.98, SPRING NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, BOYS' $2 BOX CALF SHOES, sizes 1 to 6, $1.50, GRLS' $12 to $15 COATS, to-mor ow at $6,75, MEN'S $1 and $1,50 STIFF BOSOM SHIRTS, 55c, MEN'S MERINO UNDERWZAR, very speclal, 30c PURE SILK UMBRELLAS, Men's and Women's, $1.50, SALE OF SILVERWARE—-Grandest Values Ever Offered, GIRLS’ GINGHAM GUIMPE DRESSES, 4 to 14 years, $1.49. MEN'S FINE ELASTIC AND LISLE WEB SUSPENDERS, 17c, MEN'S $3.50 HAND-SEWcD CALF ENAMEL SHOES, $1.98, WOMEN’S LISLE THREAD UNDER VESTS, 25¢,, 35c. and 59c, MEN’S SHOES, formerly $2 to $3.50, for Saturday, only, $1.59. HOSIERY SALE—Men's, Women's and Children's—all at 12%c. WOMEN'S BLACK MERCERIZED SATEEN PETTICOATS, $1.98, WOMEN'S $2 OXFORD TIES, handxurned soles, all sizes, $1.19, WOMEN'S ENAMELLED WATCH SETS, brooch pin to match, $3.49, FINE FISH AND GOOD GROCERIES FOR LENT AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES, We Bloomingdale has heen concluded, for mfcriable During Shopping Hours, Special Attractions for To-Morrow: Great Sale of New } Wilson Pianos $165, $1 Week» Including re and Strom $180 ta 8000" put $5 39c, ‘others Tex. t Ay | sith tot Dib St, World next f faturday. Get the thrill, Small but Sure Often Repeated Assure Success in right,” Sig. Hirsh, kets. The Secretary and Treasurer, retail clothier and designer, @ giving the public merch 4 a siall margin of profit, The “Tay! as we are nearing the “wind-up,” In order to “sell goods right” the merchant must have the experience and purchasing power to “buy The President of the Hope Clothing Go,, Mr. ; 4 buyer of national reputation, nection with retail enterprises of every denomination has placed him in touch with every turn of the mar- brings to this organization years of experience as a Both the Hirsh, brothers ‘are Originators and manufacturers, and they believe in e of style and character at moved so rapidly under the “iHope system" that now, even the best grades m@ are dropped down to sensationally low figures, The New Spring Suits and Overcoats for Men. We are done with Winter, Our concetn is with Spring—or, to be more exact, with the clothes for Spring. For the event, we've been in preparation for months, Our organization of clever tailormen have plied their skill with wonderful effect--every effost has been put forth to make this Spring showing of Suits and Overcoats reach a standard of excellence that could not be surpassed. We don't think it can be surpassed, We await your decision at any time you may elect to pass judgment, A marked diversity of style in the new models is another phase of this Spring preparation. Involved in our showing of $x5 Spring Suits & Overcoats ‘There are six new models in short boxy Top Coats, made from double-twist coverts in the new shades, at $15, Then there's a series of models in the Medium Length Overcoat, silk lined and silk lined to edge, made of black Thi and Oxford, at $15, $ Also long, loose Rain Coats in plain black and fancy fabrics, at $15, In single and double breasted sack suits there are six oe of each style in plain blacks and blues $08 RY erh at $15. . Other Spring suits and overcoats, $15 to $40. Every garment is made with our famous new “Concave” Shoulder and “Closefitting” Collar, WM. VOGEL & SON Broadway. Houston St. wer NAUSS-B d th 124th & 125th Sts, Corner 80th Sti’ Our meats have a wide reputation for sweetness and positively shrink Jess in cooking and ro than numerous other grades on the market— “4 BECAUSE we buy only prime corn-fed cattle, wh h viel solid beef. ; FURTHERMORE we buy all our cattle on the | do our own slaughtering in New York City; this ena to offer these exceptionally low prices, Specials for This and Next Wee hot din an and Teme per Ib, 10c roa hole ber Qo | CHUCK, ROawr vl cone te ANT , phe native 24 AVENUE, All other outs and foints not mentioned are dia layed m counters and stalls, marked ay ae oe ao a safeguard and assures but , The rh. ee Lehaetoahisesedicaiauesti. Gyo. Hotels, Clubs, Restaurants, Steams! and Institutions’ Orders Solicit Groceries and Vegetables Price, (" at Harlem Market Only. ©, Grocery arti Végetabie Fee Bia Finis oe | Crem oe ® NGL ARE THis To residents on the line of ti Our Harlem Store £. fo Bon Misses’ New Sp. All Specially Priced for 7: Girle' Ptah tetche 9 made in all the ew mod on iD, fast ~and HERBIE a Tutte Vase a ex * Box Coata in sizes 14 to it Pane Covert; finely tall- sie AEE utts, Box coat style, mn ri praia: also Blouse ie een ig: Skirts, ae and ee aera cloth and mix. (iy ia SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING Profits Business, His con- Mr, Fred Hirsh, lor" stocks have = Fancy Cheviot and Nobby and bright styles; single and double breasted, All sizes {f you come early. Black Cheviots and Blue Serges, The values are so extraurdinary in this offering that you must see the Suits in order to appreciate the opportunity, |__™ BROADWAY cer] WE PLACE ON SALE TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, MARCH ith, Eight Hundred and Twenty-one Garments, Choice at This is a most timely collection, as it comprises both medium and light weight apparel—therefore suitable for wear the vear round, Choice Selection of Men’s Suits. These Suits are all of the higher type of tailoring, Worsted Suits, e All Roads Lead to the Hope and bway need BS, nh fo mie wit Bridge and allMorries. Your Pick at While Quantity Las: No Duplicates, _ delay you In 4 In easy. Waking All eurfice ines Aither etop a& our comer or transfor to Crambers ayreot, Some Fine Top Coats, Not a coat but what shows pedigree. Fancy Homespuns, Silk Lined. Short Box Goats, Then a tine selection of Coverts and some Oxford and Black medium length Coats, ji Priestley Cravenette’ Rain Oe M4 Both medium and light weight. Some of these are full lined. “ss CHAMBERS ST. ia {Bahn LIMITED! > | ie o'clock. Deeds Not Words Are Wanted By the Purchasing Public Me No class of merchandise Is so aggressivel clothing. Purticularly at this pth. of gi seems as If clothlers “dee-lightcd” in giving a wares. Well—we are too young as alnew fe "0" much as yet, We will have to “do things, series Of sales of the “Prank 1. Taylor” wtecks been a revelation to these who took ad them — The present offering at “Eight Eight} make “eight hundred and twenty-one” new and nent customers for this store, Perhaps not quil number, as many will certainly buy more ti Stites, You can see the garnients ii our wine isplays. These displays wily appear a trifle se tional; perhaps, but they are attractive and new, sides every display shows value and economy to Satuniay morning at 0 we will hi nied of ‘Special, Otter: are now o Phi depiny td Windows i Li, 10 and 9, Chambei