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M.l::ttS;i;:s'S^^^-;-frj;!f ^,-- -"-^^--ed both in '•acJi sepaz-ateJv I slvi report, instead of renlvin.r I ^^ •>'••/ for a nuniber of years "nW ''' ^''" '^^^''^^'e <^he gas -• F:^- t^S ^ri^;^-;; ^Y ^-V« -^ ^« ^e wondered ;'; '-'ueed without at fi^ X^w^; ^1"? ^^"" ■^"ccessful^' "^Jy alter other men have i nV ?., '*^' ^'"\^^"-'^' ^"^^ 't is ofteJ, '^ventors that success is ac st Tn '^'^^'^Shnil ideas of *^^'^- iJi ^^inninP<>.si ion and prejudice WJ t 1 '"•' "^'^^^^^^'^ ''^"•' '""cJi .^^■noraUy adopted. As an h f ^•^^^ercome before it was ^'V'f.^Wof a petition fro ah '^ ^^"•\^ «^^^' ^^^^ -the -habitant, of t]^ Cit^ .!^^,t JS. "^^^^ V^-fluential 53-^^v t number oi evils and calamiti that woi evitably foll.nv its introduction there, owin^r to its poi.sonou.s explosive and dest.-uctive nature, an^ill ever make much headway there. Whatever want of success it may have met with in En-land \Vater (ias is making rapid progress in America— about^sixty <-ompanies having adopted it within about five years, four (if them being in Canada, whilst a number (.f new works are con- tracted for or are in course of construction. One of the i)roce.s.ses referred to as having failed in England —the Tessie du Mota> — was inti-oduced, with modifications ami improvements, in New York, about five years ago, and has been m successful operation ever since. Ab(mt four years since in consequence of the great demand for their gas.^he Company working tlie process erected new works capable of producin-.- three million cubic feet per diem. Other works have sinw been erected elsewhere, and are working successfully. The Lowe Process, wliich Mr. Littlehales says is almost a pi-ecise copy of Kirkham's plan, differs from it in some material points, as can be easily shown, and is a great improvement upon it. _ In both the "Report" and Mr, Littlehales' letter exception IS taken to the gas now supplied by this Company, principally upon two gruunds, namely, its qititlit}/ and xajdi/. Tlir .|u..sti..n ..f the ',un}it;, of the oas is almost altoMvtlu.r taken up l.y Mr. Littlclialcs. In .liscnssin.i,' this, lie very proju'rlv refers l.otli to its illninmatin- jiower and freedom from" Ordinary impurities found m ,i,ras. As exemption is not taken to it upon the latter ground, either hy Mr. Littlehales o.- in the ehairnian's " Report " It may only he jieces.sary for me to state that the (Jovei^iuiient tests nivarialJy sliow, that since u-as has heen .supplied here l.v the l.owe I roeess ahme, the amount of impurities f.,und tliereiii hnswvrr u, ,n>fi caRc rxcmlnl thr lr;i„l sfundnnl, wliile. accoi-,lin<^ to the pul,l,she.| reports, it hashrn frrr^unif/// r.rmdnl l,rj all ff, < n,n GnxC,.wiu,)itr>, i„ thr Dominion, where tests had h.'en ma.Ie tor any length of time. In a great many instane.'s tliese im- pui'ities haye been fonnri tcvv hmjcl,/ in .'Wrss, and in the case of one laige or)ni])any, on seveivd occasions as much as /ift,/ times over thr nllovaiuw. [ndee.l, two large compani.^s hay('' not dur- ing some years complied with the Act as far- as one „f tlie ini]mnties is concerned, and one of these companies l,as almosf invanah y exceeded the standai-d witli i-ennciples involved and of the details of the manufacture con- ymces me that it is, from the very nature of the case, next thincr to an impossibility to maintain anything like uniformity in the illuminating p(nver of the gas." Knowing very well that tlie freiiuent tests made here by the^ Cxovernment Inspector showed no such variations as he states and knowing that he could not ignore those tests, Mr LittJehale.s attempts to explain the discrepancy between them and his "observations" by stating that, as a rule, the tests did not occupy more than half an hour. ^_ Let u.s now consider whether Mr. Littlehales' occasional observations or the Government tests are the most reliable aiKl whether his a.s,sertion is a correct one. In doing this I shall have to j-cfer to a matter which Mr. Littlehales' disparage- In the tests made here--72 in miinhpr fnL-o.^ «* r«- per^-ls between Febn.a.yi:t ailcr^nl'n'S^, l^^^ we N ere nmlang Watta- ("Jas exelusively, o>,/>/ a >/itZTror2 7^ Tl T ^''''':'r''^^ tests nuule since then show anro 'oater nn^Z th?? 7^-^-tness of the Govcn.nent te:2. S^! Tiniiul In the tests made tlnve tiiiKvs a day nt le-^f 1,.- X ana that the tests made here sliow this. In further nmnf Ml LUtlehates Works m. HamiUon. In the Government Renort or the year ending June 30th, LS79, the last Ih v tS ^as made tJeie, in this respect, indeed, the difference is greater /w Cm/ Gas compamcs in the Dmni.Aon. In further nroof of the incorrectness of Mr. Littlehales' conclusion twl^n^y be U.yto 10.24 m^irf/.^, o;- rr difcrcnce of 9.55 oa;ifzL • and ffreat The statement is made in the "Renorf " fV.Qf +>,,. of tills rnmr-r,,.-,- - 1 i / , J:veport, that the manager tiiLs tompanj acknowledges the imperfections of the gas by n ^ * ! r <^ # V ff i ft.Ivovtisinrr to Huu.oo th,. iM.rnfTs free of expense In doin. ^..s no sue-], aeknowl<.,|.,nent was made; the I eci as s "l o Im '" Tr''"''^^^^^^^^ to replace worn nio asknig consumers to use 5 feet burne,-s instend of "^ ' ; IS unwarranted. The obiect of thJ r ^^""^^^'^ "* '^ ^^'e^- burnerstoconsun.cn' fW" ?;Ln^ ^Z^y >" ^^PP^in^ ence of the latter ^ ' ''''^^ *"'* ^'^^^ fouveni- cin civeiage tor 8 months, endinc Sejit 'iofli ln..f +• i-m. ^^/ uie lejmts oj that of the wujhhorwq > if,, of Ifrninlfm, r>l.; t.on has been made, that althoui,di the .ms L teste 'v^^^^'^ t (J Tl... statfinrnt Mint tl.r i„vs..,.t u„s vnrvlrs uiti, it tar ,„• -h.vh.avy ,sul.stnnn..s. wluH. n,..,.,sHrtat..s tl,. l.lowi . , u tlu' pifH.s, t-t,.., ,s inc..nv,.t, tin. i'.u-t Urhv timt tl,,. ■ is L t ... < ,.pos,t,on ot Xapl.tl.alin.., wl,i,.I. it is wHI known is w-ry nl,| nn. srnons trouM. with Coal (Jns works an^lis ,„ .;-eul,ar to VVater (las; an.l in th. p„st, wln-n n,ak n ( ras.this Company has l,a,| r..|ativ..| ■ ...vatrr .litfi.-n U^ tV Mns mus.. that it has l,a.hvcvntly ••>ttl.nlt^ tio,„ Th.H (litRonlty has 1„.,.n <■ .n'lplet.ly ovn-onir, an.l j a.n satish..,! no n.on. stoppa^os fron, it-n,.,.,| |,„ anpr.l ,.,. r Na})hthalinf is not an impurity ' ' '• This charfTo is ma.lc on the irmnml of th.-rc Immh-.- -, 1.,,. ajnount of (^H.oni. Oxi.!. in tl^- .as, an.l in co, Xiati. i ^f this clann it ,s asscM-t..! that uxmv aonM-nts n-snlt if use than rou, C^>al Gas. which cntains a s nn : a. t f Carbonic Oxide. Mr. Littlohalcs vcrv proi.crlv sVvs 1 ^ il question 'is really one to he ,c ^. ,juoUd mmndemnation of vhat is called Wafrr 0>:.. i-nes) called Water Gas, eontainnur say 227 of Caihonic Ov.Mn ^dh. of o^rr Meteriou. ,ascs, i.^ou hr Xir n;! v : .!^ ^ than Coal Gas contau.inr. .say 7% of (VvrhoiuV Oxide .w' • elatively usurious nature of these oases, two elements of anger mus be taken into consi,leivati;,n~Mn. ^,; « > ^^i xiHiocahny chnradvr ami their rxph^ivcnr^^, - »>>,/ ]!fl'. h 1 ,t,.,l ,n Par,,, Wcmsc of its .langomus elKuart,.,- r "iv. in meie Dy rrot. Adolphe Wurtz in Ann.'n.bv r fl„> v ii • one 1^- Gideon E. M^re, Ph.D.. of ^^^t^, N^- '""""^ contents in {^a'tr'^n^^^''^^"-^ '^ f^em-ralon a,.;;,nnt of its contents n Carbonic Oxide, are base.] on an entire misconcep- tion of tne meaning of the reports .)f the eminent scient Ke men who were called to pronoi nee upon its safV y inlvance mv Tl tM.ncI, ivport WHS u..favoral,|,. f,,,- tl>.. f..ll ' ^-;' '-'•i;lental leaka.. w Jl.'x'l^^ll^r ^'^ 'ian^ers arising ••'"■•hUs .>r;^.:/;:;:,t!!;;;,;{"";;j^^'';">* ^'-on. th. opinion of .,,e "uti'-^i'Je P/-ocess. which has ave:;: . ' , ur:;r'*'"t''^'-^ 'f ^^^ ^onn.r ^as jrucn, a.v ahout th,. usn« I « ^ '°" ^ '!"-' ^"'^Ivsos of Coal 7<1 othc... .ases prc-sent^ "in\ ?f^' T '^'^^ ^'-•'-- <>xi; U e nu nW^ :;■ ^^ ^ ^1^ ^ ^"^"^J^-- atten.pte.l ;r^''-''r^ '" *^'^ P^^'H^ p,.i^ ^ t^;^^^^^^^!;^ I^ave been than eJeA'en deatlis froni suff, Li ^ ''^ ^''''' ^'''^ ^« ^'ss ^'aused by Water Gas/a d"v^i<;^.T; '?'^ 'J"^ "*' ^^'^^^'^ was number than can b; trace, t On" T ^'^ '^^ '' ^ ^^^'^^ter J^nrope in the san.e time "Of ^Jf"^ ^^'^ ^". ^^'^ whole of «t(.od that these deaths f , , T ' ^''' "'^^"^' ^<^ to be umler- J*..ne„ e„ the ..p^S? Sj^New Si T^^ .^^■"' tliat I got a ti-i..nd t//a'>' to luak.. J.r 1 '■ ^ ^^''^^^'^ '^'^v and i»y , "The foll.nving I get from the 'Coroner's Office mquiry at the places where the deaths occurred • the Caty ot New Y.)rk in tlie past two years. yhree of which were caused by explosions at -as works. i/r«' were suicides, by the pcr.sons deliberatelV stoppin-^ ^h;shuf '",•??■ ^'''^ P"""'« ^•"^■'^ ^^ ^<^"«^^ ^*" «anie and : ;. f 1 ^^''-^'t^' "»f i-fwing gas bracket. Neither of these .sliould be mentioned, I think, in yours or any otlier report. l/me by accidental suffocation with 'Water Gas ' J"-»hy accidental suffocation with 'Coal Gas.' " V\ hether the three deaths from suicide Were from Water or Goal Gas IS n,)t stated, but it would be manifestlv uniair to b ame eith.r, for them and such a quantity of gas was allowed to escape as would be far more than sufficient with either ga.^ to cause tleath.* "^ This leaves^ three cases of suffocation which can be pro- perly charged to Water Gas, and three from explosions, the kind of gas which caused them not being stated. Now, suppose we allow Mr. Littlehales these cases tbr the sake of argument and include in the list of deaths in Great Britain, dml,cr the tmie referred to, those which took place from a similar cause, and see how far this claim is borne out. fh It T -Tn "^ P^^ ^^'^ '"' ^^'' ''^''^' '^ ^'^'•''P'^ i^ the same tant, iVr l^ittlehales ventures a statement that it would be .sj^mewhat difficult to controvert, as far as the Continent of ^urope IS concerned, owing to lack of information on the poijit As tar as (rreat Britain alone is concerned, I find the fe accidents_ recorded in the AmmHmHG\y^ Li.jki *Jovrnal Ki resuitec troiii Goal Gas. How many took place that %l' not iorded it is hard to sai/ : !oIo'~S-^l^^^"!^"^' 1*; ^^eaths, 1 ; fatal suffbcations, 11. IS; "-^-M^l^sions, 20 ; deaths, 4 ; fatal suffbcations, G. I'SSO, to December 7th :-Explosions, 6; deaths, 2; fatal suffocations, including 2 from carbonic acid gas, 5. lota :— Kxp osions, 40 ; deaths, 7 ; fatal suffocations, 22. liesules the .leaths from explosions, a number of persons were seriously injured. In estiiaatin- the relative danger of the two gases, as I betore said, the danger from explosions must be taken into consideration. haviL1illl^,^Soe'^.'\'*;'v^ w''''?'"f^'"^°""^^ °^ *«-^ •»"'■« death. uumij, taKtii place ni iNuw York Iroiu Coal Gas.~\V. H. P. and iiy gas in works, toppint^ le, and i' these ort. htev (71" I'air to llowt'd er gas e pro- e kind jppose iment, ig the cause, ut re LI. i. fatal 5. 22. rson.s as 1 into leatlib 9 t"bute to the A?f '^'^^ ^" a.s.sertion he i V' ^- ''■^'-'^P'^ "°t '^««ie Oxide l,.'/"^^^\°^ -^^'^ ^''>ntainin"\tv ..r^"-' ''^ ^''^S^ an(Ia,roi-din.- toPnf 1, ''' "' ^^''•^i", contain^ V*^ ^^« '"^de ^^'•^od CJas of tlu -. ^^^^^"'JJor, i„ Johr son's Fn ? '^'' ^'*^'nt., l^™,^ "- ™o, 'Cab uT' ""-'.'- -^^- ed :„°f „t'"'/P- tiwapino- fVoni a Z n t * ''^''^ ^'^"'-s. where fhl ^^^^ ^*<^er «"'> no Coronp..' • ^ Pai'tieular exi.m-w- ^ ^°^^ not ^••'UJitrv who! ?^"*^«^ ^vas Iieid r f-''" *««k P^ace on Tir<. i'x, ^^^'^'nbo^vinor.nff] P *'■> resulted f'roTM ^laiyler for h . . Previously nisanV- i • ? ""^ ""^' «f them a« here. Mr^ L /,^ *^ "«" of the eras drl. n . ^""^ '^ "^"^^' duinxr thit f;. .V,,'T':'"S -ore or i^:::J!TSS great d.5,;,l„«X'' "^ ''■■'■" «-■«■•..» ov^r 4oT, ''' '"'' ■'"'.'' 10 The number of deaths whicli have taken nl«.. i the introduction of Water Gas iii Januan 187Q '''' ''"'' ^S"(t t ;'"T' '''''' ^'''''- «- i-^-Sets^h^n luct,thataccile;H:.i7s n^,''diS"do ^ ^^ '^^'""^^' ^ soon after each otlier. and t uin ac^-^in f„ « I ^'''"i ''''y occur whatever. ^ *'' "^ ^''"« P'-'^'i'^d none The past history of this Conipanv fully bpar« tKJc . .Uirls were suffocated in a hotel from an eln^ T' ^T' ^^^ In 1.S60 a young lady ^^^^tLlZtoTI! elZ^^^^^ house through a sewer, and two other personfweie Six-It J at the same time, and recovered ^rith great difficultv^T Sfil a woman was found dead in a room in itZ "^.^y- /^^ 1^61, eftocts of, a. escaping,,.™,, a^'uTe-'ltg" hTS '"^ *^ Here there wei-e Hve deaths from suffoeltinn in T„ . • Jess than eight yea,^; two occun-ing in oM year anH tT'^ '° w,tl,.n two yea,-s, besides another sfrious S„t ^° ™"^ laking mto consideration the difference in ih.. „ ^ ^ Ihe number of accidents which have taken r>l^I ti • deaSr;::;idt*ircr,Vart,!ili„T„roS T'^-' mentioned cases, the pa.ties were found dead ^ tL' """^ ron, the escape „f cSal Gas f,-on, artS-vtarne^dZS the mght, pe,sons have ,ecovered here after inhLngthe Water l>astor a much longer period— one after 1,,,, ■ i i . . ,t*- ,r;f ^ >-". >^o- ' "f anotrr aitt inhll fg iSten nouis; all the apertures in both of tho rnm^i^ i .»' ,*o"^Len tight and in thi latter case the roltin^^ e ;;iKe"P It remains to be seen whether or not Mr LittllZll • dictions will be verified ; but if his piopliecies are 1? ^'''" correct than his statements of fact tl ere s nnf T T\ "''''■'' of them being fulfilled ; and it i^vortrof-^ot: ZafM^g: •f^ n but on the eontraiT Tn tin • ^^"^'V'' ^"""^ctod M-ith its' use t^'"^^- I may also ack/as f., '""v^^'^^^'-'-^t^on to us in the wh"o e "meetings of the ArncSan Ga' ??t?A* ^"'*' ^'^'"^^ ^^ ^he two «ub,ect was discussed oXf H, ^^^*-f''''^'^''^<^^""^ ''^♦^ ^vhich this gas ,naru^ engine^L t^:^^^ '""" ^"^ ""^"^^ ^vir. Littlehales referred to h^ll ' ^ ^^'''' Pt'i'^ons besides some questions reirardinrr;? '^'P^^^^n'^u^ nature-one to ask not nK>re aangerog:l"f ^; -^^^- ^^^^-^ ^^ claim that it ^'^ in conversation , -ii • last meeting, eveiy one of" T'^'' "f ^"'^ ^"^'^n^'*^^^ after the groundless, the gas nwlo r' *^"^ ''''^' ^" ^''^^'-^ ^'^ PerWi <^he weight of air, fery So h^^ •' "n "'"^'^ ^^^^^'^ ^^an ha/f nearly so heavy as mlJt- iV'' ^'^^^ ffood Coal Gas of ^possible to L: g"^7n,!tuf ^^"f-^' ^--^^ Oas and it? being of high gravif;' Th ^ a "" •ir^'?"^^ IT'"'' -i^hout it" one who will open a gas et fn fl '"''"'" ^ ''''^"o""' and any very soon find that tlfe 'al viH ' ^T''' ^'"^^ ^'^ ^ house w 1 1 ^Jie fact of a law hn vfn V '"'"'' ^° *'^^' "PPor (mes -setts which IM-act ca ly rol[i?-r"LX^'f^^^' recently in A a^achu argument wiy a £>^Jrt^tlfr' ^^'•^' ''^ P^--nted as an rornied on credihl,. ^ X ■ ■^''""^^J be passed here T «r., • interests <.f ( oa 4 p'''"*^'' ^^'''^ ^^at law wa passJll /,"' -tu.lly,„^^\;;;- Co,np.ne. C^ Gas ^r^^V^^ fo iio care to have thf S^ nJ' !"'^'^^Coal gIs manage J ^ff by the introduct'on of n n ^^''"'^ ^'^^' ^''^''^".^•'^•'^ "ec'^ss gicid to obtani the s-imp I- .' i •• "' ' P'aces, would h.. vpw '■"« given ,,,„„,- JZ:r^S''''"Zl P" r';»"'»'"''™ "'^i-li = • .<»l Gas Coniimnies. I,iit has 12 liniited the onlv rl-,,.,. ■'" W»tc.,. (il,^, tS:"e"S' m"' '" "^;; »"»• "■'"'•'' - found very ,,la„,,e,,„,,, ,,^ It t. "la '".'",?'"'/''"■ " *' '""" oMaii, legislation lin itin - tl, .",„., ' "." ""' : ami wliv not e-. of ;vln-ch the-,., i a «. V i r" rf-f''''.''""«'''-""'' ^l^"™ Simplj- because Coa] Ga, R. " -^"""'"y '" 'I"- Coal Gas? such conditions. "" t'>u.pan,es could „„t ,„,„j.r. ';;.]»^' -Tile law passed in \' t enacts that no Vs can !. n ^ I'-f '^^'"'^^nafo>9 oa/J, h P^'- cent, of Carb^onic C^it ^'^ " "^'^ ^-^-"^ n.fre'tha," ,,' one Avho understand* f P^''' ^^nt. of Hyrlroocn A,-,, ftat no iilun^ini^nt , : ™™(;rf-" f «-- "" ''"l" a™ f conditnns Ti,„ 4?- ? ,'?'^'^ ^.^" ''e made to r,.m,j,- ,„;xi ., ^ condition."-s;e"Si!:r '" "'«'^^' '-^on^wJ;^."^ J" «- state, n;:'^ ^^^^ '^ ^^ number o/^^s^:;:!;,^ :"¥; -r s;^-- t\t 5^^^^^^ ^^^ ^-- ^« suunno. tbree let p ^1 ou." th;!" ^' ^?""^' ^^at instead o eon.' fre on the averao-e <^^Z^mt'^''''''-l'y?''^'''^^^^^ take the liberty o"f reS '^ ^ '^' ''^ '"^''- ^ ^^'^"'^ facts connected wit] ]"lf^ . f ^^^"""ittee of some other consideration. ^^^^X^'''''' "/"^^ ^^ --thy" iron posts, at a co^f +• •■ T^,^ ''ecently erected over ^on very considerable cos 1 thin 1 I^andsome globe lanips at a not apjaee on the Continon/ i '"^I ''^''^o «ay, that there is '-ttez- or cleaner condition "' "'"" ''^^ '-"P« -e kept in a ^ -t rSl^o;^ -- ^-^ ^^ -y also be as .ell V some of the niember of the rl" .?^^P.«^^"tly entertained paying more for the o-as than n.^ . '''' ^^^- *^^^<^ the city is ber of your Committee ieno^ieTf ?"^""^-« ^^e. A n.e^m! that the Company, though Stb;".!^' ^T'' '' ^'^^'^ «aid sumers, continued to chame ^^^^ T l'""^^ *° P^^ate con- thousand feet for the gas sun L'/'' f,^ ^^'' '^^^ ^f S3.00 per ordmary consumers got^Ufor^^i 00 '° the street lamps, wlfile ordmary consumers'only ZvA'' thousand. The fact is ;;nd after paying for ti !Znle'ofTl-'-^'\^'' ^^^°"«-nd P-n.. and interest on outla^^^/l^trtf ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ( t l.'J 't nniv now ho w if . r, — .. u p,.,. <*iilHr ae .as. 1 read a para,.iph l^";;; " loi'ontopaper: 'Al.lern.an Boustead presente.l four reports .y the Government Inspector in reference to the Uas supplied to the ( ,ty l,y tlie Toronto (Jas (^„npan^■. Thev sliowed tlie .lluunnatniu- power ot the -..as (I:> ean.Iies heiuo'the stan.lanl) to have heen on Oetoher :,t],, I2.(),S eandh-s; on Oetoher !)th HM)2; on October 2Stli, I4.(J7: on Oetoher I Ith, 1 1.:)4.' " Ml-. IVarson. — Tliat is iiianif(;stlv incorrect "Ml-. LittU'liah's.— Tliis was hist Oetoher " M '■ r-f/ri''''r^^\ '"'T ""^V"- ^ '"'' ^'^■^ ^''^"- H-t'ntleiuen. "Mr. Littleliales.— Last Oetoher;' "Mr. Pearson.— We were unal.Ie to use tlie Lowe Process exclusively, hi-cause w.- Jia.I not the means of properlv puri- ^viny-the uas. i hat i.s a v,Ty different statement. (Lauu-hter.)" W 111 It be believed, that the i.ara^n-aph wliicli Mr. Littleliales read, in,.; fahni Irom a Toronto iu,pn\ not <•/■ Ortubtr, LS?!*, /./// of A^m-W^v- 1S,(,, ,n„ com'uln,;! „ rrj^oi of thr Uhmmaihu, jMnn'r of fhc tonU.a^ m,tilr hi/ fhis Cou,,>,n,fi In, Orfnhrr of tlir ./un >/ror —Hears hcj ore fhi.s Convprnuf commcnml mafinn nns hii ihr L.nr JTOCCSS f ' Li corroboration of tliis, it is only necessary to call tlie Conmuttee s attention to what they are probably Veil aware of —that Alderman Boustearl, wlio presented tla-se re])orts lias not b,.en a i.K'mber_ of tlie City (\,uncil since 1N78, and was not Chairman of the tire, W atei- and Gas Goiiimittee after TSTO. APPENDIX "B." Mr. John Kerr, manaj-vr of tlie Kiiinston Gas Works ^vllere the Lowe Process has been in succe.s.sfui <)])eration for' about tour years wi-ites me as follows, in a letter dated the 2()th mst.:— "1 do not find any dilKculty in maintaininn' o,.,- ' ^^^"«<^' «"« ^-^-1 ^ quart^er n les dfc tant there is no perceptible difference. I am now runnW H th the best skill / .an;i.^ p-,,,,,^ that gas from varvina' S r:^i :S;;frri:^i,,f^.r* - ^^^^ janu^^/net . APPENDIX "C." Dr. E. Frankland, of the Royal College of Chemistrv South Kensington Museum, London, writel regardinT t7e' mn. of NowT't'"".^} ^'^' ''". ^^""^^^P^l Gas-LigM^Com! W^ 1 r Y«^'k:-"In compliance with your lequest I Wim^n^X^r^'l^f.^?- ^^'^^^^' WrRTZ,';iatedTn"ary 1st, 1878, and March 4th, 1878, on the composition and prone/ Vn\ f F\f ^^^^ Municipal Gas-Light Company 0^6^ York and also the articles published by Professor H MoRTovTn the ^,««,c.« (?a,sZ.y^^^ir.u/ of rfarch 2Xnd 16th 878 aX SI o?Thi^^""^ r '.'■ ^T'^' -^ opinion' 'af 'to'th'e' aaaptabUitj ot this gas tor lighting and heating purposes I te in' p'uW f luV/- "^"^f ''''' ''T^' ^^ "-d with -fety S ; ^'^ P"^[^^^.huildings and private houses. I should be de- tor the gas >Mth which my house in London is at present sud- phed aithougl. It is used in all the bedrooms " ^ ^ thp ^""i ^?^„LPJE WURTZ, member of the Listitute, Professor at the School of Mer ben" and the Srhnnl .-P a • .^^^^lebsui ai regarding the same gas '^ '^ ^"'"''•'' ^^^•^^' ^^^^^^ 16 "I have been struck with the correctness of the remarks which terminate the Report of Dr. H. Wurtz, and which in my opinion answer the objections formulated by Dr. Henry Mor- toninserted in two articles in the American Gas Liqht Journal pubhshed in New York. No doubt the danger of poisonin.^ exists with all gases containing Carbonic Oxide, and Coal Gas IS not exempt from the latter, as it can contain as mucli as twelve per cent, of its volume. But I tliink the danger— which could only have sad consequences in exceptional cases and through a sort of fatality— has been exaggerated, and should not be taken into account, considering that gas is used \\ithout hesitation tor lighting our houses, notwithstanding the very real danger of explosion and fire, no matter what kind of •m's and its composition. '' "Further, the use of Water Gas has never been prohibited in trance; and if the numerous processes which have been indi- cated for its production have been abandoned, or have received only a restricted application, the cause is prircipally due to the circumstance that the technical and economical conditions ot the production have up to the present been very unfavor- In reply to inquiries made by me regarding the relative danger of Coal and Water Gas, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, of Mont- real, writes : "I must say, however, that the notion of any important difference as to the safety or fitness for use of two such l fei gas, 17 ^'"■^•■. tllr last is ,„udl fl -/""" ''XplosKu, Mlhl H.V Of Ifl.viv '"'•'• ^ '"'*'' I"''»P*» t-.r illu,ui„ati„„ „, ,| "': !;"■! "f sa-s anaK-s""" I, '"•;■»» '"""li i.,.,.,„v,,| t , all ™ .•-«•„,.,,. «,,|, ,,,„,, „,,.tn.. ' ';f *■ '"^l"'lg'"«.t i„ J lie f„ll,„vi„„. „, ,.,..,.,„.'" "" '•' <>> t>K S-i-fatrat iv,-i,ri,t ■■ ;:'"l"-t of t|,i,, ;,n,j;, ''"^1; ;;." « «■;!•";;' l»-qmiv.I at" L 1-w,., (■|.e.,,i.,,,;v/^„ii;.St;'(^ XT; To," ^''■'"■'' '"'" '''■"- '"'-'"■.I "•ith'o^v„enTt Lf- *"'" •'"■'''■ '■'■"'" its bcc„„,i„„ " Hi£rr''""^r'"««f^ »' 0-- ^"^ ^""^ """«• "'"'^ la lOllllS Jill forms H " Marsli (Jns, with 2 itarts of Oxvovn ( 10 ,,f uii), • finally cxiildsivc niixtni'c. " Hy'-er()Us charactei-, and he i,s the only chemi.st of note in Amei'ica, that I am aware of, who has done so; hut even //<■ has chan<;ed his views upon the point, and in a lettei- in the Piumhcr and Suni- itiVfi Eufjinrrr of January l.")th, I