THE DESTRUCTOR.
' ■' ■ ♦ '"■' TO THE EDITOR Of THS PRESS. Sir,—Mr Gray repeat* that tha three yew*' accumulated profit* made by the -horedifcch destructor up to the end of March, 1900, were £10,127. In the "Municipal Year Book" for 1899 it states thftt the electrio light plant in connection with the destructor was started on the) tttbJune, 1897. In the " Municipal! Year Book*" tor 1900 it quote, figures up to 25th March, 1899, and states that taking the jMtctrieity station and dust destructor com*w_d there ww a net surplus of £1600. From tho 28th Jnne, 1897, to 25th. March, 1889, it certainly not three years The * *_"•_ ?°° k " for 190 ° -***» tbrt the availWfeibslanw up to 25th March, 1899, was «»(», whilst the '.'Year Book," for 1901 WW for 1902 -tote that the available balMceof £1600 waa up to 26th (March, 1900. i_£ _. deDt tbat tbe " Yeftr Bot-k*" fw Jj«l Md 1902 bnve mistakenly quoted the Sp«_M up to 25th March, 1900, whereas *» * SUtter of (fact the figures are really up to 25th March, 1899. Mr Gray has «*swen% been led astray by these and ««r obvious errors in the dates quoted » «» latest "Year Book." ' wii-* 04 worth while dismissing any "WW the relative value of gas and electa*** without giving authoritative data, itore been connected with this Gas ComWwtliirty years, and never during have I known a gas burner wojJWcn wo_d only give a light equal » W9 candles for one hour for one foot ___.?•• **>'' 2000 candles for 1000 feet, "J**.* by Mr Gray. t_wcT tf ,* wm l»«son is being made of ™W» nine of two illuminanta the commm ihould be mada with to-day's ap]S£*. Mr Gray compares the most electrio lamp with a IP ***m that waa discarded fully fifty _» that fair? J_SS__' j Mt ** d ? f making unsupported --S-?"*'' l w *ll give authorities for mv 3™*». and not ask you to accept un___s___*_?_ Mr Ed - C - D « SeM. Inst. C.E., an electrician fc_S^__* , md Professor Vivian B. OT-SWesscr Chemistry at the Royal §_ _*T%«*> Greemvich, have arrived at S_B_l__5 4at *. : - 4 - 5 "«"«• P er «*-&• electric lighting, and .056 JJW» of gas per candle for incandescent O 5 There are 1000 watt, in a SI 1 ™ d « -nit, therefore 4.5 watts S.t* 3S W l ual to 222-2 candlea per «*__.^_° y I"" 101 " le tter I allowed 250 u_t. Gas at .056 cubio foot with a modern We&baoh i*T3i. nu H t017 » 857 candles for 100 ° „°° catwil «» V r 100 ° feefc - JhtewSft.' . th t w --t-borities ipecifically §P|*W feet of gas to be equivalent to %ttu *k I > de mits for domestic jgjl. ihese figures show that my esiHtttTS; TS?„ within the mark - tks&ffi r i V,lUam Greece reported to *ftiH_2_* c Town Council as follows:— «fc_r_° w are *° wrfl lighted, and cheap rate, .y the Wel_bac_ mantle, that I question very fABSfaZ* « a v_ability, nt first start, of kstSf^-!s*, lam P 8 to replace the gas «L g . lan *P ß are not "° bril - ">«u»desoe_t gas, and cost ** "* ,w™s £2 1& s(i ""*__?-♦? ananm far g* lß - Ifc will «Nr» _Tn tea ?? ** P 4 * a 0 1""** to light *2 J** 1 * Slows, and the satis- **___? Viii not *• commensurate «_U»f«d Town Council owns both Vioft d€ctri cal works. In ' timet _l__i,***"• a «P«cial committee re_**«r^- W,: T ,,Th - 1 ' "» °* the «*toijjed by the use of _* wSV ystem of kiting, whfch d to -U the gas fiinps in the aty, it isinadvisaiae to ' *Ci_ _i__^! ;tl 2 n of additional arc ■',"• -f»ent. —Yours, etc., * _ R. C. BISHOP.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11347, 9 August 1902, Page 11
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