THE CITY GASWORKS AND THE ENGINEER.

Evening Star, Issue 6476, 18 December 1883, Page 3

THE CITY GASWORKS AND THE ENGINEER.

TO THB KDITOB. Sib,—ln your., mormag there appearJtwo letters from two former gas which were read at last night'B meeting of the City Council, eaoh complaining, of my conduct- towards him. One of the letters contains i Charge of so grave a nature that Z would be wanting in honor to myself did I: no* ttak.es; wit&yonr permission, the earliest opportunity of refuting it, and'gjyin? a direafi Jrhd-flat denial to one at least of the infamous and unfounded oharges it contains. "He then said: If I gave him LI as a pres/9ntXoould r jhave it», Tie facte' ofcthee casfc'wVthese:' gas department at present receive 27s 6d per ton, less discounts, for coke. The department used to get 7s 6d per load for asphalt—a mixture of breeze and tar—and the price realised for the breeze in the mixture amounted to only Is per load after paying the minimum price charged for the tar and the man's wages who mixed it. I recommended the Gas Committee to abandon this branch of manufacture as unprofitable, and it was acreed to drop it, the breeze being now used along with tar in the boilers for firing purposes, and thus enabling us to dispose of the coke, which would otherwise have been used in the boilers, at the price of 27b 6d. I saw Stokes mixing breeze and tar for himself. I asked him what he was about, and to come with me to Mr Griffin, in the , officer AJfcil said.to in the-] latter's presence. I to him j that I could riot sett asphalt -td mm as the Gas Committee had to do s bo. Hi fiersisfed,f however, in wauling to] remote* the asphalt he )m ]ys bj*gun> toj mix. that.we; lose JOaia the transaction did we allow him to do-so ;*j and advised him-to" Xl£e vAerecmings, • and Eurchase the tar, which would makeaimuch etter, jo& as >welb H«, however, ,peraisteiL' ."I- told him that did wedo bo it was ( to r m*v : rig .him ft Jwesent of 20s, a*id that I could ;not et Wtii J haytf j6f : unle?s he*it%r paid that extra sunt ifo-pot obtainedr the payor's! consent In authoring me to dispone of We quantity he, required at the old .price; 7s 6d, which authority I got from the chairman of the QaaGoaMuittee (the Mayor), but of which he;(Stokes? has not.as yet chosen to take advantage. •■> ■'.■' ''■ A— .'..'; As to the owier chafes of both com-' plamants 1 await > fitting time and place, assured that they will wear a very different? complexion after an impartial investigation* lam, eta., •:. • D. A. QIUHAM.