| Show THE LONDON FOG london leckwe how enters into a mathematical consideration of the fog question everybody has heard beard of the london fog and of its cheerless disagreeable character it to is rare that one hears bears anything of what it costs during one whole day of fog in the month of january last the gas light and coke company sen sent out cubic feet of gas this was cubic feet more than that sent out on the corresponding day of the die year previous an increase of 87 37 per percent cent the price of gas was then three shillings or about 75 cents per thousand hence the public had to pay or about for their extra gas for one day but these figures only include one of the gabi companies of london there are several others the figures of which if obtained correctly would be in accord with those given independent of gas there is a vast outlay in oil and candles that cannot be even approximated in the matter of computation so that in light alone the cost of twenty four houra of fog in london will run into the hundreds of thousands railway companies have to bear vast expense in the way of detonating signals in fact they have not figured the amount exactly but they admit that it is gigantic however the greatest evil wrought by a fog is the total cessation of labor on the river thames steamers barges lighters and boats of every kint kindi must tie up this means suspension of work on all the riverside wharves and quays and it entails hard times and suffering for laborers shopkeepers lose immensely by fogs while they have to keep their stores lighted and to pay all their help yet there is no business doing nobody wants to go shopping on a foggy day cabmen cabeen omnibus drivers driven and dehus of all kinds suffer great losses loam through fogs not alone in the way of fares but in broken vehicles and in injuries to animals many outdoor traded and occupations must be entirely suspended during a fogy fog while most of the indoor in door industries dus tries are seriously hindered painters color printers and even artists have to suspend work sometimes during fogs except to the thief the rogue and the ga a london fog is an abomination the dishonest and the vile and wicked regard it as a boon |
