Show GAS AND WATER J 18 ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE OTHER citizen citizens of large cities say it Is new york june 13 in the recent agitation here about the price of gas the demand tor for lower rates was sup ported by the argument that every resident Is as dependent upon a sup ply of gas as upon a supply of good m water ater it has come to pass that the day laborer uses gas as his only fuel tor for cooking because of economy and the rich man uses gas on account of 0 its convenience gas for lighting with modern improvements in burners Is cheaper better and more satisfactory than any other kind lind of light gas sells at 1 00 per thousand cubic feet in large cities and from that to as high as 3 00 in smaller towns the consumer of gas in the country uses acetylene pronounced a set a lene and each user makes his own gas and is independent of gas and electric companies acetylene is a more perfect illuminant ll than the gas sold by the big gas companies in the cities and the cost to the smallest user is about the equivalent of city gas at 85 cents per thousand acetylene is the modern artificial light the latest addition to the many inventions that have become dally daily necessities the light from an acetylene flame Is soft steady and brilliant and in quality is only rivaled by the sun a rays it if water and a solid material known as calcium carbide are brought into contact the immediate result is the making of this wonder tul ful gas the generation of acetylene Is so simple that experience or even apparatus Is not necessary to make it it if it Is desired to make it for lighting and to keep it tor for im mediate use then a small machine called an acetylene generator Is employed there are many res ble concerns making acetylene gener acors in practice this gas is dis tributes tri buted in small pipes throughout buildings grounds or entire cities and towns in the same manner as ordinary city gas acetylene is the only satisfactory means of lighting isolated buildings located in the coun try or suburbs at a distance from city gas or electric plants |