Show r. r 2 J t r ft f r r I t I To Gas Gas' Company Patrons and the Public i I t tt t I a PETITION Certain A persons claiming to be public benefactors have ha secretly circulated among mong business men In this city a petition a addressed dressell to the City Council In Inc which It is claimed that the Gas Gag Company I IB Is' not with I c f. r complying wIth certain pro pro- visions of or Jt Us franchise more mor v particularly with reference to the I Iw heating S. S quality w of ot th the gras gas a furnished and further that th the gas Kaw Is being leing distributed to S consumers cont con con- S. S t sumers lumen under pr pressure We feel teel that our patrons patrone and the public publicS S should know the facts fact t I In ord order r to arrive n at an accurate determination of or the heating quality of or IVE of gas Rac it In is first necessary to td test the tho gas ga gawith with a standard Instrument made mad for Suit Ir Lake Ink that purpose A standard calorimeter Is I the only appliance C City tT Gas GM by which an rate determination of ot the heating value of ot an any gas gas' can be made and th the only only S one In In Salt Sah Lake City is tha thaC in use uee In the laboratory of or th the Utah Gas Coke Co where dally daily tests upon the gas gal are ari r made and we should be he plen pleased ed S to conclusively demonstrate to the satisfaction of at anyone anone interested that the h heating val Salt Lake City gas is adequate The persons presenting this petition to have tests on the quality of our gas gaB but those these tests teats S were based base on a a. chemical analysis 1 and the party part making this analysis admits S. S p that he did not have hava th the assistance of proper testing instruments and that the result he he- arrived ed at was as o only ly approximately correct With n He- He The average maximum pressure under which ga gas Is III delivered in this city cily ic rd to is Ii 4 42 12 Inches The generally accepted rule rube is is Gas pressure pressur as aft measured at t meter Inlets should not be less leRs than two Inches nor more than six Inches The Gas Company has as perfect a a. of ot system control a aa it Is t possible to obtain the pressure being regulated b by the latest Improved automatic machinery As AsA A consequence gas Jas Is 18 delivered to consumers at a practically constant pressure pressure- Charts made on twenty hour recording gauges at frequent Int Intervals and at various points of oC the city will substantiate this statement With Ilef- Ilef The principal promoter of or the tho petition has the agency for tor a Gas Ga Con Con- r to a contrivance ance which it it Is claimed d. d will reduce gas bills and d 1 Is ts sold CALLED C. or leased at fanc fancy prices to consumers These CO c g-a g gas Controllers are sold for fot ten fifteen or twenty dollars each or he his will offer to Install the same on a Sold uld or I dl the of the lon ing basis basin Should the last named proposition be accepted Consumers I II to toOf rN any an saving n. will be effected only by r reducing the efficiency of or the appliances to to overcome o this the appliances must h be readjusted b by enlarging th the orifices so the prop proper r quantity o of gas is delivered to the burners burneT'S an and consequently to toS S reach a a normal efficiency the same gas consumption must result therefore these Controllers utterly fall fail to do what Is claimed for tor them A gas gns controller control control- ler her of oC proper propel type and sufficient capacity metalled In the right way Is a a. good S investment In lt ONLY when the gas pressure fluctuates greatly or is excessive and w wi where ere re such a condition exists in Salt Lake Leke City tho the Gas Company ha h ha B always furnished FREE a governor go of ot the tho best approved type obtainable and Installs and nd maintains It ENTIRELY AT T ITS OWN EXPENSE and will continue to do o so 80 wherever a governor go I fi Is necessary ssan I Of ur the tbt The Tho public benefit I is not the motive of those who circulated this petition I I If it is presented to the Council they expect a a. sentiment to be stirred d n up S against th the Gas Company Compan thereby creating a a. demand for tor the Controllers iise TO iO e- e SUP SUP- OFFEIt EIt That these parties are not acting in the Interest of ot the public is 18 evident ss Th The from Crom the fact that their Attorney has of offered for Cor a a. financial consideration to be paid them theta by the Gas Company Compan to s sell lI out the Controller business nt Declined and SUPPRESS THE PETITION This offer oCter the Gas Company Compan declined Ih My t the Ie to consider con eor Gil Gus Cow Cow- sider aider and nd the following following- Is a copy of oC a letter to the Attorney pan October S S S 1911 1811 4 A. A A. A PIa Flats h Esq S tu S Attorney for tor R. R L. L Harley Harle et al aI I S Judge Building B Salt Lake Lak City Utah 5 Sir Sir Sir- SirS t S Some SOllie time ago our representatives having been referred to you OU by Mr r. r R. R I I. Halle his his' called Harley as attorney upon you accompanied accompanIed- by our attorney attorneys S. S It 4 l Stephens Smith for tor the purpose e of ot obtaining information as 35 as to th this contents of a petition a addressed dressell to the tho cst City Council which your our clients above 4 named have ha circulated complaining complaining- of oC the quality quality-of of oC gas g-as and service furnished t. t I h 1 by the Gas Com Company pan Si f In Iii reply to this Inquiry you declined to furnish Information as to th Ui the I i contents of oC the petition but offered re on behalf of or your our clients for a consideration S. S tion of oC Ten Thousand Dollars to sell seIl to the Gas Company your our clients' clients c conS controller con con- n.- n. S S f S W S business and suppress the petition S We absolutely decline to consider an any such proposition Respectfully yours ours UTAH GAS COKE COMPANY Sl Signed ned B By J. J Chas Ross General Manager This Com Company pan ha has 1 invested Invented h heavily in Salt Lake City within the pa past t The hiie COMPANY'S COM COI- fI five years ears the l Investment e Is Increased with each succeeding season in order 1 PANY'S iANS 1 the modern gas convenience to the doors citizen to c carry rn great gas of or er e every Our Out su success Is so 80 clos closely I linked with the good will of the public that It In is Inessential TO ln US essential that we shall make every en possible effort to please our patrons to the IT ITS PAT PAT- end end that each one secured shall In turn recommend our s service to others an and nu and we depend largely on this for Cor the increase of oC our business We e do o not disS discourage dis dis- dis ih The The- Public S courage In esth Investigation Investigation- on the contrary w we invite it and desire to have ha It clearl clearly understood that we are complying with the terms of oC our franchise It ItS Itis S is the Company's Compan policy to conserve the public Interest by furnishing a com coin commodity which in means nans convenience con cleanliness more leisure and less work ork the service ren rendered compares favorably ta with that of oC an any city In the country This r fact ct Is attested to by the general satisfaction of or our patrons and conS confirmed con con- S firmed bv by several se thousand signed communications on file in our office We W. Wedo do clo not belle believe that the pursuance of oC a course calculated to cast cat reflections S on the tile business business' Integrity of a public service corporation within this city will willS S l b Ilc c ed b by a n fall fair minded public S. S UT UTAH AU GAS I. I Si COKE COMPANY r B By J. J Chas Chias Ross Rosa General Manager S J 5 J |