AMERICAN GAS LIGHT ASSOCIATION. REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE Fifteenth Annual Meeting, Held at New York, OCTOBER 19, 1887, AND THE Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Held at Toronto, Canada, OCTOBER 17, 1888. APRIL, 1889. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE ASSOCIATION. C. J. RUSSELL HUMPHREYS, Secretary. PRESS OF A M. CALLENDER, & Co., 42 PINE ST., NEW YORK. The American Gas Light Association is indebted to the courtesy of the Secretary. CONTENTS. Advantage of Gas Companies Engaging in the Electric Light Business, Advantages of Regenerative Furnaces for Large and Small Gas Works, 160 190 345 Barker, Commissioner, Introduction of, 1887... Blodget, C. C., Paper on The Comparative Illuminating Power of Gas Purified with Lime vs. Oxide of Iron, 1887.......... Bredel, Frederick, Paper on The Advantages of Regenerative Furnaces for Large and Small Gas Works, 1887. Candle Power Illumination, vs. A. C. Humphreys, 1887.. Candle Power in Gas Furnished to Consumers, Disadvantages 200 30 Coke Figures, on the Value of. From the Macon (Ga.) Water Works, Coke for Generating Steam, the Use and Value of. By J. L. HAL- LET, |