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United Gas Improvement Company
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| Name | United Gas Improvement Company |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Gaswerk |
| $Anmerkungen | Bezug zu "Philadelphia Gas Improvement Co. und Philadelphia Gas Works" (s.d.) unbekannt. 1890: Gesellschaftskapital: 10.000.000 genehmigt; 5.000.000 ausgegeben. Summe der ausstehenden Wertpapiere: 1.000.000. Präsident: W. W. Gibbs. Vice-Präsident: George Philler. General Manager, Saml. T. Bodine. Finanzleiter: Edward C. Lee. Sekretär: Edward C. Lee. Leiter des Einkaufs: Charles E. Morgan, Drexel Building, Philadelphia. General Superintendent, Alexander C. Humphreys. Assistant General Superintendent, Walton Clark. Eine Betriebs-, Lizenz- und Baugesellschaft für das Lowe-System (Wassergas-Herstellung nach T. S. C. Lowe, gebaut durch die "United Gas Improvement Co.": Generator und Überhitzer mit innerer Verbrennung, mit Öl oder anderen Anreicherungssubstanzen) und andere Systeme. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 130] [Brown's directory of American gas companies (1890) 147] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 130]: Querschnitt durch das Gaswerk |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 01.06.1882 |
Gegründet unter dem Pennsylvania Corporation Act von 1874 durch William Warren Gibbs (*08.03.1846) in Verbindung mit W. G. Warden der "Standard Oil Company" |
| 1888 |
Erwerbung des Kapitals der "Union Company" |
| 1888 |
Mit der Erwerbung der "Union Company" wird das Kapital auf 10.000.000 erhöht, aufgeteilt in 200.000 Aktien zu je 50 |
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| Stadtgas |
1882 |
Gründung |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Has done much to spread the reputation of Philadelphia enterprise throughout the country. This company was organized June 1, 1882, under the Pennsylvania Corporation Act of 1874, under the United Gas Improvement Company with a capital of 1,000,000. It was primarily organized to introduce the Lowe Water Gas System; a tvpe of apparatus constructed under this system by the United Gas Improvement Company we illustrate on this page. The operations of the company, however, rapidly extended from the manufacture and introduction of apparatus to the control of gas works through lease or purchase, and the capital was increased from time to time until the limit (5.000.000) allowed to manufacturing companies organized under the Act of 1874 was reached. In 1888, the capital stock of the Union Company, operating under a special charter granted by the State of Pennsylvania, on December 31, 1870, was purchased. The name was changed to
The United Gas Improvement Company , and this company issued its own stock dollar for dollar in exchange for the stock of United Gas Improvement Company and took over all the business of the old concern. Under the new organization the capital was increased to 10.000.000 divided into 200.000 shares of the par value of 50 each, and the business largely increased by the acquisition of new properties, so that todav The United Gas Improvement Company is the largest concern of the kind in the United States, and gas and electric light companies from Maine to Florida and from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rockies are operated under its management. The theory of the United Gas Improvement Company is that gas companies are the servants of the public, and that the improvement of methods looking to raising the quality of gas manufactured and cheapening the cost and selling price of the same, and the education of consumers how to obtain the fullest possible return for their money, can best be accomplished by united management giving to each sub-company the benefit of comparing, through the central organization, its results with those of other companies doing the same business. The results obtained at everyone of the works controlled by the United Gas Improvement Company are compared
regularly through monthly reports, which cover all important features of the business. Each local manager receives yearly a comparison slip on which appear the results of each feature of his management, and immediately below each such item, his results of the year before, and below that the best results obtained (on each item) by the works of the same class. If the general superintendent thinks that this best result is not worthy to be accepted as a standard, that fact is noted, so that a still higher standard may be aimed at. In addition to all this, the managers, superintendents, and engineers are all brought together once a year for a discussion of all debatable points, and to properly prepare for this, the general superintendent, months in advance, assigns certain subjects to be reported upon by certain men, and appoints others to follow in the discussion of these reports. All are encouraged to express their opinions from the youngest cadet engineer up. The general superintendent in selecting the men both for the writing of the formal report and for the after discussion, selects them on account of their ability to handle the special subject assigned and also for the ability to "thrash out" and so if possible arrive at the whole truth. The personnel of the United Gas Improvement Company's management is as follows: Directors: W. G. Warden, President; George Philler, Vice-President; W. W. Gibbs, Thomas Dolau, Henry C. Gibson, William L. Elkins, and P. A. B. Widener. Samuel T. Bodine, General Manager; Randal Morgan, General Counsel; Alexander C. Humphreys, General Superintendent; Walter Clark, Assistant General Superintendent; Edward C. Lee, Secretary and Treasurer. Subject to the Board of Directors, which meets every month,
are the following Committees: Managing Committee. This Committee meets every week to receive the report of the Committee on Works, and to consider any new business which may be presented. The members of the committee are: W. W. Gibbs, Chairman; W. G. Warden, George Philler, Thomas Dolan, William L. Elkins, Samuel T. Bodine, and Randal Morgan.
Committee on Works. This Committee meets daily and considers and acts upon all the routine business connected with the
management of the various companies under the parent company's control, and is composed of the following members: Samuel T. Bodine, Chairman; W. W. Gibbs, Alexander C. Humphreys. The above sketch shows how thorough is the system of management which has been developed to meet the requirements of the rapidly increasing business of this great company. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 130] |
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