It was hard indeed for a carter drawing coal to a gasworks to recognize the necessity which compelled a reduction in his wages because wool had fallen 20 7 0.
The corporation owns the water supply, public baths and wash-houses and the gasworks.
The gasworks have been notably more successful than the electric plants.
Free sulphur is also contained as "gas sulphur" in the "spent oxides" of gasworks, which are actually utilized for the manufacture of sulphuric acid.