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Title: Bulletin - New York State Museum
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: New York State Museum New York State Museum
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Albany : New York State Education Dept
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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me $1.25 a quarter, or ;4 a year, but the number of lightswas insignificant. Some authorities say that 30 lights weresupplied by the well, but others declare that the number did notexceed 12, at most. From the account in Sillimans journal,already quoted, it seems that the original price a light was f 1.50a year. Jesse H. Starr died in the course of a few years, and his prop-erty, including the little gas plant, passed into the hands of hislegal heirs. It became the duty of a brother, Joseph Starr, to 500 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM manage the gas plant for the benefit of the heirs and he con-tinued the supply till about 1858, when a new stage in thehistory was opened. Before entering on this second stage,several facts Of interest in the same general connection will beput on record. The pride that Fredonia took in its unique source of artificialillumination is expressed in the village seal that was adopted in1829. A photographic reproduction of an impression of the sealis herewith presented.
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For the copy the survey is indebted to Mr D. A. White, whosekindly interest and service have been already noted. The sizeof the seal is reproduced in the engraving. It represents a gaspipe with five burning jets attached. In 1829, or thereabouts, an attempt was made by WalterSmith, to furnish gas for the government lighthouse at Dun-kirk. It is mentioned in the account in Sillimans journalpreviously quoted. In this attempt, Mr Smith was following anexample already set in the lighthouse at Barcelona, 20 mileswest, which will be described on a subsequent page. Mr Smithgot possession of another gas spring in the creek bed, a milenearer the lake than those already described. So sure of hisground was he, that he proceeded to lay a pipe line from thespring to the lighthouse. The pipe line consisted of pump logsproperly joined together and two miles of such material laid in PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS IN NEW YORK 501 the ground meant a not insignificant expenditure for the time atwhich it was

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