Proceedings of the American Gas Institute Volume 6 PT.1 1911 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...cheapest, and most effective system is decided on, if anything is decided on, then it becomes a question of who should bear the expense of carrying it out. It seems to me logical that if the railway companies could be shown that the insulating joint system is better than others, they might prefer installing it, for the good of the water companies rather than be compelled to go to a more expensive or less effective system'. We are not prepared to make any final or dogmatic statements at present with regard to the relative cost of different systems but we are studying this problem and expect to have something to say about it in the future, but for the present we have shown, and I think the paper bears me out, that the insulating joint method can be used effectively in keeping down electrolysis, at least to a minimum; and whether or not the pipe companies or the railway companies will install this, is a question that I am not prepared to deal with at the present time. Mr. Von Mauer: Mr. Chairman, I do not like to see a statement that we can cure this by insulating joints go uncombated. This is trespassing on my paper a little bit, but there is a manifold and an insulating joint and it is pretty badly eaten, the one that is pretty badly eaten is the one with the insulating joint, and as though to disprove some of our theories, it is eaten up on both sides of the insulating joints, and the manifold leads into a lamp post. It is a physical proposition. You see the current had ample opportunity to go wherever it wanted to without going through these pipes at all, but it seemed to eat them up. I am rather skeptical as to adopting any conclusion that is obtained from laboratory practice. I appreciate the work, I appreciate the importance of laboratory practice, but ...