The Latest Gas Extortion

Bills of the Aun Arbor Gas Light Co. for gag furnislied the Methodist ('lunch in this city were hs followa: For Month Endlng Mfty 81, 1K8 f28.26 " " " " 81, 1886 15.62 " 31,188.' .5 Notwithstunding the great diffurence in the anioiiiits and believing that they were greatly overcharged they paid the bill. Bill for Montu endlng June .10, 1886 8 9.75 1 " 80, 1KS8 H06 80, 1887 85.86 As the church had not been used more than former yeara the board of stewards protested aguinst paying tlie bill for June, 1887, without an investlgalion. Dougls8, the president of the gas Co. iiivcstigatod the matter, pronounced the amount correct and cau-ed Iris invrstigution to be followod up by the following lflt-r: Ahn Abbor, Auï. 10. 1887. Treaêurer of Metttodítt Kpúcopal L'tiurcti, Ann Arbor. Dkab Sir:- The nn Arbor Gas Compnny dlrects a 0iimiuoi)B Uaued on etic 'H1 Tor $10.86, unesrt pronu't p.iynient U made. Yuure, B. B. Posd, J. P. The probable cause of thia outrageous churre waa that as the church had put in the electric light the Gas Co would pive them a big whiick to end with. Thus does this monopoly continue week after week to levy lts extortions on tho public, t strikes tbc rletl and poor, church and saloon alike. All they have to do is to uit on a little more pressure at the gas works and all the busy little metre wheils will begin to spin. It is carnestly to be lopeü tlmt naturul gas will be found here o hm to entibie the public to free itself rom the leecu which sucks its blood ; and then when an inquiry is made it adds nsnlt to injury by rusbing around to a i f. P. to get a eummons threat. Thia is ] only ono of man y similar contemptible f outrsgea. I