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^farch 9, 1918 RECORD AND GUIDE 293 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ TT IS NO LESS TRUE OF AN OR- ^ GANIZED BODY, THAN OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT THE MEAS¬ URE OF EFFICIENCY IS DETER¬ MINED BY THE CAPABILITY TO CONTEND SUCCESSFULLY WITH SUDDEN AND UNEX¬ PECTED EMERGENCIES. When property owners and tenants were unable to obtain coal during the recent long period of zero weather, we were called upon to furnish a world record-breaking amount of Gas. On February 5 last the output of Gas in Man¬ hattan, The Bronx and Long Island City was the world record for twenty-four hours— 150,537,000 Cubic Feet Gas Companies throughout the Country when drawn upon heavily for a supply of Gas for Heating were compelled to stop the sale of Gas Heaters and other Gas using appli¬ ances. Not so with us. We had prepared ourselves and had a large stock of Gas Heaters on hand. When our supply was nearly exhausted we went into the market and purchased more—but only those of the highest standard of malce. Hundreds of thousands of persons depended upon Gas tor Cooking and Heating. They could not be and were not disappointed, for our immense manufacturing plants were operated with the greatest efficiency. An emergency con¬ fronted us, and because ours is a real Public Service, we successfully met it. ''The Right Way Is the Gas Way." Consolidated Gas Company of New York Geo, B. Cortelyou, President RECORD AND GUIDE IS IN ITS FIFTIETH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION.