Excerpt from Twentieth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Gas Works, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia: January 25, 1855 Mr. Samuel V. Merrick was selected as the 'agent, and on his return made a report which fully sustained the views taken by the Committee above referred to, of Which he had been one of the most active members, and tended greatly to secure for the gas project, a large share of public confidence and favour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.