10 mart 1856 tarihli ingiliz daily news gazetesinde hakkinda soyle yazan sirket:

the turkish gas company
provisionally registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 victoria, cap 110.
capital £100,000 (with power to increase, in shares of £1 each, to be fully paid up on allotment. the holders of the original shares will be entitled to a pro rata interest in all future extensions of capital.)
directors
joseph brown, esq., 10, clarence terrace, regent's park, director of the european gas company
lewis cublit, esq., 52 bedford-square
george bowness carr, esq., laurance pountney-pace.
captain james barber, 136, leadenhall-street, chairman of the oriental gas company.
charles emquharson, esq., 28, chesham place, elder brother of the trinity house, director of the oriental gas company.
john george hammack, esq., boxlands, surrey, chairman of the ralclift gas company.
robert henty, esq., dunsworth, near chichester
benjamin george keun, esq., (keun and co., constantinople, and lavino, keun and co., smyrna)
(with power to add their number)

bankers - the commercial bank of london
manager in constantinople - charles keun, esq. (keun and co., constantinople)

auditors
h. mel. beckler, esq., secretary to the european gas company.
john gill, esq., secretary to the ratcliff gas company.

consulting engineer - george lowe, esq., c.e., f.r.s., engineer-in-chief of the london chartered gas company
solicitors - measrs, rughes, kearsey, masterman and co., london
brokers - mears, hill, fawcett, and hill.

the effects of civilisation, which have spread far and wide from europe to the remotest parts of the world have not failed, in spite of ancient prejudices, to penetrate gradually to the turkish empire and it is not too much to say that a complete revolution in the manners and customs of ottoman subjects is rapidly progressing, and that but a short time will elapse before turkey and its population will enjoy the advantages of european institutions.

the project now submitted to the public has been for some time under the consideration of leading and influential parties in constantinople. turkey has hitherto been, and still is, deprived of many useful and even necessary provisions for the comfort and ornament of its numerous cities, not excepting the capital itself. foremost amongst its most urgent requirements must be placed the adoption of gas, now wholly unknown there; and it has been ascertained that the introduction of this admirable and economical mode of public and private lighting will be bailed as a bonn by all classes of the population, from the lowest up to its high-minded and enlightened sovereign, under whose immediate patronage it is proposed to place the present undertaking.

the ottoman empire affords a wide scope for the operations of this company, as the following facts will demonstrate. constantinople has a mixed population of mussulmans, europeans, greeks, armenians, &c. &c. approaching a million of souls: it contains a large number of palaces and edifices. the sultan alone has several immense palaces; the sublime porte, where the government affairs are carried on, forms of itself a small city; there are also extensive barracks, colleges, manufactories, cafes, theatres, club houses, and other places of public entertainment, several hundred mosques and bath houses, a large number of which for the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants, are kept open during the whole night, as the time most suitable for the enjoyment of that oriental luxury.

steps have been taken to procure from the sultan of turkey a firman or concession, securing this company for a term of years the exclusive privilege of supplying with gas all places within the sovereignity and dominions of the turkish empire.

two of the directors, one having and intimate knowledge of the country, the other being practically acquainted with all the details in relation to the manufacture of and lighting by gas, have already left this country for constantinople, with full powers to conclude the necessary arrangements.

coals are to be had in turkey, and it is believed that english enterprise will work the entire collieries more vigorously than hitherto; but shipping employed extensively between the countries, especially in the grain trade, will always carry coal in lieu of ballast from england at a moderate rate.

the coke, tar, and other products arising from the manufacture of gas, are sure to meet with a ready market.

calculations have been made as to the expense of the present mode of lighting with olive oil, and the directors are enabled to state that gas can be supplied at a rate which will compare so favourably as to render certain its general adoption.

power will be reserved to take advantage of the provisions of any law that has been or may be passed for the limiting the liability of shareholders in joint stock companies.

the directors have every confidence that the priveleges they are seeking will be granted exclusively to this company; but it from any cause they should deem it advisable to abstain from proceeding to carry out the objects of the company, the capital will be returned, less preliminary expenses, which shall not exceed on shilling and six pence per share.

applications for shares to be made this day (monday), 10th instant, at the offices of mears. hill, fawcett, and hill. 29, threadacedic-street.

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