Exhibit 10
                                             Date:  October 5, 1998



     Douglas H. Yaeger, as President of Laclede Gas Company, and Gerald T.
McNeive, Jr., as Senior Vice President - Finance and General Counsel of
Laclede Gas Company, pursuant to certain resolutions adopted by the Laclede
Gas Company Board of Directors on July 24, 1997, and on October 23, 1997,
which resolutions, among other things, granted to certain Company officers
the authority to execute such amendments as they may deem necessary,
appropriate or desirable (A) to reflect changes in benefits to be afforded
the Company's non-union employees, which changes in benefits shall be
generally comparable to the changes in benefits afforded to members of the
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, Local 5-6 and Local 5-194 under the
collective bargaining agreements between the Company and each of such
Locals; and (B) in connection with the appointment of American Express
Trust Company as trustee of the Laclede Gas Company Salary Deferral Savings
Plan (the "Plan"); do deem it necessary, appropriate and desirable that the
Plan amendments in the attached Exhibit A be effectuated by the Company,
such amendments to be effective on the dates specified for each such
amendment in Exhibit A and to be evidenced by the signatures on the
attached Exhibit A of Douglas H. Yaeger and Gerald T. McNeive, Jr.


































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                   AMENDMENTS FOR THE LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
                       SALARY DEFERRAL SAVINGS PLAN


The following amendments are effective February 1, 1998, except where
otherwise noted.


1.  Section 1.2 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

    "1.2 Named Plan Fiduciaries
          The authority to control and manage the operation and
          administration of this Plan shall be vested in the Plan
          Administrator.  As the sponsor of this Plan, the Company shall
          have the right to amend this Plan, to designate this Plan's named
          fiduciaries, and to exercise all functions necessary to the
          operation of this Plan, except those which are, by this Plan or
          the related Trust Agreement, assigned to another named fiduciary
          or to Participants, and, as the Plan Administrator, the
          Company shall have the authority and responsibility for the
          general administration of this Plan, with the right to appoint an
          Administrator or Administrative Committee to exercise such
          authority and responsibility, including the right to appoint one
          or more Investment Managers.  Except to the extent that authority
          and discretion are allocated to one or more Investment Managers,
          the Trustee shall have the exclusive authority and discretion to
          invest, manage and control the assets of the Trust by which this
          Plan will be funded, subject to and in accordance with the
          provisions hereof and of the separate Trust Agreement and to
          matters in which the Trustee is directed by the Participants, the
          Administrator or the Company.  The rights and responsibilities of
          each named fiduciary shall be exercised severally and not
          jointly, but any party may serve in more than one fiduciary
          capacity with respect to this Plan."

2.  A new unnumbered paragraph is hereby added at the end of Section 2.14
    to read as follows:

    "In the event that an individual who was not classified as an Employee
    or a common-law employee is legally reclassified as an Employee or a
    common-law employee of the Company, such Employee shall only first be
    considered to be an Employee at the time of such reclassification, or,
    if later, at the time that such individual is initially treated as an
    Employee or common-law employee on the payroll records of the Company."

3.  Section 2.16 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

    "2.16 "Equity Fund"
          The separate portion of the Fund or Funds which is to be invested
          in accordance with Section 6.5 of this Plan."

4.  Section 2.32 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

    "2.32 "Trustee"
          That corporation designated by the Company from time to time to
          act as Trustee under the Trust Agreement."

5.  A new Section 2.35 is hereby added to read as follows:


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    "2.35 "Investment Manager"
          Any entity designated by the Company to direct the investment and
          reinvestment of one, or more, of the Investment Funds subject to
          the Trust Agreement.  The Company shall have the authority to
          confirm or deny the appointment of any Investment Manager."

6.  A new Section 2.36 is hereby added to read as follows:

    "2.36 "Valuation Date"
          Valuation Date means any day that the New York Stock Exchange is
          open for business or any other date chosen by the Administrator."

7.  The third sentence of Section 4.2(a) is hereby replaced in its entirety
    to read as follows:

    "Such agreement shall be delivered at least ten (10) days in advance of
    its intended effective date (or such shorter period as the
    Administrator shall determine to be administratively feasible), which
    shall always be an Enrollment Date, and shall be effective beginning
    with the first payment of Compensation made on or after such Enrollment
    Date."

8.  Section 4.2(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

    "(b)  A Participant may change his rate of salary deferral by filing a
          properly completed and signed change order with the Administrator
          at least ten (10) days in advance of the intended effective date
          stated in such change order, which shall always be an Enrollment
          Date, and such change shall be effective beginning with the first
          payment of Compensation made on or after such Enrollment Date."

9.  Section 4.2(c) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

    "(c)  A Participant may discontinue his salary deferral at any time,
          but only once in any Plan Year, by filing a properly completed
          and signed change order with the Administrator at least ten (10)
          days in advance of the intended effective date stated in such
          change order, which may be any date specified by the Participant,
          and such cessation shall be effective beginning with the first
          payment of Compensation made on or after such effective date or
          as soon as administratively feasible thereafter.  A Participant
          who has discontinued his salary deferral pursuant to this
          subsection may resume salary deferral effective as of any
          subsequent Enrollment Date by following the procedure set out in
          subsection (a) of this Section 4.2." 

10.  A new Section 4.2(d) is hereby added to read as follows:

     "(d) Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary,
          investment elections, changes or transfers, loans, and certain
          other decisions or elections by a Participant under this Plan may
          be accomplished by electronic or telephonic means which are not
          otherwise prohibited by law and which are in accordance with
          procedures and/or systems approved or arranged by the
          Administrator or its delegate expressly for that purpose."

11.  Effective August 1, 1997, Section 5.1(a)(ii) is hereby amended in its
     entirety to read as follows:

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     "(ii)  three and one-half percent (3-1/2%) of the Compensation of
            such Participant for such month."

12.  Section 6.1 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.1  Investment of Contributions
           Each Participant shall be permitted to direct the investment of
           his Account into any one (1) or more of the Investment Funds,
           provided, however, that (i) in the case of an investment
           direction under Section 6.2 of this Plan, at least one percent
           (1%) of the total amount of Salary Deferral Contribution and
           Matching Contribution with respect to such Participant shall be
           designated for investment in each Investment Fund selected by
           the Participant, and (ii) in the case of an investment direction
           for all or a portion of the accumulated balance of such
           Participant's Account under Section 6.3 of this Plan, at least
           one percent (1%) of the total amount over which such investment
           direction is made shall be designated for each Investment Fund
           selected by the Participant."

13.  A new unnumbered paragraph is hereby added at the end of Section 6.2
     to read as follows:

     "Participant investment elections which Participants originate
     electronically or by telephone pursuant to Section 4.2(d) will be
     effective no later than on the first Valuation Date following the date
     on which the Participant originated the election."

14.  Section 6.3 is hereby amended in it entirety to read as follows:

     "6.3 A Participant's Investment Direction for Accumulated Account
                Balance
          Either with or without changing his investment direction with
          respect to Contributions to be made thereafter, subject to the
          provisions of Section 6.1 of this Plan, a Participant may, by
          written notice given to the Administrator at least ten (10) days
          in advance of the first day of any calendar month (the intended
          effective date), direct that the accumulated balance in his
          Account be invested in one or more of the Investment Funds as
          soon as practicable on or after the intended effective date.  The
          valuation of the Participant's Account as of the end of the day
          immediately preceding the intended effective date of such
          investment direction shall be controlling for purposes of
          implementing the investment direction.  A change in investment
          direction under this Section 6.3 can be made only two (2) times
          per month.

          Participant investment directions which Participants originate
          electronically or by telephone pursuant to Section 4.2(d) will be
          effective no later than on the first Valuation Date following the
          date on which the Participant originated the election."

15.  Section 6.4 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.4 Company Stock Fund
          The Company Stock Fund shall be invested by the Trustee in a
          pooled investment account consisting of Shares and the Money
          Market Fund; provided however, that the Trustee may invest such
          portion in the Money Market Fund as may, from time to time, be
         
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          determined necessary to maintain liquidity and operation of the
          Plan.  The Trustee may also receive and retain in the Company
          Stock Fund any Shares issued as a stock dividend or stock split,
          or in any other reclassification of Shares, and any warrant,
          right, option or similar instrument which gives the holder the     
         right to acquire any Shares under any circumstances, distributed
          on or in respect of any Shares held in the Company Stock Fund      
         (and shall sell any other instrument or property so received
          which does not give the holder the right to acquire Shares). 
          Contributions to the Company Stock Fund shall be applied by the
          Trustee to the purchase of Shares as soon as is reasonably
          possible after the Trustee's receipt thereof.  Shares shall be
          purchased on the open market at a price not greater than the
          current market price per share on the New York Stock Exchange on
          the date of purchase."

16.  Section 6.5 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.5 Equity Funds
          The Equity Funds shall consist of such capital, common and
          preferred stocks, bonds or other instruments convertible into
          such stocks, or other equity securities (including, without
          limitation, any common, collective or commingled trust fund
          established and maintained by the Trustee for the assets of plans
          qualified and exempt under Sections 401 and 501 of the Code,
          which is invested primarily in equity securities), as may be
          selected by the Trustee from time to time subject to consent
          thereto by the Company; cash derived from Contributions which are
          to be invested in such Equity Fund or Funds and from earnings on
          or sales of other assets in the respective Equity Fund or Funds;
          and such interim investments (including, without limitation,
          money market funds, certificates of deposit, bankers'
          acceptances and obligations of the United States Government) as
          may be selected by the Trustee from time to time.  All assets in
          the Equity Funds shall be held in the name of the Trustee, or a
          nominee."

17.  Section 6.6 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.6 Fixed Income Fund
          The Fixed Income Fund shall consist of assets which are invested
          or held for investment intended to provide income on a fixed
          income basis, including, but not limited to, short-term and long-
          term governmental or corporate obligations, trust and
          participation certificates, mortgages and such interim
          investments (including, without limitation, money market funds,
          certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and obligations of
          the United States Government) as may be selected by the Trustee
          from time to time.  The Trustee is also specifically authorized
          from time to time upon consent by the Company to invest all or
          part of the Fixed Income Fund in any common, collective or
          commingled trust fund established and maintained by the Trustee
          for the assets of plans qualified and exempt under Sections 401
          and 501 of the Code, which is invested primarily in fixed-income
          securities; and to purchase or hold one or more guaranteed
          investment contracts providing for the accumulation of
          contributions thereunder at rates of interest which may be
          changed from time to time. All assets in the Fixed Income Fund
          shall be held in the name of the Trustee, a nominee or in bearer
          form."
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18.  Section 6.7 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.7 Money Market Fund
          The Money Market Fund shall consist of assets purchased or held
          for investment by the Trustee, which are invested or held by the
          Trustee, and which are intended to earn income based upon then
          prevailing money market interest rates.  Such assets may include,
          without limitation, short-term securities backed by the United
          States Government, governmental or corporate obligations,
          certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper,
          repurchase agreements, and money market certificates.  The
          Trustee is also specifically authorized from time to time
          upon consent by the Company to invest all or part of the Money
          Market Fund in any common, collective or commingled trust fund
          established and maintained by the Trustee for the assets of plans
          qualified and exempt under Sections 401 and 501 of the Code,
          which is invested primarily in securities intended to earn income
          based upon then prevailing money market rates.  All assets in
          the Money Market Fund shall be held in the name of the Trustee, a
          nominee or in bearer form."

19.  Section 6.10 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "6.10 Reports to Participants
           The Administrator shall furnish each Participant, at least
           quarterly, a statement of his Account, showing, at a minimum,
           the number of whole and fractional Shares credited thereto,
           whether there are other investments in the Account, and if so,
           identifying such investments (by Investment Fund or item), and
           the market value of the Account and of each separate portion
           thereof as of the end of such period."

20.  Section 7.3(a) and (b) are hereby amended in their entirety to read as
     follows:

     "7.3 Special Limitation On Contributions For Any Participant For Any
               Plan Year
          The Additions made to a Participant's Account under Article V
          with respect to any Plan Year, which shall be the Limitation Year
          for the purpose of Code Section 415, shall not exceed the
          limitations described in this Section 7.3.  

          (a)  For purposes of this Section 7.3, "Additions" for any Plan
               Year means the total of Contributions allocated to a
               Participant's Account for such Plan Year, plus for Plan
               Years beginning after September 30, 1987, the Employee's
               after-tax contributions, if any, to the Participant's
               Account.

          (b)  The amount of such Additions with respect to any Participant
               for any Plan Year shall not exceed the lesser of:

               (i)  Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) (or such greater
                    amount allowed by the Secretary of Treasury for Cost of
                    Living increases after September 2, 1974), or

              (ii)  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's
                    Compensation for such Plan Year, excluding for this
                    purpose for Plan Years beginning before 1998 any salary

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                    amounts deferred by said Participant under this Plan,
                    as the same may be hereafter amended, supplemented, or
                    replaced.
                   
                    In applying the foregoing limitation, the Administrator
                    shall take into account all defined contribution plans
                    of the Company."

21.  A new Section 7.8 is hereby added to read as follows:
   
     "7.8 Unit Valuations
          The Administrator may establish unit values for one or more
          Investment Funds, or portion thereof, and maintain each
          Participant's interest in such Investment Fund in units in
          accordance with such rules and procedures as the
          Administrator deems appropriate.  To the extent that unit
          accounting is utilized for any Investment Fund or portion
          thereof, the value of a Participant's interest in the Investment
          Fund at any time shall be an amount equal to the value of a
          unit of such Investment Fund multiplied by the number of units
          then credited to the Participant plus such portion of the
          Participant's interest in such Investment Fund which is not
          accounted for in units."

22.  Effective October 1, 1997, Section 10.1(a)(ii) is hereby amended in
     its entirety to read as follows:

     "(ii) in the case of a Participant whose entire Account balance
      exceeds $5,000, for a period of not more than five (5) years
      following cessation of employment, or to age sixty-five (65), if
      later; in either which case such Participant may, subject to the
      provisions of subclause (ii) of subsection (c) of Section 10.2
      hereof, elect, upon at least thirty (30) days advance written notice,
      to have his then entire Account balance distributed to him at any
      time during either such elected deferral period."

23.  The final sentence of Section 10.2(b) is amended to read as follows:

     "Interests in the Equity Fund or Funds, the Fixed Income Fund and the
     Money Market Fund shall always be distributed in cash."

24.  The seventh complete sentence of Section 10.2(c)(ii) is amended to
     read as follows:

     "Minimum distributions shall be withdrawn from each Investment Fund or
     Funds in the same proportion as the balance of the Investment Funds
     bear to each other."

25.  The final sentence of Section 10.2(d) is amended to read as follows:

     "Participant and/or spousal consent shall not be required if
     distribution is being made because the Participant's account balance
     is less than $5,000."

26.  Section 10.2(e) is amended in its entirety as follows:

     "(e)  Payment to an alternate payee pursuant to a Qualified Domestic
           Relations Order shall be made in one lump-sum payment, as soon
           as administratively feasible after the Administrator determines

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           that the domestic relations order is a Qualified Domestic
           Relations Order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code), and
           after the Administrator has delivered notice of the distribution
           to the alternate payee (as described by Section 10.2(f) of the
           Plan), in an amount specified in such domestic relations order.
           Payment to an alternate payee may be made before the time the
           Participant's vested account balance becomes payable to the
           Participant.

           To the extent the Qualified Domestic Relations Order requires
           payment of all or any portion of a Participant's account to an
           alternate payee on or after the Participant's earliest
           retirement age (as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code), such
           amount shall be segregated into a separate account for such
           alternate payee and shall be invested among the respective
           Investment Funds in the same ratio as the Participant's account
           immediately prior to such segregation, and, if directed
           investments are available, the alternate payee shall then be
           entitled to direct the investment of the segregated funds. 
           Payment shall then be made to the alternate payee at the time
           and in the form specified in the Qualified Domestic Relations
           Order."

27.  Section 10.3(c)(iv) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
     follows:

     "(iv)  If a Participant, who has one outstanding loan, applies for a
            hardship withdrawal and if the amount necessary to satisfy the
            Participant's financial hardship is not in excess of the
            additional loan amount allowable under Section 10.4(a), then
            the Participant shall borrow such additional amount by applying
            for a second loan from the Plan instead of taking a hardship
            withdrawal."

28.  Section 10.3(c)(v) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
     follows:

     "(v)  If a Participant has two outstanding loans and applies for a
           hardship withdrawal,  such hardship withdrawal may be permitted
           up to the amount of the hardship and subject to the limitations
           of Section 10.3(a).  If a Participant has one outstanding loan
           and if the amount of the Participant's financial hardship
           exceeds the maximum loan amount allowable under Section 10.4,
           then a hardship withdrawal may be permitted up to the amount of
           hardship and subject to the limitations of Section 10.3(a)."

29.  Section 10.3(c)(vi) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
     follows:

     "(vi)  The withdrawal shall be made from each Investment Fund or Funds
            in the same proportion as the balance of the Investment Funds
            bear to each other."

30.  Section 10.3(c)(viii) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
     follows:

     "(viii)  A Participant who receives a hardship distribution, as
              provided in this subsection (c), or who has an outstanding
              loan and receives an additional loan to relieve a hardship,
       
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              as provided in subclause (iv) of this subsection (c), shall
              not be permitted to make salary deferrals pursuant to this
              Plan until the first payroll date of the calendar month
              following the expiration of a twelve (12) month period after
              receipt of either such hardship distribution or such new loan
              in lieu of the hardship distribution.  The Participant must
              give the Administrator at least ten (10) days advance notice
              to resume salary deferrals."

31.  Section 10.4(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "(b)  The loan may be applied for over the telephone, shall be          
          evidenced by a Promissory Note on a form available from the
           Administrator, shall bear interest at a rate comparable to
           the prevailing interest rate charged by commercial lenders for
           similar loans, shall be secured by the Participant's Account,
           and shall be repayable in installments, by payroll deductions,
           over a period not to exceed five (5) years from the date of such
           loan, or not to exceed ten (10) years in the case of a loan for
           the purchase of the Participant's primary residence.  If the
           Participant is on unpaid leave, payments must be made monthly
           and must be received by the Payroll Department no later than
           three (3) workdays before the first calendar day of the month
           for which the payment is being made.  The note shall be subject
           to repayment in whole or in part at any time without premium or
           penalty and shall become due and payable in full when the
           Participant ceases to be an Employee."

32.  Section 10.4(e) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "(e)  An application for a loan may be received at any time, and an
           approved loan shall be disbursed as soon as administratively
           practicable thereafter.  Except as provided by Section 10.3(c),
           a new loan cannot begin until after repayment in full of the
           prior loan.  The dollar amounts to be loaned shall be taken from
           the investment accounts in the same proportion as the Investment
           Fund balances bear to each other."

33.  Section 10.4(g) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "(g)  Once the Administrator has approved a loan application for a
           Participant and has determined the rate of interest such loan
           will bear, the Administrator will provide the Participant with
           the form of Promissory Note to evidence such loan and as a
           precondition to the disbursement of such loan, the Participant
           shall sign and date such Promissory Note and return it to the
           Administrator within thirty (30) days for disbursement within
           five (5) days thereafter.  A copy of such Note shall be retained
           by the Participant."

34.  Effective February 1, 1996, Section 10.4(h) is hereby amended in its
     entirety to read as follows:

     "(h)  For the purposes of this Section 10.4, the Plan Administrator is
           the Treasurer and Assistant Secretary.  The Administrator will
           impose no specific limitations on the type or amount of
           Participant loans, except as provided in Section 10.4(a) above."

35.  A new paragraph is hereby added at the end of subsection (a) of
     Section 17.3 to read as follows:
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     "The Administrator shall also have the authority and discretion to
     engage an Administrative Delegate who shall perform, without
     discretionary authority or control, administrative functions within
     the framework of policies, interpretations, rules, practices, and
     procedures made by the Administrator or other Plan fiduciary.  Any
     action made or taken by the Administrative Delegate may be appealed by
     an affected Participant to the Administrator in accordance with the
     claims review procedures provided in Section 14.6.  Any decisions
     which call for interpretations of Plan provisions not previously made
     by the Administrator shall be made only by the Administrator. 
     Administrative Delegate means one or more persons or institutions to
     whom the Administrator has delegated certain administrative functions
     pursuant to a written agreement."
36.  Section 17.5 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "17.5 Valuation Of Shares
           The value of a fractional Share for purposes of Section 10.2(b)
           of this Plan shall be based on the value of a full Share at the
           closing price per Share on the New York Stock Exchange on the
           Valuation Date which is one day prior to distribution."


                              DOUGLAS H. YAEGER
                              _______________________________________
                              Title:  President and Chief
                                      Operating Officer


                              GERALD T. MCNEIVE, JR.
                              _______________________________________
                              Title:  Senior Vice President - Finance
                                      and General Counsel

























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