The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-11-02
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The ...ay.n Of the enterprise
. .... .-.... ga ra"u in.
.... g. .,. ly city OF Pitts
l.,ga .- I..y.a..y source OF much
la,,-r., {. ;ra. .,.,. %, Well rs to iron
nauuHc:lsy., ,,".y~ mere, for its sue
ces.h. adoption u,o til. mills and work
shop, VII. r-,u., il. new era in the
history o, iron production, since it is
claimed that, through this agency, a
better article and at reduced cost. will DO
manufactured
We alluded some uonth, ago TO the
proposed introduction Of this gus into the
Pittsburgh iron mills, and we notice
ayw tha, the Telegraph of Friday even
.a, contains long account of the his
Tory Of III, t.rprise, from its inception
10 it, .,n,ummstiou From this report
We zyl the .ol.owirg additional facts:
The history of the present enterprise,
briefly stated. Is ~ follows: About
-....r u.nu,h- r-.. ,ryrral well known,
gentlemen iu ,rr rli regions, leased a
',-,. lroct ot land near Lardns Mill, in
C..l,on township. Butler county. for the
purpose OF Experimenting for oil. They
=. once, bean o. develop the territory
Ag .-.l.iug well, and when down about
.selv, hundred feet, struck n splendid
low @. ,ps-tuo pressure Of which was
50 grra. ~ 20 put an immediate stop to
.Jy ,.r.aer search in the depths for the
y~agulru, 1u.d. J. j. Nsndergritt, Esq,
y. ". lt, one Of the largest oil and pipe
.ae ops:a.,-- p hat section Of country
tad VINO MAS thoroughly impressed with
.ae feasibility % conveying the gas IN
pipes considerable distance for fuelpur-
poses, became the purchaser of the well
agt ease and subsequently, sold the
'a'a- 20 The present owners.
A limited partnership WAS Immediately
urmei under the general laws of the
STATE entitled the Natural Gas Com
pssy. Limited, capital 100000 and
.ae .r..owing vol known and enterpris-
Eg a-m. and gentlemen comprise the
Company M">-rs. Npeng, Chsltant y
Co.. Of III" ryiru,ly" E,ua Iron Works;
N,,.rs Grah. B"uu"lt y Co., OF the
Melville Icon Works. Both Of which
arm. have turrr mill, on the line of th"
w.. Penn rai.road. Henry Harley
E,o %. TI.u-ylll"; j. j. and W. h. Van
t.tr... ot Oh Clty, and or tOwnsmHr,
Captain G. ". Ba''hr.pr, President "i
.ar Masonic Deposit saving Bank.
James l. B"rnrtt E,l. j. President, and
Dsp,ar BMcDr.a-. Treasurer oi the
0mVant.
Tie Company at noe entered into -
....-sct with Nlr>>r- G-ah, Bennett Il
Co.,. and Spaug. Chalaut X Co.. to fur
l.,a them with ali tn, g,.> they could uso
81. ,ler respective mills, Tor their pud-
..raares. a, we'll ~ generating
s,,au. AaI ,or al. the purpose, whore
*r-'4 heating j, u requisite, Tor
-.,.m per guuum.
IL" a.,,.4re from the gas well to Gran,
"...e" y Co.'s mill, nj MIllvaIe, i
S'.' .e.,.u miles. as the line l. land.
'~' i"a' B, .. .jr inch wrought iron,
1.- -a' .~-a .. three feet below the
..a.e 70 0..r- To- ESCAPE the frost and
,'.-'""e the liability To contraction
H.- expansion from heat and cold.
'.."."ra miles @, this kind OF work, in
r" apartment, which depended solely
-P't the supply ot ~, holding OF,
-. strike the, reader at once n, a big
-Hi"ItaAng, and indeed il was. Nay
Hn-e, i was \ gigantic foh, and the mem
.H-s yt the t.aupa1.N a.. 3....-,.i,,.. .., a.