The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-01-13
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" orpGu. Dee. Il found Pitts,
PrIss0,o bigh state of excitement last
l1gb 10 ,be new gas well discoveries in
,sS 'oor, nty Ironmakcrs were predict
BteF "Jni Jntion in the iron business, if the
d; . To'" o,.s,ad should keep up the vast
.; dl'co,r' nouring out of the ground
ap?I pon Don,panies were trembling for feal
sd sas rEs % Of the Almighty were to dc
The s''sL'a W. III their artificial perfections for
aF'y VIII Irrbt The largest rolling mill in
5a' '.5nr.h. .nr Grant, Bennett 4 Co., had
P'i'3u'sm nm fve-inch pipe, eighteen miles
are'l6' l6';,,sburgh, and they were heating a
from ..n ~, rot0rts with natural gas from
d'lsg g,5oc "5 We'll in Butler county.
The ~. H0rJ had spent a half day watching
A1J. At;ag Of iron and steel by gas heat, |
TIE I-a, Iono Of the gray-haired partners OF
''AJl L,nss ns if the gas was proving Il success
N II tbe rolling mill. .,., ,....
I.tter steel. and better wrought nails,
If'p ,aaEc DI them very much cheaper with
a.. ,.' than with coal. We find no sulphur
,ba Gas. and it is equal to the best char
.,,I II to make iron with
"., Are other iron works using gas too ?" /
''D ~Tbev are preparing to use it quite
.,,-,IIy in Pittsburgh. One gas company
Jyina pipes now. The rolling mills up
ri, use Gas. One axe factory is using
:. bore and in Petroleum, St. 10 and
T;rerstown they are using it entirely to
.,n steam engines with and light their
,,.s.t. ,r also in Fredonia, \. Yves, and
,bev usc gas stoves everywhere up the
,rsgbanv and Oil Creek valleys"
On nv lecture route through the oil re-
.,ioas durin- the past week have found
that natural gas Is being generally utilized
for heating and lighting purposes.
~ THE GAS REGION.
Nv engagement in Millcrstown. Pa.
took me- into the very centre Of Butler coun,
;vs gas-producing region. After the lecture
/ went I'D on the bill above Millerstown and
visited farty-ninc small burning wells. The
whole heavens were aglow with light The
couds were silver lined and reflected back
the lurid glare from the wells. | could
stand anywhere and read 4 newspaper
The boilers of fifty oil-well engines heated
with gas line the valley. Away to the
south glare Ike i city on fire lighted W
the heavens. From toward the lighted
horizon came a rumbHug roar that drowned
the hubbub Of the street.
What is ?" | asked Mr.. Warmcastle
That's the great Delcmater gas mill
Mr. Perkins, four miles away, he an
swe-cd.
Il thought it was four hundred trains
pf cars passing over bridge" i" [ said.
All night long | listened to the roar Of
that great Delcmater mill and the next
morning | rode four miles over scrub OAK
7i.Is through muddy gulches, and past, I
uPPosa, fifty pumping oil wells, to see
he startling wonder.
The noise grew louder and louder as VIC
pproached. Then the rumble changed tc
Kissing rush like a thousand locomotives
lowing of steam.
At an eighth Of mile the noise changed
gam to the continuous roar Of a thousand
annon The human voice could not be
card. Communication was by pantomime
he flame shoots into the air seventy feet
Ike steeple on fire. The hills were
oyered with snow, but for two acres
round the well the grass is green and
rowing, except close to the well, where
he ground looks ike burnt lava. At q
tc distance calves and sheep stand warm
z themselves and eating the hot-house
-ass. This two acres Of sterile Pennsyl-
'nla looks like 4 section Of fertile Florida.
What makes it sound like the continu-
is report Of artillery p l asked the cngi-
eer.
NATURES 5 ARTILLERY.
" Because it Is a fve-inch cannon con
antIy exploding Look" said he ''you
the first fame twenty feet from the
uzzIc-that Is the flash, the explosion.
Is like a cannon, only this is continuous
4 million cannons a minute-in fact, one
PIosIon and concussion going on forever =
1t IS wonderful to see this volcano fame
Plodlng in the air. The pressure is so
cat that the gas cannot ignite till it gets
'enty feet beyond the nozzle.
Ihe stream Of gas comes up 1000 feet
rough fve-inch iron pipe, and is con-
cted off 200 feet through anotker tube,
lere It finds vent. The general pressure
the Gas with the valve open is 800
unds to the square inch. We partly
,sed the valve and the pressure ran up to
zVO closed 1t little more, and the tub
began to tremble and the great ton
lSht holding it down began to lift. 1t
IS only quick turn of the skillful engi-
er that saved 900 feet of iron tubing,
chored down with several tons weight.
IN shooting like au arrow into the air.
u can better realize the terrible pressure
the this gas when you reflect that the
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