New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-12

THEIR LOCATION. EXTENT, AND VALUE.
TALK Win Asa p. WILSON on PrTTsBURo-
NATURAL GAS FOR FUEL AND LIGHT.
lEHoM AZ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT oPrnE rmBuSEl
PITTsBuRG. Penn, Aug. 7.-AsaP +. Wilson, a
gsoost mos OF his several
years past development OF the oil and gas territory
az me country il now rsident OF this city, max his
the -. James Hotel Mr. Wilson 10 also
y practical OPERATOR having drilled many wells As he
h an enthusiast the subject aud has accumulated no
wcatA from his labor The statement that he knows
about the Extent, utility. &c. OF the gas deposits Of
America scarcely needs dem0nsiration.
Tue large gas deposits. he says Will be found within
limited territory but supply is comparatively mex
naustibc TAls territory may be bounded by taking
Western Warren County. Pennsylvania, as q pivora
point. A line drawn from there In - northeast
direction to Lake Ontario. and southwest from
tho same starting point to Rochester, Penn, noar
PittsburE through Wheeling. ". Va, Marietta. Ohio
Parker.burg Va he centre OF the great Appalachian
Goa basin) 10 Roane County W. Va.,wil constitute the
northwest side of the basin, and similar line drawn
about eighty miles east Will constitute the eastern
boundary OF all the territory In which large gas de-
posts may b. expected In Neviork pennsylvania aud
Ohio continuation OF the belt but narrowed, through
Kentucky Tennessee and into Arkansas. should also
furnish liberal gas deposits. Sections OF Wisconsin, La
diana Illinois also likely 10 furnish gus deposits
The points where The rgsst dows OF are likely to
be found within this territory, said Mr. Wilson. are but
lcr Armstrong. wcstmoreand Greene aud Washington
Counties, Penn; Ohio Brooke Marshall Wet
gel ana Monongalia Counties, W. Va, and
Belmont County Ohio. al tell you, ST.
satd Mr. Wilson that the immense quantities Of gas to
be found in these counties viii mako them eventually
the centre OF manufacturing industries in this country
especially ia iron aud glass For believe the How OF
gas will be OF us great duration the laws under which
IL made"
"But Mr. Wilson," said I, elf the supply s so great
and inoxhaustbe will IL not be possible successfully
and prontably use II at more distant pointsF'
at could be- taken anywhere" replied Mr. wilson.
"apd it wond cost only pipelaying IL would How
Itself From the Michigan gas well In washington
County Penn four.inch Pipe laid TO Washington d.
c. would deliver 100000 cubic feet per hour. with the
pressure from tho we'll alone Have you any Idea now
enormous the pressure In ut the Welt No; well, IL 10
pout 300 pounds to the square nch And then there no
friction Ia the gas IL IL tight ana dry, composer
principally OF hydrogen, contains no silicon or sulphur
and burns with white, brilliant light Yes, sir be-
leye cities could DO proataby lighted with IT. indeed
at q much lower rate than can be done py man
ufaoured gas But IL will not be used for that purpose
because IL Is TOO valuable for other uses"
"Then you think the existing gas companies need not
be frightenedi"
moh. don't know about that. When twenty-one
charters for light fuel companies we're granted In
the Allegheny County courts only few days ago. anu
when ext ting rival companies just getting ready for
work are already lighting each other vigorously over
disputed territory aud all these companies are 10 use
natural gas In ths city alone, don't know but what the
old gas companies might be frightened iltte But
haven't heard yet that they are. Iho TACT 10
these light and fuel companies VIII Iur-
nsh much more fuel than light. IL 10 only
becoming known now that natural gas 10 the BEST iueI ~
the world for manufacturing glass and iron by ne use
OF this natural gas for fuel 10 will be only snort umo
before am iron rail- fully ne good-wel no. III say nesi
as strong-as n Bessemer steel rail Will Do made. Anu
look what q revolution II producing In tue inanuac
ture glass Good plate glass wa. never maze IN o ,
country until Mr. j. b. Ford the father Of tle p'e aass
industry this country, conceived ,ne asa " cnn
omy at first order 10 compete with the cnesp .aocs
az Europe, but now he has found that Ia not only the
cbeapsst but the possible fuel for the purpose e
Immeuse works at Creighton station OF tho Newrork
CITY Plate Glass Company eighteen miles IRON n r ,
ported. but t. IL rapidly becoming a. superior
softer purer, more easily ground ana more sus
ceptbis Of hiah pesh. All glass manufacturers are
beginning 70 realize this now aud VIII no orven " uso
natural gas whether they want 10 or NOT ana tno many
glass ftsburg VIII be tho nrst srse
patrons Of these light and fuel companies Tho iron
ms will next have 70 be served, and 30 tho gns COM
panies are net scared much Jet SCH tho ngntns u
cities BY natural gas may come
Mr. Wilson said hc understood that several companes
have already formed, or arc now being formeu "
engage In the business Of furnishing natural see 70 tne
larger citics which not lie at TOO great dstAhos
fro bait In Of these compeRiess WhAoh hSs