New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-21
NATURAL GAS WELLS.
THEIR WONDERFUL DoNGs AT PITTsBURG

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THEIR WONDERFUL DOINGS AT PITTSBCRG
A CITY To BIZ HEATED By GAs--UsE OF THE GAS
II DWELLINGS AND MANUFACToRIEs.
FRoN Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHE TRrDrNE.l
PITrSBURG, Sept 17.-Plttsburg, so long
known a. smoky CITY" promises TO lose that unen
viabe title in the future. The natural gas Iatey
discovered in this region large quantities has already
taaen the place of coal in many OF the rolling mills ami
blast furnaces AMI a. pipes and appliances are
ald the whole city will be supplied with the new sell
propelng ue amt then vie IN cleanliness and come
lne-s with New-Nork
The g,s issues from well generally of LOO 10 l5oo
feet IN depth Being pressure OF from 80 10 200
pounds 10 tue square inch, It comes ont with peculiar
Kissing sound When lighted 1t issues from the well
the gas blazes mp i'm vast column, burns with "A
paiptatin- fame and gives forth rumbns sound Ihe
cause OF the paptjiou If the Irregular rush Oh ar 10
supply tho combustion. The same thing occurs "heh
water Is poured from An inverted bottle To prevent this
palptatiou OF the gas flame serious INCONVENIENCE
when used fuel valves placed IN the lipe, al inter
walls and break the huctuating movement
The first ,l,wc of any note IA this region vas dis
covered 40 Nurray.ylIe VI LACE about twelve miles
southwest OF Pt-Durg. company OF oi--eekers were
borlug for oil. but they had reached depth oil
Loo they struck VEN o. natural ga 80 strong tu
further operations were stopped The well was abAn-
doucd The ga. that came ont Instead ot oil was re-
sardrd by the o-ccker- bad omen being IN reality
the much dreaded coal-damp OF the coal mines ID
short time the 30 inject the air. and being IN III
natural heavier than mo-phcrc tl proodc1 IKE
masiuu over all The country round and tha good people
oil the ne-hhornOod were crcdu1u- enough to believe that
the end OF the world 80 hand But before their
apprehcu-0u- were realized company wa formed in
pt.bur, for masking carbou-amp ot the gas. soon the
derrick over the we'll uoW rchey and wrahcr-t eaten
became black and crmy But before much carbon lamp
or Iamp-ulae had made. the derrick and bindings
were burned 90 the ground. Seeing that nothing coud
be done with the g- ln that way. was lighted ~ keep
10 fom c-capne the annoyance and possible injury Of
the people of the ucirhborhood. In the meantime how
ever successful experiments had been made 100 using the
natural gl- fuel az smaller wells and company was
folmcd the purpose OF conveying the gas from Mur
rvsyile In pines o the manufacturing establishments la
Pitt.burg. A dispute between the company and
those who mad temporary possession OF the we'll and
about one year ago a riot took place at Murmysvuc IA
which one man. Haymaker. was Killed 10y bnyonet
Those who held possession armed with pckhande,
and their antagonists with guns The slayer OF Hay
maker wa. tried for h- crime aud found guilty OF murder
m the second degree AZ August term OF the Allegheny
County Court great Wa the popular indignation %
Wcstm.rcllnd County the o tAr tragedy. that 10
insure Justice = change Of Venue had 10 be- obtained
Meanwhile the company went ON laying pipe. ana was
already supplying ucI 10 several large mills When an
other company and then another was forlnc'.. Com
uoot pfonl.e To make the new fuel f,bulou,y cheap,
but tl. compctu. companies what the issue would
bee and united Large coal consumers IN the CITY then
saw that their only way OF obtaining a cheaper me was
10 bore wells OF their number OF wells we're be-
gun but the well struck Dog George West
ouo-e inventor OF the iir-b.ke, az H0mcwOod inside
me CIV limits. soon after several other good wells were
struck near by bat not ~ Iarge a. tine Ne-ngh0,c Wei
This well may ue taken az representative one 1lAuu-"
moi 80 large ueraps the MIrraYsyllir well To visit
or- Ptt-nurg al night rom ne h"iH oI -o'
tine flames OF blast furnace, the glare OF molten ron IN
TO lin. mills the hurryu about ot ORA why armed ana
sparcy cad 10 the .urd lent the c-Aklu- oi nam
mcr-. the -ghus OF furnaces thc fuhoe "i udoIueIl
the shouting OF WOrhmcn all cOn-pTc 10 suggest moss
yiyidly a realization OF Dante-" u Inferno But id
feE years TINS pillar OF coud 10y Gay anu uit 5 I-"t
viii br dI--o eel. similar spectacle can now DEE seen 49,
one enters IIsburg from the east 10 l. te gafr OBJ tAe
g;i--wclI-: rel glow can ne seen reue.leu on '4e
for M and miles. The Westinghouse wei sut- HP al
long tnc itvorte resort OF WuI,Ih Ne
been deserted THIS summer Tor lhr H'l l'iHt. 80!
gas conducted rom the mouth or me wen up mo le
about eighty ieet where u l7 H-Ilru am. 'n' '.o
leaps up tine air from seventy to seventy H'c rcl
Tie rumble or the Sts e-cdplh~ al u' Ae.lll -.- a H.
siderable distance and might easily be mistaken Tor the
roar OF "a waterfall the roll OF heavy freight tram
night account or the noise \ hoiI'tipc ' ~ vac
c,pcrture wa. observed due % the heat from the well
Pani-ie suffered and after Ie" weeks tAe -n'iH- d
mo vel. al ui.ht was al discontinued
The best PROF o-- Of the uatural-ea- companies so far
have been 10 furnish gas a. inel 5or Ihe .,'e pr ~
the Goa, cost heretofore 40 definite Iaie ua7 ueeI ''
eruiurd upou and the only saving then Will DE
u the cost handling the coal ashes ana clndefs but
the convenience cleanliness and adaptaby OF the gas
To certain Kind. ~ Manufacture notably glass VI tlac
he n.
washed inside ana outside 0ucn liiinL "c,ls ISIS
In Pittshurg great advantage OF the gas IN manu-
featuring is the regularity with when me Aea can ue
supplied. BY simply turning Naie AAt lI' .ll o1'4o
lie or locomotive, the degree OF heat can he resu-
lated one danger besets the Use or gaS a. uelt- e1
pioslveuc-. The high pressure OF 100 pounds 10 the
square inch makes 10 impossible 10 CONNIE te s' III any
ordinary g..-ppe The gas must necessarily escape al
the cre,lce. and joints. Being OdorlesH IT. presence
cannot be detected. and when mlGed Win aluospHe
IN certain proportions II explores very eir!fl. 10
Prevent this however an apparatus mas be ucNl7eu 10
relieve tue ressur.' which naS ~ ,5 Md +.
ce.sfu The greatest revolution TINS gdS-lue hds le -
u the dwelling houses Cooking. once an Onerou- Task
becomes pleasant pa-time By turning Nafe lHt sas
enters apparatus similar 10 the ga7-1toNcs u-cu III
oyster saloons. and IN few minutes "A meal can hc
cooked dirt. smoke no RULED temper no KIND
ling OF fires the morning. burglar whistle has also
of which even terrible than that OF the steam
whistle For heating dwellings the gas hdH been Iouhu
better than either heated air or steam The temperature
bee kept equabe ana rs naturally Dry III -oe " .
hoI-c- Pitt-burg flowers bloom aud plants grow h the
gd--hcttcd atmosphere an winter iohE. in' ~ g
periay does Well stranger 10 thl- mode oi nea'hs on
entering the house would what seemed To ht an "h
fashioned lire blazing on the hearth hnl co-e. III
spcctou would discover that the apparent lo-- W.
nothing but pottery limitations and the blazing uic lo
burning of natural gas Many curious designs TOT Lii
have been cUutriyed since the introduction OF 'i,-
fuel sometime, the CRATE - nlled with hehp OF pt!,As
stones loosely thrown together III" on} danger ln't
threatens the new Industry is the likelihood that TOO
many wells Will bee drilled and 80 much eds allowed 10 20
% waste that the supply will De- IN snort uh' ~
hau-trd. but the cost Of putting down Wen l' ""put
'"hp"Iiir- ih i'u"hA y l. l.t7l Nv Pi ,r .srs
other places where natural has been n-td ipr year,
there ls nO indication that the supply T hkry 10 an
soOu There l7 uo duuDt that litt-ir- j. li' lh,
veins Of natural and according 60 experts t supply
wli last for 40 lcaSi twenty years Hence y .'l' ~
infer that the coal beds that have heretofore nt up
community of quarter OF million prorc WIZ ho' ~
used hy the rt-hurs people hereafter but VIII heeu' DO
marketed elsewhere.
WHIT M rs.