Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-05
NATURES GREAT GIFT.
THE COWING REvOLUTION ~ SPRING
FIELD MaNUFiCTTRTNG


Another Large Vein OF Natural Gas strucL
Yesterday The Projectors of the Wei
Confident Gas versus Coal ns tu.l.
From Morning Edition.l
At o'clpk yesterday afternoon the drill
at the natural gas well struck u soft shaln ot
slate and the gas began to well up at u most
lively rate The drill continued pounding
away until by dark II had reached u total
depth Of T2h feet The gas was then pour
ont IN Such quantities that no lights could
he used IN the shed and they were com
PEELED to suspend operations. They caught
a portion of the escaping gas IN two-nch
pipe which was projected into the ara short
! distance from the drill house The gas was
ignitcd at the end Of the pipe and
threw up large volume of flame
which brightly Illuminated the quar-
! ricS during the night The flame was u
bright white ON" and seemed To give fully
as much light rs the same amount of coal
gas would under the same circumstances.
/ During the evening continual stream of
people visited the place to view the novel
/ illumna,ur. Only about two pounds of
coal was used tO run the engine. the flow of
gas furnishing ample heat for the boiler.
The gentlemen who undertook the expert
mcnt will proceed to organize them
selves into stock company. Be
sides the executive committee con
sisting Of Mcssis. &. II. Frey, =. 7.
Mast and o. 5. Kelly, the following cap
,,Ii Ia, ,I,., =
man. A. 5. Bushnell. Warren Kelly. Dr.
John Rodgers, |. Ward Frey. Amos White
ley. Robert johnson. Richard Rodgers and
j. II. Thomas. The next step will be to
lay pipes through the town. They are now
satisfied that natural gaS in sufficient Qan-
titles is to be found either at this well or at
some other point close to til" city, and no
time will be wasted in preparing To utilize it
as soon as i, Is found.
Few people realize the great benefits that
this discovery will result in To- manufactur-
ing city like Springfield. As fuel it is as
much superior Ia coal as coal is tO straw.
On the score of chrapncSS its superiority is
illustrated by the action OF II manufacturer
at Finday. Under the coal regime his fuel
had cost him $4,000 per year. With natu-
raj gas ~ fuel it cost him $500 per year
He threatened to dig II we'll of his own M
less the gas company made reduction. and
they came to terms. Another great point
IN lis favor aS fuel Is the total absence of
smoke. smut, ashes. cindrrS and dirt. As
furnace fuel. il has two points of superior
ity besides its ChcapncSS and cleanliness
In the first place. the heat can De graded
to any desired degree. With coal as
fuel the only way to tell the degree of heat
In the furnace is 10y its color. and it requires
an expert "f long experience to keep the
heat just at the proper point. In til" SEC
Ond place, the men working with the iron.
steel or glass. aN the case may he. can aIr
proach within a foot of the flames without
suffering the scorchng and binding effect
that comes from the intense heat of the
coal furnace. In this way the work
can be- done with much greater
accuracy than when the w0rkmcn
must stand at long distance Two years
ago the iron and glass interests of rittsburg
We're suffering great drprc~sion because To-
cal manufacturers all over the country were
undcrsclImg rttsburg ON account of the
cost of transportation. Now with her nat
ural gas for fuel l'itSburg iron. steel and
glass men can 20 into any town in the colln-
try and rmdcrScll its local manufacturers. 4
full supply of natural gas will be- worth
from $50. 900 I" 500 per year to every
large manuiactory in Springfield.
LATTER
This (ThursdaN) morning the drill has
been stopped until arrangements can be-
made for conducting the gas from the well
to the engine tu be- utilzrd also Ia afford
cScapage IN ease the gaS flows too freely,
which Is the cas-" at present There is but
one opinion on the subject, and that is ia
NorabIe to the success of the enterprise" and
the report on til" streets late last night that
the vein struck had grown weaker was not
verified when the we'll was visited this
morning. There is every Indication of un-
limited supply, but the well will be- sunk
deeper III order to h" assured that
down Ia which the veins already struck are
but auxiliary. As the case now stands all
the business firms of Springfield and the
citizens generally may as well begin 10 pre-
pare for the revolution in gas and fuel sup
plies that the discovery of natural gas is de
stned Ia bring before the winter is over,
but the full extent to which it may reach
can only be determined by actual experience.
In the meantime real estate will reach
higher prices than has been known for many
years.