The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-02

manufacturing, that she must use natural
gas, promised, II the privilege was
granted TO our company, that we would
have gas here this fall. CounCils gavo ua
the privilege and compelled us TO have
gas here by the 18th October inst, We
have kept our promise, and redeemed our
pledges, The gas was here over one
month ahead ol time.
Much time was lost, and money spent,
In our efforts 10 find gus near the city, and
we were finally compelled 10 90 TO the
great gas field, in Mount Pleasant town
ship, Washington county, Pa from whence
the gas now in the city, Is conveyed, q
distance Oi97 miles,
Even with tho time lost hunting gas
near the city, we would have had gas here
In July, had 1t not been for the labor
strikes in the mills where our pipe was
being made. Tbs company hOs laid, in
and out OF the city, sixty miles OF pipe,
THE ACCOMPLISHED FACT,
Despite the delays, the gas is here, in
time for Fall use, and from our knowledge
Of the gas Rsld from whence this gas
comes, we feel confident that you are
likely to have a bountiful supply.
1t may be expected OF me to express my
opinion us to the probability Of q Contin-
uAuGs Of this gas; that is u difficult ques.
ton 10 answer. do not pretend to he
wiRer than my fellaWs, or to have pene.
trated the mysterious laboratories Of ma.
ture to know OF what material, or by what
process, this wonderful vapor Is created.
! only know that at present 1t exists In
immense volumes in certain districts,
chiefly In territory con!lngous 10 Wheeling,
Whether 1t ls still forming, or whether
we are only drawing upon the immense
stores accumulated In past sSes, no one
can tell. can only speak as TO probRbll-
tiles, from what is dsmonstrable. AL.
though there are records OF wells In the
Eastern Continent that have flowed for
centuries, in western Pennsylvania we
have wells that have diminished In flow,
and, in som0 instances, have ceased alto.
gether, while others In the sIms district
have continued to flow with unlessensd
force; others that have decreased
in the flow, have, ailer being
drilled out given greater allow
wuEELIEd's FUTURE ASSURED.
In the "MurrayaviIle DiatriCt," in West.
morelaud county, Pa, whore gas wells
arc most humorous, there is but little de.
crease In pressure; the slma may be said
Of the Hickory District" in Washington
county, Pa, with iti immense output,
which, II exhaus!ible ut all, must be at
the end OF manyys II, in the course
Of time, this natural supply Of gas should
fail, 1t Is hardly probable that there will
be q return to coal as q fuel for mRuuiaC-
turing purposes; the superiority OF gas
fuel bslng 80 great, II would bs costly
investment to put so much money into
pipe to handle gas whore there ia no abSo-
lutte certainty OF some gas supply. even II
1t were true, as Is assumed,
that the flow oi natural gas
will bo Of many years, con.
ttnuauce. The Goals Of western Pennsyl-
vania and We8t Virginia are great gas
tanks, and, In event OF the failure OF natu.
raj gas, they would yivld abundant sup.
plieB, at, or nearly, at as cheap rates Us
the gRs wells now do.
Science will demonstrate the procuring
ot such q supply at such cost, and con-
serving OF the other products OF tho coal
In such forms as will enable them 10 give
such returns as will promise the artificial
gas TO the consumer, at az low rates, or
nearly 80, as are now charged for natural
gas.
II the city OF Wheeling Is to bO oongrat.
ulated upon being within tho limits OF the
supply Of natural gas, 1t may also bs, as
being located where, In the event OF that
vapor exhausting, the artificial gas will be
had In equal abundance and cheapness,
aud thus tho future power OF the city, as
manufacturing centre, Is assured.
/ have said that natural gas was the
best and the cheapest fuel that had over
been discovered for manufacturing pur-
pose9; thatit Is the best, the quantity and
quality OF iron, steel and glass produced
With gas as fuel has demonstrated.
Well may Congratulate tho people Of
Wheeling on becoming participants in
these benefits from natural gaa fuel,
WHAT 1T HAS DONE PoR PITTSBURGH.
The generality Of uao which natural gas
has obtained Gs a fuel in Pittsburgh is
only appreciated by those whose voca-
tions bring them into daily intercourse
With all 09sa6g OF business, or have used
1t In their families. To say that there are,
to-day, f0rty.nine steel and iron mills, and
ono hundred and three glass factories,
using natural gas in their manufacturing
processes, 10 hut q mare Indication Of itd
use; every class, and description OF mau-
ulacturing that can, and thousands OF pri-
yite f9Wilies, are usilg the gas Tor q fuel
ID that great manufacturing community.
l. is hard for even citzsn Of Pittsburgh
70 realize tho change In the appearance OF
that city since tho gas has 6eOn In use,
and II gives me pleasure to think that
similar @ t transformation VII soe9 come
comes over me, when l remember that,
Individually, | have contributed TO such
a result. That 1t is the safest fuel has
been proven by tue lesa frequent fires In
Pittsburgh etnGe Its introduction.
WITH srEotAL REVERENCE TO THE LADIES.
Just here, ! will venture to cay q word
to the ladies' Of Wheeling. l may be
treadIug on dangerous ground, as an old
Bachelor, in presumlng to address the
ladies, for have long since learned that
one kind Of old bachelors, as Clasq, ara
not overly popular With the ladiesj but
% h"PHyu w no OuO IL nhuld uul1t uuu
have wife and grandchildren, hOpe
they may make my case an exception.
Bear with me, ladies, for few minutes,
while tell Of some Of the advantages Of
the use Of this gas In housekeeping.
| II Is impossible ior YOU TO itAaglne the
pleasure d the use Of gas, until you have
tried It, When IL first went into use In
Pittsburgh households, the labor saving
was SO great that ladies expressed them:
selves by saying that Il aeemsd thoy we're
only playing housekeeping. No carrying
Of col, 10 noise In feplenishins Gre firei, no no
dirt or'dust to spoil carpets or tarnish the
iurnitnrei In short, all petty Annoyanpea
nothing In that respect DO loft 10 render
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