The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
GREAT Is NATURAL GAS.
SOME OF THE TRANSFORMA TI0NS TT
HAS EXPECTED IN THE WEST.

Nubului BuS tuEulSiltS I'LL biO btlLuulhnt
that northern Ohio and Indiana need. 1t is a
wonder that the temperance societies in those
s%trongholds have not worked the vein them.
selves. 80 absorbing and satisfying are its et-
fects. People live and breathe in a rarefled air OF
exultation. They walk on enchanted ground.
Uncertainty united to unlimited possibilities,
which, in one way or another, may affect all
members of society, keep up the exhilaration.
There is no foot Of ground that may not be the
spot. A few dollars Clipped in to buy q drill
by an GRAND boy may turn into a fortune up
lifted by q I" eusher." Such things have hap
pened all about-at Findley, Cygnet, Mont
pelier. Delphos. Failure means nothing. Sue
cess may lie in wait ten steps Off. Success
means revolution Of all the petty ends of bust
ness. Men, women. girls, and boys-no one is
excluded from the chances.
1t is an enviable condition that this harmoni-
GUS expectation brings about. Fancy a whole
community on the eve of receiving some benefl-
cent Q At the same time, perhaps. it takes
the finer edge of the collective judgment.
supernatural in this bursting forth Of untaAned
clements that carry destruction as well as pros
RtSsesl 'ik m ,aS% a TIC d at ths sxp pes sa IF the to re ens,to
Hsr5ain 1xiy sns door Sn;n Is open toT prst an wise
At this moment q man is credibly received
and passed from town to town accredited from
ne Of more exalted pot SlSauss All His ms name msf Is
j., :. Booker, and he comes from no one knows
where, but he Is reputed . stone, mason. His
Of his neck, that rise up and aGitate themselves
In the presence OF natural gas. His own story
vs. sh sRRt passed nSs ,Sp sw ssS hs hf ist q hint fss1 IN t & siSt IsRi;;
It's simplicity H. w, With , the whole asld q fiction
tails ali. when i'm he RoG night in3 have en elabo ,sM sdd% q fhir Ely
ornamental and picturesque narrative
when he passes over a vein Of natural gas the
electricity runs through his fest. up HIS legs.
ale %lop tG. his mn back; o az His ssG his p pSr.n and and knots nSas
yulsions take, place natural gas has been found.
It would not be nescessaryto allude e Booker
he came 70 For. WAYNE from pelph9s, where.
fno the aaur sort OF It, testimony tine vt, that tea carries belief,
tho spots where convulsions had gone off. His
modest proposition was; Expenses paid. and
or" was found. That the gentlemen to whom
he addressed himself declined this proposition
hhs ays scr sssIt to Eve Eve him ns the sss veil en thiey fo %iS shs
bargaining was going on. the wizard agreed to
M Nay q MM aRler. NJ. Gba A ssrMll eSsl Tes f Pres1:
dent Of the Hamilton Bank, and Mr.. Cressler
The ii TIVE wis aai w L Mas M aIeer SiSbyfs aIffeo and tbsd
drove rapidly along. Suddenly the electricity
penetrated the carriage, The man vibrated;
Of the carriage felt for the tumultuous muscles.
OF 2 verify there they wereElively. erect.
riag &c Re roi hsdI aion gas T fs'd dr i've T By orders Tss Sf SSr,
hither and thither, and at length recrossed the
same spot; Booker was now blindfolded, but
the agitation began and the same manifesto
.o ut is natural ,9ara gnsn said i. the wizard. :, The
circumstances there is no question. ~
However, they refused the % per cont. propo-
sition, and the wizard passed on to other cities
the demand for his ,%conyulsions that he has
placed himself in the hands Of a manager. That
Ssnts. boo Rsff IS t tse Pf p seelusiSn, a ike sSe
Yelled Lady. emerging only for the great act,
His terms are $50 for the experiment. and $500
takers. and is doing successfully the northern
Indiana OWNS.
not THIS ass s 5 K w xsssr sniythiHP s. m sssh hn sfPsnt !s
sights. Toledo was settled in 1884. and q small
book published shortly after makes NO mem
cleared. and then came the, coal. bringing fur
natural gas. On Sept. 7 Toledo was abIaze eel
fH%R sI q ! the Md o%Re 1ad oaS OF her g pipe e lins from the
But much more dazzling. are the immediate
years ago 1t was a small town on the Blanchard
ground. and with a population Of 5000 or 5000
inhabitants. without manufacturers. and pur-
suing the dull dead and -alive life of other small
owns. Then natural gas. was discovered.
A little over two years ago the great Kary well
was I sfruSs; Its advent was terrific. a bal.
, .Re air f ilh@ en mG n q eve on Z H.. sae ths se shSs int Ae
walls were built. the valves were sustained by
tiHn eda'f Its d how ' Is tr erssa sfsa'i II is T ths
giant among Findley's thirty active wells.
m aas acton q, fr r,aa' s92 1e1 glass s works Ks a ,Ss, t.
ed 1t. This was only about a year and a half
ago. Then came Findley's boom. The excite;
in California. to the finding Of oil in Pennsyl-
yanlsd f For Ti si1t iSs days sst the tu n ah.I RACED gedi M Men n
invest RE"sSu in NJ real s.ie es snets '1 Women M ca amer up Hof irom as IS
far as Cincinnati, gripsacks in hand, and
money in the sacks; on the same errand. The
lodge nor feed ths strangers. Real estate leap:
s sat f aSIe t to I,p 10 d ho plsce Two TO t Eesl sstat sa sSisets.
the year, The .jeweller. who had. paid 1900.
At length this excitement subsidized. but here
are the s9bstantial results. The wells now put
1 Sly ful Yiy' sSaSi 70 f the iir lsef so OF s and Z S Ssyi g sp 70
IN the town. Every house and workshop e
There are now forty different Manufacturing
lHteTebtS represented LneTe. Inc Town mas IN
creased from 5000 to between $4,000 and $4,000
within g ye9r, and additions have been laid out
fol. 1 5000. Within the year 1880 houses were
built. Water works are contracted for, and
be put down this summer. Business property
sells ut 500 and $500 q foot.
This brief and dazzling career of Findley
fhin3es before the eyes Of al northern Ohio and
and known, extends from Noblesville north
east Of Indianapolis, and runs northeast, en-;
p.Hsssine through Finley where it has proven
the bolt. Int not A" gqshers," and not IN pay
Improved mSsthods and greater knoEledge; II
csded by a flow Of salt water. At nrst
gro. i now recognized. and has I'D
to Q different method Of boring. But although
salt water precedes the gas, the, gas does, not
always follow the salt water. And II is curious
that while gas and oil territory are almost iden- |
t teal. the veins are BY no means allied. Mont,
f pnS kG sy nsI{ t thai Of 2hi9 p ,o IN G. G slEss Il the fw nls
4 " four hnt,ro is amid IN ha tina larppet oil well |