The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-03
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son,s Ideas.

There arr very few people who have not
lived In or visited a natural gas country
Who can In any way appreciate the value
Of Il. rillsburg Lal 4 within . hundred
or 10 miles ior ten years before any effort
was made to even experiment Ia search ol
the bonanza Of course Il did not excite
Piitsburg people 10 hear ol burning wells
In the oil regions Everybody though, IL
was an accompaniment Of petroleum aud
wis coal gas, aud an uncertain aud value.
lcss adjunct 10 the pumping Of oil. Many
have been the oil wells that have been
abandoned because this mysterious and
troublesome gas appeared. lts real value
was never realized until the Muraysyillc
we'll was drilled aud the product pipcd 10
Pittsburg % tho various mills which
abound In that city. II proved
to be- such an overwhelming succs, that
the result OF ono years trial NJ iucl WIS
startling. Companies with unlimited cap
ital began io buy mp every place where
they could iind some alleged indication oi
the gns Wells sprung up everywhere
about thc city. Almost every man Who
owned a dog dug well. These big COM
panics would bid Oh his property aud Ice
was benefited beyond every expectation
II was regarded with great fear NJ iint
aud the telegraph columns of InE ArrEAL
have contained the accounts ~ number
ui terrible explosions These, however
were the result oi objectionable careless
ncss, and the people began 10 grow
les timil about H. Tho rival com
panica began laying their pipes
throughout the cities Of Allegheny
aud litisbufg. Both cities nro n perfect
network oi pipca Tho people began 10
look NJ Il ~ the ground hog would. II
was iust ~ dangerous tD walk on the
streets, " thcru was danger at nll, as Il
was to have u In ones hou.c. They con.
cludcd since thoy had 10 live Ia fitlbutg
they might as we'll have SOME u the brn".
iib vi tie gis. II they we're a. hc killed
by explosion. Il would 10 batter lor them
t0 die iu their own house, Ur tie house ui
friend, than b. diO out Ia the cold cold
W0dd. So ihc natural gis was put into
tho houses, aud now you couldn't got the
people 90 usc anything else ~ fuel. There
i no smoke. no dust. no dirt Oi amy kinl,
aud II s much cheaper than coal. Not
Wiihsinnding this. tho people would be-
10 give IL NJ. They couldn't be- induced
10 give Il up.
These ar. only ihosmallcf benefits Of the
greatest natural bonanza Of the nineteenth
century IL u when il Is used o. fuel in
manufactures that its great aud incslima.
bic value Il appreciated and realized. II
makes the fuel Of n rolling mill amount iD
nothing simply nothing. Tho blk Mill.
have their own wells on The plant aud
their fuel cpsts absolutely nothing There
arc many ron firms in pitlHbufg which
must save ~ much as $4,000 or moro
year by thc use OF natural gas. II can be
used in any kind Of CRATE or stow OF
furnace, except the blast furnace for the
manufacture Of pig lion. | understand,
however. that there Is blast furnace CRATE
To BE- soon introduced which will overcome
tie difficulty In this direction II
h noodles 10 10 further into the
question VI the value OF this gas. Every
body who has lived where II w. aud they
ougui 10 know, say Il is worth ils bulk
in gold Suppose Mr.. Milbum, VI