Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-09
THEY KNOW IT ALL.
Outside Barbarians Still Whacking
Away at Natural Gas.
COLD FACTS KNOCK THEM SILLY.
The Question of Supply One of the Un-
fathomable Secrets of Nature.
STATISTICS OF ALL THE WORLDS FAIRS


Not long ago a Louisville publication,
moved by envy M 6onbt made the nredic
| tion that tba v,a.,,u.I -. .,1.- of p;++s
~, III
ei'e ous
eo"o sPiii' 'nat prompIeo tnls uIterance;'he
iron Trade ReDIeic, of Cleveland, in its Is
sue of October 3,says: ''It requires no close
reading or investigation to convince one
that the natural pas industry of Pennsyl-
,. 20 ~ O1u way i'' --'o " 90
osun, i's pron'S nave peen enormous us
eneots upon manufactures nave peen note-
W.. anu i1s emu seems ma''er oi 'ne no'
This Is in,nor+ot,e ;. fr,
sonrce tbo+ + snr.,s - 70 "Nu .;4,na p o.os;.
far accnrocv of stato,. - - .hn,,Id ". booIraJ
nm nv fact or arcrr,an+ - sr,ot1;,,,r 20 rive u
weight But if is not l. uaro,v a9 oSser+ion
of the writer's on;r;on baoLed nresnmah,v
upon other assertions of the same tenor. All
of them are as far from the trntb as it is possi-
BILE for them to get. There is no evidence of
any kind or quality scientific. theoretical or
practical. going to show that the supply of nat
uraI gas in Western PENNSYLVANIA is giving out.
or will give out this year. next year. or ''in the
not very distant future" 1t may give out to-
morrow, or next week, or next month, or some
other time, but nobody is wise enough to fix the
date positively or approximately. The dura-
ton OF the natural gas supply is one of the Sc
crets OF nature which are beyond the power OF
man 70 penetrate. Men oil limited KnoWledge
anu vast assurance essay tne TASK lor tne sake
ot no'olle'y, out tne true scientls' raIeiy ven
su.ee an opi,lon on 'ne suuJeo', anu .non N
uAse 40 " ie"'o s.o 90
.Oa V..y 10 - no' ai'o1Sno. ''t '"iii '""' n0
"-'
The assertions that the na1uraI GAS sunnIv of
Pittsbnrc is .in n bad uav >, ..;s giving ont - or
UwilI soon rive ont y are not new Thev are
venerable cbestnnts Tbev hove been in con.
slant use nv misinformed or anvious neonle
ever sinca tho fret 1you wos ori,,od and orc
I;Le1v 70 he robobiI;totod yoo-1r or oyon u,,tb
orootar froononor for a, indoeri+o noriod
MeanvhiIe the ennnlv is NOT onlv maintained
hr+ ;s ;noraoood h. tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of ,ou,
ts--;.. -. g @.
tho-ouahIv ara o.U;ta1;s+s oonrinood ~ +ho ~
'anonor ot tto srn,,,r +h"+ +ton 90 i,rosi;Ur, f
tF-"' %
- asta h,;soS ~ =; ro;ir- 80,
oros Co. tho f c,.s fro7, +ho oerroos
of s,-,,,,,, ~ s.s,.,s =, 49, It,, TS;S ~
e.. ~ I,.,o;, ~ - oa .,o.;o, 80 ~.
80 hr ,rhnf. -,t forth T. Shors oo,oinsinaI,,
tba+ nonad 49,, oT p;ttstn,,rr, 80 -. s+ooi
=, +h 49, 60 aI-,.d .a+ ..,,a,r-oI 90 &c N
had ,Torn Tho +hav haro NM ,ha;r I,onov II
y. ..ss y, - - A.. - .
~ % 'no DeoS e'iuen0e AL 'ne "oiiu 'na' 'ne!
pernete sne supply W pe pelnanenI.
Inat .nere are occasional snor1ases no Que
Will at1empt TO oeny. but tney possess no
more significance tnan shortages IN manuIact
urea gas OF eiectrlclty. Iney are more ire
0u6nt season other
and are caused by the adjustment of pipe lines
to the winter demand, which grows greater
every year. One of the local companies will
supply between 20O0 and 1900 more houses
this winter than it did last This requires con-
siderable pipelaying and plumbing. and while
it is In progress shortage in some part of the
city for few hours should be cheerfully SUBJ
that the supply is giving out. Natural gas has
done and is doing, too much for Pittsburg by
developing her industries and attracting capital
to be treated dIsdainfully or fiippantly, This
should be left to outsiders.
In view of the probability of another Worlds
Fair in this country the following statistics are
of interest: The London Exhihltion of 1871
covered q acres attracted II mn exbihitoro
oost az Ieo o-o ,ror o,oD Co.. ia 49, ,ooo;-a1I
G ot,d adp fod r. vie
% Tv,os;ttor - 1sss coUnroS on -.
taa.os 51 20 -,S;,;.rs -. e5 ooo ooo as
e. ooc - -an''.aS se,o ,os "ao
oPon nUi LOo 1'J anu
o,IoV,0OU flSitors. Inc Aonuon EAposltion OF
!ooz covered 20 1ozs acres a'trac.eo -o'ooo exnlD-
ltors, COST sL ooV0o' wv was oPeneu ioi ~! Gays,
IeceNeu S-oazo'o anu auni..eu co. ,Ioo visl-
20 80 % AoO' - az o,e - 20 %
was open for 2l7 days, received 81, ,10S, ,675 and
admitted 10 600, ,o00 The Vienna Exposition of
1873 covered 40 Oacres attracted 42 5S4 exhibitors
cost SII 600 900, was open for 1856 days, received
81 O32 $50 and attracted 1854, ,6S7 visitors. The
Centennial at Philadelphia, covered so acres
attracted 60 900 exhibitors. cost 5000. .OOO was
open for l59 days. received s3,Sl3, ,72O and ad-
mitted s. $40 966 visitors.
Anew York authority reports the condition
of the dryroods trade as follows: Cotton goods
have sold we'll at first hands all the wear and
there are M Accommodations to vex the nroduc-
ers Tn conseouence of this favorabla state of |
affa;rs values are of course well Sustained
Orders for brown cotton continue to keen the |