The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-01-02
NATURAL GAS.
Republican Gazette.

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sewer pipe works in operation
all around US. Our clays are be.
ing dug ont of our hills and
lshipped hundreds of miles away,
to be manufactured into bricks,
into sewer pipes, into fire proof
ing and all other useful purpos
es 10 which it can be put. Yet
we are doing nothing, compare
lively. Our town presents pct
ure of peaceful slumber, with no
energy, no activity. no life. We
simply drift along with the tide.
with no ambition to avail our
selves of the grand opportunities
that are so bountifully within
our reach. Le: us wake up and
do something. Let us inject
| some life into The old town. Let
US reach out and grasp the cable
of enterprise and get yanked in
to the procession that is hurry
ing Gu to success and prosperity.
Why not take an advanced step
and see if we can't get our peo-
pie worked mp 10 doing some
thing. Why not have our town
Council arrange TO issue bonds 10
the amount of SIS, 900 to $4,000
and dig a few gas wells; and let
that great fuel be utilized in the
! manufacture Of our clays, and
glass sand into bricks, sewer
pipe, thing, fire prooing. terra
Gotta ware, glass, and the mum
erous other articles that are
made from these resources that
are SO abundant and excellent in
this locality.
Our town. financially. is in
good condition, and the issuing
of fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars in bonds, running from
five to twenty years and devel-
oping our resources, will not in
crease our taxes, but will double
our population, and in fact. re-
duce the rate of taxation. We
will not have to drill more than
twenty-four hundred feet to
strike the largest gas belt in the
State. The wells will not cost
over four thousand dollars each,
including casing and everything
complete.
Now let US be up and doing,
and not SIT and listen to the old
fogies who will say "you may moi
Q rike gas ard if you do it will
not last long" 1t may be true
that it may not last long, but
but there is one thing sure, if we
do not make an effort .we will
will not get it at all. We have
good reason 10 believe we have
natural gas and plenty of it.
Now then, in behalf of our
town, let us 60 hand in hand and
show to capitalists that they can
make sure and profitable invest
ments here. Let us not be mig
gardly with our lands, suitable
for manufacturing sites, but put
them at reasonable prices and
induce manufacturers 10 locate
here and make our town one OF
The busiest in The land. Let US
hear the music. in the hum Of
industry all around us, rent all
bur empty houses and make a
demand for great many more.
Let Us hear the sound of the
steam whistles and the ringing of /,
anvils and hammers instead of 1
he barking of dogs and the hcot-
ng of owls. /,
The issuing OF S15. .0G0 or $20,
100 in bonds will not hurt any
body, but 10 the contrary will do {
ls all some good. The bonds
ian be sold. not only at par, but {
hey will bring a premium. Now I
ct us look around and see wha q
'atural gas has done for other t
owns. Look at Findlay, where I
hey have neither fire clay or i
lass sand. See what natural 4
as has done for that city. 1t has Q
prung up within few years n
rom a dead old LOWE of about n
hree Thousand inhabitants to a a
usy city with a population of y
hirty thousand, with rolling O
Hills, glass factories and all kinds Il
f manufacturing establishments. h
Look at our sister city Of Lam I
aster, which has been dead for C
s.ssLancaster has awakened d
D The fact that they had 10 do b
omething. They issued bonds b
nd drilled a few wells and got K
lenty of gas ard now iliey are u
n the high road to prosperity, r. r.
'ith new manufacturing estab= q
shments being located every il
sw days. Neither of the cities il
AIMED have the natural advan- a,
,ges we have We have iron, ~ ~
bal. claws and glass sand in n