The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-31
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ohIo'. o.oiosi.t GI',. waning and ,taL..

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ohIo's GsotoEist THs. Warning and Make
h.ras Radical Fec On, M sbaAusH,.
| Professor 0H9a, Ia the anna. fepurt
Of the Ohio Geological Survey, los, lied
with the Governor. dero;es much spas,
- the GGb!eCI Of natural gaa. lie giVes
waning iHas the sap?!y Is not insE'
hAGsiIbIe, and be ur2ss economy 10 ID
us-. lie approves Of knitting iA ron.
sumption 20 domestic, private pnrposts.
Following Ara gCmB extracts from the
report Of general iuiertEi:
Natural gAs lnds It's highrs. and
npei valuable use a. lameAl!c fuel. /,
is here that IL does toe greatest .ocd tO
the greatest number. II there "a any
Gse TOR which "a shunlG 10 Eold below
She pncu Of the tdel which It aupp!antb,
II Is iiB uAs In cooking s!oyta. The lrss
Fortunate members Of tue community
5hopl1 be the IaYoted pap3 IN this it..
gard. For the EaS usad in heating
there "a no iultilab!s demand lor
d.ncouHt on gas bills, inCreaE!rs &c.
cording % the number of fires suppiied.
II a slidiP3 bcIIe IA latroduCtd, /, might,
perhapsI3ycttcE be made 70 bllLr the
other Hss, charging consumption BE-.
Yand ihgayrtAge a. higher rate.
AN gaB should be sold by measured
volume. Meters and gauges ought to be
Introduced everywhere. 30 aItaua.-
motive 10 economy can be bIougn. to
bear on many Consumers until they Are
G,oIiRei to pay n a proper rate lJr what
they use.
Next 10 dOntltic use, the uge O! gan
In the production Of Steam power ia 70 be
counted the m0s. suitAblb application Of
IT, Comparatively small amounts OF Il
are required Tor this purpose, and great
convenience and economy result from
its nee. VI to- various manufacturing
uses in which tho gan Is applied az fuel
proper, giassEaEing has probably the
Ocst rlgHt9. u contributes larger II.
tarn5 to tbs community 10 the snaps II
wages than other like indus.ries.
From certain uses to which gas IA
now largely applied It should at ones be
enttrrly withdrawn. II isagrea. wrong
to the community to allow It U be- used
IN burning common building bick and
IN cAlCiDlpR imtStoGes. These processes
CONSUME large quantities OF gas and
make no returns except to their owners
For these usfs wood and coal are rood
enough. II Is rtieyous mistake
on tho part Ot any community 10 allow
rolling mill access TO its gas field. An
ordinary mill uses rs much gas every
day a. heveral thousand families would
consume, and the returns 10 the common
good by such an application Rre small
compared with any otner WAYS OF using
natural gaa.
THE S.Atc intetiercs when M oil well
is lett without being plugged, or when
SAs "ci! Ia allowed to blow into the air
withuu! use. Why? Becauee these
ptCClou8 stocks Of mobile power are
fitted 10 do good 10 great numbers OF
the people, anI no man has right to
take any action by which they shall be-
needlessIy wasted. \ Ike reason could, |
perhaps, he found for iorbidIing en-.
trCIy the UBo Of cGs for tbs rough work !
shat has been named above.
'lf tCOuOmy il everywhere iRsisted on
aud pnCliccd, the laat days Of natural
gaB in Ohio may be iiB bl 4, days. II, on |
the other hand, the wasteiul policy that
ia now 20 largely in force should be
maintained, there ia sure to be, at no |
very distant day, crest disappoulu ent
aud reaction in tho communities that
have obtained it and that have been
stimulated by its acquisition to what
may prove an uRheal,hiu. activity.
"NR;utal gas 10 merely n transient |
phase of the stored power OF the earth. |
II is folly TO talk OF iis taking anything
ike o permanent place in the work Of |
the World. The claim that it can do 60 |
springs only from enthusiasm or gciolisln. |
There is, in reality, but little OF ii, and |
this little ia found in but very Limited !
regions, and eau not las; long whenever |
lis utilization is undertaken by the eager
aud mas,erlul activities Of our day."