The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-23
Great in Numbers and in En-
thusiaSm.
PLAN OF ACTION OUTLINED
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in
One Dollar Shares to be Raised by
Committee Appointed.

as chairman and j. L. Taylor was made
secretary. On assuming his duties the
chairman said the meeting was one of i'm
portance, for if any good results were to
come out of it, they would be in the form
of cheap fuel, cheap light cheap every
thing that was needed to make life
enjoyable Providence is with this people,
and while manifold blessings have been
already enjoyed, now just as Salt Lake was
emerging into a city, another, and greater
than all other blessings was bursting forth
under the very streets. This was OF greater
Importance than any discoveries yet made,
and now when enquiries are answered we
can say to all, come for you will find
natural gas. Wherever 1t has been found
cities grew up. BY proper exploration q
supply will be doubtless reached that will
bring factories, workshops, and Industries
of every character will grow up and make
1t possible for Salt Lake to be a great city.
c. E. HAMMOND,
recently from Lima, Ohio and practical
we'll man, was called for. He had just
visited ABOVE the city and felt no hest
| fancy IN saying that there was more gas
there than he had ever seen from awell in
that condition. 1t gave the strongest indi-
cation of being pure article and having
| strong supply.
! JODGE COLbURN
responded to a call, and said that while his
| experience with gas had only been in the
way of home manufacture and consump-
ton, he felt no hesitancy in saying that
Salt Lake wanted an excitement if for no
| other purpose than to relieve the old bat
| tie SCARED veterans of the real estate
army.
What we have here came with a boom,
and these magnificent results should be
| followed by renewed efforts that will land
US above high water.
If we have natural gas it should be an
nounced to the world in some authoritative
manner. Some say this IS only bog gas,
| but if well should burst forth under our
very feet, there would be some who, as
they collapsed, would shout that refrain.
The speaker advocated organized effort and
speedy action.
| c. E. STANTON,
deputy county clerk, was called out. With
a well down only 600 feet, with a pres
sure of over 400 pounds and
which would in eighteen minutes
run water from normal temperature
up to 2l2 degrees, he thought there was
cause for action. AS to the advantages
we could only point to the experience of
others, and everywhere gas has been struck
! villages have grown into cities. Just drive
her down, and we will have manufactures:
| grass, IRON, cue. once assured, ana we Will
see shelters built and reVerbatory fur
naces used, and our ores would be treated
! at home. We would then compel the rail
roads to build others out from here. Let
US get to work at once, drive down and put
on the facit, and then will begin a real
growth and boom. | will be one of thou
sand or OF one hundred 10 help dig well.
FRED TRIMMER
said: 81 can't claim to be familiar with
natural gas, but have seen it in different
places in the world. 1 think we should go
on with the investigation. We have the
features that call for gas. The ming ex-
perts have pointed out that we have hor-
izontal deposit in a basin undisturbed.
Prof. Gilbert, of Washington, thinks we
have the formation. and we have it seven
ty-tve miles away. The area wont be
limited, and it will be easier to find some
places than others. We have a natural
gasometer. Some say it don't smell like
Pennsylvania gas-no bog odor. Our gas
The way to find it is for
every one to put down hole 1t is here
we have soda and lime and water running
over it, and the gasometer and these are
sufficient to make what we want
Mr.. Trimmer then offered the following:
Tint memorial be sent to the President of
the United States requesting that the proper
scientific officers be directed to investigate and
report the extent of these deposits il the Salt
Lake basin.
Adopted, and Messrs. Trimmer, Williams,
Governor Thomas, Mayor Scott and w. H.
Irvine were appointed to draft the same.
c. 0. wHITTEMoRE
said he was there to aid by any practical
measure in solving the problem and having
it made knwon to the world.
c. E. wANTLAND
presented the following:
That 1t is the sense of of this meeting. that all
i credit is due the American Natural Gas com
pany for Its enterprise IN discovering natural
gas in this region. and that every encourage
ment should be given the company ia its efforts
to supply the city with gas.
Adopted.
| PRESIDENT SIMON
of the chamber of commerce was called out
aud said: The chamber of commerce was
always willing to take hold of anything
that is for the good of this people, Our
secretary has an hundred letters regard
ing that gas. We sent dispatch the other
night by the Associated Press, telling all
who wanted to come out and see. Our
country is supplied with every thing that
will make this grand city. In five years
we will have 100000 people, and if YOU
want the chamber of commerce to aid
command it.
JUDGE LYNCH
spoke of the discovery and growth of in
dustries III other parts of the world and
urges Immediate action and to that end he
offered the following:
Whereas the recent discovery of natural
gas Is of the greatest interest and benefit to
every citizen, and alike to capital and Labor
therefore be it
Resolved that it is he SenSe nf thic ,ooo.f-..
tina a citizens gas company e organized ami
Resolve d, that commit ee of thirteen be
appointed to secure subscript ons for stock and
that they be authorized TO call a meeting of the
subscribers to complete the organization at the
earliest possible dats and that the committees
proceed at once with the work OF securing sub.
scriptionS,
ATTORNEY HARRIS
favored work at once, and wanted to see
the pipes going down. He wanted COM
pany of $3.50, 900 of 81 90 per share.
w. H. Irvine and T. A. Wickersham ia
vored the resolutions w. H. Casadv
thought the shares should be not less than
$40 each, while e. w. Senior favored the
popular plah of s1.0O per share.
The resolutions were adopted and the
chair named as committee, Messrs.
, Lynch, Benson, Senior, Harris, White
more Irvine, Ricketts,, Wantand, Wicker
sham, Simon, Taylor, Stanton, HYATT.
White and Irvine
The subscriptions were then opened and
many names secured
The meeting then adjourned subject to
call, and the new committee organized
with Judge Lynch as chairman. G.. r.
Stanton, secretary, and Frank HYATT.
: treasurer. A committee of three for each
precinct was appointed to canvass the CITY
and the entire committee will meet TONIGHT
Wantlands office.