Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-22

is half mile from the edge of the district,
and shows that the field is even broader
than we suspected"
Think 1t Good Enough to Buy.
Mr.. Beatty admitted that the Philadel-
2hia company had already secured from
800 to 2, 900 acres in the Pinhook country,
and they are after more. He knows his
business, and as the price of leases is going
up daily, the Philadelphia people have no
desire to boost the territory too strongly.
In reply to question as to what effect
the new gas supply, !. as productive as re.
ported, would have on the development of
the city, Mayor Gourley said: 81 can
think Of nothing that would be such
universal benefit to this city
supply of natural gas such as
| we enjoyed few years ago. hope the
news from Pinhook may prove to be under
estimated. Just think Of the growth of this
| city during the past 10 years and think of
beautiful, with more handsome dwellings,
more manufactures, more prosperity.
That would be the result in another ten
years, if we can believe what we have
heard from Pinkook. Given plenty of nat
ural gas, no smoke, and an Erie ship canal,
nothing could stop this city from becoming
the foremost in the country"
Chief Bigelow said: 81 can hardly be-
lieve such good news If this new gas field
is as large and the supply as bountiful as
we are led to believe, Pittsburg's growth
will continue with increased vigor, and no
one will more gladly welcome it than I.
The saving to the city should be consid-
erabie because we would be entitled to re-
duced rates for the gas we use. But we
have reason to especially desire plenty of
gas for the next year at least, because it
will assist us greatly at the water works.
Natural gas is the best fuel in the world for
producing heat 1t is the greatest steam
maker in the world.
Natural Gas a Steam Producer.
'sWith gas you can get twice as much
steam from set of boilers that all the coal
YOU can use would produce. ANY man of
experience with boilers will agree with that
statement Now our boiler capacity at
the Brilliant pumping station is
sufficient to keep the water supply
if we have plenty of gas and no serious break
downs. But we could not begin to keep up
the supply with the present boilers
if we were forced back to coal now;
shortage of water and great Inconvenience
to our people generally would result. In
year improvements now being made to in
crease our boiler capacity will have been
finished and we can return to coal if neces-
sary but until that time I hope the Lord
will give up plenty of natural gas"
Dr. c. Evans, of Select Council and
member of the Oliver Iron and Steel Com
pany, said: 'If all the reports from the
new gas field prove true it will
prove grand benefit to Pittsbu1rg
in many ways If the companies make
it an inducement for manufacturers to
return to the use of gas, every
one will gladly accept the opportunity. If
the wells already found are as large as re-
ported the companies have more gas than
they can dispose of to domestic consumers,
who are practically their only patrons now,
and unless they can store the supply
it would be big money in their pockets to
give the gas to manufacturing plants at
low rates. At least they could do this un-
til cool weather comes in November,
when the domestic demand will be
glassworks still have their pipe lines and
the cost of altering their furnaces would be
so small that they would have no hesitation
in returning to gas at reasonable rates if
only for few months.
Not Much Hope for Domestic Consumers.
sI don't anticipate the erection of any
new plants as the result of new find of
gas. There would be an increased pros
perity to the city as matter of course, but
manufacturers would be more slow and con-
servative about going into extensive addi- |
t1ons to their works than they were when gas
first came to us eight or nine years ago. |
And 1 don't think the gas company would |
reduce their rates to domestic consumers, |
no matter how great may be the supply, |
unless competition comes in, which is not |
probable. In such business prices may |
60 up but they never come down"
An ex-producer writes to THE DIS
PATCH stating that the dry holes drilled by
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, Of
which mention was made yesterday, were
upon the Pinhook anticlinal, the district |
from which so much is now expected, and |
expresses the opinion that the field will |
not be extraordinarily productive.