Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-04
A LOOK AROUND.

HEAR q good deal of complaint about
the condition Of the Natatorium on ladies
days. There is said to be sad lack Of at
tendance, and the accommodations are very
poor. Such things as ladies need for their
toilet after bathing are either totally lack
ing or are In such condition that they can
not be used. The attendants seem to be
entirely without regard to the comfort OF
patrons and do not endeavor to teach them
to swim or In any way mako them desire to
return. This is really good thing this
swimming pool, and while 1t was well kept
1t made money. 1t is a pity to let 1t run
down and doubt If those who have stock
in it are aware just how 1t is managed.
A GENTLEMAN who owns corner lot on
Fifth avenue spent considerable money on
handsome semi-circular curbing. 1t was SO
neat it attracted the attention of the drivers
of heavy wagons and they made a target of
1t for the wheels of their ice wagons, beer
wagons, sand or stone wagons. or whatever
It was thev drove. In short time the curb
was like the ruins of Roman tomb. Then
the owner of the place had Q heavy cast Iron
affair made, and sat on his porch and en-
joyed the way 1t shook up his ancient
enemies when they caromed off it about
dusk. They give It a wide berth now, which
is an indication of the wanton way in which
exposed property is treated by some OF these
careless drivers.
"WE do comparatively little criminal
business nowadays" remarked the head of
Pittsburg detective agency. "Of course
we take such cases when they amount to
much, but as q rule we prefer civil cases.
By this 1 mean obtaining evidence as to
patent infringements and oil sorts of civil
actions where an inquiry is necessary.
Divorce cases or prospective divorce cases
we do not touch at any price, although 1
suppose wo are offered half a dozen such
every month. Reputable agencies will not
handle that sort of business"
'THE natural gas business of Pittsburg
has taken a new lease of life," said James
NJ. Guffey yesterday. "This Is due to the
results Of pumping. Nearly all the COM
panies have tried 1t with entire success.
The company which supplies Newcastle has
decided to put in a $9O0oJ pumping plant and
the Wheeling. Peoples. Manufacturers and
others have done the same. 1t is with gas
just as it is with oil. 1t is cheaper and much
more profitable while 1t flows for say six
months, but it will pay to pump the wells
for years. I should say that with pumps
the old fields would yield at least five times
as much merchantab!e gas as before
This makes things look much brighter than
they did two years ago, wells which have
run down to 10 or Is pounds can be success
fully pumped and number that have been
shut off from the lines because they have
dwindled will now be reconnected. There
ought to be enough gas with this system in
operation to supply nearly all the mills and
factories from early in the spring to late in
fsn n d1,,I,f rx,i1l h.
enough to supply them in the winter. This
will set all the old fields on their feet and
will do away with any scare about n scarcity.
The Pinhook field is showing well for a large
supply of gas and good wells elsewh here are
coming fn."
SOME of the gas experts who hang around
the Oil Exchange told me that as an example
of the success of the pumping process, it
was estimated that last year the Peoples
Company, which was the first to use pumps,
had sold $3.50, 900 of pumped gas to customers
from fields which under previous conditions
would not have yielded more than $50, 600
worth of gas and perhaps not that much. 1t
requires about 800 pounds of rock pressure
and ten pounds minute pressure to make a
good pumping well, although less than that
is worth pumping. 1t does not seem to drain
have settled down to what seems to be .
permanent supply. Some years ago a suck
ing process was tried by the Wheeling Gas
Company, but it did not prove success.
Pumping costs but little and requires but
a few men for q large number of contiguous
wells. All the same this does not mean that
gas stocks are a buy. s.ty %"
"DoN'T you know you are awfully rude?"
said he. perhaps l am," she replied.
"Well, you shouldn't be, for everybody is
supposed to have good manners" Indeed
she retorted chilly. "well hate anything
common" ....
'Ill be switched If I do, "retorted the freight
car.
SUPPOSE you ran rolling mill, or q
glass house or q bakery or a restaura mt or a
milk route or anything to which by any
hook or crook you hitch the name of busi-
ness, the way the Allegheny baseball club
is rum How long would you be
solvent? 1t is funny thing, that which we
call the public-which means all the other
fellows.
IT is Just at the coming of the twilight.
Close your eyes for moment and listen.
There is a rustic among leaves as the winds
move them; crickets beside you somewhere
in hiding shrill their jaunty piping; the tree
toad's 1ncessant grinding comes to you
with . distinctness you never before
noticed; many little tufts of feathers twitter
from the lower limbs of the trees and from
somewhere off in the valley there comes the
sweet caroling of a robin, rather rare
annnd Or AM +.
brown thrush lifts his sweet monotony from
a tall tree across the ravine. those mellow
notes which some has Hkened to the hnr-
monious sharpening of saw; how the
fellow does send out his rich thrilling tones.
have heard man do something like it
with o bassoon; therel did you hear that
saucy catbird? "sukeyi Sukey! sukeyr'-
q woman calling the COWS, and tinkle
tinkle, Ifnkle, come the slow bells down
some hillside. There is just a touch of chill
in the air-ft is time to go home. The
country? Look up and see what that is on
that sign! "This property for sale in lots to
suit purchasers. Apply to - -"
Country? No! 1t is merely the wilderness
ward, the Twenty-second, and the cable cars
run not ten minutes walk over there at the
foot of that next hill.
WHEN the city can afford it hope she
will put some signs up alsng the schenley
Park drives telling the uninitiated how to
get out. Those winding roads take you over
q stretch of lovely park, but If it is near din
ner time and you are hungry 1t is a nuisance
not to have grideboards telling you "This
way to dinner" OF something to that effect.
WALTER.
IMPRISONED IN A CYCLONE PIT.
Anthony's County Commissioner Reappears
ond Sovs n. Waa Ahducfad