Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-21
NO UsURY LAWS IN UTAH
Hon. John 3. Game Asked for lnforma,
tiOn.-fhc Natural Gas Dis.
ruiery.


In Response to letter received from
WIS. winslow, Of Park RapIds, Michi.
gau, Secretary Seara, Of the Chamhor
Of Commerce, has wriilen a. follows
"Jherc arc no uaufy laws hero aud
money loans Oh good security ut aud Iu
per ceui. This isa good fold Tor uperal.
lnp that kind Of business. aud iof yuur
further Information will wy that We uN-
poet u large Increase lu population Ion tho
next yuar in consequence " the recent
Developments Ia natural gas. Any urihcr
Information shat ! can furnish y0u viii
bo done win pleasure"
non. JOHN y. GAME AprtIgD 10.
Secretary rtats has also written 10
Hon. john +. Caiue, Utah's Delegate,
at Washington, Tor the fill text VI the
decision OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission against the Northern Pa.
cific and Union Pacific roads IN the
case Of Fargo, y. D., AMI ~. Paul, IN
this decision covers the long aud short
haul clause, and IL therefore Vi special
Interest ia tho case already brought by
the salt Lake Chamber " Commerce
against several ~ the railroads Tor die.
elimination against this Territory.
SArUEAL UAs.
Secretary Scar has also written the
following sel,'ezplauatory letter
SALT LAEr CITY, Utah, April ~, ~.
VI. $. Howe, Esq., Wabash, Ind
Dear slr--Nour letter tn Mr. Frank
GriaS nf this city has boon handed tu mo
for reply, and 10 gives me pleasure tu hu
HblO 10 uNtol tho wonders uf our recent
Developments IN the discovery " natural
gas.
The existence VI this gas has been
known FOR years, hut 10 was not IAN "
recently that any active measures wofd
taken In the development ol the same.
Aftcr the preliminary work several com.
pauloa were urganixol, the first ant most
active boing the American Natural Gas
Company which has already succeeded iu
sinking three wells with gtcl. result,
aud promise To bore for moro u, soon ~
the machinery eau be placed la position.
Those wells arc located about nlno mile.
north of tho city, vt what j. known NJ
Lake shore. Othcr companies have made
successful developments within the city
limits aud altogether natural gas lids lair
10 be Uiah's greatest resource. THIS gas
il louud NJ depth of 600 In $40 foot In
sandstone ana shalo, iurth0r penetration
being impossible on account uf the great
pressure OF 10 10 80 pounds IN loss than
thirty seconds, and has au estimated dali
Is output Of ig,ugO,tOn foct.
Major npXoy, the Eastern gas man. il
heavily Interested IN this tlold, aud IL a.
present East buying Pipe and other
mulOriM lOr bringing IL into the city, aud
he " also working M excursions among
Ohio and Indiana people who urr anN ious
10 come ont here aud investigate tho
situation for themselves,
The Territory " Utah, which Tor years
has struggled Tor fame and fortune, with
many obstacles to rotnrl hur mote rapid
Advancement, has a. lesf reached tho
period where she can stand indvpruien.
aud offer to the world tho benefits oi lor
vast resources, which lie not only Iva her
natural gia, but beneath her mountains.
whore riches, uuLnuwnto other parts ~
the country romaiu hidden in untold
quantiticl, also In the charm OF her un-
riNaled climate.
Trusting ihai we shall have the pleas
urc uf a further correspondence with YOU
on this subject, and that you viii, II
possible, take some active part ia the
matter, bog to remain. yours truly,
;. W. SEAUs. Secretary.