The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-07
COAL CONSUMERS MEETING
COMMITTEE REPORTS IN FAVOR
OF GRANTING FRANCH@.
c. L. Davidson Urges All Persons In.
terested to Come Forward and
Sign Contracts.

y re<t1-< Of tii. manu acturers and
large coal consumers was called yester-
day afternoon 10 meet with the committee
on franchise. who were 10 report the re
suit Of their Investigations IS to the reia-
tive value of coal and gas. to be used 81
the consideration of the question OF
granting a franchise 70 i::,' Eredonia Gas
cornpay.
This meeting was held il the council
cn1-' Ter and %r- w,lI att nGcd. There
was no; onA pre- but H. considered
-, E.t position i good cn-. aad the meet
inf vas unanimously III favn- OF grant
ing the franchise
The committee submitted the follow
ing:
Your committee to investigate the
value Of natural gas as compared with
coal. report as follows:
Prof. C. p. Grimsley. geologfst and
secretary of the Kansas Academy OF Sci
ences, in his report to the department IF
labor and industry, says that in Ohio lab
oratory experiments showed that about
10000 cubic feet Of natural gas equaled
one ton of the best Pittsbur, (Pal coal.
These figures are usually given 10 show
the value of gas for fuel In such labora-
tory experiments both the coal and gas
are burned under the most favorable con-
ditions. Observations on the use Of coal
in a stove and under a boiler for a given
length OF time shows thashrdlunpunn
length of time. and also on the use of gas
for the same length OF time. shows that
about 1o,0c0 or 1900 cubic feet of gas
will be equivalent to a ton of COAL used
under favorable conditions by good fire.
men, Prof. Grimsley also. in answer td
a telegram, replies that 10000 icubic feet
of gas is equal to one ton of Kansas
mine run coal
Prof. Grimsley's report also shows the
natural gas Of the Kansas field TO be of
much higher grade than that Of Indiana
and Pennsylvania, probably 80 per cent
better. Analysissshows also that the nat
ural gas of the Kansas gas field is from
. to 80 per cent better grade than the
manufactured or artificial gas.
Prof. Hayworth OF the Kansas State
University informs us that under a test
at Parsons, Kan. it required 14,oO0 cubic
feet Of gas to equal one ton of slack coal.
In this test everything was favorable TO
the coal. From these reports and other
Of the opinion that 10000 cubic feet of
natural gas produced from wells in the
Kansas field. are equal TO one ton of
Kansas mine run coal.
Figuring on this basis anyone can take
the Tying schedule in the contract pre-
sented for consumers of gas to sign and
figure what gas viii cost them
The following are the rates stated in
the contracts which Will be presented for
the people TO sign. The lowest price Will
be one dollar per month
Fifty cents per 600 cubic feet for 5000
or less consumed per month
Forty cents per 1000 cubic feet from
5000 to 12.oo0 consumed per month.
Thirty-five cents per 1000 cubic feet
from 1900 to 10000 consumed per month
Thirty cents per 1.GGo cubic feet from
2oo0o to 10000 consumed per month.
Twenty-Five cents per 1900 cubic feet
from 10000 TO 10000 consumed per month |
Twenty cents per 1,O00 cubic feet from
4o0, 900 to 25O0,e00 consumed per month
Special prices over 2,5000O0.
In order that the people may form an
of what the gas viii cost them
as compared to coal. take the number Of
tons of coal a family consumes in one
month. multiply it by the equivalent of
one ton of coal. in gas. or 1000 cubic feet, /
which will give the number of thousand
cubic feet of gas used in one month. /
Compare this with the price p%r 1,G00 GU /
bic feet for the amount consumed. as
stated in the rates given above. and one /!
will have the amount of their gas bin for
the month. Compare this with the amount
of the coal bill and the difference IS
found.
The following comparisons are deduced /
from the above calculations:
Gas at 4oc per 1909 equals coal at 500 |
a ton.
Gas at 5oc per 100 equals coal at sea
a ton.
Gas at 4oc per 1000 equals coal at 500
a ton.
Gas at &c per 1000 equals coal at $3.50
a ton. +
Gas at SOC per 1000 equals coal at ss.oo /
a ton.
Gas at 25c per 1000 equals coal at $3.50
a ton.
Gas at 2oc per 1000 equals coal at $50
a ton.
Gas at 15c per 1000 equals coal at $3.50
a ten.