The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-11
CHEAP
FUEL AND LIGHT
George A. Snow and William Darst
Ask For Gas Franchise.
PRICES TO BE CUT IN TWO
LOCAL MAN WORKS ON PROPOSE
TIoN FOR MONTHS.

! NAS for fuel at 50 cents a thousand
! u cubic feet and for light at 81 a
! thousand cubic feet is the promise
! of George A. Snow, formerly of this
! city and william Darst. of Chicago,
| who presented petition to the city
| council last night for a franchise to
use the streets for their pipes. The
! prices quoted above are promised for
some time in the future The immedi-
! ate prices promised if the franchise is
granted are So cents for fuel gas with
10 cents discount for cash: and 81. So for
illuminating gas with 10 cents discount
for cash This would make the net
prices 70 for fuel and SIPS for light:
compared with $1.26 for fuel and SL75IR
Ior light the prices now charged by the
Utah Light & Railway company.
What Petitioners Would Like.
The proposed franchise submitted to
the council last night provides for the
use. or the streets and alleys for mains
1 ana service pipes for fifty years. it
nXeS the prices at So cents and 81 81
with 10 cents discount when bills are
paid before the 10th of the month: the
petitioners agree to begin work within
SIX months, to lay twenty miles of pipe
within two years and ten miles year
I y
years after the expiration of the first
two years after the granting of the
franchise. the petitioners agree to pay
from the gross revenues of the company
1 per cent: for the next FIVE years IK
/ per cent; for the next five years IL per
cent; for the next five years ~ per
cent. and for the balance of the life of
the franchise 2 per cent
The city is relieved from all responsi-
bility for persons injured while the work
IS being done in the streets; the ordin-
ances and rules Of the city are to be
complied with; the petitioners are to
put up bond of $4,000 for the faith
full performance of the wor.- The ne
titiOners also reserve the rig, to de-
mand guaranty deposit from all
users of gas.
Plenty of Cash Ready.
Our plans contemplate the expendi-
ture of S1,5OO,OO0; our ultimate plans
call for 5000 000 most of which is to
be furnished by eastern capitalists"
This was the statement of Mr. Snow
ana Mr.. Darst discussing their enter
prise last evening.
We have named our maximum
prices Tor gas in our application before
the council" they continued when
the business is fully established and
the citizens of Salt Lake City have be-
come familiar with the advantages,
conveniences and economies of gas 50
that we viii be enabled to do an ex-
tenstve business, we expect to sell fuel
gas for so cents thousand feet and
gas for light at 81.
The modern uses for gas in the
household are many-they are by no
means confined to cooking and light
ing For example, there is an in
Simultaneous hot water heater which
responds to the opening of a water
faucet. this being accomplished by the
use of a pilot flame which burns con-
stantly This flame is so small that
the consumption of gas is scarcely to
be reckoned. AS soon as the water
faucet is turned, a large gas burner
IS automatically opened and lighted by
the pilot flame. The heat of the large
| burner playing over coil of thin
pipe through which the water passes,
| heats the water to the boiling point
| during its passage. In cooking there
Is a great saving well as an elimi-
nation of SCOT. smoke, dust and ashes.
For heating purposes gas is used eco
nOmically in CRATES stoves, steam and
hot water and hot air furnaces 1t is
| the cleanest fuel known. The heat is
| regulated automatically so that the
| temperature of a house can be kept
/ ideal.
How 1t Works in Chicago.
ITO show you how gas is considered
/ in other cities: When the Peoples Gas
/ Light & Coke company opened in Chi
/ cago they gave away 1000 ranges to
! subscribers. Ten per cent of these
| were returned in spite of the work of
/ an army Of solicitors. Now there are
/ no solicitors in the field and the COM
/ pany is compelled to maintain a num-
/ Der of stores to supply the demand
! for ranges In 1904 the company sold
| $1,000 ranges.
! Mr. Snow has been working on this
! proposition of supplying Salt Lake with
! fuel and Illuminating gas for several
/ months He has had his engineers in
I the field and has the situation well in
/ hand.
/ Since the failure of the natural gas
/ supply in Salt Lake" ne said. mo eff
| fort has been made to supply the res
/ ideuts with gas at a price at which
! they could afford to use it for fuel; in
| fact. an adequate supply has not been
| obtainable at any price. If we are
! permitted to carry out our plans we
! viii go far toward placing Salt Lake
/ in line with other progressive Ameri-
! can and foreign cities"
| William DaTst, who is associated
| with Mr.. Snow in this undertaking. is
| a Chicago man. He was in Salt Lake
! last April and made hasty survey OF
/ the situation. Mr. Snow has been on
| the ground and at work ever since.
/ Mr.. Darst arrived last Friday. accom-
! panied by his wife and son. They are
/ stopping at the Kenyon. and announce
| that they will make Salt Lake their
/ permanent home if the franchise IS
| granted
! Mr.. Snow and Mr. Darst would not
/ discuss for publication their plans for
/ producing the gas outside of the prom
; Use that there would be no gas plant
, in Salt Lake City. The plan for pro-
( ducing the gas has been subjected to
the most rigid tests by competent en-
gineerS and pronounced feasible. The
Z fact that the gas can be produced and
I distributed over the city at the prices
given has been established beyond all
doubt. The capital needed is ready
just as soon as the franchise is secured,
: they maintain.
The application for a franchise was
! presented in the council last evening
by Councilman A F. Barnes of the
Third ward. 1t was read for the first
time and referred to the committees
on laws. streets and engineering.