The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-29
GAS is READY.
Natural Product VIII He Tnrned
On Monday.
Formal Announcement Is Made
by Gas Company.
BE AN ILLUMINATION.
Monday Night Stand Pipe Will
Be Fired.
Important Information for
Those Who Use Gas.
|E AN ILLUMINATION.

Natural gas viii be turned on for
service by the gas company on next
Monday morning.
After much postponement, promises
and delays a final authoritative promise
has been issued by the company stating
that the gas viii be ready for distribu-
tion at that time.
The pipe line which leads from the
southern gas fields and distributes the
gas to Lawrence, Topeka and the towns
in the Kaw valley is complete, the test
to the last piece of pipe line between
Topeka and Lawrence has taken place.
The mains have been blown free from
dust and other foreign obstacles and
prepared for the turning on of the nat
ural product Of the gas fields of kan
sa8
From the pipe line of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas company which ends close to
the Topeka cemetery the gas will be
conducted to the reducing station and
the pressure lowered and then forced
onward through the belt line of large
ten inch mains which encircles the city
and from which it is again fed into the
service pipes.
Mayor W. H. Davis will probably
of1c1ate at the ceremony which will
attend the turning on of the gas, and
other city officials will be invited to
visit the place where the gas is turned
IN from the pipe line to the. belt line
at the city limits.
An illumination of natural gas will
take place Monday evening. This
VIII be done by erecting a standpipe at
the corner of Tenth and Kansas ave
nues and setting the stream of natural
gas abIaze. The belt line is now COM
pleted from the eastern city limits
down Tenth avenue to Jefferson street
and down Jefferson street to the gas
works ar First
Another branch of the main runs
down Tenth avenue to Kansas avenue
ana from Kansas avenue west on
Eleventh street to Western avenue.
The gas works viii not be shut
down completely for a period of from
three TO four weeks. This is to guard
against any contingency which NAV
arise and cut off the natural gas sup-
ply The fires will not be drawn in
that time.
For a time people will be burning
S1.z6 gas Tor rs cents, Monday" said
Manager Dielmann of the gas com
pany- I'VE can't help that though.
we can't turn off the manufactured
gas right away as soon as the natural
gas is ready to be delivered. for there
will be still some manufac ctured gas in
the pipes This will be gradually
forced out by the natural gas as the
former is consumed.
The only difficulty that will be dis
LCNC4 Gu III tie use OF natural gas at
hrst viii be from the people who have
open tip burners and those who have
gas stoves The natural gas cannot
give service with the open tip. They
should be equipped with the Lindsay
or Block lights. The gas stoves viii
have to have the opening of the valves
reduced. You can't turn on the valve
to the extent that you do when burn
ing the manufactured gas for the
flame will shoot up. People will have
to simply turn their burners down low
until we can come around and adjust
the stoves permanently"
The pressure of the natural gas viii
not be any greater than the gas now
used and it is probable that will not be
as great This is the statement of the
company. They claim no danger need
to be feared because the reducing sta
tions will alleviate any possibility OF
having high pressure gas.