The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-12

contemplated and we'll under way fol-
the increase in the pressure of the
| gas were unexpectedly stopped. The
] cold weather came sooner than was
expected. The new, double line from
Olathe to Kansas City which was be-
ing planned for completion before the
present trouble. Kansas City seems to
| be drawing too heavily on the supply.
! However, when the additional mains
are completed and connected Kansas
| stored at her door and the cold wealth
er will not affect the sup
ply in this way again. This
new line has been completed
with all but the connection to be made
| remaining This can be done in a
day and will be done as soon as warm
weather comes
conditions in Topeka today are
| much better than they were yester-
| day, but are still quite a ways below
| normal. The weather promises to
| moderate and if the Kansas Natural
Gas company can get the connection
made there will be no more trouble
from low pressure.
1 do not think 1t would be advisa BILE
to turn the gas on the local factories
for some time yet just when 1 can not
say"
Hospitals Have Trouble.
At the hospitals of the city the eff
the patients though there was no ac-
tual suffering. At Stormont hospital
coal was resorted to to keep the tenn
perature of the building at normal
when the supply of gas began to fail
The supply was such this morning
that the building was in a fairly COM
Portable condition without the use of
coal though supply was kept at hand
in cases of an emergency.
The conditions at Christ hospital
n aft
with the exception that wood was used
instead of coal when the mercury be-
gan to drop. 1t was also necessary to
get out additional clothing for the
beds in which the sufferers rested to
protect them from the change About
10 o'clock the pressure in the gas
mains seemed to strengthen and from
then until morning the building was
kept warm as usual
Hotels Were Handicapped.
The hotels in Topeka last night were
badly handicapped by the low pressure
of natural gas. Many of them were
barely able to get enough gas to cook
supper. while the hotels which use gas
for lighting purposes were In many
cases unable to obtain more than a
flicker of gas. The rooms for the most
part were left cold. Even the Copeland
hotel, with James Chapelle as proprie-
tor, was short on gas.
In the chemical laborat cries at Wash
burn college and the high school 1t was
impossible to work as the students
could not obtain a sufficient supply of
gas for the small gas burners which are
used in laboratories.
The residents of the east side last
night were unable to keep their homes
sufficiently warm until about ten
o'clock when the gas heaters suddenly
increased their heat and the lights
which had been burning low suddenly
increased their intensity
At the Grand theater last night the
increase in the pressure could be
noticed. Shortly before the gas in
creased it's flow the auditorium of the
theater became suddenly chilly. How
ever the warmth soon increased and by
the time the play was over the theater
was more than comfortable.
All over the city the people hurriedly
hunted up long forgotten oil lamps and
the supply of candles at the stores was
in many cases exhausted. Many people
were compelled to eat cold suppers
Could Not Burn BOTH
Out in the Washburn college district
there were no gas lights burning as
usual until about $50 p. M Most of
the gas lights would light, and burn
but SO feebly that they gave no light
1t was peculiar circumstance thai
while the furnaces and gas cook stoves