Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-07
BIC SAVING FOR
 LOCAL PEOPLE
NATURAL GAS IS ALREADY AP- PRECIATED AT CAPITAL-RE-
 DUCTi0N WILL BE REPEATED
WILL ENJOY IT SOON
Difference in Earnings of Gas Co.,, In. dicates Amount Saved By Use
 of Natural Gas.

The following article from the Ark ansas Gazette shows how economiea natural gas will be when it reaches Pine Bluff in the next few weeks Nine hundred feet Of ten inch pipf has been laid in town the past three days, and the work is progressing rapidly.
 That the average consumption oi gas has increased 29 per cent in Lit tie Rock since the advent of natural gas, notwithstanding which the aver less, was the statement made yestef- day by Manager E. c. Beach of the Pulaski Gas Light Company, says the Gazette. Mir. Beach drew 60 sub scribers from his books at random and compared their consumption this year with last. It was found that in Ju- ly, 1910, although only 214S00 cubic feet was consumed by the 60 users. the total cost was $266.50. In July, 1911, 277S00 cubic feet was burned but the total cost was only $loG.92.
 In speaking of the condition. Mr. Beach said;
 While we have paid particular at tention to the economy effected by the substitution of natural gas for coal for heating. manufacturing and industrial purposes We cannot over look the enormous saving which has been effected in the home of almost every citizen in Little Rock and Ar genta by the introduction of natural gas in place of artificial gas for do- mestic purposes, such as lighting and cooking. This point has lately been emphasized in my own mind in look ing over the August domestic accounts for this year and last.
 Taking from our books al random 50 accounts for the month just closed we find consumption of PIT, 800 cu- bic feet, with a total charge of $106 92. Referring to our records for August. 1910, We find that the same 60 ac- counts last wear gave consumption l of 214.S00 cubic feet, resulting in a charge of $266.50 Comparing the fig ures for the two years you will ob- serve that natural gas has saved to l these 60 consumers an average of 60 | per cent in dollars and cents in spite of the fact that they have used an average of more than 29 per cent more ges than during the same month last | year
 This increased consumption is probably due in the most part to the installation of additional appliances for tie ase of gas, but may also have been due in part to the use of appli- ances which have not been properly adjusted be used successfully to burn natdra! gas, they cannot be used economically unless they are care fuiy adjusted. In fact I might say that the appliance through which the gas is hnrned figures almost as prom inentiy as the gas rate in the redue- tion of the gas bill
 We might illustrate this point fur- ther by substituting the natural gas rates for the artificial sales for the year just closed in which our records show sales for domestic purposes of approximately l50,o00,000 cubic feet The charges resulting from this amount of gas at the artificial rate of $1,25 per thousand cubic feet total- ed $1S7.500 and for natural gas at the average rate of 35 cents per thousand cubic feet, $52,500. Carrying out our comparison We find saving of S135, 000, or l2 per cent, to the consumer for lighting and cooking purposes on- ly. Of course we expect to see these
 
 size in proportion With the increased use of gas for new purposes, replac- ing coal and other solid fuels in fur naces and heating stoves as well as ill the kitchen, but in these cases the coal bill will decrease in greater pro- portion than the increase in gas bills.
 "The reduction in the rate for nat ural gas as compared with the rate charged for artificial gas is probably well understood generally, and is due Tn the most part to the elimination of the important factor of manufactur- lng cost, and in the next place to the SeNme of natural gas delivered"
 NkaN00 NNrmra