The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-07
Engineer Krick, of Union
Natural Gas Corporation,
Discusses Plan For Furn-
ishing Gas Here.
NOT NECESSARY TO
TEAR UP STREETS
Mains Will Be Laid in Alleys, !
If Possible-Huge Supply
of Gas Available, Represen-
tative Says.

AT meeting yesterday afternoon
with the board of public works, men,
bers of council and few interested
citizens. X. c. Krick. engineer and
special representative of the Union
Natural Gas corporation of Pennsyl
vania. agreed to submit to the board
of public works at it's meeting next
Thursday. the draft of franchise for
supplying Richmond with natural gas
at 40 cents per thousand cubic feet
TO domestic consumers. with a slid
ing scale as low as 80 cents where
the quantity reaches 100000 cubic
feet per month.
Mr.. Krick came to Richmond yes
terday at the request of E. p Whit
comb. president of the Union Natural
Gas corporation. who conferred with
the officers of the Commercial Club
last Wednesday regarding the propo-
sition of supplying this city with ma
tural gas from the West Virginia
fields.
Owns Enormous Gas Reserves.
Mr.. Krick stated that the Union
Natural Gas corporation now owns
$40 wells in Ohio and West Virginia,
and that territory covered by the
wells only averages about one well
to each $50 acres in the latter sec
tion, so that in the opinion of the
officers OF the company and experts
who are familiar with the field, there
will be an ample supply of natural
gas for at least fften years. He
stated that at present there is very
Hal a.
Virginia wells, and that this territory
is being held in reserve for the future,
when the Ohio gas felds begin to
weaken.
At the present time as an instance
of the huge supply of gas available.
the output of the field is about one
billion and a half cubic feet every
twenty-four hours. and the supply line
now in course of construction will only
carry about $4,000. 900 cubic feet every
twenty-four hours.
Supplies 100000 Consumers.
The corporation furnishes gas to
seventy-three cities. towns and vii
lagos in Ohio. and has over 100000
consumers in that state. The city of
Dayton has been supplied for eight
years from line separate from the
Few main.
new high-pressure line running
from the West Virginia fields 20 the
central part of Indiana is now being
constructed. The line is eighteen
inches in diameter to a place about
four miles west of Dayton. where IL
is reduced to sixteen inches. The gas
is pumped into the main and the pres
sure maintained by establishing. pump
ing stations at regular intervals along
the line. The pressure of the gas
when the line reached Richmond
would be about one hundred pounds.
and when distributed through the
mains OF the city IL would be reduced
to about twenty-five pounds.
Heat Units High.
Mr. Krick claimed the gas his COM
pany is furnishing was tested by the
state chemist of Pennsylvania and
showed a minimum OF 1.152 heat units
and a maximum of 1.1s5 heat units.
The natural gas that was supplied
Richmond at one time tested about
1000 heat units.
Mr.. Krick further stated that the
heat units in natural gas are about
double what they are in the artificial
gas that is usually furnished by arti-
fetal gas companies, and therefore.
there will be a saving to the con-
sumers in the amount OF gas used to
secure the same amount OF heat.
Prefer Service Concentration.
In explaining his reason for being
present at the meeting yesterday. Mr..
Krick said that his company could Sc
cure contracts for more gas than IL
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