The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-10-04
NATURAL GAS.

'sfiA gave iIl it''hIli 80 'H' i'Hi u
IN. ~ natural gas lol the ilr-l
time ~ ihli city for purposes 81
,IInn,nnttnr iipon Tic rrp,raen
tatlons "t Facts ~ given - ""
clearly alhvrh ha, 'n' u cnH I"'a
wee hrl,E n4rh Wh.i. Il mi4, III
y" employed nj r,rhl meaning
hat gaN sufficient ~ oprtaIc ~
~ l,rI Jets W,a guInn ~ vast" ~
cry - hours nf III. day
Tins ,nN har been ilnW lng tni
more than two years Wi,h no ~
parent dim,nuliun Ihia fact. ~
liScli, warrants tbs presumption
that The supply ~ snn'rr ~ sni'I
rl.nl ~ Justify Il reasonable
.xprndilnlr for proper equip
men, inr Trapping and storm. II
for nsr II i properly arranged
trap wr,r installed. - a. - catch
and store all Of the free gas com
lne from he well with The water,
| II III not unh,linvnhlc that .lr
quantity would bc sufficient 10 np
ualr considerably more than iS
Jets alI night
a. The present gashnlhcI ~ Il
section ~ IL inch pr" ! feet
long, i has capacity Of cubic
feet ~ tins gAsI,olhcr VIII fill
, itself with rns !, Times III IN hOnr
! with III" pump running, Il - clear
that the well has ~ average yield
nf III cubic fee, 81 gas rrr hour
through the present trap, lmpcr
feet AZ II may m This would
give i showing ~ lG' cube
feet Of gas stored IN ~ hont, ~
Al annual capacity 81 nearly 60
600 cubic irei al oI when has
| been going 90 waste The pas, two
years.
The nhsci atoms ~ The M,lir,
prompts Il, belief that ~ hr nas
IL forced along tho channel 81 the
4 inch discharge plpc from the
Y pump, under Il pressure equal I"
the weight ~ water held ~ the
railroad water tank. tho gas hub
h!cs have but little opportunity I"
free themselves AZ they pass
through the I. 4 vertical p"r, ul
which lcads 10 hr easl,rIher,
while the opposite port leads t.
the water tank A large portion
Of The gas, IN All probability, Il
caught IL the current 81 water
and carried on 10 y. discharged
in tie water tank. Il, instead ui
the l the shell 81 m old boiler
could br used. allowing The water
from the pump 10 be discharged
\ into one end and ~ r0ntinnp its
course 10 the water tank through
he other end. the increased area
Of iii. boiler would sIncken the
cHrrrni aud permit more Of the
gas 10 escape The exit water
pipe Of the boiler must, Of course,
br III tho lowest posslbl" level.
Ii il boiler slrll AZ long ~ Il feet
conld b. Ind, then the gas would
have an opportunity Of leaving
the water 1T any point Of its trav
fvl or that - feet. II this sO'ler
had Il diameter ~ much ~ feet
| II would have 4 capacity CTS cubic
feet. Say Onr-thlrd Of thia capA
city would BE- occupied by tho wa
ter in Iasnner, there would still
be room tor the trapping and af"r
ing of 80 cubic feet Of Gas II .
greater storage capacity should
be needed IL could be easily ar
range. The water pressure from
the tower would maintain the Ha'
pressure, diving IL readily x
point Of use.
There IA u further possibllit!
that gas enough might be trapped
from this well 20 dr,ye 4 gas en-
zine Of power sufficient to r"plac'
the present steam plant.
There IL Il further pOsslbllit,
that al Il greater depth more "a
might be obi aimed than il bcinI
yielded by the present we'll
TheCe IL another interesting
problem III connection with thi
subject. Some years ago the cit.
tdrilled two 10 inch wells to
depth Of 800 feet. They were dl
r.ctly connected 10 the waterwoi
pumps. For awhile the we'll
Yielded water in quantity snttic1
cient 10 mer, every demand np"v
them. Later. after being wolkc'
for unite awhile, The rnglnce
complained that his vacuum VA
increasing on these wells. maxim
lit more difficult 10 gri the neede'
supply Of water % the pn'np'
Th,s gave rise 20 thr 'mpre~sIO
that the wells were chnakiDg 4
the strxlners. That this lmpres
\ sion was erroneous was clearly u.
monstratcd by Superintendent
Viliermin's imploviscd ail liz G,
pcr;men,s Or only Il few month
ago. 1t il positively known tha
these wells yielded 4 considerab'
but unmeasured, quantity Of gar