The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21

Topeka COnSuIntTS, VIII III lDt past
have been insisting on the use of nat
ural gas for heating purposes were
today advised to provide themselves
with other fuel for this purpose this
winter. L. G. Treleaven. receiver for
the Topeka gas company, and T. F.
Doran, attorney, today, thru the State
Journal, made public statement
wherein they set forth the fact that
the local company will not, at any
price, be able to furnish gas for heat
ing.
I'VE are asking the consumer" said
Doran, Ito help us conserve what gas
is obtainable, for cooking and heating.
The Kansas Natural Gas company
is, this summer, delivering only 3d.
600, 600 cubic feet OF natural gas a
day to all the cities which 1t serves.
This amount will not be liner eased,
The supply will have to be divided up
between Topeka and forty-six other
cities and towns.
The natural gas consumption OF
Topeka, on a cold winter day when
there was plenty of gas, is about
100000 feet. That includes heat
ing.
Supply Here i'm June.
I'm June this year. Topeka received
46, 565, 500 -cubic feet. This is ap-
proximately 100000 feet a day. 1t
is adequate for cooking and lighting
liliS SulHIntIp Dul lIllS winter Lne uP-
mand for these two purposes will be
increased
In order that il may give the public
supply adequate to the amount to
which it is entitled, the gas company
is considering the feasibility of rein
stating the artificial gas plant and
operating it. and experimenting what
natural gas it may be able to obtain
with its output. If this can be worked
out in a practical way the company
will do 1t for the purpose of serving
the public as a public utility should
The method of sIppIementing arti-
fetal gas with the natural product is
in practical use in St. Joseph and in
many other cities in the United States
and Canada.
The price that would be charged
for this combination product can not
at this time be even estimated 1t
would be based on the price set by the
court on natural gas and the cost OF
manufacture of the artificial product.
The company, after making a thoro
investigation, and finding out whether
or not the idea is practical, will set
its own price on the artificial gas The
price of natural gas will be fixed by
the court this fall.
Blame the T.. u. G.
THE natural gas question is a dead
issue. The only thing left for the To-
peka gas company Is to decide upon
a way of giving public service"
experimenting of natural gas avail
able with an artificial product was
today regarded by conservative BUSH
ness men in Topeka as the only re-
naming solution of the problem of
furnishing this city with gas for light
ing and cooking this winter. Action
of the public utilities commission of
refusing to favor a 32-cent rate in
Topeka and fighting it is being laid.
by those in close touch with the sit
uation, az the feet of the body as the
reason why an adequate supply cannot
be obtained this winter. Had the rate
been granted the Kansas Natural
would have been able to make extern
sions into new fields and increase their
supply. This. at that time could have
been done. 1t would be impossible
Tow because of the fact that the local
consumption in the fields district Is
SO large that all the product produced
can be used on the ground.
When the local gas company OBJ
tanned its gas franchise IL agreed.
in the absence of natural gas, to re-
open the artificial plant. This seems
TO be the only thing left to be done.
The plant, located at First and
Quincy streets. was completed in July.
1905, and was operated until the fol-
lowing December. Then natural gas
was substituted