The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-17
Fuel BOSSES" Call
. Natural Gas Hearing
At Pittsburgh Today

WASHINGTON. d. g.. Feb. lG.-ln
connection with the question OF aae-
quacy Of supply Of natural gas IN ONO
Indiana and West Virginia, hearing
will be held at ten a. IN. next Monday al
the William Pitt Hotel at Pittsburgh It
is announced by the United States Fuel
Administration.
The hearing has been called at the re-
quest of the Logan Natural Gas d fNcl
Co. Of Ohio and the Central Indiana
Gas Co. who desire IL show mat inc
situation in this vicinity in regard TO
adequacy of supply OF natural gas no"
warrants certain notifications OF an
ORDER issued by the Fuel Administrator
on December IL, which directed ne dis
continuance Of supply |" consumers
classified in a lower class than Class III
until April IL. 1918.
Notice Of the hearing has been sent
10 the state administrators and the pup
lie service commissioners Of ONO. maj
ana and West Virginia. which are de-
pendent chiefly for their natural gas
supply upon wells in West Virginia.
The Reserv" Natural Gas Co. of West
Virginia supplies the Logan Natural
tias and Fuel company OF ONO. when
carries and distributes this supply
across the state and delivers IN turn 10
the Central Indiana GuS Co.. and other
Indiana companies for distribution IN
that state.
The order issued on December 10, was
the result ut Il hearing held 1T Wash
ingten. December 10 1t WAS then gem
orally conceded that the supply was IN
adeoiate TO meet the demands made
upon it from consumers in classes |. :
and 3. These classes include domestic
consumers and other uses defined M
most essential. This order met general
approval OF tho authorities Of. the conf
munitlcs served and these now protest
against its withdrawal AZ being dctri-
reon,,I ia domestic consumers. The
service companies mentioned. however.
declare now that the situation has
changed sufficiently TO warrant certain
notifications in the order.
Weekly report on the production ana
shipments Of hituminous and shipments
OF anthracite coal compiled by tho Geo
logical Survey. shows that the taird
successive week of decreasing produc-
ton was recorded during the week OF
February l. when tho output OF bituml-
nous coal declined. 10 the lowest level
during the past few years with the en-
ccption OF Christmas week OF 1918. The
production during this week is estimated
Mt $3.50 net tons and Is $4,000 not
tons or 81 per cent below tho production
! OF the week Of January Or and La l.oOn
net tons or 13.3 per cent below the week
Of February Of 1915! Tho average
production per working day during the
week Of February is estimated ut
100000 net tons as compared with
1872. 900 net tons. the daily average for
tho coal year to date, and l.Tia.O00 net
tons. the daily average for the Same
period last year. Tho production for
the coal year To date now totals to
494. nS1.0on not tons rs compared with
4G0.d1I.000 net tons for the period OF
April ]. 1917 to February 2. 1918.
,, Major Davis Elkins. United States
Senator elect from West Eireina. is on
loving we'll earned rcst at Palm Beach,
Florida. in company with his brother
Richard. A letter from him received by
Washington friends today said that he
was taking full advantage Of the beach
bathing and was improving his golf
hoping 10 gct back TO his old time form
in that rccrcativc game. Hc wrote that
n" did not know how tired out he vas
and how much he needed n decided
| change until hc arrived al tho Florida
/ resort and started In To got his prupor-
| Tomato share OF the play time.