White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
MAY PIPE GAS TO
KENNEWICk AND PASCO

That the Benton County gas
fields furnish product of an eX-
ceptionally high heat quality,
was told to the Pasco chamber of
commerce by Fl. J. Neely of Spo.
kane. The occasion was the
weekly luncheon Of the club.
For the past month the Pasco
and Kennewick citizens have
been considering the proposition
of securing natural gas from the
Benton County gas fields about
twenty-eight miles north of Pas
co. Eugene Enloe and III. j. Nee
ly, two prominent financial men
of Spokane, have offered to pipe
the gas to the city limits of Ken
newick and to sell it by whole
sale at thirty cents thousand
cubic feet.
In order to better get first
hand information of the offer
Mr.. Neely was invited to speak
before the Pasco chamber of COM
merce at it's weekly luncheon.
According to his tests, there is
but one gas field which product
has a higher test as to heat. The
heating power Of the local gas is
about twelve hundred units to
the cubic foot.
The pressure of the gas at the
fields is, however, very low, being
about five pounds to the square
inch. Tt is the plan Of the inter
ests back of the movement to in
stall pressure plants to increase
the pressure before it is delivered
for retail to consumers.
Pasco parties interested in get
ting the facts regarding the prob
able cost to the consumers are
busy getting comparative costs
and values of the product. 1t is
generally belieNed that pipes
could be laid to accommodate Pas
co users at a maximum cost of
$25, 900. This cost would have
to be met by local citizens or by
the city since the gas will be
brought only to the bridge on the
Kennewick side.
A large attendance was out at
the luncheon, and those present
bombarded Mr.. Nicely by numer-
GUS questions regarding the vari
Gus angles of the proposition. The
investigation by the Pasco cham
her of commerce is being con-
Quoted by thess@Industrial com
mittee, Of which Ct. G. Gregory.
manager of the Pasco Grain and
Milling company, is chairman.
KenneWich Comrier Reporter
Almost simultaneous with the
announcement that Eugene Enloe
had contracted for the, gas from
the, wells of the Walla Walla Oil, !
Gas & Pipe line company and
contemplated piping it to Kenne-
wick and Pasco, Il. G. 'Hoag ar
rived here from Omaha to invest
igate the possibilities of utilizing
the gas.
Mr. Hoag is industrial agent of /
the Union Pacific and was sent
here by President Carl r. Gray
at the request of the Kennewick
Commercial Club. The Union
Pacific does not engage in the gas
business but is interested in the
local field only from the stand
point of industrial development.
Mr. Hoag is in touch with manu-
facturers who are large users of
gas who are looking for
new locations.
In company with Mr.. Crawford /
Mr.. Hoag visited the gas wells
Friday and the following day
climbed over the bluffs in the
White Bluffs district and collect
ed a number of samples Of glass
sands, clay, shale, kaoline and
other minerals which abound in
that section. He. went from here
to Spokane where he conferred
with Mr.. Enloe and returned here
and after few hours
left again for Portland but will
return again to confer with
Henry d. James, manager Of the
Walla Walla company.
The samples collected by Mr..
IIoag will be sent to the Union
Pacific chemical laboratories for
After these analysis
have been made Mr.. Hoag will be
able to report to many manufac-
turers who are looking for new
of raw materials for the
of glass, porcelain
and pottery in close proximity to
4 supply of natural gas.
Mr.. Hoag expressed himself as
keenly interested in the possibi-
Iities Of the local gas field, and
said that if the gas can be sold at
/ price comparable to that in
other fields there is no question
,ut that manufacturing plants
,an he located