Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-03
GAS PLANTS TO
BE ERECTED IN
VALLEY CITIES

Housewives OF BraWley and Ca
lexico have been pleasantly sur
prised this week by the announce
ment that natural gas is about to
be supplied to these two communi-
ties by Natural Gas Corporation of
California, an affiliated company
of the Inland Empire Gas Company
of Ell Centro.
Bright and pleasant young men
explained they were ready to take
applications for gas service pre-
paratory to th3 Natural Gas Cor
poration of California spending
more than $330,C00 in the construc
ton Of modern gas plants and gas
distributing systems in Brawley
and Calexico. Their visits to the
housewives wer. necessary, they
explained, to ascertain just how
many people would take gas service
so that engineers would know how
TO lay out the distribution systems.
Residents of both Brawley and
Calexico greeted the announcement
of the installation of gas service as
an indication that the growth or
these towns has justified the mod
ern cOnveniences which have here
tofore been only possible in larger
centers.
r. E. Atcheson, vice president of
Natural Gas Corporation of Califor-
MIA, which is owned by Pacific
Public Service, subsidiary of
Standard Oi. Company of Califor-
mia, has notified l.. C. Butler, man.
ager of Inland Empire Gas Com
pany at FL Ceutra, to announce to
residents of 6rawley and Calexico
that construction work on gas
plants and distribution systems is
to start at once. Already three
carloads If pipe have arrived and
other materials are enroute from
eastern manufa turing points.
Butler declared that local labor
from Imperial Valley ard wherever
possible, local materials, would be
used in construction work, thus
adding materially to the volume of
business to be done through local
merchants.
An outstanding feature of the es-
tablishment of gas plants in Braw-
ley and Calexico is that no insight
ly gas tanks will rise to mar the
appearance of the towns and that
at each plant there will be built
an attractive Mission type build
ing to house the gas equipment.
No Dirt or SCOT
Liquefied natural gas, which will
be served in both Brawley and Ca
lexico is different than manufaetur-
ed gas in that no dirt or SCOT comes
from the gas plant. Liquefied ma
tural gas is the most modern fuel
and is a development of years of
research by Standard Oil Company
and gas engineers.
Simultaneously with the calls 20
probable users of this new gas serv-
Ice which is being brought to Braw-
ley and Calexico, information has
been given to the housewives tha'
i'll both places Natural Gas Corpor.
alton of California will open Off
ices where modern gas appliances,
including stoves, hot water heaters,
floor furnaces and various other
appliances for the economical usc
of gas will be on display 1t is
highly probably also that at these
stores there will be well trained
women who will be able to explain
gas appliances to those housewives
who have never used this fuel. In
the meantime, housewives are being
told that inquiry about natural gas
and about the latest word in gas
stoves and water heaters can be
obtained from the Inland Empire
offices in Ell Centre.
In telegram to Manager Butler
of Inland Empire, Vice President
Aitcheson said "Wc are pleased to
announce that gas service will place
Brawley and Calexico on a parity
with other grwoing cities of South.
ern California. Gas service has
been 4 little slow in coming but
fortunately its arrival is coincident
with the latest DEVELOPMENT of liq-
uefied natural gas which is the
modern fuel. All over the west,
the day of cutting wood, bringing
in coal and taking out the ashes
is passing and in its place is com
ing liquefied natural gas, a clean,
hot fuel from which there is no
dirt. Brawley and Calexico will
have the first iquefied natural gas
plants in operation in California
and it is our desire to be of assist
ance to everyone in helping them