The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-26

OF 10 CLUBS ASK
COUNCIL TO ACT
Architects Offer to Survey City
and Plan Plant Without
Cost
COUNCIL TO DECIDE
Would Ship in Natural Gas
Liqui6ed; Could Change
to Pipeline

An immediate survey of Redwood
Falls to determine the advisability Of
installing a municipal gas plant was
recommended to the city council by q
unanimous vote Of 40 representatives
of organizations of the city at meet
ing Monday night in the city hall.
The vote was taken after the mat
ter had been thoroughly explained
and discussed. The meeting was ar
ranged by the city council to deter
mine the attitude Of representative
citizens toward a free survey. The
council will meet Friday evening,
December 4, when the matter may be
decided.
M. A. Halsey and H. w. McEwen,
representatives Of the Butane Engin-
eering and Management Company Of
Kansas City, Missouri, took over the
meeting and explained in detail the
gas situation and answered questions
pertaining to it.
Representatives attended from the
Woma.ss club, the Sorosis club, the
Twentieth Century club, the Quality
club, the League of Women Voters,
the American Legion, the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Lions club, the
Commercial club and the Merchants
Association.
Brand Opens Meeting
Mayor w. A. Brand called the
meeting to order and explained it's
purpose. He outlined the stand of
the council and gave the advantages
of such plant. He then introduced
Mr.. Halsey who outlined his plan.
Recalling that gas agitation has
taken place here before, ne said that
gas has reached the point of perfec-
ton and is the oldest public utility
furnishing a product for domestic
purposes. Gas was formerly confin-
ed to larger Cities" Mr.. Halsey said,
"but it is now available to every city
in the country" He said there are
$4,000 water meters in Duluth and
$1,000 gas meters.
Nr. Halsey explained there are
three kinds of gases obtainable in this
city, natural, artificial and Butane.
He recommended Butane gas for Red
wood Falls saying it would be cheap
er, cleaner and easier to secure. Bu-
tame gas is a natural gas to which
pressure has been applied to make it
a fluid. 1t is the purest gas made
and has heat of 5000 B. T. U's.
compared to LOO B. T. U's. of ma
tural gas, he said.
Artificial Gas Gone
Artificial gas is thing CT the past,
it is gone and Butane gas has taken
its place with more satisfaction to its
USERS" he declared.
Natural gas lines are still far away,
he stated, adding that should the city
install Butane gas it will snip in tanks
of the fluid and distribute it
through the mains also adapted
for natural gas and the city will
be in position to change to natural
gas if it should wish. The central
station is a small part OF the cost
compared with building of the mains
and could be kept as an emergency
supply tank or sold at small loss in
case natural gas was wanted. He de-
clared the city would be in better
position to buy natural gas from pipe
line companies later if plant was al
ready in operation here.
He gave an estimate of the cost OF
operating a stove at approximately
$1.50 per 1000 cubic feet Of gas.
When asked how long 1000 cubic feet
of gas would last he said, 'The aver
age family will use less than 1000
feet per month, or about So worth Of
fuel. OF course" he said, "this is
just for cooking purposes and not for
heating, as the heating will run high
er than cooking.
There are two ways to install
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