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Show that 6Upply tho city's consumers with natural nat-ural gas. In adJitiou to those wells every manufacturing plant has its own gas well, so that it can readily be seen what is necessary neces-sary to be done here. "Tho people of the cast predict since the news of natural gns at Salt Lake has reached them that this will be tho greatest city in the entire west. Manufacturers Man-ufacturers will come out here and each fac-tary fac-tary established will, in addition to the fuel consumed by it, create a demand for natural nat-ural gas. Each factory located here will add to. the population and to the list of con. sumers. After the holiday ason eastern capitalists will visit tho city tn largo numbers num-bers to Investigate for themselves the extent of the gas deposits. I have not seen the well here yet, but shall probably go out this afternoon and look at Ft. But I am convinced of the fact that there is an immense quantity of gas iu this vicinity. It is not necessary to lind Treuton rock to get natural gas. In Penusylvauia it is found altogether In sand, while in Ohio and Indiana it is got from the limestone known as the Trenton rock, lias is found in different formations and is not limited to any particular oue." -H Court Reporter F. E. MeCnirrin, has re-turned re-turned from a pilgrimage through the cant, and was seen by the interviewer this morning, morn-ing, "l'es," said he, "I met the Utah e;as boom In New York, and it was then traveling travel-ing iu good condition. It is exciting a great deal of inquiry among men who manufacture, and, weile I was a litllo behind be-hind timo on information that is, . : p information in-formation I had been satistied ,; ago that we bad plenty of natural gu, among our other resources." Keporter MeGurrin is in fine feather and will settle down to hard work with renewed energy. --- "Uncle Jerry" Irw in one of the lirst mayors may-ors of Leadville is in the city with a new fund of reminiscences and another good word for Zion upon the future, of which iio has already banked and in the upbuildiutr of which he has taken no small hand. Speaking Speak-ing to the chronicler, the distinguished visitor visi-tor stated that at no time had his faith in the "city of saints" been more lirmly rooted, and it is very likely that another slice of his bank roll will be invested in some inducement induce-ment before his departure. TALKS WITH TRAVELERS. There dropped quiet'y into the Knuteford this morning a gentleman well known here and largely interested in Salt Lake investments. invest-ments. It was J. T. McNary of Logansport, Indiana. He arrived on an early train, and after a hasty breakfast started out to inves-tigate. inves-tigate. the natural gas matter. It was the news of this important discovery that caused his visit to Salt Lake City at this time, aud his early arrival on the tield will enable en-able him to "get In on the ground floor" , as it were. He Is largely interested in tho development de-velopment and operation of the gas wells of Logansport and thinks tho discovery made here Is the grandest thing that has occurred occur-red for Salt Lake. "I am surprised," Mr. McNary remarked to the Times reporter, 'that the speedy development de-velopment of natural gas has been allowed to lag. There should, right today, be at least twenty-five drills in operation here, and I was astonished when told that beyond the small well and the big one at Lake Shore no further drilling had yet begun. When natural gas was discovered at Logansport the citizens with one accord started in to bore wells. Companies w ere organized aud each one Immediately got to work and started in to sinking wells. There was no Iealousy among the different companies. Lvery one realized the fact that more wells meant more manufactories and more money and prosperity for everybody. It will be tho same here. The more wells the better it will be for not only tho community at large, but also for tho capitalists who have their money invested. Every fact indicates an abuudauce of natural gas here around Salt Lake, but the people must get to work and show the world that it is here and this ean only be done by drilling wells. There ia not a gas town In Indiana but that has from fifty to 100 wells. Logansport where I reside is a city of from 13,000 to 15,000 people. It has twenty wells that are Mowing into the pipes |