Show F a tl pally of 7 NATURAL GAS THE city council at last nights session granted mr luckenbach the privilege of laving pipes for gas in the streets of the city tiie petitioner in accepting the franchise obligates himself to sink a trial well to the depth of fifteen hundred leet if necessary in order to make a thorough test of the natural gas problem here ilia purpose as lie has stated is to expend from to in the experiment assuming all the risk of procuring a constant and profitable delivery of the luminous product TUB STANDARD gives its hearty good will to the undertaking and though regretful that the benefit of all each sources of local wealth might not be preserved tor the enrichment of our own residents will be well pleased to aeo mr luckenback reap a splendid reward from his undertaking there is a very considerable hazard accompanying the enterprise and he seems content to meet it with no hesitancy as to his possible losses if he succeeds a limitless field of possibilities will open before us and be will deserve the profits which will be assured |