Show CONSUMERS NATURAL j GAS IN ONE STATE AND STORY T ON MAKING CARBON BLACK 1 w eq p Som Some Idea of oC the the- c extensive use UM o oj y natural naturI l gas for tor domestic purposes ma mao ITlay the thc following summary sum sum- o 00 o obtained from tram mary r of oC n a report put out b by tho thu United States fuel tuel administration It Il will also atso bo ho of or particular Interest to loc local l holders In tho the Wyoming Utah Consolidated Consoli r dated Oil company which Is Js selling soiling gas las nt at Its D Byron ron well wells to a o. carbon J black manufacturing company The ro- ro port Is as follows In the tho state to of oC Ohio alone thero aro are labout about consumers of oC natural ga bas gaa from West Virginia Pennsylvania gets bets 43 43 3 per por cent cant of ot tho natural gas It uses from West Vest Virginia Virgin In which also supplies S si per percent cent of oC the natural pas gas used In and all of ot the natural gas used In Maryland l The Tho annual saving lavInG of oC foot of ot natural gas gl the equivalent a lent of one eighth of or tho entire domestic domestic do do- natural gas consumption of or the tho United States can be effected In a 11 single sin sin- gle lo industry In West Vest Virginia b by state regulation which will bo be proposed to tho legislature of or West Virginia at its coming session beginning January 1 19 at nt Charleston A movement is under way for tor West est Virginia to continue the tho activities for 1 natural gas conservation which have o been started by tho the United States fuel administration All tho the pl plants in tho vicinity of or Grantsville W. W Yo Va Ya which manufacture carbon black otherwise e known as lamp black from natural gas have voluntarily agreed to down immediately This agreement ns which has hns Just been affected will stop I the wasteful consumption of ot I cubic feet per perda day which will bo mado made available for Cor Immediate use this win win- tel ter for tel domestic and public utility pur pur- poses s. s The operators of or these plants have to manufacture their product hereafter In either cither Wyoming or Louisiana Louis Louis- lana iana from wells cs too remote from populous other lous ions centers to bo ho available for tor also I uses Tho fuel administration has haa effected arrangements for tho manufacture manu nu bo be facture from this tItle gas ns which will saved paved 1000 gallons of oC gasoline dally daily which has heretofore gone one to waste Appeals have o l been bed mado made to the tho fuel administration by representatives of oC numerous communities which obtain their supply of ot natural gas s from tho the Vest West Virginia fields to curtail curt tho the use usO of ot natural gas In certain lines of ot In In- In The Tho demands for tor natural gas throughout tho the country are greater than tho the available supply Tho The use of ot natural gas gns is a privilege enjoyed b by about 10 per cent of or our population When present supplies are exhausted tho the users of ot natural gas must return to tho the moro more expensive o manufactured gas The Tho fuel administration takes the position position po po- po- po that where natural gas s Is available available avail avail- able ablo for Lor domestic and Industrial purposes pur pur- poses Its unrestricted uso use In the manufacture manu manu- facture of or carbon black Is Js a wasteful practice Carbon black is a n term applied to toa toa toa a material deposited by tho the actual contact contact contact con con- tact of ot a n flame flamo upon a metallic sur sur- face Carbon black Is now made mado b by bythe bytho tho the wasteful process of oC Incomplete combustion combustion com corn bustion of ot natural gas that Las that is tho the gas bas gasIs gasis Is simply burned In tho the open tho the flame flamo I Impinging against a 0 metal plato plate makIng making mak mak- ing tho the deposit known as us carbon black From ono one and one eighth to ono one and one half pounds of or carbon black are arc mado made from each thousand cubic feet teel of ot gas ijas burned Tho The heat contained In tho the gas gns Is wasted and nd only a a. small portion of ot the tho carbon content of oC the tho gas Is Js utilized |