Show GAS ON GAS The Committee of Fifteen Raising Rais-ing Subscriptions Talk With Several Persons on the Find and Prospects Among Them With Frank H Dyer The committee of fifteen of which Judge Lynch is chairman met at the real estate rooms of C E Wantland last night and considered the ways and means for pushing push-ing the subscription list About 2500 is said to have already been taKen and when that amount is doubled work will doubtless I doubt-less be commenced at some point adjacent to the city The interest in the matter will increase with each day and the popular methods resorted t for the organization of the company com-pany will make each one to participate par-ticipate to lust such an extent as his financial situation will permit A RAFFLE PROPOSED A gentleman at the Knutsford an old miner and one who knows what chancing it means proposed last night that a company com-pany be organized and a well put down and if gas was struck then all share holders hold-ers could raffle for the well A sort of Louisiana lottery that would result in good for Salt Lake perhaps DRIVER ANGRY The maddest menin town yesterday were the officers of the American Natural Gas company Whether rightly or wrongly they interpreted the action of the city council in referring the ordinance giving a franchise into Salt Lake back to the committee on streets and alleys as meaning that they would not get the franchise H L Driver treasurer of the company was especially gloomy and said the best natural gas in the world would be useless without a franchise into Salt Lake If the action of the city council meant as he feared it didindefinite delay or refusalhe would favor turning his attention exclusively to the establishment of outside advertising companies and letting the city go But he thought it would be a black eye to the town i it went to the outside world that the discovery of natural gas met with so little encouragement here F IL DYERS VIEWS Since gas is the main topic of discussion a reporter asked ExMarshal Dyer presi dentof the Electric Light and Gas company what he thought of the prospects for natural nat-ural gas They seem to be very good replied he What effect do you think it will have on the prosperity of Salt Lake Personally I know nothing whatever of natural gasexcept that it is my understanding understand-ing that it insures prosperity in any community com-munity where it is found and when itis considered how much Salt Lake is discriminated dis-criminated against by the railroads in the matter of freight and other rates I would say that this would be the greatest thing possible for our development and to bring the railroads to time What do you think of the American Natural Gas companys application for a franchise If the company will confine itself to its original request and purposes I will say that the franchise should be granted i |