| Show BURNING RAf URAL GAS I New System Was Thoroughly Tested Last Evening DISPLAY ATTRACTS CROWS G3VEAT FlArE TlVEJfTY FEET IN HEIGHT nm THE WORK The Distribution of the Gas Will Ho By mstrlats MeanS CUcaiicr Fuel and Lights Cut Rte Insurance Insur-ance Policies Are Already Being Cancelled and the Indications Are the War is About Over With a flame shooting heavenwards for a distance of twenty feet or more right under the walls of the temple the installation of the natural gas system of the American Natural Gas company I took place yesterday afternoon and last I night the display being witnessed by thousands of people among them being many strangers and not a few prospective Investors It preliminary I was only a preUmInar exposition side show as it were of tho great display which is to be made some time during conference week under the auspices of the chamber of commerce com-merce but the enjoyment and the enthusiasm en-thusiasm of the people were in no way reduced by reason of that fact for it was also the inauguration of a reign of cheap fuel and light and this to them means everything As stated in yesterday mornings Issue Is-sue the system was practically completed com-pleted Y iliuisday night only lacking several small details and adjustments The gas was turned into the mains and the register at the corner of Main and South Temple streets showed a pressure of fifty pounds which will be sufficient to supply the immediate needs oC tilts I city although over 300 pounds pressure of the natural gas can be turned in at a minutes notice The force ot workmen which has followed the fortune of the system since the inauguration of operations opera-tions out at the Lake Shore well devoted de-voted yesterday to backing and making I adjustments so that by the arrival of o I oclock Just evening dverything was In mstclass shape ana the system wot pronounced pro-nounced perfect Shortly after noon a Jlambeau was erected at the corner Of Main and South Temple and at 310 oclock tho gas was turned on and lighted Immediately Im-mediately a flame over ten feet in height sprang into existence the gas burning with great steadiness During the entire afternoon a pressure of only two and 3 half pounds was maintained in the escape es-cape pipe and the gas continued to bur to tho heisnt named o ut at mgiit me I great display was made Something over ten pounds of the ga were liberated and the fame leaped above the tops of the trees which line the walks at the end of the mains lighting up the entire neighborhood neigh-borhood and turning the night into day for blocks In the neighborhood of O people visited the corner during the evening even-ing and witnessed the exhibition The gas continued to burn all night and will do so all of today and tonight The completion of the system and the turning turn-ing in of the gas marks an Important er m the history of Salt Lake and the territory ter-ritory for the distribution of the gas means reduction in the price or coal Borne say thin reduction cannot licIt but oe several dollars for without question the people of the city are going to use the gas iu preference to nCO iitn tlie I 1 former is l not more than a quarter as expensive By the use of carbonized burners the gas may be used for lighting purposes It will then give Olt a white > light much similar to electricity For heating purposes there is nothing like natural gas and especially Is this the case in the summer for its heat Is as Intense and then there is not the discomfort dis-comfort of heating up the entire house as with coal In order that the system of the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric Light company may be placed in proper condi ompouy tion for the reception of the flow of natural gas which 15010 take the place of the artificial product several inspectors inspec-tors will devote the next week 0 ten days wi thorough inspection ol an of the connections and mains and make all necessary repairs As fast as one district dis-trict is pronounced ready for the reception re-ception of the gas the valves at the gas < ton will be opened and the flow will be allowed to enter The brat part of the city to receive the natural product will be that north of North Temple and west of State street and i is highly probable prob-able that the mains in that section will be filled within the next few days alien fled will follow the other districts as fast as folow they are nspactcd and fully repaired With the turning in of the gas the stock In the American Natural GaB company has taken on an upward movement and there was considerable inquiry for it yesterday 1 |
