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Show GAS. The question of cheap gas is receiving receiv-ing attention just now in San Francisco. Fran-cisco. The question for Salt Lake city is to obtain ga., of the best kind aud j as cheaply as possible. Tho various j kinds of buminr; fluid have each their I claims upon the public, as means of fur-1 nishing artificial light; but lamps iu ai store, lamps in public buildings, and; light furnished by burning fluid for' the streets, arc somewhat behind the age in a city like this. One difficulty! that has existed in the past in the way of supplying this city with gas was thci great distance between the houses, and' the consequent disproportionate cost in laying mains aud lead pipes, whenl compared with other cities. But the; portion of this city closely built togc-J ther is already larger than some towns supplied with gas, and is rapid'yin-j creasing. What kind ?hait bo introduced is a1 matter for consideration. Atuios-i pherie. pneumatic and coal gas arc in i use iu different places, and their merits and claims to surertitrity can be in- qircd into. Hut tho tact that this kind of nrtihVial light is fast becntuitig a necessity is very apparent; and we sug-; gest that steps bo taken, now in thci summer, to have the city supolied with gas before another winter sets in. |