Show NATURAL GAS INTERESTS PURCHASE CONTROL OF LOCAL AND OGDEN PLANTS according to the news that became public just after the last issue of the mining review had been turned over to the printers the battle waged to head off the introduction of natural gas from froin an adjoining state into utah was won by the natural gas interests through the absorption of the companies dispensing manufactured gas in both salt lake city and ogden the common stock of the local concerns the utah gas coke and the ogden gas company was purchased from the holding company the american public utilities company by the western pub lib service corporation an organization that was formed to handle the affairs of the natural gas interests the new owners assumed control of the salt lake and ogden gas properties on the instant and announced the following official organization of local operating households utah gas and coke company L B denning president L fitzpatrick vice president and general manager T B gregory R J berry and E C angley vice president 1 D E mitchell secretary F B firmin treasurer L C assistant L B denning L fitzpatrick R J berry W W ray F B firmin M N poe and J D roberts the new official roster of the ogden gas company is the same as that of the utah gas and coke company except the board of directors which comprises the following L B denning L fitzpatrick R J berry F B firmin and J H devine the next announcement brought the information that the new crowd had ordered from an eastern manufacturing concern the necessary miles of 12 to 20 inch pipe through which it is proposed to bring natural gas from the wyoming fields and that construction of the line would begin in the spring as soon as weather conditions would permit and the stated intention was to continue the supply of manufactured gas in both cities until the natural product should be available some time next summer or fall |