| Show NATURAL GAS HAS NASU NRIL NO RIVAl V AS TO BENEFITS TO PEOPLE OF STATE It would be difficult if not impossible impossible sible sible to find in m Utah's history any anyo p project o t whose economic consequences parallel the benefits attributable to the coming of natural gas That the ent a of thIs thEs modern modem fuel in Utah communities has resulted in probably the greatest impetus to increased em- em employment em employment plo ment larger Inger payrolls and ex- ex expanding ex expanding industry that his taken place in this state for many year ear becomes clear and conclusive after a brIef study of the situation I INot Not only has natural gas brought increased enjoyment and happiness to thousands of f Utah homes in the form of modern modem comforts and conveniences conven conven- convenIences conveniences but it is 15 also directly responsible responsible responsible sible for the addition of more than 68 workers to the pa payrolls within the state That is to say that where here Whereas whereas as employee employ e ee were ere on the gas payrolls before the com com- comIng coming com coming ing of natural gas more than ces are now to handle the operations of these concerns Projecting these figures to theIr ultImate conclusions it is 1 i found that based on an a au average of five individuals individuals to a family the number of peo- peo people people peo people dependent u upon n Job joba created bythe by bythe bythe the natural tural gas service has increased from to more than This Th I represents an increase of nearly GOO COO COOer per percent er cent in m this one industry AndI And I this in m employment in an pur pur- purchasing purchasing chasing power naturally percolates through the entire economic structure of the state It makes additIonal customers for merchants and other bu business men Its Ibs efforts are felt C j through all till the various channels of trade wholesalers trade wholesalers jobbers trans tram transportatIon transportation agencies every subdivision of commercial activity There can scarcely be a single business that has not bee in m some measure by the additional bus business mess that has followed ved an m the wake ake of natural gas And it must be remembered that the story is 15 not completed It is only gettIng started Natural gas has been been in m Utah for only little more than one year There is no questIon that its use as JIS increasing and wIll continue to increase As yet it IS merely in m its infancy But this article ar- ar ar article tucle is not intended to deal with Ith futures It is the present and the immediate past w th their unequivocal unequivocal cal facts and figures that that hold our In- In Interest interest in interest terest just now Consider the vast sum of money that was ivas spent Ito to bring natural gas gasto gasto to Utah com communities mum tIes Before a single natural gas flame could be ignited n mthr n this state at was as necessary to incest more than in cr Acreage age pIpe pipelines pipelines lines Jines wells ells additional gas mans mains and other physical pro properties mes Where did the money go It Went ent to purchase supplies and to pay la- la labor labor la labor bor Work was created for hundreds f men Equipment and material ore purchased so ISO far as as possible from rom Utah business houses Prach- Prach Practically Practically cally OO of new money put into circulation in m this territory Did that help Utah business The ansert answer er t I is clear But even that part of the story IS not finished More money is being spent to extend natural gas service to additional communities Such ex- ex expanSion expansion ex expansion with its concomitant expenditure expenditure expenditure of new money will r Ill be in all likelihood continue until practically every cery community in m northern Utah 1 is served by natural gas Consider the smoke problem of our ourI ourI I larger cities It is no secret t that the cItIzens of Salt Lake City rind land of Ogden an m particular have hae long long- rec- rec recognized rec recognized the seriousness of the pall of smoke which overhangs these CIt CIt- CItIes cities cit cities ies every winter Inter The smoke polluted smoke atmosphere has been a menace to health The soot sooty grime has sifted Into homes and defaced walls calls rugs making furniture making excessive demands upon the home manager wh who would kep Jep her home clean The gloomy cloud of darkness that shrouds the almost continuously during the I cold eold season has had a most depress depress- depress effect upon residents and VISItors alike It has been bad ps cholo bad advertising for the communities and bad business for aUlAnd allAnd all aU And lAnd for years a valiant battle batUe was waged aged against the smoke nUisance nuisance-a nuisance a fight that seemed well ell nigh hopeless Some little progress was nas made madeI through the enactment of smoke or- or or I the pro prosecution of violator and campaigns of education in m me- me methods methods me methods of firing among householder and business and industrial concerns concern Blit in m the voids wolds olds of the report of J Billeter chief deputy smoke inspector of Salt Lake City It is r realized that thIs lIs is only temporary relief and that the final solution will depend upon the ue iLsc of smokeless fuels Real progress commenced with the year ear the 1920 1920 the the first year ear that natural gas as was HiS available It IS la understood of course that natural gas is absolu absolu- absolutely absolutely tely ely smokeless So with the facts Just dust mentIoned mentioned in an mind it is signi signi- significant significant that the hours of smoke ed in m Salt Lake City decreased from nearly in m 1928 1328 to less than 00 m in 1929 1323 A decrease e of nearly 40 per cent And at the same tIme tome the number of buildings in m Salt Lake Lahe CIty increased by several Se hundred These figures are from the city engIneers report More 1 bu buildings r r- t more homes more fires bunning But less smoky The reason Is s obvious A great number num num- number number ber of or th these se fires are being kept burning by natural gas the smokeless smoke smoke- smokeless smokeless less fuel This new fuel new that is to Utah people but tried proved over i 1 perIOd of years ears Clars in m other puts parts of the country is as not to any anyone anyone anyone one class of users It is adapted to the smallest or the largest heatIng pl plant nt the smallest or largest I home or business property Among the first year users of natural gas service are owners of modest buga- buga buga lows owners owners- of the most pretentIous manSIons owners of f hous hous- houses hous- hous houses houses es and business buildings bakerIes factorIes of almost C every Cery ery description and three of Utah's giant smelters In brief wherever heat is required natural gas can be used to advantage And this advantage includes dollars and cents economy as is well Hell as the themore themore snore more obvious features of increased comfort convenience convenience and cleanliness A glance through the ence i ence files of the thc natural gas compan compan- companies companies ies reveals some interesting information la I tion as furnished by the actual ex- ex experiences ex experiences of users One user writes the cost ost has been less than by the old methods con con- considerably con con- considerably Ie lex than your our estimates and worth twice t what it cost An- An Another Another An Another other states During the coldest month of the year my bill was low 10 compared to any other fuel I hale hae ever used Almost 0 t without exception e users hale hae said that natural gas gaa house- house continued ContInued Continued o on on n page 8 NATURAL GAS HAS lIAS NO I RIVAL RIYAL AS TO BENEFITS TO PEOPLE JF or OF STATE Continued from flom page 1 heating has entailed no additIonal fuel expense pense but In m mo mot cases eases on the contrary it has resulted an actual to as much as 25 per cent Once a family has enjoyed the advantages of this modern fuel It do doesn't like to go back to the old method as the following quotation from a letter shows sho This his spring we e changed our loca loca- locatIon location location tion and ne ue now new without the gas g-as and can a appreciate to the fullest Just dust what hu t the gas meant lin in the operatIon of our home hame from the standpoint of economy and cons com Just Justs is s soon as possible we c intend Installing the gas again agam as we e feel that it cannot c be as a fuelin fuel fuelIn fuelin In the thc hame hance Many more statements could be quoted showing sho the satisfaction and economy natural gas has blought bi ought to users The Thc files fils are bulging with letters let let- letters let letters of appreciation hon XI Those quoted abo above aboe e are merely typical and were selected at random It might be m- m in ter interesting ho however hoever ever to consider brief brief- ly briefly just dust why hy nl natural ral gas can effect savings in m cost over ver what his has long been thought to be cheaper fu fuels ls The reason can be be tI I summed in t two 0 words greater effi efficiency lency Natural gas burns I without hout waste E Every cry time you ou ou sec see a smoking chImney you see wasted w asted fuel Every E Ev ery tinie you vou ou see a tub of ashes on the curb waiting to be hauled away ay you ou see wasted fuel That smoke and those ashe ashes represent wasted asted money You never see seo smoke coming from the chimney of i a house that is heated with gas You never see tubs of ashes tn in front of homes hones of natural naturals has s users There as is no waste to na- na natural natural na natural tural gas Every particle of this fuel that enters enter the tho burner is 13 consumed and gives gl off its full quota of heat elements clements I his 1 is one of the reasons for the lo low c cost t winter per of tu nc natural natii-ial natii al gas Here us lIS another reason reason- automatic control Natural gas is instantly ic- ic ic to accurate te regulation Andr And r e J 1 this regulation is not left to the care if f minds occupied with th other things It s entrusted to an ingenious me than chan cal device that is on the Job fob every minute of the day clay and night The result is that only enough fuel IS burned to maintain the home at the desired temperature When the tens tem temperature reaches the d desired point the automatic thermostat cuts the flow of natural g s 3 When the temperature temperature tem- tem temperature falls be below 1 0 the propel po nt the fuel is automatically turned on This assures the maintenance m of a uniform temperature an e c e Important safeguard to health with Ith the minimum flow of fuel B By Bv way of summary it may be said that the people of Utah com com- communities communities have been qUIck quck to recognize and appreciate the manifold advantages advantages offered by natural gas for I house heating as well wen as for cooking water wa- wa wa water ter heating and automatic refrigeration refrigeration tion hon These advantages include 1 increased comfort due to maintenance ante ance of a uniform healthful he temper temper- temperature temperature temperature rog of in III the weather ea ther 2 increased com e due to the fact f that this fuel requires no advance adv ordering no deliveries no storage space no removal of waste aste 3 greater cleanliness due to its tab hb absolute solute freedom from smoke soot dirt or ashes and 1 i remarkable econ econ- economy economy omy ulo uJo to the absence of waste aste and to fuel saving s automatic control And with all these desirable things t lat enhance the standards of living of the individual the coming of na- na natural natural na natural tural gas has also brought about an unmistakable impetus to the ceon- ceon economic life of the state Directly it at is responsible for increased employment and larger Inger payrolls Indirectly its effects upon the industrial life of the are incalculable In aU all aUtho the tho history of America th there thre re has never neer been an instance whey natural gas has not the too communities communities ties in an which it Is used There is no reason to be believe eve that natural l gas m in Utah will prove pro to be an nn e exception But on the contrary Utah t t t es under the impetus of natural l gas as modernization will forge ahead at i faster pace th than n ever before |
