Show superintendent kempes card editor tribunes tribune for the past several days there has lieen been considerable talk as to tho the trouble with the hie natural natura I 1 gas tile the facts in the case are that since the cold weather commenced the demand for natural gas has increased so that tile hie supply li Is not sufficient on october nth the lie new american gas companas comp anys wells wella had so ao far failed faded in pressure that they could coul d only got gel gas sufficient to ope operate rate their stearn steam boiler and engine with if which they are sinking aln kinf EL a deep well volt on which chich they have been working for the past two months or more this well Is 13 now down to EL a depth of oc about 1200 feet fee t and 14 1 flowing no gas or any consequence they ale aie still sinking this well in thu the liepo of soon striking a now of 0 gas eos therefore since the or of october has been no gas supplied by the nw new Ani amu tilean lean gas company for salt lako lake city all the gas aaa received hole heie coming fronk froin arher COs coa wella of 0 there tharo are arc now two gas one of the wells welli the life bryan li ryan was mas about october nth all and showed a pressure of 0 over pounds the other oilier well tho the johnson was reopened october esth it having choked up when reopened it ti a press uie of pounds ou adi on oil november ath at 2 p m when I 1 waa nas at it the wells the bryan Jr yan well showed shored pounds and tile the johnson Jo linson well pounds air driver stated in sundays tribune that the wells showed shoed 1511 pounds and pounds pressure saturday morning and lie he could not understand why there was no pas gas comin coming g to the city mr air driver no doubt told the truth about tilt the wells nells as one it at them tall had heon teen choked off f during t the ie night and noi ila doubt gained tit in pies pressure pi esaure sure while thele was mail and Is a pressure ot of over rounds pounds on these wells mells there waa va 9 from one and a halt half to two bounds pounds at the duijn saturday at the head of 0 life hie pipeline pipe line near the file wells when it ft took over mer six pressure at the tha head of the line before the cold iv weather eathel to drive ROS gas through the line tor for the cites supply I 1 told mr air drake nho has charge of driver cos wells mells that the city was out 0 gas and for him to turn more kas gas into the pipeline pipe line lino ile he said ile he could not turn more gas BBS into the une line as it W would ruin tile the wells nella hut hilt lie he said after a short time he thought lie he could turn more in those these two wells me were re being noised alon alons by driver co in hopfe that another well mell could be reopened on which they bere wor kini last week I 1 alling to reopen this well volt they haie hae moved their machinery to another well mell and are no now trying to reaped it 1 I now have the gas retort heated up to a ir heat and ant am maki making ng sonic some coal gag and with lilt the natural gas we me are receiving we are doing our best bent to keep the city supplied led youia very fro truly JOHN JR superintendent live Y rin of 0 gas works |