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Show .swi.vu von a avsnr.n. Throe AAiiiin Welti. North 1 the City Have Natural (ois. The preliminary stops in the organization of ii not I !' r natural gas company have hc'-n Liken mul the machinery already sent to the ill- where the weil I- ti) he sunk. The company is Lacked ly ample am-ple means ' to drive u we'll In uny depth desired aud is composed of m of the siroiigtVi men iu the ciiy. Sinh tin u as Wendell Benson, I,. C. Karni k and C. I). Whitteuiore are interested in th" venture. Tlie machinery to he used ill finking the well ia that formerly owned by the oil Well company whieh put a hole down at a. recti river in search of petroleum. It was taken, hauled on the ground yesterday, and required seven teams to transport it from the city. The cite se-leetcd se-leetcd is a poinl- about, seven miles northwest north-west of the eily Mind live miles this side oi thine "I Lake Shore. At this ioiut there are already three, artesian arte-sian welis, eueb one of whieh flows gas intermittently, though in smail iuautitics. This ground is regarded hy the projector of the company as most favorable for the finding of a big well. It will lie started from thu surface wiih a It'-lneh pipe wliieh will he gradually diminished as depth ia attained. Preparing fur Ilia Illumination. Superintendent Smith of t lie American Natural lias company, expects- to repair the valve pn the pipe of the big well today, and t o have all the seepage stopped by Tuesday or Wednesday. A special train will then be run out some night so that people may h;ie au opportunity of seeing the well on tiro. Advantages of lias over Coal. An Indiana paper published in the uatttra gas fields carries the following advertisciucii of a gas company giving the advantages of uatural gas over coal tor cooking and heal ' lug: "Cleanliness, economy costs less thnu coal, always ready. Saving of labor; iv bother lighting tires; prompt and efficient work; no fuel or ashes to lug; breakfast break-fast or supper in twenty minutes, dinner In proportionately quick time; meats roasted by gas lose only one-seventli in weight (coal one-third i, and are more nutritious and healthful than if done by coal. Then follows a long list of testimonials testi-monials from those using natural gas. Here are some of them : "Natural gas is cleaner and cheaper than coal. "I am u-ing gas for cooking and heating as well as lo light my grounds, tomy utmost satisfaction. "After using natural gas for a month, I would not part, with it if it n'st double as much as coal. "We aro using it in our china furnace kilns; it is cheaper and far ahead of coal for the same purpose. "It is a perfect fuel in every way. "Our gas bills uo longer scare us, even though we have discarded coal altogether. "We ran a ten horse power engine last month at an expense of i'Mi. That would hardly pay for bringing in the coal." There are dozens more such testimonials in the same paper having a like Import. |