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Show snuTiov citr.ATi:i lljr Hie I'lillnilrlplila (; Com. panr. Pittseukg, 21. A sensation was created In Iron and steel circles by the announcement that the I'lilla-delpbia I'lilla-delpbia Gas Company bad decided todiscontlnuesupplylng natural gas tnpuddlingfuruaccsforfuel. There area thousand puddling furnaces In the city, and over halt of them will be shut oil as a result of the order. This will necessitate an enormous expense in changing the construction construc-tion liack for coal. Inadditiou there will boa heavy aided cost, owing to the higher price of coal, as most of the companits had contracts with the gas ivopIe at a very low rate. The gas people claim that the move Is not made on account of any scarcity in ga, but because It can be usetl to much greater advantage in private houses and at much higher rates. The estimated dally consumption ot natural gas In the city now is five hundred million cubic ftet a day, equal to "3.003 tons of coal. The shutting olTof gas from the furpaces will give an almost incredible Impetus Im-petus to the coal mining industry. |
