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Show NATORAL GAS MEETING Entti.si3:t!c SpseclKS Mhh la lbs Federal Court Rosci. tiik rnosriCTH aui: fKomsixw. Futnrr Action llrlitl Ob1Hi.n1. I Larffe Amount of I'lit.Ul t'j hi Italic..1. The NMumI C3a mw-tlnj hrM In tli lVienl court room IM ntftlit tts atUnJfd by ft falr-ili". gfttl.trlnK of jromlnctit cltUmii. Juiige Toweti rlni m ohslrnuii nn 1 J. I.. Tuylor mi ncritarj Hrlffupwelii' wrns tnvls Itjr U, K. Unrnor.l amlJudgoCol' burn, after which Jill. C. K.f!TAKTOM WMlntroducfidb tht chair mun mono who cutd act ai Interlocutor fur th aulUnc In the matter un'Jercou-MerRtluu. un'Jercou-MerRtluu. Mr. Htanton prracad hli rrnurkibjr annnunclnft that ho knrw nothlnff aa to haw natuml Kwft mitln. but hv did know of many nd Y.ntftRcii and bvntflu accruing to town that had btrnfortunato rnough totrcuraKM wctli. In Marlon, Indiana, every rrtldfnce Wai lunplled with natural m, vtUkh could bo uiel for all boating and Jtghlliii( piirjKMe. aud the rxwn-u aouuallydld tiiitrseent 110. TIipjcm wells at LafeeHlioro, with n forcu of 4Ulundib Iho spar luch at a depth of 200 fact, and rnpabln i f bring lu it cold watdr to balling htat In a few mlnut", oould very oa-illy be lucrrat-cd lucrrat-cd by urlvlntf the rdu further Inbithi earth. Tbo railway ccnipar.lr- tra-Trrrlng tra-Trrrlng thli mountain nglon mipplletl the niicUliiif worke at the various mlnea with thousands of torn of coal, yet If natural km cjuII Ui found In eutllclcnt quantity and the atnrltlbtc works were brousht tuour lclolty,by thaiiMofa revfrrbernbtryfurnart'.Jai'Ko aumaof money itiuld bo atvnl amlix iH-nded In other Uirrettgu. Thi' re rent ki Hi-tda were In Davis County. If vrn went near the bank uf theJor dan river In Halt Iake City, hu waa fully convinced that an enormous amount of e;a would bo found, Mr. Htauton concluded by alatlug that though lit had not enough money todrlvi welta hlmaelf, ho wai on hand to untie with one hundred or nno thousand of tlioiie Intirmtid lu iTotjwctliig for ap. and lo work tor thu reumptlon of an era of prosperity pros-perity aurh m the llndln of natural Kan would brln it and which all wero hoping for. MR. I'FNNVJIIUa .VAMU Wfs tugsefted. the gentleman was not jrnt and Mr. Fred Irlmimr took the floor at thu n-iur-t of the uuetlui. Mr. Trimmer had wltiieatsd tboiiDMof natural itaa In dim. rent -arla of the world, aitd hail noted thu gnat lmllarlty of thecxhibltlonn n few days nico In the Lake 8 horn region to thuso twhell eliewhero. He waathorelore nllntl (hat natural pa exlattd In pluntlful fjuantltlej lu Ul-h. The tto logical formation litre was alio very favorable to th exlttciice of Rae, and lu support of thU statement Mr. Tlmmer quutel from a letter he had lately recti. vt-d fruui an eminent hcolo Rlititi Waohtngton. The ipinker mentioned that some persons objected to thttRft. found In Hull Lake valley because the odor was not th same aatho natural gas In rmylvanla. This objection wai frlvoluut; the sceutof (;aa ludllTerenl parts of ttiecjuntry nevd not neti'sar lly be the same, and t could bo pure and useful. Thu manner In which to decide beyond controversy that w t had natural Kaa was furt-arh rnautodrlvea well for hlntvelf. Nature furnished her portion to that end. and only awaltv 1 duvelupniHiit. Mr. Trimmer then prciented the following fol-lowing resolution, which was ruadlly agrtf tut 1 tf aohed. That a me mnUl be prwuontod to the l'rMnt or (he tmltedotalot ro niiMtlnit hint to direct Die prnpi r nctcn-t.iUiHUti.orItf0tolnviailtat.i nctcn-t.iUiHUti.orItf0tolnviailtat.i and report iil-oii the extent of the tuitural uaa ie- 1 ueltt In IhoHklt Lnku balu. After this resolution had bron paused without n Ul-fiitlnt vote, the lrre prrealble Mr. Cory, who bat figured u number uf times of Ute lu out burita of ''cratikjrlsm," orouo aud Uvrlditd tin. Idoa uf petitioning Prifldtnt Uarrlaon on the gal sutjret. The unlyetleit produced by thuKentlemati named was M glvo the audieuie a bth f Interval of m rrlment, by the etioiiiliiK of wbat Mr. Cory prided hlmaclf aa belnt; ionicMor of to a high degree, viz: 'natural ga." Uhiii IhttsugBeatlou of the chair, a miumllUtt uf flv Mfurn, Fred Trimmer, A. U, Williams, (Jovernor A I'. Thomaa, Mayor ileoro M. H-ott aud, V. H. Irvlut-wtre sun-tali sun-tali txl aa suitable persona to draft and forward the mt-morlaladopud. At the conclusion of a brbf speech from Hilt. 0. O. NVIUTTKHOHI. upon tho necesolty of home action In this movement m the butt liuans to bring euUrn capital lu, Silt. C. K. WANTLANO presented thu f-illowlug, as a special re coEulllou of those who were the flrat toniptilmentBUC'i'flifullr to any extent ex-tent In Bteklnv: natural gas: Tlmt It la tbitae no of this mcotlnc that all credit U due to tho Atnorluan Ktnral (at c niipuuy for lt outerprUe lu d-i.r'ov-erlhi.aiiirttl Raa In thU city, and that eery enmurntfeuient ahnuld bu (ilveu stldoouipaiiy In tit illurU to supply thu illy with natural gan. Tho dlioovtry ot the presence of l'lttCSIUKNT VKM (1H0N, of the Chamber of Commerce, was aucchtded by the calling of his uame. Iurrttpoudlug, Mr. Hlmun imsiitlonud that It waa a well known fact that thu Chamber of Commeu'o waa ready tu take up any quentiou rtlntluc to thu promotion uf the protptrlty of Utah. On hearing of the dUrovrry of natural gas Jtivt north of Halt l.akeat-horltlmu agj, some tncmWrs of thu Chumher, lnclu Jlrp himself, went to the vicinity of thu wtlli when the exhibition re-feried re-feried to was given. A dUplay of natural gas hu had never viewed be fort", but wheu hu saw the force exhibited ex-hibited on that occaMon, he betamo convlitf od that that comminllty rxlt ted In our Territory. Hiocu the rtorl regarding re-garding the result of dttvlut wilU at UukH rthore had gonn nut, a large number of cominunliatlons had Uvu mflved from dltlerent j-urU of the Unltod Htfttw, reipiDJtlng maru Information, In-formation, tiomu ssvvutyUvu or eighty had teen already answtrti by thu aectetary of thfs cbamir. The poiltlve reply, 'h, o have uup in d natural na-., wna not r-v n In-veHttgatlou, In-veHttgatlou, In wi r, of what had oc-i'uirri oc-i'uirri was earut-utly Invited, "ah I thu Chamber of Common lsatour service', In every elToit to develop and lncreae the renources of this city and Territory." Mil. JOHN T. J.Y.MCK. after belog Inlro-JuoeJ. announrcI hi Iactcofknivledgn relative tu naturtl gaa how it waa proddceil, Its component compon-ent part an 1 how It operated, i () ever, lu liking In hi. llirary for In formation uihii the subject, he was surprised to learn that the Chine had natural gaa tu their country and had Urn using It for centum. In fact, neither their hiatory nor traJltlJii reo-.nlw. the first illir very of the w 11 that thf trt. was bt'ng ued fr in. UfMjri the sh'treaol Hu- Caij Un ma a well cf ge wsa alei In npt-r-.tlon. This bvliUthtcAfe, there wv n ream to doubt, Uirstk-rsald, the prevalent e ofgaaln Utah. Hut the only manner In which anything mehil and ierma-nent ierma-nent could be done wa Imn.wltalo an i nmrgvtlo action in drlvlug tnre wells. Thuwotkof the American Gia com pany wai cnmmendaiIt, yet u it suftt clcnl Mr. Ijjrnch thereupon read the renlutloutmtJ)1i.ed Ilcwtlvcd, Tliat tho rent wonderful dlYt,Try of naiurat gai mour mld( 1 rgnai Intere' and brnntlt to every Hl-ron Hl-ron of titU Lako City, an 1 alike to capital and labor. TherWbre.lt l the wtt Hill in-line thai acompany bJ tin called that lliaont' Nmtiral (Iji Company, be orgtitlSfHb Quite is ntimlr of the prominent gentlemen preacnt spoke strongly In u PI wirt of the alovc, ani It waa uuanlmiuily adopted. Mr. Lynch ah-oinovod the appointment appoint-ment of a comiultUe of thirteen (which ws later Increased to fifteen, that the two lint names might bu added) to o-licit o-licit stork subscriptions, to call a meet lugnfthofe who were witting to sub sciibnaud firmutatenrtlclta of lu r-IoMtlon; r-IoMtlon; paid commlttie to IxIn their work at oncu amoop theao prnent, and then work dlltgenily tbewhere. In accordance with the Urdslon of those irrsent, the chair nvued Messrs. JAnch, lUrrl, WhltUmore, Irvine. Jtlckrta Wantland, Wlckinhaiu. HI-mons. HI-mons. Colburn, Ktanton. Hyatt, Taylor, Tay-lor, Whit", Uens-m and Henlor, ns a tommlttcei to perform that work. Horn Ultrtml mi prevailed upon tho motion of Mr. Harris to maku the capital slock $2Vj,rifl, with idiariwiat the par value or $1 each. Mr, Ilarils' tntlon finally prevailed. Itlauk sutcrltlun llsta wero pto-tluttHl pto-tluttHl and shuns iutcrllcd, j-ar llcularly by thou who hud taken any active part lu Urn ireftlng. An adjournment followed, sulject to thMlluf tho rommlttco of lllteen. |