Show Work Starts tarts Today on City Natural Gas Line Installation I Bathers Key personnel of Dobson Brothers Bro Dro- hers Construction company of Lincoln Lincoln Neb began moving into Moab this week to start the work today on the installation of the natural gas distribution system it was announced Monday by Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert B. B Osborne manager of the local office Work will probably get started I h i- Ie ie c Steen subdivision Osborne said It Is expected to take about one ne and one-half one months to complete complete com com- the job of laying the mains mams In Jn Moab John Bud Dud Ball will be superintendent in charge of the project here The Moab office of the Utah Gas Service company has been established established in the building on Main street formerly occupied by Courtesy Courtesy Cour Cour- tesy Realty company Dobson Brothers is doing the work In all three Utah ties tes in which Utah Gas Oas Service has been given gi the franchises Monticello M Monti- Monti cello Moab and Vernal Two crews are working in Vernal and two in the Monticello-Moab Monticello areas one Installing the main lines and the other doing the th service work The main line crew has bas completed completed com com- work in Monticello and the service crews have started work there The key personnel of the main line crew from Monticello is la moving Into Moab Ball said the bulk of the crew would be hired from local labor and this is being heing done now It is expected that a crew of 25 to 30 men would be used here Loran L. L L Laughlin president of Utah Gas Service company announced announced announced an an- this week that he has moved to Salt Lake City where the head office of the company has been established Laughlin formerly was of Goodland Kans Osborne also pointed out that 80 to 90 percent of the buildings in Moab would have to be re piped for natural gas to Install a minimum minimum mini min mum of 1 inch 1 Inch pipe for natural gas which is larger than the lines used for butane Local plumbers are being urged urged ed to push the Job of re piping over the city in order to get the job completed at the earliest possible possible possible pos pos- pos pos- sible date The company will handle the change over of appliances for small fee and will wilt provide what help is needed to complete the job of the change chango over of pipe Osborne estimated the average cost of the needed changes to run 2 23 25 to 50 depend depending g on the size of the building but pointed out that this would soon be repaid In to savings to be derived from natural gas |