Show northwest pipeline project rated greatest since advent of 0 railroad the fish northwest con ruction company Coin piny Is dedica dedicated td to the tile monumental montini task of if pro iding viding natural gas to the tile greater northwest area it task that Is th he arat test st since ii the tile railroads carne west this wis wa tile opinion of george treadwell in ol 01 public relations and industrial gas sal sales for the tile fish fill company at the annual inaugural banquet meeting of the tile vernal chamber of commerce held wednesday in the hotel vernal attended by a about bout 80 members and their wives inside story telling the story behind the pipeline project mr treadwell said that the idea began in 1949 and was initiated by ray fish despite adverse reports that the venture was economically unsound mr fish insisted that he could bring the gas to the northwest area from new mexico the operation began in 1954 included in the project will be 1466 miles of pipe varying from 26 inches to 6 inches diameter fifteen compressors with a total of H P will be necessary to insure proper gas pressure the stations will have a permanent personnel and the nearest will be located at ran gely reported mr treadwell on july 1 1956 gas will come into this community and if the comma community r alty wants it the they y be ready for it by having lines laid being prepared to odorize the gas and other necessary preliminaries the warned pipeline began a ago and leaves no time bickering he said confidence mr treadwell said that continued on page 8 NORTHWEST PIPELINE continued from page 1 fish company had unlimited faith and confidence in mr laughlin and already was doing business with him in other communities vernal is still young and able to grow which cannot be said about some of the eastern cities but must have a railroad if the area is to expand industrially many people would come 4 out ut here from the crowded te tenements ne of the east it if there were opportunities lor for employment here he said during a question period mr treadwell revealed that mr laughlin could get cheaper gas by buying large quantities which lie intended to do by serving monticello moab and vernal as one unit the industrial expansion of these other cities would benefit vernal he said other facts disclosed in conversation were that the pipeline will cost per mile will be spent in utah any unemployed in vernal should be able to get jobs on the pipeline the company has taken two floors of the new first security office building in salt lake and may have to take over the whole building mr treadwell was presented with a miniature dinosaur and a dinosaur bunting license by ken mr treadwell is a graduate of yale university and lives in texas other representatives of the fish company present were al len bell jim and arthur land agents visitor visitors visitors from grand junction were donald dugan secretary manager of grand junction chamber of commerce claude smith president of C D smith and co and J P dalholtz of western slope oxygen company invocation was offered by bishop ralph mrs isla king received a gift from the chamber for her work in substituting for L Y while he was out of town reins of the chamber were sanded handed over to 0 L spot johnson for the coming year for the first time in our history a majority of our population is enrolled on some church roster |