Show THAT GAS SUPPLY SALT LAKE GITY CITY utah november 10 1896 for the past several days there has hae been considerable talk as to the trouble with the natural gue gas the facts in the came are that since the cold weather commenced the demand for natural gas ba boo baa increased so BO that the supply Is ie oot not on october the new american erlean gas company wells had so BO far failed in preg pre Bure staure that they could only get gas to operate their steam boiler and engine with which they are slinking sinking a deep well on which they have been for or the past two months or more this well is now down to a depth of about 1200 fee ind and la Is flowing no basof ga of auy any consequence they are still slinking well in the hopes of bf soon a 8 flow of gag gae therefore since alace the ul 1 I october there here has bae been no gas gae sup eup piled by abe be new american gas company for salt sail lake aske city all the gar gap received here corn coming log from driver cole COB wells welle ot of which there are now twi tw furnishing gas gae one of the bryan JP was struck about october and showed a pressure of over me the other well the john jons too j was reopened october ath it having choked up when reopened it showed a pressure of lbs on nov eth at 2 p m when I 1 was at the wells welle the bryans bryan well showed ibe and the johnson Joh naon well lbs ibs mr driver stated io in gundaya Sun daya tribune that the wells wella bowed itis iba and abit pressure saturday morning at aid d he could not understand why there was no gas gaa coming to the city mr driver no doubt told the truth about the wells well as one ot of them bad been choked off during the night and no doubt had bad gained in pressure pree eure while there was and la Is a pressure pree eure of over ibe on these wells welle there wao wa from one and a half bait to two lbs ibe at the most d during saturday at the bead or of the pipe line near the welle well when it took over six abr pressure at tho the head bead of the line before the cold weather to a sufficient gas gaa through the line for the city litja a supply I 1 told mr drake who had charge of driver 0 co o io a welle well that the city was waa aut ut of gas and for him to turn more gas gaa into the pipe line he said paid he ber could not turn more gas gasinto into the line as aa it would ruin the welle well but he said eaid alter a short time he be thought be could turn more in them two wells were bein being curbed along by driver co in ID hopes that another well weil coula be reopened reupen ed on which they were working last laet week palling failing to reopen this well they have moved their machinery to another well and are now trying to reopen it I 1 dow have the gas retort heated up to a working heat beat and am making some flome coal use and with the natural was we are receiving we are doing our best beet to keep the city supplied auppl led there have been nearly 20 wells put down in the gas fields there are now two flowing gas gaa ne stated above yours youra vry very truly JOHN KEMPF JR superintendent oi of use words |