Show HEATING GAS FOR the dream of many ye years ar is about to be realized in this community despite the fact that dreams sometimes sometime do not materialize the city council by unanimous vote passed the ordinance last night granting to levi bartlette and cowan a franchise to install a gas system in brigham the gas to come from the wells which the company has developed in fit the low lands west of town mr le lei 1 arrived in brigham last evening fresh front from new york whither he be went some six weeks ago to secure financial aid to install the gas works he Is the manager of the british american petroleum company and that corporation has agreed to furnish the money for the development of the gas and oil wells which will be bored in this vicinity mr le vt vl has turned his rights here over to that corporation and he will continue to direct operations in connection with the other gentlemen interested with him the sum of has been secured if necessary to bore the wells and equip the plant here and more funds will be forthcoming if needed three car loads of well boring equipment have been ordered and are now on m the way from california which will make it possible to go down or feet it if necessary and two expert oil 11 and gas dri limen have been engaged to come and assist with the work here the first deep well will be bored in the vicinity of knudson bros sheils sheds out on their game preserve some four or five miles west of this city and the anticipation ot of levi and co are mot only a big flow ot of gaa aft will be encountered but oil will also be found and a double industry will be established the three wells that were bored in order to live up to the contract between the gentlemen and the property owners on whose land experiments peri ments were made are all discharging a goodly flow of gas mr levi visited them this morning ignited them and found a steady flow of gas discharging this is ample evidence of the permanency of the strata etrata and the gentleman Is enthusiastic over his prospects the franchise granted the company cont continued in aed on page five HEATING GAS FOR BRIGHAM I 1 continued from roni first P jaee age last evening provides that the operations of laying the mains in the city must begin within twelve mo months mr levi lev stated to the news thi this a morning that it world would probably be t thirty days before the machinery was installed so that active boring operations could commence but just as soon as it arrived it will be set get in place and the work will be pushed he anticipates that at a depth of or feet gas will be encountered but should it be necessary cec rec essary to go further the heavy machinery which is coming will be capable of driving the pipe down to a depth of fet mr levs levi came up tor for the purpose of conferring with sir mr li artlette who had gone to ogden so he returned to that city and salt lake this morning |