Show NATURAL GAS MEET IN conference GROUP more than tour four hundred employ es ca ol of the natural gas companies ot of utah met in a conference group in the utah gas and coke company auditorium thursday evening and were addressed by L fitzpatrick vice president and general manager J D roberts operating vice president and L h H stanford domestic sales manager mr fitzpatrick outlined some of the company policies and objectives encouraged the employed emp loyes to recognize their importance in the natural gas organization and the opportunity they had of helping make utah communities desirable places in which to live and enjoy comfortable home life mr stratford announced the opening of an employed contest plan and mr roberts discussed the recent reduction in gas rates which were made by the gas companies and how they benefited those who use gas for cooking water heating and house heating purposes L D simmons director of industrial relations and advertising presided and outlined the employed con terence ference program tor for the winter season mr roberts informed the group that a small to medium sized home using gas tor for cooking water heating and heating would save from 12 to 18 per year by the reduction in rates mr roberts continued while the above savings may riot not appear very large at first glance due importance must be given to the fact that this saving comes practically all in the four winter months november december january february and will reflect a saving of from 14 percent to 16 percent on the previous bills during this period when house houseboat heat ing Ls Is used with cooking and water heating and from 10 percent to 12 percent when house heating alone Is used this benefits the consumer when he needs heeds it most the new rate Is ex designed to encourage the use of more gas appliances the steps axe are so arranged that the more appliances appliance s that are used the cheaper the aver age cost of gas in other words it costs more to use any gas appliance alone than in combination with other appliances to illustrate ta ate the average range bums cu ft per month at a cost of or at a cost of per 1000 cu ft A water heater burns bums 2180 cu ft per month at a cost of or at a cost of per 1000 cu ft A range and water heater burns 2930 cu ft per month at a cost of or at a cost of per cu ft |