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Show OGDEN CITY ENCOURAGES GAS ; LINE PROJECT FROM WYOMING! Commissioners Look Upon Move as Asset to City; Hurley and Associates Assured of Support; Salt Lake Also Interested in Proposal Every encouragement will he r1 en the plan of prominent oil men of the wrest to supply ogden with natural gas from wells near Rock Springs, Wyo., through a huge plpe-Une lo miles In length, it was indicated this morning morn-ing by Mayor Frank Francis and members mem-bers of tho city commission. The commissioners look upon the proposed move as a tremendous asset to Ogden, both from the standpoint thai It will t urnl-d") 'itdon residents and industries with 8 highly efficient fuel at reduced cost nnd alno iild greatly In reducing the smoke nuls-;m nuls-;m es which have been the winter curses of Ogdn and Salt Iike for years. An encouraging answer was given to T K Hurley, vice president of tho Uhlo Oil company in charge of the Kockv mountain operations. and Joseph R Wallace, also interested In the plan, by the mayor and city commissioners com-missioners this morning John C Howard, who represents the Midwest Refining company through its affiliated affiliat-ed company the Utah Oil Refining I company, of which he Is president, is lalso associated with Mr. Hurley in the new project. TO MEET s P, OFFICIALS, While no definite decision was made today regarding the granting of a S0-lyear S0-lyear franehlse to the applicants, the Iclty commission asked thut a meeting he Immediately arranged lctween Salt Iake commissioners at which all details de-tails will be gone into and a decision reached Ogden commissioners appear willing to follow th' decision of Salt Lake, which will also 1 furnished iva-turul iva-turul gas through the sarm pipe-line After going further into the mattfi today. Mayor Francis mid Mr Hurley and Mr. Wallace that the commission I desires to make the proposition highly high-ly Inviting to them and the board wan disposed to encourage the plan. He belieVes the use of natural f.a.s, one of tho cleanest fuels known, would mun the -alngs of thousands of dollars annually an-nually to residents and industries of Ui- city and at tho same time would practically solve the great problem of smudge und smoke during the winter months. Mr. Hurley explained that an expenditure expen-diture of approximately $6,000,000 would be necessary b- the corporation corpora-tion lefore a dollar In profits could bo realized and that, in order that the com piny could .-how a return It would hi ij .-1 I's.-a i y to compete with roal and manufactured gas In both efficiency and cost. Although the rates would be decided by the public utilities commission, com-mission, a tremendous saving would xult CITY TO BENEFIT. Ogden would dlrecils bi neflt, it was explained, through th- taxes derived through erection and maintenance of warehouses, yards and offices her It was explained that the analysis of the natural gas has Bhown It to bo far better than the manufactured pro-duet pro-duet and will produce the same efficiency effi-ciency after the long Journey through ;lhe miles of pipe llrii-. Af proposed, j t he line is to bo of 12 and fi-inch Pipe, carrying a pressure of 1000 pound', at the source, which will supply ogden and Salt Ivikt.- under all conditions, without the necessity of tanks. Mr Hurley asserted Hint It will be necessary to compete with coal and manufactured gas and furnish bettor fuel at a lower cost or th- people cannot can-not he expected to patronize the natural na-tural product Already there Is 37 000.000 feet of gas ready for delivery in one well. 26,000,000 in another and several more under operation, he said before any moo will be made, it will be definitely defi-nitely determined that the wells will supply the demand for many years, he bald. FINANCING RRANGED. Financing of the project has al - i treadv been arranged for and the l'tah people will probably not be asked to absorb any of the slock, it was said, i Providing franchises are granted and other matiers cleared away, It Is probab'e that th- building of the line Will l-gln within the next few months IThe laying oC the line will likely take IS months. Tho matter of distributing system In Ogden has not yet been decided. It was said, nnd It is not definitely known whether an entirely new st'-m will be laid or a move will be made to purchase pur-chase i he present gas network. Mr Hurley indicated In his statements state-ments that the new corporation will he backed by the Ohio Oil company and the Midwest Refining compan or the l'tah Oil Refining company and that the name will probably be the L'tnh Qas company Mr. Hurley ald that a similar franchise fran-chise to that of Ogden is to be sought from Salt Iake and that further action ac-tion will depend upon the granting of these franchises. The Salt Lake nnd Ogden commission commis-sion will meet within a few days to confer on the franchises. 3 |