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Show A A A A O A &0 IptiLHl vm I viirli fto j .. . uuteiiySog. rUH iiiiPiLii HoACU CONTEMPLATED i John 0. Howard and F. E. Hurley Ask City For Franchise. COST WILL BE $6,000,000 Promise .Rate of 55 Cents a Thousand Cubic Feet Here. j A Oi-year franchise to furnish resl- dents of Ogden with natural gas I through a pipe-line tapping a natural 'pas well near Rock Springs, Wyn , ,1s being sought from the city com-mlssioners com-mlssioners by F. E. Hurley, of tho Ohio Oil company of Plndlay. Ohio, one of the largest oil companies of the United States, and John C How-lard, How-lard, of the L'tah Oil Refining com- pany of Salt Lake, It became known 1 today. The applicants have submitted a petition with the city commission seeking an ordinance granting the promoters permission to instil :ind I tap linns for the purpose of selling, I furnishing and distributing natural I gas to consumers for Illuminating, ! heating, cooking and power. No action has yet been taken by I the commission, the application hav-i hav-i Ing just been left with the commls-I commls-I rlon, and careful study and Investigation Invest-igation will probably precede any move j of the city In this resDect. PR ( II ir: lANTED. The. application for the franchise requests "a ordinance granting to F. B- Hurley of Plndlay, Ohio, ant John G. Howard of Salt Lake the right furnlShi convey, distribute and sell tj the city of Ogdcn und tne inhabitants inhabi-tants thereof, for the uses and purposes pur-poses to which natural gas Is applicable, appli-cable, and to erect and maintain, op-erate op-erate and OWI? all plants, distributing j systems, mains, pipe lines and app'i-ances app'i-ances necessary or convenient for tne j furnishing of natural gas to Ogden City and lis inhabitants." 1 it is understood that the company (plans to spend $0,000,000 to pipe gas I to Ogden from a large natural gas field near Koek Springs. The company agrees to fix a rate of 60 or 60 cents a thousand feet, about one-half the rate now charge i In t )gden. From Ogden the gas will be distributed dis-tributed to towns both north and 'south, it Is understood the plans con-i con-i template. The distance from the gas field o I IgdeD is about 180 miles. The plans 1 call for the delivery of L'O.ooo.OOO , ii reet Of gas a day This is far more than both Bait Lake and Ogden consume, but the promoters believe that the low price at which they propose pro-pose to sell the gas will bring about a great increase In the consumption I of their producc I IN M 1 sot RC1 I N MENTION! l The application does not mention the source of finances to build the i long plpc-lino from the W yoming fields to Ogdcn nor does it mention !any other names except, those of Mr. Hurley and Mr. Howard. It does not I connect the names of the Ohio Ol! I company or the Utah OH Refining j company directly with the project. : but mentions Mr. Hurley and Mr. Howard as with these companies, respectively. re-spectively. I The application for the ordlnane I iroes Into detail in regard to bulld- r ,. im t-i Il:i1 ton of nine in p.. 1. 1 -- lines, the learing up and replacing of pavement, In the event the franchise fran-chise Is granted There lias been no move to either purchase or connect with the present gas distribution lines of the Utah Pow r Light company in Ogden, according to A. P. Merrill, division ,,. ,:,.iger of the power company Mr Merrill said that ho had been told that Independent Investigations ha 1 been made in Ogden regarding a gas ,iistriiution system, but had no connection con-nection with his company. No move or offer bus been made to purchase th0 l'tah Power & Light system. M--M, .rrlll said and that corporation has no connection with tho move to bring in the Wyoming gas. oo |
