GAS WELLS.

Kumara Times, Issue 736, 7 February 1879, Page 2

GAS WELLS.

An East Liverpool (Ohio) correspond, dent of the Ctevidand f'Jeadet *ays of the natural gas-wells of the former City :—" They f .rm one of the seven, wonders of the world. They are situated in and around the city, and gix r e ifc a continual supply of the finest light. T|se gas is alm.-st as free as the air. It costs practically nothing, and firms the, illuminator and. heater of the towri. The city is lighted hy it. and the stivefc lamps blaze away at noonday as well as at midnight. It costs nothing to let them burn, and it t.-jka-i to puts theni out; Irs light is not the.'flickering mockery of poorly-manufaetuiW gas, but a fl.rnie which approximates in its brilliancy that of th* electric light. Almost the. entire fuel used in th£ town is this gas. It is conducted into the grates and stoves i» pipes, and by it all 'the cooking and fee itingare clone." It is also used in fuTnixiu"g fcteam power fo«* many of the largest pottery and ironstone china njanufacturinar ps* tablishment*, 22 of which are in opevatidn &nd \\\\*]\v 'engaged, employr ins; over 2,000 hauls*, and which, it is considered, justly entitle East Liverpool to be de-ignated " the Ceramic City" of Amer ca. begirding the duration of the. supply from these wells* it is stated that, "the first well covered now burns as !>'i</!vlv as whe'u it was first opened, and for the last 20 years has never fl igueci in its Imlliancyv and none of those now in oneration hare ever shown any signs of giving Hn'u Koi v years Liverpool used n'i intU factured gas, never dreaming of the rich supply that was w sting away daily under its verv-fret." The poor quality of the. nvmuf ictisred product indii'ied t' ! n-'oiie:rng 0t'...r.h0 tir<t well in 1859. This well; which his 450 ft-. deep, "has been f'n l trs]iiii.. fuel and light to sever il hut -i-s, or »\ iciihj the steam for a birge engine, and burning pottery kilns every day for nearly 20 years."