Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1593, 28 December 1885, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items .

A Lou. — An English, farmer, who had 200 acres m wueat figures that it cost him £5 an acre, and that he received £4 an acre foi4t— *ios» of i>2oo. The severed^ and mystery is creating a great sensation m Christchurch. The ; latest rumour— -given m the Lyttslton Times is that the , police have found the Body from which the, hand has been detached. ■;■■--■■: The town of Pittsbarg, Pennsylvania affords an illustration of what may be accomplished m the use of natural gas. &This gat is how conveyed to the town through four;.\iheß of sfin pip", and one line of Bin pipe. A line of lOin. pipe is also being laid. The pressure of the z&m at the wells is from 150 to 2301 bto the, square inch. As the wells •re 18 miles distant on the one side and about 235 mil«s on the other, and as the consumption, -is. /Variable, the pressure at the city cannot be given. Greater pressure might be obtained at the wells but this would increase liability to leakage and bursting of pipes. Foe the prevention of' such casuali ties, safety f yalves are provided at the wells, permitting the escape of all superfluous gas The enormous 1 'force of thisgas may be appreciated from a comparison of, say, 2001 b pressure at the wells, with a 2oss pressure of common gas for ordinary lighting; , THe.,amount of natural gas now furnished for use m Pittsburg is supposed to be something like 25,000,000 cubic feet per day ; the lOin pipe now being laid will, it is estimated, increase the supply to 40,000,000 feet. The amount of manufactured gas. used for lighting the same city probably . falls below 3,000,000 feet. About iSO mills, and factories of various Trinds m ' Pittsburg now use natural gas, and it . is used for domestic purposes m 200 houses.