. Review of reviews and world's work. apparatus for drilling for oil and natural gasin the great fields tributary to Pittsburg.) 62 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REI^IEIVS. costlj pipp lines were laid into the mountainsof AVest ^irginia, to keep the supply in the Pitts-Inirg district adequate to tlie needs. Natural gas became a luxury, but its domesticconsumption increased at a remarkable rateeach year. Large manufacturers, impressedwith the importance of the fuel, sought theirown fields with their own companies, and someof these ventures have grown to such size thatone large steel company no
. Review of reviews and world's work. apparatus for drilling for oil and natural gasin the great fields tributary to Pittsburg.) 62 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REI^IEIVS. costlj pipp lines were laid into the mountainsof AVest ^irginia, to keep the supply in the Pitts-Inirg district adequate to tlie needs. Natural gas became a luxury, but its domesticconsumption increased at a remarkable rateeach year. Large manufacturers, impressedwith the importance of the fuel, sought theirown fields with their own companies, and someof these ventures have grown to such size thatone large steel company now has 100,000 acresof pioducing gas land under lease easily accessi-ble to Pittsburg, has 130 producing wells, 300miles of pipe line, and an annual supply of 11,-000,000,000 cubic feet of gas. The discoveryof natural gas in large quantities in districtsother than Pittsburg attracted many of the glassfactories away from what had been the recog-nized glass centei, as the lack of demand insparsely settled territory and the enormous sup-. MR. FRANCIS L. ROBBINS. (President of the Pittsburg Coal Company, the largestproducer of coal in the world.) plies made low prices imperative. These, withother inducements, made profitable the changeof the base of operations. Some of these plants have returned to thePittsburg district, owing to the exhaustion ofsupplies in the West, and it is estimated that atpresent one thousand mills and factories in thePittsburg district are using the splendid quantities, however, are being con- sumed daily in dwellings throughout westernPennsylvania. It is estimated that the dailyconsumption of natural gas in the Pittsburg dis-trict in 1903 was 350,000,000 cubic feet, 130,000families being supplied from 2,000 wells bycompanies having an aggregate capital of $60,-000,000. Over 750,000 acres of gas lands areheld under lease, one company having over 370,-000 acres, with a daily production of over 800,-000,000 cubic feet and a daily consumption of200
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