Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1935 — Page 2

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DELICATE RATE TASKS INVOLVED IN GAS CHANGES Alteration in System Puts Troublesome Problems Before City. Th. Indianapolis Tlmn rerentle nt Vincent Lyon*. Ananelal filter, to tb fcoathaeat to look erer th. Trias Fanbardie (as field*. Impressions and information gained as a result of the trip •re told in a series of sia articles, of • btch tbis It the last. BY VINCENT LYONS limes financial Editor So far In our imaginary venture into the natural gas Business, we j have succeeded in getting a well, I withdrawing the product, sending it ; through the field to the mam gathering line of a large pipe line company and transmitting it hundreds of miles to the gates of a city. At this Juncture we enter into the prob- | lem of distribution. For the purpose of better under- j standing our situation, let us as- j sume that the city of Indianapolis ; is on the verge of changing from manufactured to natural gas. We shall cajole ourselves into the belief j that the many snarls involved in the city's acquisition of the Citizens | Gas Cos. have been circumvented and all the gas troubles have evaporated into thin air. In our own local situation, however, the city, through the Citizens Gas Cos., would be entrusted with the problem of distributing the gas to consumers. Just how would the city go about making the switch and what changes would be effected? Rate Experts Called In In the flist place the company, which transmits the gas from the fields to the city gate will make a survey of the city to determine the immediate and future gas requirements These surveys are based on past experiences of the company and take into consideration the number of families being served by the electric, water and telephone companies, the wealth of the city and other data. After gathering up all this information the company is able to estimate the load which will result at the time the switch is made and also what consumption is likely to j be a few years from now. Then the rate experts of the company are called in. They absorb all the facts which have been uncovered by the survey, weigh them and establish a rate at which gas will be sold to the city by the transmission company. Many Items Involved The city must then take into con- ! sideration the cost of the many ! items which are involved in its task . of distribution and set a rate for j the consumer which will allow it to . make a fair return on its invest- | ment. This question of rates is an all important one, but little can be accomplished in unraveling it at pres- j ent because of the absence of infor- ; mation on just how the city of In- 1 dianapolis is going to take over the Citizens Gas Cos. The distribution system originates at the precise point where it connects with the supply line which is , carrying gas from hundreds of miles away. At this city gate are located what are called town border meters and regulators. Measure Gas Received Meters which are installed at the 1 city gate are calculated to measure the amount of gas received and also serve as a check on lost and unaccounted for gas. In this connec- , tion either orifice meters or large capacity displacement meters are utilized. The regulators serve to reduce the supply line pressure before j the gas enters the city. The pipe line which transports ! the gas from the fields to the city gate range from 20 to 24 inches in diameter and the commodity travels through them at high pressure. The distributing system's pipes are much smaller and. as a result, the regulators cut down the pressure so that these smaller pipes can distribute the gas to the consumer efficiently and consistently. Pressure Gauges Installed Recording pressure gauges. Instruments which make a graphic record of variations in pressure, are installed at various points through the distribution system. These records show continuously the pressure conditions in the mains and the performance of district regulators, thereby indicating the desirability and necessity of increasing the pressures on the low and medium pressure mains in accordance with the demands of the customer. The gas then flows through the mains to all parts of the city. Each home has a connection to the main and it is through this individual service line that the gas performs its ordinary domestic functions. Open the gas-jet on your stove and you hear the whirr of a fuel which has traveled almost 1000 miles within a few days and in its peregrinations lost none of its potency. SBOO Rug Loot of Burglars An oriental rug valued at SBOO was taken from the home of R. C. Hardisty, 5450 N. Delaware-st. during the week-end, Mr. Hardisty reported to police. The burglars dropped a small rug on the front lawn.

WATCH KIDNEYS SAME AS BOWELS Trash Out Your 79*00 Feet of Kidney Tube* Tour bowel* contain only 27 feet of Intestines, yet the kidney* contain nearly 10 million tiny tubes or filters which would measure 79,2tM feet if laid end to end. Therefore, it is Just as important to watch the kidneys as the bowels. Kidneys are working all the time and are one of Nature's chief ways of taking the acids and poisonoua waste out of the blood. Healthy persons pass through the bladder 3 pint* a day and get rid of more than 3 pounds of waste matter. If you pass less than this, your 79,200 feet of kidney tube* may b clogged with poisonous waste. This is a danger signal and may be the beginning of nagging backache, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up nights, swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic pains and diaziness. Kidneys should be w*trhed closely and need cleanin, out the same as bowels. Ask vour druggist for DOAN S PILLS, an old prescription, which has been used by millions of kidney sufferers for over 40 yera.w They give happy relief and will help to wash out your 79.200 feet of kidney tubes. Get f Doan * Fill, at your druggist. Copyright, 1934, Fotter-Milburn Co.—Adr.

COMPRESSING STATIONS TREAT, CLEAN NATURAL GAS

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At a compressing station like this natural gas is drawn in from the main pipe line, treated, boosted, cleaned and sent along its way. This particular plant, property of the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Cos., Is known as the Glenarm station and is located south of Springfield. 111. The houses off to the side are the homes of workers at the plant.

BUILDING GAINS REPORTED HERE Construction Upturn Evident, Asserts Secretary of Architects’ Society. Gains in construction activity are shown in a survey of the Indiana Society of Architects on building plans under way or about to be started by Indianapolis architects and engineering firms. The office force of McGuire Shook u> at work on the proposed addition to the Federal Building, and also a unit to the Central State Hospital. Plans are being prepared and bids will open in Washington, April 30, for the $3 000.000 slum clearance project near City Hospital. William Earl Russ and Merritt Harrison, 1005 Architects and Builders Building, prepared the plans. Vonnegut, Bohn Miller have under construction the William H. Block Cos. addition and also a 14room addition of the Broad Ripple High School, as well as making alrrations in several dr ig stores of the Hook Drug Cos. Numerous residences and suburban estates are under construction or being planned by local architects. Lee Burns, secretary of the society, reported that a general upturn in building construction is indicated by the survey over a similar report of one year ago.

COL. HAYES SENT HERE Named Commandant of First Battalion of Field Artillery at Fort. Lieut. Col. Philip Hayes of Wisconsin. until recently a member of the staff and faculty of the command school at Ft. Leavenworth, will succeed Maj. J. K. Boles as commandant of the First Battalion, 19th Field Artillery, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Col. Hayes is expected to report July 31. when Maj. Boles will leave for Ft. Sill, Okla., for staff and faculty duty. TOWNSEND CLUBS BUSY Seven Meetings Held Last Night; Four to Be Staged Tomorrow. Seven meetings in the interests of the Townsend old-age pension plan were held in Indianapolis last night, the first in a series of 22 to

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be held throughout the state during the next four days, it was announced by E. J. Speake, state organizer. Four meetings will be held tomorrow in Indianapolis at 2217 E. Mich-lgan-st; Castle Hall, Emerson-av, and New York-st. and 1342 Wade-st. Wednesday meetings are scheduled at Mooresville, 31st-st Baptist Church; Spiritualist Church, 1505 W. Olive-st; Beech Grove and Riverside Union Con gregational Church. Boy, 5, Killed by Street Car By L nited I’rrst MILWAUKEE, April 15.—Dashing into the street after a ball, Alfred Riedel. 5. was run over by a street car and killed instantly in front of his home yesterday. The Riedels came to Milwaukee from Michigan City, Ind., three days ago.

I ' \ ill • • ;• / . • ■ A man who visited a Chesterfield factory recently, said: "Now that I have seen Chesterfields made, I understand better than ever why people say Chesterfields are milder and have a better taste" If you too could visit our factories you could see the clean, airy surroundings; the employees in their spotless uniforms, and the modern cigarette making machinery. You could notice how carefully each Chesterfield cigarette is inspected and see also how Chesterfields are practically untouched by human hands. Whenever you happen to be in Richmond, Va. f . Durham, N. C., or San Francisco, California, we invite you to stop at the Liggett & Myers plants and see how Chesterfields are made. © iS3S. Licurr & Exm Tojacco Got

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COURT REFUSES TO ACCEPT TAX APPEAL | Supreme Bench Turns Down Case Concerning Assessment. The Indiana Supreme Court today ruled that a tax assessment ; case has no appeal to the high court unless there is evidence of fraud or a judicial point is involved. The ruling was on the case of Thomas and Leah Peden and Ellen Hart, an appeal from the Cass Circuit Court, which had upheld j the Cass County Review’ Board. On cases of tax assessment, the appeal should be taken to the review board or to the state tax j board, the opinion, written by Justice James Hughes, stated.

WAGNER BILL, NRA EXTENSION MAYBEUNITED Sharp Fight Over Labor Legislation Looming in Congress. Rjl United Perm WASHINGTON, April 15. A sharp fight over labor legislation was in the making today in Congress. The struggle revolves around the Wagner labor relations. NRA extension and 30-hour week bills. A definite trend toward bringing all three together for co-related action has emerged from the undercover movements and maneuverings which have enveloped them. One proposal with support was to throw the NRA and Wagner bills together, substituting the main parts of the labor measure for controverted section 7-A. Elimination of 7-A. which gives labor the right to choose its own representatives for collective bargaining. has been recommended by those close to NRA administration on the ground that it has proved merely a “paper right'’ which in practice has proved ineffective. Substitution of the Wagner bill would provoke opposition of organized industry. Should the NRA debate drag along until close to the June 16 date on which the NRA law expires, some such compromise might be necessary to prevent crumbling of the present code structure. Senator Robert F. Wagner, (D.. N. Y.), is opposed to any plan to 1 put his bill with the NRA measure,

but might agree if It became apparent that he would be unable to have the bill enacted separately. Organized labor wants NRA extended. It has announced vigorous support of both the Wagner and the 30-hour week bills. Labor leaders undoubtedly would relinquish the 30-hour week bill In any trade which would give them the Wagner bill. But they will not be content with mere continuation of 7-A. The main fight over labor biL* and the NRA will come in the Senate. Several senators would like to dodge the issue, but if comes to a test they probably would record themselves in favor of the Wagner bill. The Wagner bill amplifies the collective bargaining guarantees of section 7-A and provides for a permanent labor relations board to adjudicate labor disputes and supervise elections for the purpose of choosing employe representations. Senator Hugo L. Black. (D.. Ala.), author of the 30-hour week bill, was blocked once in an effort to get Senate consideration of his measure, but has announced his determination to take advantage of every opportunity to get it up for action. PREDICT CUBAN REVOLT

i Two Former Presidents in U. S. Say Uprising Near. ; n y United Pre* MIAMI. Fla., April 15.—'T*o forj mer presidents of Cuba predicted 1 today that revolt against the govi ernment of President Carlos Mcndietta of Cuba "will brefck any day now.’’ "It is certain to come.” declared Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, the | former Cuban president who fled to Miami in October. He believes ene- ; mies of the government are suffi- ! ciently prepared to revolt. Carlas Hevia, also a former president of ! Cuba, shared this belief.

SCOTTISH RITE LISTS MANY APRIL EVENTS Social Activities to End for Season. Social activities of the Scottish Rite will close for the season with several events scheduled for April. The last meeting of the Women's Luncheon Club will be held tomorrow noon in the Cathedral dining room. Two books will be reviewed by Alice Baxter-Mitchell. The last party of the year will be a dinner-dance Apr ! 26 m the Scottish Rite auditorium. Special Easter service will be held at 3 next Sunday afternoon under auspices of the Indianapolis chapter of Pose Croix. Easter rituals will be presented by the Raper and De Molay commanderies. The Indiana Council of Deliberation will be held in the Cathedral

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April 29 The session will begin with a luncheon. Mayor John W. Kern will speak. The Lodge of Perfection administration will dose May 1 with tha annual election of officers.

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