Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1924, Page 11

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1924 PUBLIC UTILITIES REAP BIG SHARE OF GRIEF WHEN STORMS _ SWEEP CASPER AND WYOMING Common carriers of voices, man- kind, light, water, gas and ol] have their Averpons ae the mercury woes ting doean't pay any . @ttention. to the zero mark. During the past week the Moun- tain States Telephone company has had crews of linemen working out of Casper in all directions, for the intense cold has, without warning, eut short long distance conversa. tions by snapping off the cppper threads that stretch off across the plains In interminable lengths. It Wasn't snow or sleet that paralyzed the mechanical larynx of the peo ple, it was just plain, downright, below sero weather -causing the > wires to contract to the point where they parted, Traine in several instances were @elayed. Firemen were hard put to keep the steam up and water con- nections froze, There was an un: . weual clickety-clfk heard by pas sengers because of rails being short: @ned by contraction, City busses, from the operators’ standpoint, were in for a boom, since garage doors were locked tight or the majority of privately owned motor vehicles rendered useless by the cold and solld grease in trans: mission gears, Crowds jammed the busses couldn't main: and the common re's room for one Scores and scores of homes have been calling the plumber into con. sultation due to the freezing of wa- ter pipes. Bursted pipes have re- sulted In spurte of de-bearding busi: ness for the barber an Win all, domestic scenes in more than several known instances have taken the aspect of frigid looks between house. hold heads over the “busted? water works of the home, Though there has been ttle need to pay attention at home to the gas fet, yet the Now York Ol! company has been hard pressed in the con, tinuing selge of cold wegther to keep the gas pressure in the city at a untform level, It. has been a matter of general comment that the gas service in ysual degree of efficiency during Casper has been maintained at its the cold Mt of the last several days. The public in general takes satisfactory service for granted, but residenta who have lived tn other cities served with natural gas and wi have had the unfortunate ex: lence of failure of supply during severe weather, are congratulating the gas company on its success in maintaining satisfactory service in Casper under adverse weather con: ditions. ‘The success of the gas company in this respect ts attributed by Man. ager E. T. Patterson to the prep: arations made for such emergencies, under the direction of General Man- ager Minal B, Young, and to the co. ~ operation of me joyeea in the gas fields and the extraordinary pre- eautions taken and additional * done by- them under the direction lof Vield Superintendent Ft. BE. Parrish and. Line Superintendent Mervin Young, and in the city under Su. pertntendent B. W, Moortng. ‘These “outside gan’ hipster compression plant operators, serv men, Suck: Geivers, metermen, and mechantes, working In the open both night and day at temperatures rank- ing to more than 30 below zero, have shown a s@nse of responsibi'ity to the public welfare and a asplirit: of loyalty that. entities them to public commendation, Tt is no 1 task to patrol a gas fick of several miles in extent making constant inspection of gas wells, gages, valves, regulators and nea through a long winter m Dilzzard weather, ae at job to examine mile after mile of pipeline and telephone line walking a great deal of the distance to keep from freeaing. It calls for more than, ordinary effort at such times to maintain an adequate and constant flow from gas wells and compression plant through more than 100 miles of ptpe'ines and sas mains to the consumer sufficient to supply the needs of all of the people isa of Casper who are dependent on the a for fuel, phe popular conception that the gas company merely turns on the gas at the well and the consumer draws tt out by turning @ valve in his home is rudely shattered b @ casual examination of the operations, With 45 miles of pipeline to be pa- trofed, gas wells tn three fiekts to be Inspected and some 15 miles of gathering lines to be Kept tn con stant use, a large compréssion plant running continuously, water wells to be pumped and water lines kept open for boller use, a fleet of trucks and automobiles tn operation and proper gas pressure to be maintain: ed in more than 60 miles of gas mains, the business of supplying gas to Casper is no stnecure In the win. ter time, M. W. Winter, secretary of the company, tn commenting on the sit: uation stated that It simply matter of “business mal" wit! the gas compa’ but that Intense cold weather turally created un- usual hardships and called for ad: ditional. precautions; that a. similar condition was encountered for sev- eral days about a year ago with the thermometer reading from 3¢@ to 38 below zero; and that the company haa anticipated such emergencies a has prepared for them as much possible, Responsible for the uninterrupted service of g number of ol} pipelines from Salt Creek to Casper, G. HH. ndeveer, superintendent of the t Refining company's pipe y department, ts. congratulating whan that the weather has thus thr failed to cause him grief, Heat~ vie installed at) Varying distances along the lines and the quality of the of run through: them are fae tora counterdcting the effects of the sold apell. In other parte of the Mate pipe line affairs are different Buch Tow temperature: ae hit this region last week always puts qn end to Funs of off through the Lost Sol- Mer Geld Mage, The crude in that istrict ts of low gravity and solidi. fies with alight provocation. The main trouble of the Natrona Power company ts joy. Barly nighte did much staying at home, hemmed in by old Jack Frost, keeps the Mghts burning and the electric meter humming tn tune with a battery of whirling geherators working over: time to carry the load. In view of the amount of “juice” that han beey dispensed during the last few the ght company dese dation for not blowing out a dynamo or two and throwthg the -city into darkness. But cold weather, or not, a public utility must be on the job at all umes, 5 OF NATION ARE BEST, oly COPS Compliment Is Paid as Holiday Present by Police By ROBERT T. SMALL (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, Decy —The traffic cops of the country are pro- pared to present the women drivers of automobiles with a Christmas present which undoubtedly will stir. prise @ great many human beings known to commerce and otherwise aa mere man, The cops say that by and large the women drivers are far better than the men, ir the|§ opinion of the latter, often expreased in language no censor would pasd, to the contrary notwithstanding. One of the great champions of the ladies is none other than Inspectar Albert J. Headley, of the District of Columbia police, in charge of traffic in the capital city of the na- ton, “Give me the ladies by far the more carefu’ drivers, Thelr greatest dereliction 's a lack of knowledge of, some of the traffic rules. So far as the actual handling of the car is con: cerned, they are generally speaking both safe and conservative, “The ladies, God) bless: ‘erm, try sometimes to win us with thetr wiles. or I might better say, with their smiles. Then some of them will threates you with the ire of their husbands. «These husbands; tt woul! seem, are all powerful. They can ‘break"’ any man-en the force, We Usten to them and then we smile back and tssue summons where nec: essary or a warning where the of: fense {ts neither serfous nor flag ran Inspector Headley's views, the writer has found, are generally ®wared by traffic authorities through out the country. Girls between the ages of 18 and 22 make the best drivers of motor cars. As between girls of this age and boys, there is no comparison ‘The boys are by far the worse of fendere—not only a8 to speed, but @* to general recklessness and dis regard of traffic rules, pebecnamatin Pt ears PERE PUEBLO BANDIT [3 CAPTURED PUEBLO, Dec, 20.—(United Press). Fred Young, ait who escaped from the Pueblo jail Thursday, was ye-arrested 25 miles west of he: day on his way back to stag ether hold up, Young was found tn the rear of an incoming truck under a canvas hy Detective Lou Walton and Prohibi tien Agent John Simpson, Young talked readily, He told po. Nee how he attacked a group of Mex fean section hands this afternoon getting 9 revolver from of them He said he p'anned another hold up in Pueblo tonight before making his way Into New Mexco, ‘The truck driver was unaware of the identity of his passenger unt! officers had arrested him, Young was under arrest. in con: nection with the shooting of Detec: tive W. L. 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