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quantity for the supply of cities and communities in the western 

 part of the State. 



The surplus gas from the oil region of Cattaraugus, Allegany 

 and Steuben counties is collected by the Empire Gas Co. of Wells- 

 ville; the Producers Gas Co. of Olean; and the United Natural 

 Gas Co. of Oil City, Pa. The product is distributed in pipe lines 

 to different places as far distant as Buffalo. This city is also sup- 

 plied from the important fields in the eastern and southern town- 

 ships of Erie county and also in part from Pennsylvania. The gas 

 from the other fields is mainly consumed by the towns and villages 

 within short distances of the wells. 



The value of the natural gas production during the last four 

 years is given in the accompanying table which is arranged to show 

 also, so far as practicable, the contributions from the principal coun- 

 ties. The returns for the year 1910 indicated a production valued 

 at $1,411,699, much the largest that has been reported. The output 

 in 1909 was valued at $1,045,693, so that the actual gain from the 

 year was $366,006 or about 35 per cent. In quantity the output also 

 reached record figures with a total of 4,815,643,000 cubic feet 

 against 3,825,215,000 cubic feet for the preceding year. These quan- 

 tities include estimates for some of the smaller producers who' have 

 no meters attached to their mains, but they are believed to be close 

 approximations of the actual production. On the basis of the above 

 totals the average value of the gas was 29 cents a thousand in 1910 

 and 27 cents a thousand in 1909. The actual selHng prices of the 

 different companies who supplied gas to consumers ranged from a 

 minimum of about 20 cents to a maximum of 50 cents a thousand. 



Production of natural gas 



COUNTY 



1907 



1908 



1909 



I9IO 



Allegany-Cattaraugus 



Chautauqua 



Erie ^ 



Livingston ^ 



Onondaga ; 



Oswego 



Wyoming ^ 



Total 



5250 

 106 

 320 



55 

 17 

 10 



39 



159 

 411 

 199 

 780 

 030 



585 

 850 



$264 736 



153 019 



451 869 



54 083 



13 837 

 12 800 



37 431 



$282 964 



174 597 

 461 531 

 59 888 

 12 310 

 14 402 

 40 001 



ioo 014 



S987 775 



$1 045 693 



$337 427 

 202 754 

 717 038 

 60 997 

 12 733 

 14 783 

 65 967 



>i 411 699 



1 Includes a part of the production of Genesee county. 



2 Includes also Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario and Yates. 

 3 Includes also Niagara and Genesee. 



