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exclusion of other fuels and illuminants. Alfred has 175 gas 

 connections. Whitesville, 500 inhabitants, and Greenwood, 200, 

 get the greater part of their fuel and light from the same source. 

 At HornellsTille there were. Aug. 1, 1899, between 600 and 700 

 consumers. The Andover field was at that time adequate to the 

 demands made on it, but was not considered sufficient for the 

 winter. It was expected that the number of connections in 

 Hornellsville would be doubled by the end of the year, and that 

 additional gas would be piped from Potter county (Pa.) 



In the remaining portion of Allegany county, lying south of the 

 Erie railroad, the gas is derived partly from oil wells and partly 

 from wells producing nothing but gas. It furnishes fuel for 

 drilling and for private houses on oil and gas leases, the amount 

 of which can not be even approximately estimated. 



The principal output is controlled by the following companies. 



The supply of the Allegany gas co. limited, main office at 

 Friendship (N. Y.), H. Wilcox agent, comes from Wirt Center. 

 The wells supply both oil and gas, the best supply of gas coming 

 from the fourth sand. The rock pressure is here about 225 

 pounds, but the flow is so copious that three or four wells are 

 sufficient to supply the line. The company has altogether 600 

 meters set in Friendship and Belmont. 



The Producers gas co., office at Olean, gets its gas from the 

 vicinity of Ceres and the southwestern part of Allegany county. 

 The gas pressure at the wells is from 100 to 200 pounds. This 

 company has 47 connections in Genesee, where the gas is sold 

 through the Empire gas co. The Producers also supplies Port- 

 ville, East Olean and Westons Mills. 



The Empire gas co. supplies Wellsville with light and fuel, 

 the gas for this purpose coming from Pennsylvania. It also sup- 

 plies Eichburg, Bolivar and Allentown from the Allegany field. 

 It has gas connections as follows: 



Bolivar . . 



Richburg 



Allentown 



257 

 48 

 52 



Total 



357 



