458  CONTRIBUTIONS   TO   ECONOMIC   GEOLOGY,  1904.        [bull.  260. 
Since  early  in  the  season  of  1904-  strenuous  efforts  have  been  made 
by  the  Kansas  Natural  Gas  Company  to  pipe  gas  from  the  Inde- 
pendence quadrangle  and  other  parts  of  the  Kansas  fields  to  Kansas 
City  for  manufacturing  and  other  purposes.  The  measure  meets  with 
strong  opposition  on  the  part  of  the  home  citizens,  who  realize  that 
the  industrial  life  of  their  communities  is  largely  dependent  upon  the 
home  consumption  of  this  natural  commodity.  The  efforts  of  the 
company,  however,  are  proving  successful.  Its  pipe  line  has  been 
completed  to  Joplin,  Mo.,  and  on  the  way  from  there  northward  to 
Kansas  City  will  supply  many  cities,  such  as  Garnett,  Ottawa,  Law- 
rence, Topeka,  and  numerous  smaller  places,  Avhile  beyond  Kansas 
City  it  will  also  supply  Leavenworth  and  other  towns  in  the  north- 
eastern part  of  the  State,  where  the  company  has  contracts  and 
franchises. 
