106 ANNUAL REPORT 
Business Rooms. 
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INO CNTR OT Soe rhe tance caucus inen ray asec east retiegee $3.00 per month 
The rate for ordinary sized rooms used for business 
offices will be the same as Domestic Heating Stoves. 
Hotel and Restaurant Cooking Ranges. 
(For annual contract service only.) 
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INOS oa (ee NTA CD ec atacaaie oneee inate taee radayalinansbatty: 2.00 per month 
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The rate for boilers varied from $8 to $60 per month. The window 
glass company has paid as high as $5,500 for a year of eight months. 
The scarcity of the supply and the unfavorable outlook for good ter- 
ritory at last brought the citizens to their senses. In the summer and fall 
of 1902 meters were introduced, thus putting an end to the untold waste 
of the last 15 years. The terms are most generous, being ten cents per 
thousand for domestic purposes and six cents for factories. It is believed 
that this will greatly diminish the quantity of gas burned, without mater- 
ally increasing the expense of the consumer, or depriving the poorest of 
the use of the fuel. Further it will by decreasing the quantity of gas 
burned, diminish the expense of the company and also prolong the life of 
the field. The plant has been a good investment for the corporation. It 
has paid the city debt, the annual payment reaching as high as $35,000. 
Further, with the exception of $15,000 still due, it has paid for the hand- 
some new city hall costing $83,000. The past year, however, has not been 
so successful. The receipts have been favorable, but the expense has been 
heavy. This resulted from the necessity of drilling new wells, several be- 
ing dry, and the purchase of long strings of pipe. The bonds issued to 
purchase and extend the plant have all been paid from the gas receipts. In 
April, 1902, two propositions were submitted to the voters of the town: 
1. The issuing of $40,000 worth of bonds for the erection of a munic- 
ipal natural gas pumping station. 
2. The issuing of $20,000 worth of bonds to drill wells, lay pipe, 
etc. 
Both propositions were carried, and the bonds for drilling new wells 
were quickly sold, but those for the erection of a pumping station found no 
buyers, owing to doubt as to their legality. 
THE NEWARK FIELD. 
After the discovery at Findlay, Newark did not long delay drilling 
for gas. The first well was begun probably in 1885, and was located along 
the western edge of the town. Progress was very slow; the work was 
done with pole tools, and besides the 236 feet of drift proved troublesome. . 
