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i thursday july 12th 1936 the acton free press acton ontario page burven the transmission line of the millions of square miles on this continent a very small area is covered by natural gas fields the discovery of natural gas would be of little value if it were not for the transmission lines safe rapid and economical transportation of natural gas over great distances to growing municipalities and bustling industrial centres this miracle of transmission would never have un folded without the teamwork of other industries makers of iron and steel fabricators of large diameter pipe man ufacturers of regulators meters valves couplings weld ing apparatus protective coatings ditchdigging machin es pumps compressors and a hundred other types of ex pensive equipment needed to carry natural gas across mountains and valleys brooks and rivers railroads and highways deserts and swamps plains and forests a miraculous n of longdistance transmis sion pipelines carries natural gas from its birthplace fiat the various domestic and industrial areas for consump tion this vast underground system now totals over 270 thousand miles with thousands of miles of pipeline to be added m the future without the transmission lines mil lions of cubic feet of natural gas might be wasted daily over a quarter million miles of underground railroads mammoth subway transportation systems transmit natural gas to an increasing number of towns and cities erasing from the sky over these communities the smoke and smudge of raw fuels saving citizens untold billions of dollars in terms of improved health cleaner buildings clothing and purer air natural gas after being stored for millions of years is being restored to men grant ing him freedom from dirt freedom from disease freedom from hunger freedom from discomfort and freedom from labour through the miracle of transmission over 54 mil lion persons are benefitted directly by natural gas count in the p distrjb y industrial plant using- natural gas these benefits reach every citizen on this con tinent and millions more around the werldl next week behind your burner united suburban gas co ltd ac ton for information call georgetown tr 73921 i sss- 2 a uvag