Federal order on gas supply violated by Hemingray on January 5.

FEDERAL ORDER ON GAS

VIOLATED, HE ASSERTS

CITY ATTORNEY AT MUNCIE

FILES PROTESTS IN CASE.

FUEL SUPPLY IN FACTORIES

[Special to The Indianapolis News]

MUNCIE, Ind., January 25. -- Protests against alleged violations of the federal fuel administration's order prohibiting the Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company and the Central Indiana Gas Company from supplying natural gas in Indiana for any except domestic purposes until April 15, have been filed by the city of Muncie through John McPhee, city attorney. Affidavits sent the fuel administration allege:

That gas for industrial purposes was supplied the Hemingray Glass Company of Muncie on January 5.

To Hartford City Plant.

That gas for industrial purposes was supplied the American Window Glass Company's factory in Hartford City on January 6, while at the same time the supply for the domestic consumers in Hartford City was exhausted.

That natural gas for factory uses has been supplied to the Essex Glass Company at Fairmount since the fuel administration in December issued the order against such use of this fuel.

That twenty-three business concerns in Muncie have been arbitrarily placed by the gas company in Class 3 under the classification of business permitted the use of natural gas, which should be in Class 4, Businesses in Class 4 are not allowed the use of natural gas.

Twelve Indiana Cities.

The Central Indiana Gas Company supplies fuel from the West Virginia gas fields to twelve eastern Indiana cities and a number of small towns and villages. When cold weather threatened to diminish the volume of natural gas to the Indiana domestic consumers to such an extent as to indicate that the supply might be exhausted for that purpose during extremely low temperature, the government ordered not to supply gas for any other than domestic use.