Business: More Gas for Syracuse

The rich Tioga County (Pa.) gas field has a possible flow of about 350 million cu. ft. daily, proven reserves of between 125 and 135 billion cu. ft. Until last week the competitive interests who owned the gas had found no adequate market. A pooling of interests is now under way to market some of the gas which will be carried in a 20-in. pipe now abuilding.

To form the marketing unit Standard Oil of New Jersey, Columbia Gas & Electric Corp., and the private Benedum-Trees interests of Pittsburgh will throw their Tioga properties...

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