The Story of Pittsburgh
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{IE previous issues of this series of booklets, telling the
Story of Pittsburgh, as it is related in the great business
 which this city is doing, have dealt with the
chief industries of the community, which are most widely
known. The object of the First National Bank at Pittsburgh,
 however, has not been merely to speak of the basic
industrial enterprises, but also to inform the world of many
ather lines in wich Pittsburgh is prominent.
Naturally enough, in an industrial metropolis known all
over the world as “the Iron City,” the metallurgical industries
 are by far the most important. Without them other
industries could not exist, and therefore previous issues of
these booklets have handled Iron and Steel in a thorough
manner, and in a way which has been a great satisfaction to
Pittsburghers at home and Pittsburghers abroad, and to the
:ustomers of Pittsburghers in all parts of the world.
Then there was a time when Pittsburgh was known as
“the Natural Gas City.” At that period natural gas was
produced in vast quantities close to the city limits, and
scarcely any other fuel was used in the community, whether
for homes or for great manufacturing plants. The tremendous
 quantities of gas consumed cut deeply into the supply,
and it became necessary to go further and further away,
drilling wells and bringing the gas from many miles distant.
Pittsburgh is still the greatest user of natural gas of all the
cities of the world, especially in the winter, when dwellings
are heated, as well as many factories deriving fuel for manufacturing
 purposes. These factories can get much more gas
in the summer. time, when residences are using but little,
and the additions then to their fuel supply, from the natural
gas fields, maintain the steady use of Nature’s fuel.