Item 1(a): Name of Issuer
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORP
Item 1(b): Address of Issuer
222 FAIRWAY AVE NORTH
SEATTLE, WA 98109
Item 2(a): Name of Person Filing
BECKER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
Item 2(b): Address of Principal Business Office:
1211 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2185
Portland, Oregon 97204
Item 2(c): Citizenship
State of Oregon
Item 2(d): Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock
Item 2(e): 147339105
Item 3: This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 (b), or
13d-2 (b) and the person filing is an investment advisor
registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940.
Item 4: Ownership
4(a): Amount Beneficially Owned: 727,575
4(b): Percent of Class 6.58%
4(c): Number of Shares to Which Such Person Has:
(i) Sole Power to Vote or Direct the Vote 727,575
(ii) Shared Power to Vote or Direct the Vote 0
(iii) Sole Power to Dispose or to Direct Disposition 727,575
(iv) Shared Power to dispose or to direct the disposition 0
Item 5: Ownership of Five Percent or Less of Class
Not Applicable
Item 6: Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
Not Applicable
Item 7: Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
Company:
Not Applicable
Item 8: Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Not Applicable
Item 9: Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable
Item 10: Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
And belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
The ordinary course of business and were not acquired for
The purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
Influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
Were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in
Any transaction having such purposes or effect.
(Note): All securities reported on the schedule are owned by advisory
clients of Becker Capital Management, Inc. Becker Capital
Management disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
Certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
And correct.
Date: February 10, 1999
Signature: Name Janeen S. McAninch
Title President
