Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1879-07-26

'"hce' ANO. lOs
to the beach, and mix them with
bog and earth, After standing for
a year, this becomes q rich lertili.
zing compost, very stimulating to
crops, but leaving little subtance
in the soil beyond the materials
with which the caplin were mixed.
How the OIL Crossed the Hills,
John Ward, one of the watchman
on duty during the filling of the new
oil.pipe line, gives the following &C.
count Of what he saw: The line
crosses Hiner's Run, or its head.
waters, at place called McClure's
Springs. Here there is quite a hol-
low or depression in the ground.
From tAis place to the residence Of
Mr.. Holding, some ak miles be-
yond, there 10 q gradual rise; this
the oil had TO climb after passing
the hollow at the spring. was
told to watch we'll this hollow, as
the oil had ascended the Kettle
Greek Mountain and was coming.
l repaired to the hollow and lay
some hours there, when I heard
sound like heavy wind, and pres.
emily heard the oil gurgling past.
waited some time. There was no
leakage and all seemed perfect.
thought that the pipe line was
a success for sure, and so left
my position and passed along
to see if it was all right
ahead. I had gone some two
miles when l received dis
patch to watch we'll the hollow and
not to leave it for some time, so
hastened back. Imagine my aston.
ishment when 1 saw the place had
left such short time before so tame
now kissing at 10000 points. Jets
of oil were fying.2O feet high, and
hundreds of barrol b flowing down
liners Run, never to see a market.
thought the pipe was gone up,
sure. At first I was afraid to ap-
proach it, but soon grew valiant.
and with chalking chisel I set to
work to stop the leak. l made poor
headway. 1t was dark night, and
dared have no light. I had taken
off my coat, the whizzing oil car
ried away my hat, and 1 very soon
became thoroughly drenched with
oil. My pockets and my hair and
eyes we're full, and if I was not then
an oil man, would like to know
what constitutes one. l at length
grew sick, and supposed l would
have to give up and all would be
lost, when all at once the whizzing
stopped, and, instead of an outpres.
sure, / could hear an in.drawing-
suction of air. 1 now realized
the fact that the oil had all this
time been climbing the upgrade to
Mr.. Holdings, but was now on the
descent from Pine Bottom Run.
This caused suction, and relieved
the hollow at the spring.
l again waited some time, when
1 received dispatch to hasten to
Haneyville, that the pipe was burst
ing. l procured a horse and went
with all speed. When l arrived
the people there were greatly ex-
cited. The pipe was throbbing and
whizzing at every pore. Mcclure
Springs were nowhere. The oil
was spouting from the pipe for
miles. l made no attempt to calk.
Iknew from my experience at Nc
Clure's Spring that the oil had
reached and was climbing the high
mountain below Pine Greek, but
the pressure was SO great that 1
feared every moment the pipe would
burst.
Here was force against which
human power was of no avail, hence
we only stood and looked on, when
suddenly, as quick as thought, all
commotion ceased, except a suck
ing in of air, and 1 heard the oil
pass rapidly along the pipe and
knew it had crossed oyer the noun.
tain and was speeding its way to
Williamsport, with no more noun
tains TO climb, and that the oil line
was an established fact.-[Clinton