Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-27
A Solid 100000 Foot Well
at Arms Length.
The PCrrysburg Field Devel-
oped at Last!
Twenty-three Pounds Pressure on Two
Inch Pipe, by Actual Test.

Perrysburg is in luck at last. He
that laughs last laughs best. All that
Perrysburg wanted was one good Gush
er to set the whole neighborhood to
laughing. The JOURNAL, with respec.
table minority, wanted definite action
delayed by the Council until this after
noon-or such date as might be requir-
ed by Mr.. Nolan to develope Gas Well
No. 3, which was shot at 0 o'clock this
afternoon. This evening the Council is
elated because they did not abide by the
decision of the respectable minorit y"
while the Perrysburg Gas and Pipe Line
Co. would most likely bo willing and
happy to be living under minority rule
up to the present hour, at which Natur-
n Gas has raised in market value about
five hundred per cent. in the past five
hours.
In short, our people have been nnder
no little strain of excitement over the
developements of the Perrysburg Gas
Field, alternately fearing and hoping
for the worst and best results. On
" Wednesday. when the Trenton was
struck in Well No. 3, the indications
were such as to warrant All excellent
well, which created no little excitement
throuh the town. The drill was stopped
yesterday and it was given out that the
well would be shot at 3 p. NJ. today.
Every available rig IN town was secured, i,
and many from Maumee and Toledo
were present TO witness the shooting,
There is but one expression. All ac-
knowledge it to be gusher of the first
water-no, pure clean natural gas. 1t
was difficult and dangerous to control it
sufficient to cap the well.
The result was SO exciting that all
restraint was dropped, even before
leaving the well, and il was continued
after reaching home this evening.
Those that were looking crosseyed al
each other shot out straight from the
shoulder with the right hand and shook.
Many unite in claiming it to be a ten
million foot well-some say, who have
seen the Karg well at Finday that it is
stronger than that, while Mr.. r. E. Hill
the gentlemanly agent of the Toledo
Pipe Line Co., pronounced it the best
well this side OF the Findlay field.
By Prof. Orton's test, the well, as soor
as it could be controlled and the test
applied, registered 90 pounds pressure
in two inch pipe. The Stats Well No. 1,
which was thought to be good well
when shot, registered Q pounds with
two inch pipe. The great Karg well,
at Findlay, registered II pounds in O
a inch pipe. This will give an idea OF
the capacity of this well.
Mrs. DIR. j. B, Hanson, of Taunton,
Mass, who has not seen, and hears but
very little about, in the press or other
wise, gas wells, was honored with the
dropping of the "go devil" which ex-
ploded the dynamite and unbridled this
volume of gas.
Mr.. N. l.. Hanson is not wizzard-but
his scientific theory has proven correct
in every particular. Now let harmony
and good feeling prevail, and let us
utilize what is In store for us in prac-
tical, business way.
We have kept our forms open to give
the above outline results of the dawn
ing of bright and prosperous future-if
wise and judicious methods are used.