Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-22
SEABOARD PIPE LINE.
IT WILL BE COMMENCED WITHIN
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

Rights of Way Yet to Be Secured, but
the Survey About Complications
Coed Fifth Sander Back of Oakdale-
Dry Hole on the Bell.
There is 10 more doubt about a new sea-
board pipe line being built. 1t was learned
yesterday by The DISPATCH, upon the
best authority, that the new line will be
commenced early in the spring and that the
principal financial hackers of the scheme
are Pittsburgers. The surveys have been
about completed but there are still a
great many right of way privileges to
be secured The building of the new line
will be under the direction of W. L. Mellon,
who is also one of the heaviest stockholders.
Pipe manufacturers have been approached
for bids on the pipe needed in stns the con- con,
be nearly 800 miles Of Of pipe to to be De
the first magnitude. The cost of the pipe
alone will be from 81 $50 900 to 81 800 O00, ac-
coriing to the size of the pipe decided upon.
Besides this the line will have to be buried
and several pump stations constructed,
50, 600 900. 1t is understood that the Pro-
ducers' Oil Company, which is just COM
pleting an independent line from Mcdonald
to Coraopolis will have a big interest in the
Seaboard line.
t1nalfy round n ray.
The well or the Forest Oil Company on
the Margaret McGregor farm, which had
been almost given up as dry, revealed a pay
streak in the sand late yesterday afternoon
and started off at 20 barrels an hour. This
farm is small property of Il acres, and is
located half a mile south of the Wright
and the same distance west of the
extreme southern part of the
farm and only a few feet north of the No. 2
on the James McGill farm. Another well
was somple,efn DO on the Bell farm over mile
fey, Jennings 6 Co.'S No. Bell and was
drilled through the sands and is classed
as rank duster. 1t is located in the
northwestern part of the farm near the
line Of the John p; Ewing farm. W.
and Patterson Jones each have wells in
the Southwest McCurdy district which
should be completed this week. The Oak
dale Oil Company has two wells on the Stnr
geon heirs property, which will be in
the Gord9n no,. .sand to-day w or %,,,a.e to,
farm is on top of the third sand. A report
was in circulation last evening that Green
lee 6 Forst's No. IL, on the Meyey farm, was
almost through the filth sand and showing
very light.
Flowing From the Gordon.
In Mcdonald borough the well Of fSchreffler
& Russell. on the Moorhead lot got pay in
the Gordon sand about ii O'Clock yes
terday morning and it is showing
for a fair well in that formation. The Ven-
half a mile south of Mcdonald, did not reach
the Gordon as expected on account of q
shortage in the water supply. 1t may be
drilled in to-day. Greenlee & Forst's VEN
ture on the GLADDEN. farm and A. j. Mercer
& Co. S wildcat ON the Reed, had not reached
the Gordon according to the last reports.
Shot the Packer Out.
The well on the brickyard lot at Laurel
Hill, belonging to Davis & Brown, which de-
veloped big gas vein in the fourth sand,
thereby drying up the oil in the Gordon, has
been shot. Thomas Gushing, of Washing
which completely shut or the fourth sand
gas. Plugs were driven tightly in above
the packer and the hole above this
was filled for several feet with scrap iron.
packer as many, torpedo men believe that
the greatest force of a glycerine explosion
is upward. A l5quart shot was put in at the
Gordon sand. and the fact demonstrated
that glycerine can go down as well as up, for
the scrap iron, packer and junk which had
been thrown into the hole were driven to
the bottom of the well.
Gauges and the Runs.
Wells which are not making 20 barrels an
hour are not included in the following
gauges The production of the wells max
ing 20 barrels an hour or more yesterday
was as follows:
Guffey, Jennings & Co.'s No. i Mathews,
65; No. g. Matthews 80: No. / Mathews
heirs, no. No. ! Heron, q: Nos and
4 Heron, l6O; No. 2, Bell %: Gutfey. Murphy 6
Galeyis No. Elliott, 20; Nos. 1 and Sam
Sturgeon, 90; Oakdale Oil Company's No. l
and Baldwin, 9o Nos. / and Wallace,
l40: No. Wallace, %: No. Morgan heirs,
%; No. 2 Morgan, Is, No. 3 Morgan, IS: No.
Morgan, 60: Forest Oil Company's No.
Eta Glenn, 35; No. l j. NJ. Glenn, 20: No.
Heron, COMO. Kemp, 25; Greenlee & Forst's
No. Mevey, 80: No. Mevey, 40; No. Gam
bic, 25: Woodland OIL Company's No. Gam
BILE, 30; No. Gamble, 80; Patterson Jones'
No. Keso, 5O No. Kelso 90 Devonian Oil
Company's Nos.l and Boyce, 80: MOL Elliott,
60; Royal Gas Company's No. NJ. Robb 40;
Guckert & Steele's No. 8 Mevey, 25 The es.
timated production of the field was 4S, coo bar
rels, and the stock in the field 102 500 ba rrels
The runs from Mcdonald Saturday were 49,
050.20 barrels. Outside of Mcdonald the
Southwest pipe line runs were 6,7l6OS bar
rels, total of 52,776.2S. National Transit
runs were &c. 567.13 barrels; shipments for
Saturday and Sunday, 1c0,45s. Macksburg
runs 5000. Eureka, shipments, 3,SIss7;
runs, 17.967.30. Southern pipe line ship,
ments, 15,96s.7z. Buckeye runs were 40. .s4s 81;
shipments, 74,549u barrels for SATURDAY.
and Sunday. Mcdonald runs Sunday we're
4s. 3234 Al; outside OF Mcdonald the S. VI, PIP.
line runs were 599S6, total. As, 923 q barrels.