Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
HAS SOME OPPOSITION.
Butler County Operators Will Oppose
-. the Shutdown Movement
BELIEVE IT is THEIR TURN NOW.
4 Storage Company May Be Organized to
Take Care of the Surplus
LIGHT WELLS THE RULE YESTERDAY

Considerable doubt is expressed as /
the ultimate success of the shutdown
movement 1t is not the universal move
ment that some operators would like t
have their friends believe. Those who ar
in favor Of it are loud in their advocacy
while its opponents arc saying nothing bu
saving wood.
There seems to be general feeling amon
the operators outside of the Mcdonald fiel,
that is antagonistic to it. Even a numbe
OF the Mcdonald people who have signe'
the agreement did it under protest and ol
condition that producers all over Penn
sylvania and West Virginia should also gt
in. Arrangements are now being made II
hold a meeting of the signers early mex
week. Then the situation will be thoroughly
discussed and the plan OF campaign out
lined.
D. W. Clark, of Butler, who is one Of tn,
leading operators in the country, was IL
Pittsburg last evening. He is opposed to the
how the Mcdonald operators can ask out
siders to go into the movement.
They ruined scores of little operators ir
the outside fields by the way in which they
drilled Mcdonald last fall, !" he said. They
piled up big lot OF stocks, knocked down
the market and now expect US to go In with
them.
Will Operate IL Prices Improve.
81 have not drilled a well since last Novem
Der, but have plenty of territory yet to
drill, and as soon as a shutdown movement
is inaugurated and the market goes up 1
will commence operations. This seems to
be the prevailing sentiment in Butler, and
expect to see big lot of new work started
in that county this summer If we get better
prices"
siastic supporters of the shutdown scheme.
He has circulated a petition and secured
about 40 signers. He says he is on the work
ing committee, and states that movement
is now on foot to organize an immense stor-
age company, with a capital Of at least
sS.000, 600, which will take care Of all the
surplus oil produced. If the scheme is a
success they will build tanks in the field,
and instead of giving the oil to the pipe
lines they will run it into their own tanks
and hold it for better prices
Mr.. Galloway says .that by this means
they would expect to create a demand for
crude oil by holding back the surplus.
Another method by which they are trying to
reduce the surplus is by Introducing it as
fuel into the mills and furnaces about Pitts
burg. The producers have agents at work
now, and E. H. Jennings and the Fisher
Bros. stated that they were confident of Sc
curing fuel consumption in Pittsburg of
from 1000 to 10, 600 barrels.
Claims It Is Cheaper Than Coal.
The Producers Oil Company and the Z. P.
A are now delivering it at several places in
the two cities for from "A to II cents barrel.
At the Hall Steam Pump Works $50 gallons,
or sh barrels a day are used, and it is
claimed Mt the works that they save over 81
a day by using oil instead of coal. They
also state that there is no difference be-
tween Lima and Pennsylvania oil.
There were only light wells developed in
the field yesterday. Three old wells were
agitated and shot and restored to the list OF
those making 20 barrels an hour or more.
The Devonian Oil Company shot its No. j
on the Boyce farm in Southern McCurdy,
and yesterday morning it was reported to
be making 40 barrels an hour.
Jennings, Guffey & Co.'S No. 4 on the Her
ron farm was brought up by agitation to 20
barrels an hour.
The Forest Oil Company's No. NJ Wright
was reported last might, to be doing 60 bar
hour with the tools in the hole, but yester-
day they got them out.
McGinniss Co.'S No. Henry shafrer. at
McCurdy, got the fifth sand Yesterday, and
is good for from rs to 100 barrels a day
Millison, Fried & Sammels' No. Henry
Shaffer Is in the Gordon and will get the
fifth late tomorrow night or Monday morn
ing.
Patterson & Co.'s No . McMichael is also
IN the Gordon, and their No. Terrence is a
strong gaser in that formation. -
Wells Around NobIestown.
Greenlee & Forst's No. 3, on the GLADDEN.
farm, southwest of Mcdonald, reached the
Gordon yesterday, and is reported to be
making 200 barrels from that sand. Their
No. Wade was shot ana made a nice re-
sponse. These parties have 12 wells under
way around Noblestown. No. 9 on the Ma
tional Coal Company's property is due in the
Gordon tomorrow; No. McMurray was
cased yesterday; No. / on the McMurray
lease No. is ready for the big casing; the
machinery is being put into the rigs at Nos
2 and on the No. 2 Marshall lease; No. on
the last lease is receiving the ten-inch nipe,
and the big casing is being put into No 5:
the rig is being built for No. 3 on the No /
Marshall; also for No. Barley; No. 2 Nc
Murray lease received the 81 casing; No.
on the Marshall and Chalfant lease is being
rigced up and the big casing has been put
Marshall. Kennedy Co. started to spud
yesterday at No. Roy. They have the rig
up fos X NC GarsI sTt Rnsse 70 Co.'S
tengel was cased yesterday through the salt
sand.
Benner Bros. & Hunts No. l. on the Dono-
hue lot. is down 1000 feet.
Marshall, Kennedy Co. are ready to spud
on the George Sudekim lot
Koerner & Co. have a rig up on the Mary
The oil the
two wells yesterday No. 3 Gormley is in
and light. while their No. 4 Baldwin was
drilled through the sand and is dry.
COOKS FERRY-The Rob Roy Oil Company
finished upa dry hole on the Irwin farm yes
terday. 1t is 2% miles southwest of this
place and is their second venture here. The
Augusta Oil Company has finished two wells
in this vicinity. One is dry and the other
light.
SIsTKRsvrLLE-The Wallace well came in
yesterday and is good for 100 barrels day.
Two more wells ere expected early next
week.
The Mcdonald Gauges.
The following estimates were submitted
by the gaugers of the Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania Pipe Line Company:
The production of the field was q, 500, the
same as the day before. The hourly gauges
were as follows: Matthews No. ), 20; Jen.
nngs, Guffey & Co.'S No. Heron, 90: No.
Bell, 20; Oakdale Oil Company's Nos 2and
Baldwin, 20; Forest Oil Ccrnpany's No. l
Jane Stewart, 45: No. NJ Wright 20; Guffey
& Co. 8 No. McMichael. 40; Forst Green
lees No. McMurray, 80: Deyonian Oil Com
pany,s Nos. i and Boyce, 40. Stock in
The runs Of the Southwest PENNSYLVANIA |
Pipe Line Company from Nc Donald Wednes- |
day were 2214l; outside Of Mcdonald, 9l2l. |
The National Transit runs were 33 299 New |
York Transit shipments, 3l,6a7 Macksburg |
division of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, |
] ISL Buckeye runs, "A. I'll: shipments 56 lie; |
Eureka runs, 6.s4o: shipments, is9S.
Yesterdays Market Featured
Steadiness was the only featur1 worth |
noting. Sales were few and far bstweep.
The opening and highest was 5ssscS lowest |
and close 591<c. Refined was mark IA down
at London to SGD. There were NIB other |
Daily average runs, Il, 10; daily |
average shipments, 12,S77.