Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-20
NATURAL GAS.
Brentwood Proposes 10 Utilize Her Gas Wells
iof Fuel
BrOwnW0Od BnnnerJ

Mr.. II. IA. Parks of this city has, 10y
q very simple invention, made IL posi-
blc for Browuwopd TO reap great Drue-
fits from her gas wells here In the way
of uuiiAiug the abundant How oi gas
for heating and lighting purposes
Mr.. Parks wa, down a few days ago
from Snnta Anna aud was interviewed
by a Buuner reporter relative to the sue
cess of work 30 developing gas in the
IlUllingsworth well there, which did not
afford sufficient gas to stir the water
much ia ouly u 800 foot well.
Mr.. Parks expressed himself highly
pleased with the result of his invention
as applied to this well, and said IL was
furnishing gas enough To light the town
of Santa Auna and for steam purposes
~ well. He Is now in Santa Anna
engaged in laying pipe and placing hS.
lures IN private residences for lighting
purposes.
How deep is the well at Santa Anna,
Mr., Parks asked our reporter
the Hollmgsworth well is 33J feet
deep. and about half full of water"
did IL show any indication Of gas
when you examined itY'
Very little. The water in the well
was not much Ogltated and the main
indication Of gas was the odor."
We'll. Mr. Parks, what was the oh
icct of the owner of the property In
having you pump the water outY'
oh ! was engaged to put a wind
mill pump IN the we'll that the water
might be pumped out for domestic pur-
poses, do not think Mr.. HollingswOrth
entertained ANY idea of utilizing the gus
10 great eNtont He told me that the
well contained SOME gus. and knowing
thut IL was impossible to pump the water
out of well that contains gus by ordi-
nary methods ! went TO work studying
how to separate the gas from the water,
| lan La IgtH l.a4
simple device placed nt the bottom of
! the pump pipe. and then had no trouble
in drawing the water out after which
the gas came pouring out IN great vol
uiue.'
why, surely the gas had hut little
| pressure not TO force its way through
| that depth of water
There's where you are mistaken. 1t
| would have 10 be something like seventy
| pounds pressure 20 the square inch TO
| force It's way through such a pressure
| Of water Our stand pipe Is but eight
/ i've feet high or therrlbout aud the
4 pressure from the water alone i'm the
| main Is forty-tive pounds pressure to
/ the squire inch. Now II you were To
! open q hole I'm the standptpe and insert
gas pipe YOU would find tn at the weight
/ OF the water would have 90 be overcome
| by gas pressure before the gus would
! ever force It's way 10 the top of the stand
/
| IN the Hollingsworth we'll had 100 feet
| of water pressure
III was ON your recommendation that
| n test of piping the gNs was there mnde?'
! wei partially. but It was plain to
all that there was n great quantity of
gas. And when we got the top Of the
easing capped gls tight except an inch
from the well. the noise was like a
| quantity Of steam "a pping."
Well what do YOU think Of the COM
| pnratiyc merits of the Colorado-Texas
well here aud the Hollingsworth well
j AT Santa Annnr'
| thing for any city. You people don't
| know what YOU have here Why inst
| think of IL! Gas force enough To force
! It's way through over 100 feet of water.
| ana making the water efielvescp like an
| uncorl,el bottle Of soda rs il pours from
| over the top Of the casing Is indicative
| OF q great supply, IL that well was In
! would before now have been put to
| valuable purposes: lighting fuel and gen
eral heating would have been made
convenient and cheap. II the watH was
| only pumped on aud the casing tapped
you would lind that the gas there pos
scssed great force.
The town OF Santa Anna we learn Is
ncgodatoc 20 pipe the gas from their
| we'll distance Of one nile. 20 light up
| The residences and business houses nv
might, ana TO run the engine NJ the min
10y day
Mr. Parks has applied for patent on
his device, and says by applying his IN
ycntion 20 tho flowing gas well here Ia
| Rr0wnw0od II can be made % afford
several hundred times the amount OF
\ gus IL affords az present sufficient 10
hehl Brentwood and run all the ma
| standing can he had with the owners Mr.
| Parks will guarantee his appliance to
do all he claims for t.