The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-31

sCity Last Night by the Reports-The
Eagle Office was Waited Upon by Dele
cations From Different Lodges-whiIe
the Drill is Working in Oil Rock There
is Cause for Hopefuiness, But No Rea-
son for Excitement.
Last night there was a report on the
street that sill had been reached at the
well and so strong was the flow that
crude oil was flowing out Of the top.
The report spread like wild fire, and
TO give authenticity to the report some
one started the great chime bells loose
at the Eagle Office. The news reached
the crowded lodge rooms, and it was
Impossible 70 do business, and as d
consequence a delegation from each
lodge was sent 10 the Eagle office TO
get the truth Of the rumor.
AT the bottom Of the stairs the dele
CATION met, and the committee headed
by Newt Garst, Dr. Matthews. A. ].
Jackman, r. p FAIRIES and twenty 9TH
ers filed into the Eagle local room
trembling with excitement TO learn
what the chime bells were ringing for
and the latest news from the well.
The visit of the committee was the
first knowledge the reporters had that
the chimes were in motion, and if there
was such a flow OF oil as reported at the
well this Office was in ignorance of the
fact as a reporter had not heard from
the well since 4 o'clock, when he had ac-
companied Mayor Cox and others on
an investigating tour.
At the time Of the visit the great OBJ
stacle spoken of in Saturdays article
had been overcome and all connected
with the well were in high glee The
was filed witch crude petroleum oil
Buckets holding forty gallon each had
been lowered and soon the drill hole
was cleared not only of water but of all
Debris.
Work was keep up all night Saturday
Sunday and Sunday night, and yeSter-
day morning Il was proven that the
fears entertained by the city engineer
that it would be necessary to case the
hole was unfounded, and that work
could now foe prosecuted without furth-
er trouble
All Gay yesterday the drill descended
Chinaward and a strong flow OF oil w3s
had ali day \ heavy scum would rise
on each bucket-full and il was figured
yesterday by the men at the wei to-
gather with the city engineer, that the
oil being found at the bottom of the
well and rising to a qheighih OF 300 feet
from the bottom. where it was found in
the morning that the oil had a pressure
Of over loo pounds to the square inch,
and they felt confident that good flow
of oil would be reached within short
time.
Everybody connected with the well
were in a high state OF anticipation,
but there was nothing upon which to
found a report that a good flow of oil
had been found. There was cause for
hopefulness, but nothing to authorize
excitement in what could be seen at
that time.
The men at the well promised that in
case a heavy flow was reached during
the night they would send word to the
Eagle office, and at the time of writing
this, y o'clock, no such report has
reached this office, and IL is probable
that the report on the street was found
ed more on the hCpefulness expressed
during the day than from actual facts
There was as much difference in a
visit to the well yesterday to what it
was Saturday as though it was not the
same place. Saturday disappointment,
disgust, disheartedness and chargin was
discernable upon every face, while yes
terday all was cheerfulness and hope
fulnetss. Il was the old adage that
''the darkest hour is just before the
dawn"
There is plenty of oil in the rock in
which they are working and the debris
from Subteranean river No. 8 did not
bother the work in the least and the
men expect to continue the hole at its
present diameter until a depth of at
least 500 feet is reached.
The well was visited yesterday by
many experts and they all gave ii as
their opinion that there was everything
for hopefulness and nothing to discour-
age the prosecution Of the work.