The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-20
DRILLERS WILL
NOT ACCEPT
Proposition Made Them by
City Officials.
TOHOLD ANOTHER MEETING
When the Contract Will be
thoroughly Discussed.
T0H0LD ANOTHER MEETING

Yesterday a notice was received by
drillers at Winfield. would not accept the
proposition made them by the city Off
Gals the first of the week There are
some little sections of the contract that
the company feel they can accept.
They ask for another audience with the
Wichita people to talk over the differences
il. the contract, and at tmis time 1t is
expected that propositions satisfactory
to all parties may be drawn up. The aud
icnce will be held the first Of the week.
Mayor Mclean yesterday received tel
egram from c. II. Luling at Topeka, say
ing that Governor Stanley and Z. B.
Jewett, warden OF the penitentiary. had
each subscribed 800 TO the gas drilling
fund. Both the governor and warden live
in Wichita, and each has large interests
here and take an active interest in local
affairs.
The first well dug at Winfield has been
abandoned on account of some two hun
dred feet of casing falling into it. The
company was unable 10 draw this casing
out so 1t was abandoned. OF the well
the Winfield Courier says:
The machinery was transferred Mon
gay from the present wen To Il punt
three hundred feet west. near the rock
fence on the Harris farm. The drillers
commenced work last evening and before
quitting time had drilled between five and
six feet Today the drill has been stead
lily working in an S-4-inch hole. 1t is I'M
derstood that the drllers will keep this
Well pretty well cased up in order TO
avoid it's filling with water, as the former
well did.
y,
which to drill the casing out in the first
hole, at a later cate.
Surface gas was struck in the second
gas well at a depth of about 125 feet IL
didn't amount to much but goes TO show
that the vicinity around the first well is
pretty well filed with stratas OF gas sand.
Biggest Sign in the World.
New Workers who are used to big
things, have been astonished during the
past week by a painted sign at the cor
rer OF Broadway and Spring street, COW
ering the north side of two eleven-story
buildings. This sign covers 15.4l6 square
feet Of space and is by far the largest
advertising sign ever painted. The picture
Is the well-lSnown figure of Sunny Jim.
who for so many months has testified TO
the goodness of FORCE" not only over
the entire United States, but in the United
Kingdom, as well.
In this picture Sunny Jim is 112 feet
six inches in height. His hat is seventeen
feet six inches tall and six feet broad.
His nose is ten feet long. His ear is three
feet nine inches high His arm is seven
teen feet long his legs sixty feet long.
His thumb extends over a space OF five
feet. The height of his collar is twelve
feet six inches. and his tie is seven feet
six inches in height. His cuffs are six
feet three inches wide. The buttons on
the coat are three feet nine inches in
diameter. and his cuff buttons are three
feet six inches in length. Sunny Jim's'
feet are twenty feet long. and the cane
which he carries is fifty feet in length.
His dog. which sports along by his side.
is forty-two feet six inches I'm height
With this enormous sign. the reading
matter is very brief and fills but small
part of the space. It is as follows:
'Vigor. Vim. Perfect Trim,
FORCE. made him Sunny jim. "