Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-21
THE PRODUCERS
OIL COMPANY.
A Corporation That Supplies Gas to New
York State Towns.

which supplies gas 10 Olean' boil
willie, Ceres, Little Genesee, Friend
ship, Belmont, Belfast and Angelica
Is spending $4,000 In building and
equlpping two modern COMPRISING
plants which will insure high and
Uniform pressure on its mains In
in zero weather. The company
has two main lines, one 80 miles
long which reaches from Single
House to Angelica and the other 1S
miles long. which reaches from
Single House to Olean. These
are eight inch lines. In addition
to these there are numerous smaller
feed lines that lead to the wells,
During warm weather the rock
pressure of the wells Is sufficient to
force the gas to the terminals OF the
big mains but In cold weather the
rock pressure Is not sufficient to
overcome the friction and the towns
at the ends of the lines are shy OF
gas. There Is volume enough at
the wells but 1t don't find its way
through the mains.
To overcome this the company is
building two compre sslng plants
The first one Is located on the
Croker farm, on Horse Run, mile
and a half out of Single House,
and at the junction of the Olean
and Angelica trunk lines. The
boiler house Is 28x4o and the COM
pressor house IS 24x4o. Both are
of sheet iron, one story high. In
the boiler house are two 80 b. p
steam boilers and In the compress
sor house there Is fifteen ton gas
compressor capable Of exerting a
pressure on the main line OF 100
pounds to the square inch. The
big compressor or pump gathers IN
the gas from the 40 wells IN the
district and forces 1t into the line
under high pressure. In the plant
there Is small gas engine that
runs dynamo which lights the
building. 1t Is very dangerous to
have lighted gas aboat compres
sor. The big gas pumping station
of the Standard Oh company which
was blown up near Warren last
winter was destroyed by a light be
Ing placed In the building where
the compressor was at work.
The second plant Is located on
the Foster farm at Writ Center,
midway between Bolivar and
Friendship. The building Is OF
sheet iron, 26x5o In size, one story
high, and the compressor weighs
ten tons. The power Is double
Bessemer gas engine of 80 h p, set
In concrete. The foundation OF
the compressor Is also of concrete.
The company had fifty old wells IN
the Writ Center district. They are
of light rock pressure and in winter
owing to the friction on the line
they are of little material benefit.
They have a considerable volume
of gas but not enough pressure to
make much Roadway against the
rock pressure of the wells at the
Shingle House end of the line. The
compressor gathers the gas from
these 50 wells and forces 1t into the
main line under so pound pres
sure 20 the square inch.
With the aid of the COMPRISING
plants 1t Is expected that a steady
pressure of IS pounds to the square
inch will be maintained on the line
at the terminals In Angelica and
O,ean, insuring the patrons steady
and sufficient supply of gas even In
the coolest weather. The COM
pressing plants will not be used all
the year, only from October first 10
April first The COMPRISING
plants are modern and the uachtn-
cry of the latest improved type
The Producers Gas company has
many thousand acres of valuable
gas territory under lease In Sharon
township, Potter county, and In the
towns of Genesse and Writ In Al
legany county. They have about
90 wells now connected with their
lines and drill number of new
ones each year. They anticipate
that their acreage Is large enough
to supply their mains for at least 80
years, possibly longer. Bolivar
Breeze,