The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-21
IS WILLING TO
TAKE CHANGES
Pat Gould Makes Good Offer
to City.
PRESENT OF TEN ACRES
Providing Wells Will be Bored
on Land.
PRESENT OF TEN ACRES

Pat Gould has made a proposition
to the committee which was appointed by
the citizens to attend to the gas business
which viii interest every. property owner
in the city as well as in the country. He
proposes TO give to the city the right to
lore on his land and if gas. oil, salt or
anything else Of value is found. he win
deed the city ten acres of ground. He
evidently looks at the proposition in a
different light from many land owners
who believe they own property in the
belt where the expert driilers desire to
bore the well.
Mr. Gould owns 20 acres Of land at
Harry ard Hillside streets. He told z. r.
Allen and Tom Fitzpatricks that il the
city wanted to bore holes in his land he
would give the city the chC7ce OF ten
ceres on which the holes could be bored.
lie would make a deed to the Ten acres
end put it in the bank. = either oil, gas.
or salt was found he would turn the
deed over to the city; if nothing was
found the deed would revert to him. In
case the drillers decided to choose ten
acres liz the center Of the land. he would
give a road to the public highway
This is the best proposition that has
been made by the land owners and if
others would be as liberal there would
be no question regarding the prospect
ing
In speaking of the offer of Mr. Gould
one Of the men who is interested in the
matter said: This is fair and liberal
proposition. The city could afford to bore
for gas even if it found nothing more
than pockets" providing all the land
owners would make proposition as fair as
Mr.. Gould has made. 1t is even better
proposition than the city makes"
IT was reported last night by a man
who is on the inside. that the Winfield
company would make another PROPOSE
ton to the committee. He said that the
reason the contract submitted was re-
fused was because it provided that the
drilling company should get d fow' Of
100000 feet per day Of gas, and that it
should find it in II least ten feet OF gas
bearing sand, which was to be white
The company objected to the white. - He
said that they thought IF they got The
flow of gas TO the required amount, that
should satisfy the committee and the
people who wanted the gas.
It is expected that the revised contract
viii be presented to the committee Mon
day and that some definite action viii be
taken then.
IF nothing can be done with the drill
ing companies at once" lac said then
# is up to the committee to take some
other steps. but I believe everything viii
be arranged within the next few days"
In regard TO the work at Winfield. the
Courier says
u. F. Hertzler reported at II O'Clock
today that the drilling was progressing
nicely at the second gas wen. Up to
midnight depth Of somewhere near
40 feet had been reached. A delay Of
several hours was caused last night on
account of the bailcr getting stuck IN
strata of soft nSd. but no accidents re-
suited.
THE first gas well has been capped Sc
that there is practically no gas escap-
iEg.
'sThe statement in last nights issue
that gas pocket had been opened at
a depth Of 125 feet. afterwards proved
70 be canard. circulated by reliable
party who mistook Drner Campbens
Joking statement that gas has been
struck at that depth