The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-03
NATURAL GAS
THE LOGAN NATURAL
GAS COMPANY.
It's Immense Proportions
and Extreme Territory.

Air. S. A Wheeler, president OF
the Logan Natural Gas company
and of several other of the smaller
concerns under the control of Mr.
Theodore Barnsdall, was seen by the
Toledo Times at the Boody, on
Saturday. The Logan Natural Ga'
company is m immense propagation
being capitalized at 100000
The company originated ten years
ago at Logan, Hooking county
Ohio. for the purpose Of developing
the great natural gas deposit that
was known to exist at Sugar Grove
Fairfield county. The source Of the
gas lie the same as that of all otheI
central Ohio deposits-the Clinton
lime rock. This is found at . depth
of 2, 100 feet and Is the rame forma.
tion that overlies the great shales,
the Utica aud the Black which in
turn cover the Trenton rock, the
source OF oil and gas in tLis state.
The Logan Natural Gas company
has undertaken the construction oi
a l6 inch line to connect the Logan
company near Logan Ohio with the
great Lewis county, West Virginia
gas deposit, the largest. perhaps in
exiatence. wells are obtained there
that haven 4 rock pressure OF $500
pounds to the square inch and furn-
ish from 100000 to %, 900. 600
feet = day. This company CLANS
100, 900, 900 cutie feet per diem
ready to tap or draw at call. With
this vast source connecting the citv
of Toledo BY the Northwestern's
double track line, the patrons of the
company have IN assurance OF good
supply tor many years to como. 1he
l6 iuch line therefore starts in Lewis
county, West Virginia and as direct
as possible to Logan proceeds direct
north through the center of the state
passing Newark, Mt. Gilead and
heading directly for Sandusky at a
point 80 or 40 miles south of that
city, the line is reduced to IL inches
in diameter. Branches are run III
all directions to all important towns
such as Tiffin, Bucyrus, Marion, Fre-
mont, Fostoria and even Friday is to
have one. Carey and some of the
smaller fry are in the swim. East
ward from the main line connection
has been made with Norwalk, Elyria
Lorraine aud Cleveland. To the
latter points 8 and 10 inch lines ere
used. To Crestline, Sandusky aud
Amherst the. line is IL inches. and
to Bellevue, Clyde and Fremont, it is
of the 8 inch variety. Five years
ago, Barnsdall. who is one of the
specimens now engaged IN
the oil and gas business, seems to
have crasped the idea that the nat
ural gas industry presented more
results than the OIL and at
once set about obtaining control Of
the best deposits Of the element then
in sight. At Sugar Gaove, in Far:
field county, there had been opened
. rich gas field. wells with from
500 to 7c0 pounds pressure and from
. million to three million cubic feet a
DAY, had been secured.
The Logan Natural Gas company
had been In practical operation for
some years, supplying Chillicothe
Athens and other towns. The con-
troll "f this company was secured
and made tho basis of the largest
natural gas combination of the pres
ent time, except, perhaps, that under
control. The Logan COM
pany is the principal source of Tole-
dos supply. The Northwestern Gas
received gas from the com
pany's main 16icch line at a point q
little south of Gallon, using a ten
inch line. 1t is now paralleliag this
another of the capacity giving good
promise Of furnishing all who may
desire it IN Toledo with all the gas
they will need during the coming
winter. In the Fairfield and Licking
county region, the company con-
trols aboat 100, 900 acres Of territory
These deposits have been drawn
upon more or less for the past ten
vears and still the pressure and vol
ame are both large. Some idea of
The outlay incurred in the construc-
lion of these immense conduts may
be gained by the statement that the
Is inch pipe used, costs % a foot. |
The Others, Of course. q trifle less. |
about s., ,0O0, 900 have been |
expended and still the work of con-!
is in progress. 1t is not un-
lkley that branches will be extended |
o other localities, both in the west
Ind in the east. Upper Sandusky |
Lima and St. Mary are probably in
he range of The future. The Lorain
also furnishes gas to the
people at Cleveland. The
strange feature of the gas develop
nents of Central Ohio is the entire
Ibsence of OIL in the Clinton lime
ock. One would naturally look for
n oil pool at once or the other side
f euce a deposit If not found direct
y in the center. Bat If it exists at
II il has yet to be found, except in
united quantities at the southern