The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-16
Natural Gas Company Planning
Kansas City Pipe Line.
Standard Oil Company's Right
of. Way to Be Used.
MATERIAL is SHIPPED.
Side Tracks I'm Gas Belt Filled
With Loaded Cars.
Other News from All Parts OF
the State.

Chanute, Aug. 16.-While it is the ev-
tdent intention of the Kansas Natural
Gas company to try and lay it's Joplin
pipe line first plans are already well
along TO try to put the Kansas City
line through. A gentleman who was a
visitor in Chanute yesterday, who can
be relied on, says that the plan of the
piping company now was to use the
Standard Oil company's right of way to
Kansas City. He stated further that
arrangements had already been made
with the Standard officials in the east
TO that effect. A Standard man recent
~ gave out an interview at lola stat
ing that the Standard was getting as
wide a right of way as possible, as his
company wanted room for several oil
pipe lines
The truth seems to be that more room
is wanted for gas pipe line. The pipe
will be 20 inches in diameter, four inch
es more than that to be used for the
Joplin line. Using the Standard right
of way would bring the line past Cha
mute and lola, and it is safe to prophesy
that it would not be allowed to pass in
peace AS was reported recently, a
number of cars of pipe have been IN
loaded on the Katy between Chanute
and Pioua. 1t was at first thought this
pipe was for the Kansas City line. but
1t is now stated that II will be used to
pipe gas to the lola cement plant or
some Of the large smelters there. The
refusal of the ottawa council to grant
the piping company a franchise will
probably be followed by some of the
other towns to the north where gas is
being discovered now. which in itself
will help to defeat the project
The Kansas Natural Gas company is
even claiming. so the Tribune learns.
that it will inside of five or six years
be furnished gas to lola and Chanute,
as well as Kansas City. the idea being
that ii will gobble up all the available
gas territory in sight, and the towns
controlling but a limited amount of ter
ritory will not be able to find new terri
tory and will have to purchase from
them. There is much hot air in this,
of course but it contains a suggestion
for Chanute. The city does not control
enough territory for the future, larger
city that Chanute is going to be, and
for that reason should be acquiring
more gas territory, for it will never be
for Chanute's interest, sufficient gas
territory should be acquired now to pro-
tect the city for all future time.
The Coffeyville Journal says of the
Joplin line: John H. Hafner. who lives
In Joplin, was in. the city last evening
and said it was common talk that the
gas company would be piping gas into
that city within the next few months
Representatives OF the company have
been over there and a franchise has
when the proper time comes. Mr. Half
ner says that at several points along
the Katy railroad, are carloads of the
pipe. ready for the pipe line. Mr.. Half
ner says the people through southeast
ern Kansas are not particularly oppos-
ing the pipe line, because they are
promised by the company that they will
get gas. Mr.. Hafner thinks that while
the sentiment at Joplin is for gas, still
they are loath to steal it from Kansas
towns