The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-18
NATURAL GAS
PROPOSITION
TO BENEFIT ARDmoRE, FORT
WORTH AND DENlsoN.
Organization Of Company Who VII
rUrnian Gas for Industries Of All
Ein,s--syt viii Come
from Wheeler Field.

ifalisis for The purpose 20 furnishing
heat and light for the city Of Ardmore
rc company is Incorporated. All the
stock in the company is held by Ohio
parties. who are experienced in the
gas business. and who have control q.
numerous gas fields in that state II ie
'h' iurp -c of the company 20 'u-t's.
artificial gas for fuel and lighting
purposes They have sunk one well
south Of the city. 20 the depth of six
hundred feet. but failed 20 find
gas. The drill has been moved 20
near Wheeler. where the company
owns considerable land. and where
they will sink another well. IN an ef-
fort TO reach gas on their own prop.
crty Should they not find gas II Is
The intention Of the promoters of the
enterprise 10 enter into negotiations
with the Santa Fe people. who have
at present. a well flowing at their
fields at Wheeler 20 furnish them with
gas The Santa Fe well Is capable OF
supplying a city OF one hundred thou.
sand poulatlon with gas The flow
Is very strong and the gas is of the
best The promoters Of the Ardmore
Heat a Light Co. are Of the opinion
that they will find all the gas they will
need. on their land near the Wheeler
oil fields. as they own a large tract Of
land near the Santa Fe fields
Should they not however be able TO
find a flow Of gas on their property
they viii make arrangements. for fur.
nishing Ardmore with artificial gas,
supplied by the Santa Fe people OF
other companies IN that field The
company Is backed by capital sun.
Client TO make It a 20 and gas for Ard
more IN the near future Is a certainty.
The company. which secured fran.
chise from the city council some time
ago. under another name. however
but backed by the same capitalists.
money In the city laying gas mains
and making other improvements, also
In sinking the well. which failed to
produce the gas. That they mean
business can be evidenced by the fact
that for the past three months. a gang
OF laborers have been az work laying
the mains in the business parts Of the
city. The work on these mains was
rushed. from the fact that the paving
OF the business streets and especially
Main street would begin Immediately.
and II was the purpose OF the company
TO get their mains and connections
down before the paving was begun.
Nearly all the mains in the business
section Of the city have already been
put in. and work viii be.
gin shortly laying those on the resi-
dent streets The latter part OF this
week drillers will begin sinking the
well near Wheeler in the hopes of
striking gas. The well will be sunk
to a depth OF about eight hundred
feet and should gas not be
found at that depth they will
abandon IL and take up the
proposition with other companies OF
furnishing the gas. At any rate the
franchise calls for natural gas and the
managers of the enterprises here, say
the company will furnish that kind of
gas.
Natural gas, and plenty OF II means
much TO Ardmore IN the way OF cheap
fuel and will bring factories, aud 9TH
er industries 20 the city ChCal fuel
Is what II takes to bring the manu-
featuring plants 20 town, and with
natural gas, al distance of less than
fifteen miles. sufficient 10 furnish a
city of n hundred thousand inhabi-
tants, Ardmorc will be- In a position TO
attract the attention Of manufacturers
Coal at the present time In Ardmore
Is higher than Il is in most of the
manufacturing states, and with the
cheap fuel, which natural gas will
create, this country will present an
alluring opportunity to the mnaufac.
turer, who's only drawback from com
ing here is the price of fuel
The organization Of the company is
good thing for the city and will at
tract capitalists and investors To Ard
more who are searching for location.
The company has secured practically
all the right of way for their pipe lines
from Wheeler here and everything will
be in readiness TO convey the gas to
the city as soon as the well s sunk.
The Dallas News Of Sunday contain
ed the following;
Ohio and Indiana gas and oil men
will spend half million dollars in Ok
lahoma in giving to Ardmore. the cap
ital of Indian Territory, an artificial
gas plant, and also furnishing gas to
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