The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-28
COMMITTEE REPORT
To BUSINESS LEAGUE
CONTRACT BEING CIRCULATED
ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
LAST MONDAY NIGHT BY BUSINESS
MEN AT COURT HOUSE

to receive the report of the COM
mittee which was appointed to 90
to Birmingham with view of
making some definite arrange
ments for the bringing in of natu-
raj gas to Columbus from the Fay
cite fields.
| Capt. w. C. Mcclure acted as
spokesman of the committee and
read the proposed contract, which
was agreed to between the Provi-
dence Oil and Gas Company and
| the committee representing Co
Ilumbus. The contract provides
for the consumption of $4,000
worth of gas per annum for a pc
riod of 10 years by the signers of
the contract. II is believed that
the total amount of consumption
will be more than double the
amount of $4,000, and therefore
the signers of the contract would
not be held for the amount they
signed for, unless the total amount
of consumption did not reach $751;
600. The citizens were not called
upon to make any other guaran-
tee or to put up any bonus, neither
We're they asked to purchase stock
nor bonds. DR.. Grove, president
of the Providence Oil and Gas Co.
believes that he can finance the
laying of the pipe line after he has
these signed contracts in hand; he
further believes that he will be
able to supply Columbus with gas
from the Fayette field within
/ twelve months. The committee
therefore urged that the consum-
ers sign this contract without de-
lay, as nothing could be lost by
them and everything was to be
gained. Capt. Mcclure explained
that in the event another gas field
was brought in closer to Colum-
bus and they could bring in the
gas quicker than the Providence
company, the subscribers would
still be at liberty to enter into a
new contract, if DR.. Groves COM
pany had not already brought in
their pipe line. In other words,
the Providence company did not
bind itself to lay the pipe line
within any specified period, but it
was to their interest to do so with
as little delay as possible.
Various business men present
at the meeting were called upon
to make addresses and included
the following gentlemen: Messrs.
Samuel Kaye, w. w. Craig, I.
Burris, Mayor Donnell, w. N.
Puckett, c. L. Wood and Col. VIM.
Baldwin. These gentlemen all
confirmed the sentiments hereto
fore expressed by them ur sing the
citizens to wake up to the import
ance o. cooperating in the move
ment to secure natural gas for
|Columbu5
Mr.. C. F. Shazrod, president of
the Columbus Railway Light and
Power Co., made a very import
ant talk in which he stated that
instead of antagonizing this move
ment, as some people may suspect
him of doing, he as an individual
and as president of his company,
was heartily in favor of bringing
about quick entry of natural gas
to Columbus. He stated that while
they may be temporarily injured,
that the benefit TO be derived by
them in their other enterprises
within a few years would more
than compensate for the present
losses. He stated that he and his
company were ready, anxious and
willing to cooperate with the |
Providence company and the citi- |
zens to supply natural gas through |
their pipe line at the prices already
given.
MeSSrs. Mcclure, Burris and
Kaye were appointed as a COM
mittee to circulate the proposed |
contract for signatures by the con-
suners without delay, and Mr.. j. |
P. Lee, representative of the Provi- !
dence company, was requested to |