The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-21
PEOPLE WANT NATURAL GAS
PROMINENT MEN MAKE INTERESTING
TALKS At COURT HOUSE---COMMITTEE
APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE

OF the columbus BUSINESS
League. The meeting was large
ly attended by nearly all the
prominent business men of this
community.
Vice-president, 7. J. Locke,
Jr., presided at the meeting and
called upon President Maer to
explain the object of the same.
Mr.. Maer stated that there was
no question in his mind as to the
great advantage that would be
realized by Columbus through
utilization of natural gas, and
that he as private citizen and
also as president of the Business
League heartily endorsed the ac-
ton. That the directors of the
Business League were heartily
IN favor of bringing the natural
gas into Columbus from the Fay
cite fields and would do every
thing legitimate to bring it here
Capt. Hunter Sharp was the
next speaker. He stated that he
represented the Providence Oil
ID Gas Co., the owners of the gas
and oil fields in Fayette, Ala.
What DR.. Grove, the president of
e company, had authorized him
2 wake proposition to the peo-
; pie Columbus, that if they
2 tMEoul1urchase 10000 shares in
.le 'Unany at so cents a share
I 10 t,,el, co., ~ of owe would begin the
Jcl lay lns 81 u pipe line within 80
uay0 anu ,,stated that if the
antee SIS, 600 sOnsuh.ation for
ten years, he would build ! n;0e M
line. Capt. Sharpfurther stased
/ that he was surprised to see /;
circular issued by Herbert Stan
ley, we'll known real estate ma,
OF this city. offering stock of tn
company at 40 cents a share, a
he was the only authorized agen
OF the company and was sellin
same at 30 cents a share. Capt
Sharp further stated that if Nh
Stanley delivered the stock a
40 cents share that he woul
not only duplicate the price bU
would indemnify all who ha
purchased stoch from him fc
the difference betwe.- tbe nric
paid him and that at whlu- M,
| Stanley delivered the stock.
II The next speaker was Mr..
lit. Webster, secretary of Il
Business League, stating that
| state of Texas a number of citi
J md towns were consuming ma
/ ural gas from the fields as f
| distant as $50 miles and that t.
| price at Fort Worth for natur
Il gas for domestic purposes W
so cents per 1000 feet and for
| dustrial purposes 25 cents p
/ 1000 feet, which price is consi
/ erably higher than the price
/ which the people of Columb
| were offered the gas. Mr.. We
| ster further stated that the use
natural gas in these cities a
| towns caused a great industri
| growth and increase in the pa
| rolls of manufacturers.
| The following business m
also addressed the meeting: n
| T. o. Burris, president cf t
| Tombigbee Cotton Mills. Ca
I'D. P. Davis, manager of
| Mississippi Cotton Oil Co., n
| W. W. Craig, president, of t
| Southern Plow Co., and \
| e. C. Chapman and 4
| Howard Marshall. These q
tlemen were all in favor that i
mediate action be taken to |
this matter into some tangil
business form.
The following committee "
then appointed to make inves
cations and submit their reco
mendations to later meeting
the citizens to be held at |
near future:
Major Battle Bell. Capt. ID.
Davis, Capt. w. C. Mcclure, I
w. w. Craig, Mr.. Samuel Ka
Mr.. T. O. Burris and Mr.. w.
Pickett.
Mr.. Herbert Stanley was 81
at the office of the Adams Rea