The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-18


City HaIl-The Gas Well Commit
tee of Nine Citizens Submit Re
port of FactS-Thc Committees
Action Is Endorsed and They are
Continued to Devise How the Pro
duets OF Gas Can Be Utilized Prac-
ticalIy and Protltably in its Sup
ply to the People.
In attendance at the meeting held
last night in the auditorium Of the
City Hall there were over three hun
dred representative citizens present.
The programme was carried out
as it had been planned by the com
mIttee with the exception of the
resolution by Attorney B. H. Llch-
tensIein, but it was not "a love
feast" as reported in the Times is
sue Of today.
The meeting was called to order
by Hon. Andrew Queries, who, after
reviewing what had been done, an
nOunced that Mr.. w. X. Hender-
son Sr would submit two reports.
Chairman Ouerbes was emphatic in
his statement that no personalities
or examinations or recriminatlOns
would be entertained. This had been
agreed to by The gas we'll committee
before thc calling of the meeting to
order. All that was to be done was
for the meeting to accept or to re
iect what would be presented by Mr..
Henderson. Mr.. Quorbes explained
how the gas we'll had been opened.
He was present with Mr., Henderson
and Mr.. GiImer and Mr.. S. A. McCue
and Mr.. C. d. Nean, whose ability
and integrity and whose knowledge
of gas and oil wells could not be
questioned or disputed. The COM
mittee was in no wise responsible
for any of the defects in the well
and would hurl back any discredlt
of the committee by WhOmsoeVer
made.
On Mr.. Henderson being called he
read the report Of the two experts,
S. w. McCue and C.. ID. kean. In this
statement is embraced the capacity
of the we'll with its salt water. These
two experts in their report say:
How much gas could be taken
from the we'll and used is question
which can only be settled expert
mentally, but we feel safe in saying
that between two and three miltiOn
feet of gas per day can be drawn
from the well and the water sepa-
rated from the gas, and the latter
utilized for commercial or other
purposes .... ....
In this statement by Mr.. McCue
and Mr. Keen is embraced indirectly
a yindication of the committee from
the Hillainous allegation by the
Mayor and his expert adviser that
the committee had tampered with
the we'll and had damaged it ire
parably. 1t would seem that when
the Mayor and his expert adviser
were denouncing the committee the,
were not aware that the gas well
had been opened by Mr.. McGue and
Mr.. kean. Since this fact has dawned
upon them, they have ceased their
criticism of the committee. They are
now dumb as oysters.
The Committees Report.
The next report by Mr.. Henderson
was as follows:
"We have no definite plan to Offer
publicly under the conditions aris
ing from the present state of the gas
well, but if it is your wish to have
another committee, or to have the
present committee to continue il
their efforts in planning how to ust
the products of the well profftabl.
in supplying the peoples needs, W.
would suggest that if you wish thi:
done that you delegate additiona
power to your committee to ascer
| tain if the we'll can be saved. And
| if, after a thorough inquiry into th'
condition of the well by competen
men and their decision should die
| Itate as the wisest policy that tn
well should be suppressed or killed
then it would be in order to kill il
but while agreeing to the killing
/ is the sense OF this committee tha
another well should be drilled i'm
mediately upon the same ground.
I'VE believe that with the ga
/ comparatively within easy reac
/ that the gas should not be permitte
| To remain dormant, but should b
drought to. the surface and use
practically for the benefit of tn
lpeople.
..To save or kill this well ther
| must follow an expenditure
| money, and to drill new we'll wi
/ neeessitate an additional amount {
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