The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-12
Chief Engineer Of Big Horizon
Company Arrives Here to
Begin Preliminary
Work
GAS PROMISED In
FROM 80 TO 80 DAYS
Time Depends on the Ability to
Get Pipe Delivered Fran
chises are Now Granted
by Four Towns

John d. Hackstaff Of New York,
constructing engineer Oh the Big Hor.
izor OH and Gas company, has arriy-
ed on the scene OF action from New
York and is working Gut the plans
preparatory to putting an army Of
men on the big Job Of furnishing Dun
can, NARROW Lawton and chickasha
witi gas from the wells at Hope,
Okla. The pipe line from Duncan to
Chekasha viii be surveyed at once.
Mr.. Hackstaff is IN Chickasha for
q few DAYS and Win be busy figuring
on plans and specifications for the
construction Of the mains within the
city limits and completing an order
for the material to be used here. The
order will be placed with the factory
at once and Immediately upon the ar.
rival here Of the material. the work
viii begin Mr. Hackstaff stated that
the Duncan and MARROW material had
been ordered as has the piping for
the construction Of the main line from
the wells into the various points Of
distribution.
Work will bsgin just as SOON as
the material arrives. said Mr. Hack
staff today We cannot tell just
when that win be for The reason that
the piusbure mills are pretty wen
crowded with advance orders. Also
the bad weather that is sure 10 come
soon will have tendency to delay
shipment Of our material 30 some ex.
tent Two separate construction gangs
VIII be on the JOB when the work
starts. One will lay the main lines
frem the field 70 the different cities
to Be supplied and the other gang
win work exclusively in the towns
consequently both jobs viii be com.
pleled about the same time and the
gas will be ready to be turned on
Of course we win furnish Duncan ana
MARROW first by virtue Of the fact
that they are nearer the field One
big trunk line Will be laid from the
wells TO a point between MARROW and
DJnean where the. mains will take
tie form Of a U, one section going TO
Duncan and the other comlrg north
TO NARROW and chlckasha Il IS pos.
sibls also that Lawton will es supplied
ahead OF chickasha as from the in
terseetion Of the cross mains Lawton
IS only 'ia miles distant. while Chick.
asha Is some IS miles away
= believe transportation conditions
are improving In the north and hardly
anticipate serious trouble from that
Source, although such conditions are
possible We are endeayoring to get
as much work completed as possible
before the severe winter weather
comes. for we realize this viii della,
us. We intend to have the entire
system complete with our fun list O.
subscribers by early summer. 1t il
useless for me to state at this time
just when the construction gang vii
reach Chiekasha for owing to yariet
conditions i Is impossible to make
definite statement have not beei
over the route the chickasha mail
viii take to the wells, but believl
1t will be difficult to negotiate. Th
Duncan NARROW line win begin within
a few weeks and the work will b
pushed to me limit until every foot Q
the pipe is down and every subscribe
is supplied with gas
Mr. Haekstaff was accompanied b
Earl a. 0llara Of Akron, Ohio, seor'
tarystreasurer Of the company. c. +
OHara was also here. The latter hel
iipted to express an opinion as
when gas gould be turned on herr
saying II was largely a question {
how promptly material could be d
livered BY the railroads, but
thought, barring unforeseen delays, I'll
service should be started in from
to 80 days
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