Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-29
MAY Finish TODAY
EXPECT THAT SOME KIND
OF AN AGREEMENT WILL
BE REACHED
QUAKER COMPANY Objects
Will Resist Any Attempt by the
State to Restrict Their Drill
ing Operations.

NELAUOMA CITY, Sept rs
" Especial From an application
by Attorney General West to the cor
porauon commission for an order re-
quirng the Prairie on X Gas co. TO
at once resume taking OH. to a reg
ular court proceeding inquiry into
the prices paid for oil toy the COM
pany where sold. the oil hearing this
afternoon changed rapidly, and the
commission adjourned tho hearing
late this evening until 10 O'Clock to-
morrow At this time 1t is the hope
that some tentative plan will be in
shape To present to the commission
on which temporary relief may bo
ordered by the commission.
The Application today for the at
torncy general for an order requr-
ing the hriario Ou a Gas co. to re-
sumo at once taking oil was OBJ
Jectod TO by ". 5. Fitzpatrick. attor-
ney for the Prairie offering legal
tcchniCalities, that the customary ten
days notice was not given, and In ad-
not have authority to make such an
order The commission decided to
take until Tuesday afternoon to an
nounce it's decision on the matter.
No, Less Than 75c
The application Of the attorney
general did not state any particular
price other than which the taking OF
oil should be based. though he was
Of the opinion that II should be at
not less than rs cents "A barrel Tn-
commission. through Mr.. Henshaw,
suggested that an order requiring tho
Prairie to take the oil and in the
meantime an Investigation be made to
establish price al which the Prai-
ric could secure reasonable profit
This met with objection from tho
representative of the company on the
ground that it was not fair to re-
quire them to take oil at price 10
be fixed In future or that was sur
rounded by elements of uncertainty
at the present time
Comp .omisc Proposition.
proposition was finally made by
j. j. Shea. who said he represented
some 100 producers in the Bartles-
ville-Nowata field that they were
willing for the Prairie to run the oil
Of these producers and trust to the
future To make a price that was fair
TO all sides This the Prairie repre-
sentative answered by saying I'VE arc
not In the storaEe business" A
representative OF the Okmulgee field
producers also made the proposition.
Beginning the hearing Attorney
General West placed witnesses before
me commission showing that tho
al
chaser Of crude oil for several Wears
anu thht thcy had suddenly qalt
without warning 90 buy oil at an.
Then the attorney general went into
concrete discussion of the state
laws which established the pipe limo
company as q common carrier and
later as q common purchaser citing
cases 10 show That the Prairie oucn
h1Nire become established hy law a.
% common purchaser 1t could not ar
HirHrliy qHii the business ana re-
iHa' l' purchase any more oil at
iny price.
'u"d similar Case.
\ canal ease iu Georgia was citeT.
Tho canal was bult and the bust
ness piollldhIc al llfSl The water
way was established as common
carrier. business becam" poor and
u decided To- quit The high court
hcid mat II being q common carrier
WIS d"llE puhllc husincSs ana could
moi ai ID. iiarny qult conducting tho
pubic business An Instance oi tho
New Aork central was cited where
there was strike 900 and the rail-
road complained H could not set
trainmen to handle i's freight husi-
ness at the price the road wanted to
pay for it Tho court neid thar Il