The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-30

DISCOVERED
All NJ D R {
BIG MANUFACTURING CONCERN
HAS SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST
IN THE LOCAL NATURAL GAS
PLANT.

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one day, and new railroad hand
some new depot building, and genera
headquarters for a railway company
/ nave come to Ardmorc ms result
of that discovery.
kress and Woolworth discovered
Ardmorc, and carpenters and brick
masons will soon be at work con.
Structlng mammoth buildings. for
these stores, and Ardmore win be
made great shopping center for
the southern portion of the state as
result of that discovery.
The most recent good thing to hap.
pen for this city is the fact that we
have been discovered by the Stude-
bakers of South Bend, Ind George
and Clem Studebaker, the men who
build wagons and buggies and auto.
mobiles, and who have built up n
company whose common stock sells
for $2i0,-have made substantial pur.
chases in one of the enterprises of
this city.
There Is no way to measure lust
at this time what that may mean TO
Ardmore.
In the sale of the stock of the
Ardmore city Gas company, It passed,
or will pass into the hands of a
company in which the Studebakers
are Interested. These people have n
kindly interest in Ardmore. as their
tavoritc niece, Mrs. Konnett Hudson,
resides in this city.
O j. McLane, president Of the Ard. |
more city Gas company of ST. Louis |
and j. S. Connolly, a stockholder of
the company. of Port Arthur Texas.
are here and will remain a day or two
In arranging he details of the sale,
so that the stock can be transferred.
William A. Baehr of Chicago, of
reputation, organized
the company which made the pur.
chase here. He was chief engineer
'or the Laclede Gas Light company
)f ST. Louis and went from there to
chicago a few years ago. There he
opened an office as consulting en-
sineer for the Peoples Gas Light
ma Power company OF that city lie
hen organized the North American
light & Power company. which com.
'any has acquired a number of elec.
ric and artificial gas plants. This
the company which purchased the
liant here, and it is their first ven.
ure in the natural gas business The
ompany Is negotiating for the pur- ]
hase OF other plants in Oklahoma {
nd has come TO remain permanently &
! the natural gas belt of this state. I
This company will operate here q
nder the charter which has already |
cen taken out. II has plenty of q
apltal stock TO make all necessary I
Ntensions, and to give Ardmore a g
erfect gas service The gas busi. +
ess frequently requires extensions &
lines TO new fields, and this com 4
any has the funds with which TO a
axe these extensions II Is only a n
after Of a short time when "A larger p
ne will have TO be laid to the gas Il
'ea, as the present line is a 6-inch, Il
I'd the time is near at hand when Il
will be inadequate to supply the q
.eds Of the city. II will also be b
,cessary, some OF these days, to c
ach out to the Loco or the Fox h
Id for gas, and this company has
enty Of funds to make these exten- p,
ons. -
In southern Oklahoma there are "
veral counties that are either in
e gas belt or in a prospective gas
ca. They are Kiowa, Comanche, |
ephens, Jefferson, Carter. Love and
lrshall, a tier OF counties lying
I'm northwest TO southeast through
very rich portion Of the southern
rtion of the state, where some
Cd towns and cities can be t'ilt
Inasmuch as the company deals in
,ctric plants as wen as in gas
ints. it is not improbable that It
Il take over the street railway.
zen it sells in January.