The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-29
CLEAR CREEK GO,
 ACCEPTS FRANCHISE
TO SUPPLY CONWAY GAS
ATTORNEY TELEGRAPHS MAY OR JONES LOCAL ORDINANCE
 IS ACCEPTED.

l The Clear Creek Gas and Oil Con- pany of Fort Smith has accepted the franchise recently granted in an ordi- nance passed by the Conway city council, to supply natural gas to con- sumers in this city. Mayor Frank Jones today received telegram from Attorney G. c. Hardin, representing the company, stating that the fran chise would be accepted. A signed copy of it is expected to be received here tonight and the ordinance will become effective upon it's publication
 The company is given Is months in which to begin supplying gas here, otherwise the franchise will become void. 1t runs for period of 50 years, but is not an exclusive franchise. The maximum rate which can be charged under it is 25 cents per thousand cubic feet. The ordinance, it is believed contains everything necessary to pro- tect the interests of the consumers. Some of it's provisions, the company contended, were rather unfair to it, but these matters were insisted upon by the council and the company, ac- cording to the telegram, has finally agreed to accept it.
 That the Clear Creek company in tends to pipe it's product to Memphis is indicated by the publication in newspapers along the Rock Island Mine between Little Rock and Mem phis of franchises similar in most re- spects to the one granted at Conway Should the Memphis line be con- structed it is thought it will insure better service at Conway than if this city was the terminus of the line, as was first intended.
 The company is evidently very ac- tive in making preparations for fur nishing gas, as is indicated by the following clipping by Tuesdays Southwest American:
 At called meeting of the city commission Monday, Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company franchise ordi- nance was read once and placed on the calendar on second reading. It will come up for final passage at the first regular April meeting Monday of next week The ordinance had been modified in some of it's minor terms and as acted upon Monday, will be on file with the city clerk this week in compliance with the seven-day charter requirement, and barring pos sible amendment (which is not ex- pected, the ordinance may be placed on it's final passage at the next meet ing.
 "The Clear Creek Oil and Gas Company, discoverers of the big Kib- Ter gas field, awarded a contract on Monday for four additional wells to be sunk within the next 60 days A contract for two wells was awarded to w. c. Shelley, well-known oper- ator of Tulsa, Okla, and contract for the other two to J. S. Burke X Son, of Tulsa, who are drilling the Clear Creek company's Nos. ? and 8 and who drilled the No. 1. The Skel- ley contract calls for the beginning of operations within 20 days.
 "The pipe line will be pulled Tues day from the Clear Creek No. 2 well in section 29-9-3O, Crawford county in an effort to dislodge the tools which became last just month ago to the day.
 Clear Creek No. in section 36- 9-3O, Sebastian county, is 1,750 feet deep, and the drillers are awaiting more cable. The drill has passed through the hardest formation ever encountered in this field. This for nation was 175 feet thick"