The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-28
CASING HEAD To
STATE COMMISSION
PROTEST AGAINST SHIPMENT OF
HIGH TENSION GASOLINE TO
GET HEARING.
WILL DRAFT ORDER
City Attorney to Prepare Such Ruling
As Local People Desire and All In
terests Are to BE Notified Of the Hear
ing.

With reference to the fight which
the citizens of Ar more have been max.
ing to prohibit 4 nent of casingheal
gasoline througl city, it can be
stated that somt Q. gress is being
made. The matter been presented
to w. d. Humphrey Y -ampbell Rus
SELL members of the Q corporation
commission, and these state that
the commission will use q power 1t
has to make a rule again. 'h ship
ments and enforce it,
James A. Bass, city alto. will
prepare such an order as thes pie
would like to have made and 4 pre-.
sent 1t to the commission. Following
this a hearing will be ordered and the
gasoline manufacturers and the rail.
road people will be permitted to state
their views. Railway companies will
favor such an order, for the reason that
the common carrier becomes respon.
sible for the losses which occur and
1t Is likely also that the gasoline manu-.
facturers will not resist the order as in
most cases now the blending of casing.
head is done before shipments are made
The proposed order will allow ship
ments of gasoline Of Ga gravity and also
restrictions will be placed upon the
vapor tension of this material.
Manufacturers state that 1t will be
only a short time when compressors
will not be used in making gravity cas-
inghead gasoline and the commodity
will not have vapor tension that will
make 1t dangerous to handle. The
theory upon which this statement IL
based is the principle that prevails in
the manufacture of products from pc
troleum. The first commodity that
comes from oil under heat Is the light
est product and in the manufacture OF
gas products the first commodity to
come off is the lightest, which is the
the process continues the products be-
come lower in gravity and lower In
vapor tension and the new processes
which extract a greater amount Of pro-
ducts from gas also manufacture a
lower grade Of gasoline which becomes
a lNtihg AOi use
without blending and which is not dan
gerous to handle in the ordinary way of
making shipments.
Referring to the recent investigation
made at Gainesville, by Col. r. II.
Innes, inspector of the United States
that city said
Colonel Innes has made thorough
personal investigation in detail and his
recommendation to the city and county
officials regarding the conditions he
found here will be of great moment to
ed up at once by official steps necessary
to abate The startling dangers our city
has been exposed to for periods linden
nitely.
Mr.. Innes found five cars of casing
head gasoline on a side track about d
has stopped the shipping of these cars
until he has made thorough examina
ton of the character of the liquid con
tents contained in the tanks aboard.
One Of these tanks examined yester
day was found to contain a substance
above the danger force. while Others
were found to be in keeping with nor
NAL regulations.
The cars mentioned above in transit
are being shipped from Drumright, Ok
lahoma, to Port Arthur, Texas.
10 loc koI
eral experts here this week also. in
vestigating that explosion and are pros
ecuting a most rigid examination into
gathering all the facts possible con
nected with that catastrophe.
1t Is believed that these investiga
tions will result not only in the ship
ping OF casinghead gasoline through
this city. in dangerous state, but will
likewise prompt the city council 10 TAX,
steps to have all overgrouhd oil tank.
and receptacles rowt located on tn,
Santa Felright Of way. near Scott stree
removed 10 some safe spyt outside o.
the sitss limits, h condition that shoult
have been ~eradicated years ago ol
never allowed to exist from the outset
a condition that has constantly me-
the protest Of numerous local citizen,
and rightly SO from its incipiency.
Editorially, the Register said:
safety First" is a good motto bu
II must be put in actual practice II 4
achieves the results necessary to max,
good.
The shipping Of casinghead gasolinl
through Gainesville must be stopped
Public sentiment is against 1t, the peo
pie are aroused and they are likely I,
start something worth while II thell
lives and property continue to be men
aced by the transporting of that explo
sive and death.dealing stun through thii
locality. Safety First is the slogan nov
with Gainesville people, and they meal
TO carry out the functions Of that motto
John n TaLes Mare Ronds