Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-09
Usage and Oklahoma Company
Contends 1t Has Lived Up
to Promises.
MORE PRESSURE IN 3 DAYS
Shortage of Pipe Has Been
Responsible for Failure
to Connect Up.
THE CITIZENS ARE INDIGNANT
Chamber of Commerce Sends
Committee of One to Make
Investigation.
MORE PRESSURE IN 3 DAYS
THE CITIZENS ARE INDIGNANT

Following the receipt of numerous
complaints from indignant citizens
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
appointed Mark Il. Carr committee
Of one to wait upon the Usage & Ok
lahoma Gas Co. for the purpose of
Tulsa would be sufficient to cope
with the needs of the city. In this
connection the distributing company
announced that it excepted within
three DAYS to connect with thirty
million feet of gas which would as
sure gas pressure that would meet
every need
In face of the explanation made
by the company il is inferred that the
Chamber of Commerce is prone to
give the company a little time and
perhaps no further action will be
taken by that organization until the
three days have elapsed. In the
matter of charges that have been
voiced to the effect that the COM
pany has not lived up to past prom
ises the O. & O. officials were en-
phatic in their contention that they
have abided faithfully by every prom
Use voiced
COnfcrces Held
Following similar shortage of
domestic gas in Tulsa last winter a
series of conferences were held be-
tween officials of the company, city
officials and officials of the Chamber
of Commerce. The Usage & Okla
homa Co was ordered to make prep
arations to supply a greater quantity
; Of gas TO Tulsa consumers, and this
was agreed to. tf .ss.
According to city officials no plan
has been perfected by the, company to
meet such an emergency, but officials
OF the company yesterday declared
that they have even gone further
than they had first anticipated and
had now installed more pipe than was
called for under the former agree
ment. The only trouble, was that the
pipe laid was to a field of gas which
since has broken" and which is now
almost worthless as source of fuel
for Tulsa.
The Usage & Oklahoma Co., accord
ing to these officials, now operates a
l2-inch trunk feed to this city from
the south, securing its source of gas
from the Okmulgee, Mounds, Cushing
and Shamrock field. Another 12-inch
feed is produced to Tulsa from the
Haskell and Bixby field, while yet an
other S-inch main is brought into
Tulsa from the Usage field.
Have Made Connections.
During the last six months the
company has made an S-inch con-
nection with this line east of Red
Fork and this has been brought into
the city thru West Tulsa, striking an
extended line on Tenth which comes
down Eleventh to Main az a high pres
sure source. At Eleventh and Main
new S-inch main is started and pro-
duced to Fourth while at Seventh
and Main other connections are made
with an s-inch trunk going over and
to Cincinnati. A 9-inch line coming
ing Tulsa a complete trunk system,
but 1t does not give Tulsa more gas.
When the conferences we're held
earlier in the year before the corpora
ton commission, 1t was declared that
the company had failed to maintain
adequate lines and the company de-
clared that such was not the case, but
that the gas pools which had been
counted upon for supply were quit
ing"
The city officials and the Chamber
of Commerce, It is believed, are will
ing to give the company the benefit
of the doubt and grant them time to
install the additional pipe that will
connect the city with more gas.
Shortage Of pipe is held responsible
for the lack of gas and with this ma
terial now on hand It is probable that
more fuel will be supplied Tulsa
within the time promised.