The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-21
Ardmoreite'S Protest Against Casing
Head Gasoline Shipments Brings
General Expressions of Approval

heaiujoh llelus through TINS city mas
loucheu Il popular chord.
The city government for several
weeks has been wrestling with propo-
sitOns along this line and al the meet
| ing to be held tomorrow night an
| ordinance will be introduced prohibit
| ing the shipment of this dangerous
explosive through the city limits
Those who have investigated the Ie.
gal phase of the question state that
there is no doubt about the commits.
sion being clothed with the authority,
1 to handle such shipments The law
! is specific in this that the commits.
sion has a right to state what snacifir
gravity a product of petroleum shall
/ have that is offered for sale # is
taken for granted that the shipment
/ would in itself constitute an offer TO
] the markets and that this would give
=. commission the right to exercise
'oeL authority.
/ refiner in poiuting ont a
way -hipments can be made
stated tn. pert could accompapv
each car fro. ,he time it leaves the
/ factory until it reaches its destina.
/ ton That remedy within itself sug.
gests that it is very dangerous fn-
gredient And when il is understood
how careless these experts become
| through their familiarity with hand.
| ling explosives. the worst fears of the
result Of this plan are well grounded
For instance. this district once had AN
expert on nitro.glycerine This expert
handled this explosive until ne would
| fill his car with it. put his wife i'm nv
his side and drive from Wichita Falls
To Ardmore That procedure might
be alright for this expert. but those
who are not accustomed to beiug
around nitro.glycerine shrink AT such
a danger and il is merely a question of
time until he will load his last mart
Of it, Association with explosives
breeds contempt of its danger and
Ardmore people are not willing TO RELY
upon the protection of such exnerts
The Ardmoreite insists that the on.
ly real and adequate protection lies
in the choice between no shipments
at all or in lowering the gravity by
the blending process until il ceases
to become dangerous
The railroads over which these shin.
ments are proposed TO be made is an
intra.state road. it is subject to the
laws of this state and is controlled
by the corporation commission of this
state instead of being subject to the
regulations of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission irdmore people
cannot imagine that anv railroad
would be mercenary enough to want
TO make these shipments in spite of
the admitted peril it involves. much
less a local road composed Of local
people whose interests are identical
with those Of the people of this CITY
It is safe to say that the local owners
will not be willing 10 risk the lives
and property of their neighbors and
friends merely to collect a small shin.
ment fee in the way on each one of
these cars.
1t is pointed out that the substance
in controversy is so light. that it is so
volatile that it cannot be- pipcd under.
ground; that a pipe cannot be iointed
closely enough to keep it from vast.
ing But II can be blended and the
only objection to this process is found
in the fact that double freight charges
must be paid. The low grade must
be piped into the field, which. being
an extra cost to the manufacture and
sale Of casing head gasoline. But who
would measure this freight charge