Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-03
CITY ASSURED OF
MORE GAS TODAY
Well Producing Five Million
Feet Daily Added to
Company's Lines.
MUCH SUFFERING FROM COLD
Lack of Heat Closes Stores
and Wraps Are Worn in
Downtown Buildings.

Low gas pressure ana temperatures
cNtondcd the suffering IN Tulsa yes
tcGduy ONcrcoats and sweaters were
y ON by employees in downtown build
lnes. there WIS a big demand upon
hardware stores for oil and wood
stoves and several stores were forced
TO close ON account OF the lack OF
heat.
Tho thermometer was at zero
shortly before Il O'Clock Yesterday
morning II rose gradually during the
oay until 1t reached H. degrees above
al O'Clock and ieclihcd gradually
during the night
Connect New Wen Last Night.
Adequate ras service today was
forccastcd las; night pV officials of
the Csasc ~ oklahoma cas- co.
They would make no absolute prom
isos. but expressed the belief that
they were row prcparci 10 supply NJ.
the gas needed
\ new we'll furnishing j.000.0oO feet
OF Clc q day was connected with tho
Tulsa mains at O'Clock last night.
The well Is located I'm tie f'latrock
field. three miles northeast OF the
| city.
lmmcdia:c'y after the connections
were made the pressure us recorded
in tho gus companvs office began to
move Upward The pressure ycster-
day was around two ornces, bot late
/ last niPht 1t had increased t. eight.
increases supply Onc-Iourih.
| The average consumption Of gas In
/ Tulsa during the winter Is $1,000. 900
cubic feet day Under no Coudl-
tious. II is estimated, could this city
7 POSSIBLY consume more than 2j.UOO.-
GOO feet. As the well connected yestcr-
/ day viii increase the available supply
about onc-fourth II Is believed that
. IT will relieve the situation that pre-
vailed Thursday and Friday.
I'VE have been doing everything in
our power TO provide more gas for
/ Tulsa said Glen Y. Bradeu. prcsi-
dent of the Osagc and oklahoma com
pany, last night.
Effort to- Meet Emergency.
Gas service has been cut Off from
all Industrial establishments using II
FOR boiler purposes. This was done 70
conserve the supply for domestic and
heating purposes.
The real cause of the gas short
age was due to our inability to buy
cas at the wells From our own wells
We obtain about one fourth of the
gas used iu Tulsa and the rest ",
|
have been buying much of the gas
used i'm this city in the Cushing field
sixty miles from here. Gu: mains are
not large enough To pump the gas II
sufficient quantities TO meet the great
demand for it In Tulsa.
To supply Demand.
81 believe with the addition Of the
well at Flatrock We viii have ne
more trouble from gas scarcity II
Tulsa"
The Usage field is not holding VI
in gas production. Twelve well'
drilled by the Usage & oklahoma co
i'm this field recently have been dry
Lines have been extended to otheI
fields. but they were not complete,
in dime to provide for the recent cole
wave Gas company officials declare
that they did everything possible L
take care of the emergency, but tina
they were helpless until more ga
could be obtained from the wells ad
iaccnt to their lines
Mayor May Investigate.
Mayor simmons in discussing tn
low pressure of gas thruout the cit
yesterday declared that he had beer
Informed there was plan on foo
and being carried out by the Osag
x Oklahoma co. to keep the intak,
gates on the large mains entering
Tulsa closed.
"lf find such to be the case" h
continued. "and | intend to investi
gate the matter, | Will have men IA
miliar with gas mains make a surve
of all gate houses To see that tn
gates are open. If they are foun,
shut or partially closed the compan
will be asked to open them. In tn
event that this request is not compile
with, we will have the corporation
commission send representativ
over here. We are going to get al
, the gas the Usage Il oklahoma CO
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