Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-09
Ark. Company in Agree ment With Other Compan-
 ies for More Fuel.
WITH OWN MAINS
 WILL GIVE PLENTY
New Arrangement Will Give State Sui- ficient Supply of Gas for All Con- sulners, Say Officials-Hunce
 is Jubilant
Special to The Graphic.1

Little Rock, Jan. S-Not less than l 100000 feet of additional gas daily is to be supplied to Arkansas con sumers by the building of a new main from the fields of the Atlas Oil company and the Louisiana Gas com pany to the Arkansas Gas company 5 main pumping station at Lewis, La, according to information reaching / this city today.
 The building of the new main is to l be begun at once by the Atlas and 1 Louisiana companies, under an agree f ment with the Arkansas company, in which the latter company agrees to ! take not less than S,000,000 feet daily, while the main will have a ca pacity of 12,000,000 feet daily. the re- | port states.
 Only Logical Way.
 This is the only logical way to prevent further gas sht1JaGes ill Lit ] tie Rock and all cities end towns along the Arkansas company's main line," A. o. Wright general man ager for the Atlas company, is quoted as saying. "It is true that the ex- tensive pipe line work in the. fields below Shreveport will increase the Arkansas company's seryice, but only to certain extent, but the Reserve Gas company's main through Shreve- port to Lewis, as shown ny the gas consumption here alone, is taxed to its utmost.
 We found, too, that Cur mains | serves line are carrying all the gas possible. We are now supplying the Arkansas company with ever possi- ble foot through that main. Our statement to the effect that we might supply them more gas was based on our mains capacity alone not that Of the Reserve companys. Their main couldn't carry another foot.
 Will Remedy the Trouble.
 remedy the trouble if the pumping station at Lewis is able to handle the gas. Boosting stations may have to pc set up at several places along the line if the Lewis stations capacity IS insufficient when the new main is opened. This may not have to be done at all, but I am only stating what might have to be done.
 The main through Arkansas is a long one and the problem of keep lns up the pressure at the farther most points is great After 70 o'clock at night the consumption is not so great and the gas will back up in me main to such an extent that we mlght have to shut off our supply at Lewis. Then at o'clock the next morning the other main will begin lo clear. It takes strong pressure station to offset this condition"
 Field in BOssier Parish.
 The fields from which the new pipe line will be built are in Bossier parish, several miles closer to the Aewls station than the Elm Grove gnu shreveport fields, or about the same distance from the station as Vne original Caddo fields. At the pase or their line the Atlas company Mlll put up pressure station large enough to take care of ths main ca paclty' The outlet into the Lewis 'ation will be regulated, ii possible 'o meet the demand up to capacity
 me Atlas company, through the reserve line. is now supplying the Ar. aansas company with several million teet or gas. The latter company's ewn lines are putting several million feet into the Reserve main.
 <, will Help Much" "-Munce.
 oohn R. Munce. vice president and Senera! manager Of the Arkansas .ataral Gas company, who has jus se!urned from Shreveport, La, sait hs ha morning that the completion o1 rae Atlas company's main from tht noss'er fields to the Lewis station undoubtedly %m.u would help a great deal lne new line probably will cos !, e ,eo Atlas ats company a bit more thar W,SSo'ooo, WS nice little investment os msere we have had difficulties here b.ore tboe in getting gas contracted for .ne ,s Atlas people will have to suppl! as With the minimum in order tt N'Ae their investment pay.
 ..n Arkansas Line Ready Soon.
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